CMSC 132 HonorsHonors Section•More expected of you•Cover additional material•Have funMore expected of you•Prepare for class•Slides will be posted, read them in advance•I will review them in class; if no one has any questions, I won’t spend time reading the slides •If you don’t ask questions, I’ll assume you understand the basic course materialCover additional material•There will be additional reading, perhaps additional projects•Lots of side topics and tangents during lectures•I hope to bring in guest speakersHave fun•We’re the honors section, we get to bend or break the rules•Think a project is too boring, want to implement a linux-based real time robot arm controller instead?•Talk to meGet fired up•I’ve worked with some amazing honors students who have gone on to do amazing things•Computer Science can prep you for an amazing career and life•If you think it is boring, talk to meTalk to me•My AOL IM handle is pughcsumdedu•My office in AVW 4143•poke your head in anytime; if I’m too busy I’ll tell you•I’ll start with official office hours Friday 11am-noonFacebook project•Hope to devise some facebook projects for later in the semester•In anyone wants to get involved in designing the project, let me knowInventing the Future @ UMCP CS$7,000 in funding available for equipment for innovative projects inspired, proposed and led by undergraduate CS studentsAvailable now!•Accounts on a full powered server, dedicated to undergraduate student use•$7,000 for equipment and supplies for innovative projects inspired, proposed and led by undergraduate CS majors•more than half of the money will be awarded based on proposals pitched by undergraduates•doesn’t need to have a business plan, just needs to be coolWhat can you imagine?GumStix Linux computerLego Mindstorm NXTBugLab computerRFID kits, displaysSensorsFabrication•CS department has a 3D printer and laser cutter that will be at your disposalStart Dreaming...Details...•Professors François Guimbretiere and Ashok Agrawala are in charge of dispensing the funds•Not been actively advertised•They are starved for proposals•I will help you prepare a
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