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Advice for final year CS project.

I'm in the final year of university education. Soon I'll have to start writing my bachelor dissertation, but I have no idea what software I should write for it. The ideal would be a C++ multi-threaded cross-platform (windows, linux) computer graphics related program. It's also very important to pick project I'll be able to complete - fa...

Simulate a set of airplanes in Erlang

Hello. I have a problem in one of my practical works to the university. This work is on Erlang and I have to build an Airplane Traffic and Collision Avoidance System. My problem is: how can a simulate an airplane trajectory, taking into account the velocity? I thought of using a process... Does anyone have some idea? Best reguards. ...

Senior project ideas for a CS major

I'm a rising senior studying CS. I'm going to be taking the Senior Project course at my university. I already have a couple of ideas, but was curious to hear about ideas from others. I'm kinda leaning towards something systems related (operaing, distributed, web app, whatever), but I'm also interested in programming language theory and ...

University internship web-app cross-site scripting vulnerability.

My university is currently undergoing paid internship applications. Past terms have had a large number of positions available, but this term, as one might expect, there are not many positions available and the field has become very competitive. The web-app has every student upload an HTML formatted resume which is "Validated" server-sid...

What is change request management tool?

Can anyone please tell what is change request management tool and what is involved when a change request is submitted to this tool? ...

formalizing centralized web hosting in a University setting

Our Foobar University is currently in the planning stages of moving their web hosting services to an enterprise hosting automation panel system like Plesk or cPanel. Is anyone out there in a University environment that has gone down this path and has a roadmap with resource requirements, pitfalls, and issues? Is there another product on ...

Usage ideas for a cluster at a university

I currently am a student worker at a medium sized university. i work for the college of science (includes math, stat, comp sci, physics, chem, and biology) and as a "technician"; which basically is a catch all for basic trouble shooting and fixing faculty computer, setting up computer labs, writing custom programs, and administrating web...

For someone who's already established a career in software development, is correspondence university worthwhile?

I've heard some arguments that doing a correspondence/online university course isn't worthwhile, since employers have a stronger preference for students who have studied at a "real" university (and hopefully a big-name one). My question is - does this apply so much to those such as myself, who are already deep into their career as a dev...

What should i research for my Honors

I am looking in to doing my Honors in Games Technology and i was wondering in this degree that covers such a broad spectrum, what would be a good topic to research. Preferably something that hasn't been done to death, but involving maybe procedural methods and something that isn't based on computer graphics (because that has been done to...

C: Bus Error using different compilation arguments

So it's the third week of my life in C and I've been given the task of writing a program which takes in upto 100words which are upto 80characters long, calculates the average word length of the inputs, prints words larger than the average, and finally prints the average word size. EDIT: We also have to use an emalloc, a recursive output ...

What or how to get ideas for a project?

Hello, I am a little bit lost. I haven't got ideas for a new projects. If I get a task or already written specifications of project, then I can develop it from the scratch. But when I have to come with idea. I have none... How do developer should come with an idea? Maybe someone has a tactic or some great approaches to overcome this "lac...

Studying Software Engineering and then Law

Hi there, I've been programming for several years now. I also am skilled in english and enjoy the subject of law. I recognize its high pay and job security. If i were to study software engineering and then law: 1) is this an unusual combination? 2) do companies need individuals with this kind of qualification? 3) what kind of tasks ...

What Post-Secondary Courses do I need to be a Web Developer?

I'm going to be finishing up High School this year and moving onto either University or College. However, after looking at some course lists, I'm perplexed - what types of courses (or which category [such as computing science]) do I need to start looking at in terms of enrollment? My goal is to ultimately have a career developing websit...

Most useful Python modules from the standard library?

I am teaching a graduate level Python class at the University of Paris, and the students need to be introduced to the standard library. I want to discuss with them about some of the most important standard modules. What modules do you think are absolute musts? Even though responses probably vary depending on your field (web programmin...

Should I get a math degree or a CS degree?

I'm 18 years old and going to community college. I got an A+ in my data structures class, but the biggest thing I've ever programmed on my own was a tool to solve a 3d maze toy of my brother's. I'm a little worried that I don't have enough passion for programming to succeed in it. Majoring in math would give me time to try out open so...

What are the best freely available university courses on Data Structures and Algorithms?

Hi, I am willing to learn in detail about Data Structures and Algorithms. What freely available university courses are there that cover data structures and algorithms? Thanks. ...

Distance learning MSc

I am thinking of taking an MSc course. I am living in Central Europe and would like a degree that is recognised internationally. I am considering the Open University sources because I will be able to work at the same time. Are there other options for distance learning in different countries. India for example has a presence in engine...

How can we convince the administration of our university that computer science is important enough to retain it as a discipline?

The university where I teach is currently restructuring in a major way. Alas, we have been told that we have one week to respond to a current plan which includes discontinuing computer science as a teaching discipline, and breaking the current computer science department between mathematics and electrical engineering. Merging the who...

Senior computer engineering project ideas ?

Hi, everybody I am senior student in computer engineering. I am going to take project course on these my last two semester, the thing is I want to do project either in Database programming or Network Programming. Besides, I am also taking networking programming on this semester using java so is it cool to select project on networking. Ho...

Which CS curriculum to take?

I'm currently planning to do a transfer right now and my area of interest is Software Development. I've been thinking a lot about these two curriculum and I want to ask advice on which one would benefit me in my future career (I'm thinking long term). This is from a university: http://www.cs.sfu.ca/undergrad/prospective/programs/sosy...