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CSE 5194: Orientation SeminarLink MSwEng Cohort

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Mike O’DellSenior Lecturer & Graduate AdvisorComputer Science and Engineering

CSE 5194 Seminar Topics

Your status as UTA students General information you might find

useful Information specific to the Link MSwEng

cohort General Q&A

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CSE 5194 Course Requirement Attend the entire session Complete the assignment by the

specified dates (more later)

Graded: Pass/Fail, based on satisfactory completion of the above.

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Link Cohort Student Status

Link Cohort Student = UTA Grad StudentLink Cohort Student = UTA Grad Student Afforded all rights and privileges of UTA

graduate students Bound by all rules that apply to UTA graduate

students Admission StatusAdmission Status

Unconditional: no stipulations for continuance Provisional: must meet specified conditions

within your first semester Probationary: must meet specified conditions

within specified timeframe

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Some Benefits Access to Maverick Athletic Center (“

The MAC”) Student admission at UTA

athletic and enrichment events Intramural sports Library access and privileges

UTA Main LibraryEngineering Library in Nedderman Hall

Access to student clubs and organizations Office of Information Technology services And much, much more…

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MyMav Student Information

Repository of information pertinent to each student Student account information &

managementAdd or update contact informationPay bills and finesGet a parking passEtc.

Course search and registration (more on this later)

Grades Degree plan progress

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Mav Express Card Student ID

Access to student services Access to campus facilities

Debit Card Service provided by Wells Fargo Bank Access to Wells Fargo ATMs nationwide Debit services when linked to a Wells Fargo

College Checking Account Manage your card online at

MavMoney.uta.edu See http://www.uta.edu/campus-ops/mavexpress/

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UTA Honor Code I pledge, on my honor, to uphold UT

Arlington's tradition of academic integrityacademic integrity, a tradition that values hard work and honest honest efforteffort in the pursuit of academic excellence.

I promise that I will submit only work that I I will submit only work that I personally create or that I contribute to group personally create or that I contribute to group collaborationscollaborations, and I will appropriately appropriately reference any work from other sourcesreference any work from other sources. I will follow the highest standards of integrityintegrity and uphold the spirit of the Honor Code.

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What is Academic Integrity?

Being in firm adherence to a code or standard of values

A commitment on the part of the students, faculty and staff, even in the face of adversity, to five fundamental values:

1. Honesty 2. Truth 3. Fairness 4. Respect 5. Responsibility

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College of Engineering StatementAcademic HonestyAcademic Honesty: The College of Engineering takes scholastic honesty and ethical behavior very seriously. Engineers are entrusted with the safety, health and well being of the public. Students found guilty of scholastic dishonesty will be punished to the full extent permitted by the rules and regulations of U. T. Arlington.

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What is Scholastic Dishonesty? Scholastic dishonesty includes, but is

not limited to, cheatingcheating, plagiarismplagiarism, and collusioncollusion on an examination or an assignment being offered for credit.

Each student is accountable for work submitted for credit, including group projects.

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What is Scholastic Dishonesty? (cont.) Cheating

Copying another's test or assignment Communication with another during an exam

or assignment (i.e. written, oral or otherwise) Giving or seeking aid from another when not

permitted by the instructor Possessing or using unauthorized materials

during the test Buying, using, stealing, transporting, or

soliciting a test, draft of a test, or answer key

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What is Scholastic Dishonesty? (cont.) Plagiarism

Using someone else's work in your assignment without appropriate acknowledgement

Making slight variations in the language and then failing to give credit to the source

Collusion Without authorization, collaborating with

another when preparing an assignment

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Possible Consequences

University policy:University policy:

Students who violate University rules on scholastic dishonesty are subject to disciplinary penalties, including the possibility of failure in the course and dismissal from the University. Since dishonesty harms the individual, all students, and the integrity of the University, policies on scholastic dishonesty will be strictly enforced.

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About UTA – Quick facts!

Over 180 degree programs in 12 different schools and colleges 81 Bachelor’s, 70 Master’s, 30 Doctoral

Current enrollment: 33,806 students Up 35% in five years

Approximately 2200 faculty Facilities span 400 acres and over 100

buildings Past 3 years: over $300 million in campus

construction projects

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UTA College of Engineering: Quick Facts Established: 1960 Programs: 9 baccalaureate, 13 master’s

and 9 doctoralBioengineeringCivil EngineeringComputer Science and EngineeringElectrical EngineeringIndustrial and Manufacturing Systems EngineeringMaterials Science and EngineeringMechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Classification: Research/High Activity

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UTA College of Engineering: Quick Facts Research Expenditures: >$37 million

annually Facilities: Over 400,000 sq. ft. in 12

buildings and research centers Includes 2010 addition of 234,000 sq. ft.

Engineering Research Building Optical Medical Imaging Center at UT

Southwestern Automation & Robotics Research Institute Nanotechnology Research & Teaching Facility

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About CSE and the College of Engineering: Quick Facts

Spring 2013 Enrollment CoE – 3997 total

2557 Bachelor’s1094 Master’s326 Doctoral

CSE – 897 total572 Bachelor’s267 Master’s58 Doctoral

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CSE Website

Where?http://www.cse.uta.edu/

What? CSE news and events Advising hours Faculty contact information CSE research information

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Other Resources Grad School Website – New & Current

Students: http://grad.pci.uta.edu/students Graduate Catalog Grad School Forms and Info Lots of other useful information!

E-mail: UTA faculty and staff will use your UTA account as the default for all announcements and general correspondence

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CSE Research Areas Algorithms Bioinformatics Computer Vision Database and

Information Technology

Embedded Systems High Performance

Computing Homeland Security

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Intelligent Systems Information

Security Multimedia and

Video Processing Mobile and

Pervasive Computing

Networking Software

Engineering

CSE 5194 Assignment

Identify and critique a Master’s thesis in a CS/Computer Engineering/Software Engineering area of interest to you. UTA CSE thesis (preferred) Other accredited U.S. university

(acceptable) Your two-page critique is due on or

before 4/15/2013. Submit via email to odell@uta.edu. Handwritten submissions will not be

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CSE 5194 Assignment Your report must provide, at a minimum,

you’re the following information:Identification: Author, Supervising Faculty, Title etc.Classification: What narrow part of computer science

is addressed?Effort: How much effort/creativity appears to have

been expended?Experimentation: What experimental data and/or

supporting materials were developed to support the thesis?

Contribution: What are the most notable results?Bibliography: What are the author’s key references?Opinions: What do you think about the research?

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CSE 5194 Assignment

Email the author and title of the thesis you have selected to odell@uta.edu by 3/15/2013.

Thesis papers are available in UTA central library and can be searched at http://pulse.uta.edu.

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CSE Degree Options MS CpE (Computer Engineering)

Must have Undergraduate degree in Engineering Requires specialization is Systems/Architecture

MS CS (Computer Science) Exact same degree program as MS CpE, except

Systems/Architecture Specialization is not required MSFWE (Master of Software Engineering)

Curriculum pre-dominantly Software Engineering

*MS CS and CpE have Thesis and Non-Thesis options available

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CSE Master’s Degree Programs: General Admission Requirements Completed a 4-year Bachelor’s degree

program in a science/engineering field Obtained an overall GPA of 3.0

3.2 in final 60 hours Good performance in foundation coursework

GRE General Test (waived for Link Cohort) 145 Verbal 155 Quantitative 3.0 (nominal) Writing

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CSE Master’s Degree Programs: Foundation Course Requirements Computer Science:

C/C++ Programming (CSE 1320)Computer Organization/Computer Architecture (CSE

2312).Discrete Structures (CSE 2315)Theoretical Computer Science (CSE 3315)Algorithms & Data Structures (CSE 2320)Operating Systems (CSE 3320)

Mathematics:Calculus I (MATH 1426)Calculus II (MATH 2325)Linear Algebra (MATH 3330)Probability and Statistics (MATH 3313/IE 3301)

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MS Software Engineering: 37 hours Orientation Seminar (5194) Foundation course: CSE 5311 4 SwEng Core courses: 5324, 5325, CSE

5328 and CSE 5329 2 Specified SwEng Courses from: CSE

5326, 5320, 6324, and 6329/6392 5 Electives, including three from CSE

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MS Software Engineering (for Link Cohort): 37 hours Orientation Seminar (5194) Foundation Course:

CSE 5311, Advanced Algorithms

4 SwEng Core Courses: CSE 5324, Software Engineering: Analysis, Design,

TestingCSE 5325, Software Engineering: Management,

Maintenance and Quality AssuranceCSE 5328 and CSE 5329: Software Team Project

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MS Software Engineering (for Link Cohort): 37 hours 2 Specified SwEng Courses:

CSE 5326, Real-time Software DesignCSE 6329/6392, Advanced Special Topics in Software

Engineering (Planned as Distributed Computing)

5 Specified “Electives”: IE 5351, Systems EngineeringCSE 5321, Software TestingCSE 5322, Software Design PatternsCSE 5344, Computer NetworksCSE 5365, Computer Graphics

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Planned Course Schedule

Degree Requirements – Link Cohort Unconditional admission status

I.e., ALL Provisional/Probationary conditions have been satisfied

Complete and pass the CSE MS Orientation Seminar CSE 5194.

A final grade point average of 3.0 (out of 4.0) in all graduate work attempted at UTA

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Degree Requirements – Link Cohort

A final grade point average of 3.0 (out of 4.0) in all graduate work in your Masters of Software Engineering degree plan.

Degree plan cannot include any course for which the final grade was D or F. Note: these grades will show on your

transcript and will count in your overall GPA calculation

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Advising for Link Cohort Students Advisor: Mike O’Dell

Office: 631 ERB Office hours: varies each semester. Posted

on http://cse.uta.edu/graduate/ Email: odell@uta.edu (preferred approach

for general questions/issues) Phone: 817-272-3988

Can schedule occasional sessions onsite at Link in special circumstances

Can be available, by appointment, at hours other than standard office hours

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Course Enrollment – Link Cohort You can register yourself via MyMav

once registration is open for a given semester (see Graduate Calendar)

Link Cohort Courses will all have section number 033 (e.g. CSE 5311-033)

I will verify enrollment for the appropriate course(s) each semester and register anyone not enrolled about 10 days before the semester begins.

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