Final Projects

 

Each student will select two topics, only 1 from each of the 3 categories listed below.

These are approved topics, if a student wishes to report on another, submit a brief written description of the topic for approval.

First student to select a topic gets that topic, only 1 student per topic.

 

Distractions During Presentations Will be Penalized

 

 

Presentation Requirements	PowerPoint Presentation Guidelines	Presentation Schedule
Acceptable Topics	Selected Topics	Credits-Citations

 

 

Presentation Requirements

 

  A 10 minute PowerPoint presentation will be given to the class on the assigned date. (10 minutes for both topics)

  At the beginning of class the student will Email a copy to alpcentauri@gmail.com and also to my school account.

  Stand during the presentation

  Refer to refer to bullets or pictures or graphs etc on the slides.

  The presentation must include

      ♦  An outline or table of contents for the presentation.

     ♦  A body that follows the outline

     ♦  A summary of the main topics covered.

     ♦  Pictures, diagrams, and tables when appropriate.

     ♦  Bullets, not paragraphs.

 

 

Presentation Schedule

 

Student	Presentation Date	Submitted	Presented
Nobel	Friday, December 9	√	√
George	Friday, December 9	√	√
Justin	Monday, December 12	√	√
Eric	Monday, December 12	√	√
Julia	Monday, December 12	√	√
Simon	Tuesday, December 13
Achyut	Tuesday, December 13
Clay	Tuesday, December 13

 

 

 

Acceptable Topics

No duplicates, first one to pick gets the topic

 

 

Category 1	Cagegory 2	Category 3
Artificial Intelligence	DNA Computers	Augusta Byron
Assembly Language	ENIAC	Claude Shannon
Cryptography	Machine Architecture	John von Neumann
Development of Languages	Nano Computers	George Boole
Genetic Algorithms	Cray Computers	Grace Hopper
Operating Systems	Logic Gates	Alan Turing
Parallel Processing	Babbage Machines	John Backus
Compilers	Turing Machine	Presper Eckert
OpenGL	Internet	Richard Feynman
Fractals	Quantum Computers
	Colossus Computers

 

 

 

Selected Topics

Check mark indicates presentation given

 

Student	First Topic	Second Topic
Nobel	Nano Computers	OpenGL
George	Fractals	Quantum Computing
Justin	Artificial Intelligence	John Von Neuman
Eric	DNA Computers	Cryptography
Julia	Internet	Compilers
Simon	Genetic Algorithms	Machine Architecture
Achyut	Babbage Machines	Grace Murray Hopper
Clay	Assembly Language	Logic Gates

 

 

 

 

Credit and Citations

 

  List all references used. Each project must have at least 3 references.

  References

    ♦  Texts: Title, Author(s), Publisher.

    ♦  Internet: URL, Title, Author(s).

    ♦  Citations

         Ø Placed where used in body of text

         Ø Format: (Reference number x, page x)

         Ø If Internet reference, instead of page, enter Section TItle XXX)