UCSB / CE Program - Capstone Projects

Computer Engineering Program
2008 Senior “Capstone” Projects

Overview

Projects

Project Sponsors

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OVERVIEW


-	CE "Capstone" Projects (CS 189 and ECE 189)	The Computer Engineering Capstone project gives CE students the opportunity to put their education into practice. Students, working in small teams, design and engineer innovative hardware and software systems using techniques from robotics, circuits design, communications and wireless networking, and real-time systems.

-	Presentation Day	June 5, 2008 - the students participated in a poster session and conducted presentations of their final group projects from the CS 189 and ECE 189 courses.

PROJECTS

CS 189Computer Engineering Projects

		Phase2	Automated computer infrastructure security assessment tools
		Cyborg	Transcribed voicemail application incorporating SMS, Email and more on Google's Android mobile device platform
		ConnectRD	Video conferencing on the desktop using the web browser only and the ability to incorporate audio-only participants via voice-over-IP
	**	Picard	Using MapReduce and Cloud Computing to try to win the Netflix Prize, a recommendation algorithm competition
	**Best Computer Science 189 Project

ECE 189 Computer Engineering Projects

		CFit	Digital personal trainer
		PTS	Hospital patient tracking system
		MicroTouch! (pdf)	Touchscreen MP3 player
	**	HiCam (pdf)	Remote control blimp with camera
		IceBreaker	Social awareness device
		Acoustik (pdf)	MP3 player
		Quasi M070	Bluetooth audio switch
		WAM	Wide area mesh network
		Safe Teen Driver	Gps auto tracker
	**Best Electrical and Computer Engineering 189 Project and People's Choice Best Poster

PROJECT SPONSORS

A special thank-you to all of the project sponsors

CallWave					Novacoast

Citrix Online					PCB Express / SunStone Circuits

Google Inc.					Rapid Prototypes

Lattice Semiconductor Corp.					RightScale

Microchip

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