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
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Presentation Schedule 1st Semester |
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An 8 minute PowerPoint presentation will be given to the class on the
assigned date.
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
The presentation must include
♦ A cover slide with the title, date, and name of the student.
♦ 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.
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Student |
Presentation Date |
Received |
Presented |
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Carly |
Wednesday, December 7 |
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Ryan |
Wednesday, December 7 |
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Jacob F |
Wednesday, December 7 |
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Gus |
Wednesday, December 7 |
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Kesha |
Thursday, December 8 |
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Brandon |
Thursday, December 8 |
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Anjik* |
Thursday, December 8 |
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Tom |
Thursday, December 8 |
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John |
Monday, December 12 |
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Jacob Q |
Monday, December 12 |
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Rohan |
Monday, December 12 |
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Chris |
Monday, December 12 |
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Kesha** |
Monday, December 12 |
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Nick S |
Tuesday, December 8 |
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Nash |
Tuesday, December 13 |
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Nick M |
Tuesday, December 13 |
* Not ready December 8, 10 point deduction
**Moved to Monday, not enough time December 8
No duplicates, first one to pick gets the topic
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Category 1 |
Cagegory 2 |
Category 3 |
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Artificial Intelligence |
DNA Computers |
Augusta Byron |
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Assembly Language |
ENIAC |
Claude Shannon |
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Cryptography |
Machine Architecture |
John von Neumann |
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Development of Languages |
Nano Computers |
George Boole |
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Genetic Algorithms |
Cray Computers |
Grace Hopper |
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Operating Systems |
Logic Gates |
Alan Turing |
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Parallel Processing |
Babbage Machines |
John Backus |
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Compilers |
Turing Machine |
Presper Eckert |
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OpenGL |
Internet |
Richard Feynman |
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Fractals |
Quantum Computers |
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Colossus Computers |
Seven More
1. Comparison of open source versus proprietary software
History and analysis
Pros and cons of each
2. Ruby on Rails
3. AI Language Prolog
4. AI Language LISP
5. AI Language STRIPS
6. Analysis of lawsuit: Sun Microsystems versus Microsoft reference Java - a few years ago
7. Analysis of lawsuit: Oracle versus Google reference Java - currently in litigation
Selected Topics 1st Semester
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Student |
First Topic |
Second Topic |
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Carly |
Grace Hopper |
Colossus Computer |
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Ryan |
Richard Feyman |
Babbage Machines |
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Jacob F |
Virtualization |
Genetic Algorithms |
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Anjik |
Internet |
Fractals |
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Kesha |
Artificial Intelligence |
Logic Gates |
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Brandon M |
Operating Systems |
Cray Computers |
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Nick M |
Open GL |
Augusta Byron |
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Kez |
Development of Languages |
Claude Shannon |
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Nash |
Genetic Algorithms |
John Backus |
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Jacob Q |
Parallel Procesing |
John von Neuman |
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Rohan |
George Boole |
Turing Machine |
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Chris |
Compilers |
Claude Shannon |
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Nick S |
Alan Turing |
Quantum Computers |
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John |
Cryptography |
ENIAC |
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Gus |
Assembly Language |
Machine Architecture |
Selected Topics 2nd Semester - no duplicates from 1st semester
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Student |
First Topic |
Second Topic |
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Ryan |
Evolution of Input Technologies: Punch cards to IPads |
History and Evolution of Google |
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Anjik |
Steve Jobs and His Contributions |
Marvin Minsky and His Contributions |
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Brandon M |
Nano Computers |
James Gosling and His Contributions |
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Ian |
Charles Babbage and His Contributions |
Ada Byron and Her Contributions |
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Jacob |
DNA Computers |
Presper Eckert and His Contributions |
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Chris |
Oracle vs Google |
Ruby on Rails |
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Nick |
Tim Berners-Lee and His Contributions |
Mobile Computing: Evolution, Current Status and Beyond |
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John |
Lisp |
Prolog |
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Gus |
Open Source vs Proprietary |
Microprocessors |
Submission Schedule Second Semester
Subimt PowerPoint to alpcentauri@gmail.com by 3:30 pm Friday, May 18
List all references used. Each topic
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)