Course Syllabus

The table below gives the planned syllabus for the course. This syllabus will be changed as needed. When it becomes necessary to revise the schedule, this page will be updated to reflect the changes.

Material describing the course and its objectives and grading policies is available elsewhere.

All course meetings are concerned with all of the course's essential learning outcomes.

Dates Topics Presentation/Assignment Due
Aug. 23 Introduction and Course Overview  
Aug. 25 Presentation Basics HW1
Aug. 30 Presentations for HW1 HW1 presentations
Sep. 1 No class, campus closed for football game (at 2pm)  
Sep. 6 Presentations for HW1, Group Formation HW1 presentations
Sep. 8 Business and Other Considerations, Critical Thinking, Discussion of HW2 (see Charan's book and [Charan17] and the ethics talk by Gotterbarn and Wolf [Gotterbarn-Wolf20]) Topic email for HW2
Sep. 13 Sources of Information Turn in slides for HW2
Sep. 15 Presentations for HW2 HW2 presentations.
  • Rios-South-Tzanov: Solving business critical shutdowns with cloud integration for Square
  • Cruz-O'Neil-Page: Solving pending pull request buildup with ConfTest for Lockheed Martin
  • Bradley-Lowe-Nhon: Solving Surgeon Shortages with an Augmented Reality HUD for SHANDS
  • Bivona-Colon-Ngyuen: Solving Security Issues and Protecting Clients Privacy with Blockchain for Advent Health
  • Chen-Gesek-Jaramillo-Timokhina: Solving Risk Prediction with Governance, Risk, and Compliance Management for Lockheed Martin
Sep. 20 Presentations for HW2 HW2 presentations.
  • McCarty-Mladenovic-Paiva: Solving Email Security Concerns with Ironscales for AllGen Financial Advisors Orlando
  • Hidalgo-Lovelace-Sanders: Solving Trust and Confidence Issues with Digital Ethics for the Department of Defense
  • Kanadia-Kehoe-Veerasammy: Solving Customer Security with New Remote Security Standards for Apple
  • Allen-Dimanche-Tewolde: Solving Scalping with DataDome for Sony
Sep. 22 Presentations for HW2 HW2 presentations
  • Ankeny-Padilla-Vatinelle: Solving data and project management with Buildertrend for Conti Federal Services
  • Calma-Daguitera-Llanos: Solving Resource Availability Issues by Detecting Trends Early Using Data mining and Monitoring for Texas Instruments
  • Le-Moretti-Ramirez: Solving the data barrage with Data Observability for Dell
  • Engle-Freire-Muzac-Rossignol: Solving clock-in limitations with HotSchedules for Major Protective Services
Sep. 27 Presentations for HW2, Discussion of HW3 HW3 email due (11:59pm) and slides due Oct. 2 at 11:59pm; HW2 presentations
  • Katz-Munoz-Thomas-Ward: Solving growing cloud infrastructure with cloud sustainability for Advent Health
  • Slots available
Sep. 29 No class, UCF closed for Hurricane Ian  
Oct. 4 Presentations for HW3 HW3 presentations
  • Cruz-O'Neil-Page: Using Desigo CC Automation Controllers to Improve Building Efficiency for AdventHealth
  • Rios-South-Tzanov: Using the internet of things to solve the problem of non-sustainable farming for the Japanese government
  • Le-Moretti-Ramirez: Using Double Octopus to Secure Trade Secrets for the Engineering Department at Apple
Oct. 6 Presentations for HW3 HW3 presentations
  • Chen-Gesek-Jaramillo-Timokhina: Using ThreatLocker for remote work to solve security issues for Wells Fargo
  • Bradley-Lowe-Nhon: Using a Zero-trust Cloud Service to Solve Data Breaches for the American Red Cross
  • Kanadia-Kehoe-Veerasammy: Using AWS Key Management Service to Solve Encryption Management for Canva
Oct. 11 Presentations for HW3 HW3 presentations
  • Hidalgo-Lovelace-Sanders: Using NFTs to Solve the issue of flipping and the creation of counterfeit tickets for Ticketmaster
  • Bivona-Colon-Ngyuen: Using Autonomous Drones to solve Customer Experience Issues and Environmental Costs for deliveries from Uber Technologies
  • Allen-Dimanche-Tewolde: Using Harman Shield to prevent car thefts for Hyundai
Oct. 13 No class, campus closed for football game (at 2pm)  
Oct. 18 Presentations for HW3 HW3 presentations
  • McCarty-Mladenovic-Paiva: Using a layered security approach to solve growing endpoint management and cybersecurity concerns for Summit Wealth Partners Financial Planners of Orlando
  • Katz-Munoz-Thomas-Ward: Using Immersive Learning to Solve Student Disengagement and Disinterest for Orange County Public Schools
  • Ankeny-Padilla-Vatinelle: Using Solarwinds Network Management Suite to Solve an antiquated network for Universal Orlando Resorts
Oct. 20 Presentations for HW3, Overview of Remaining homeworks HW3 presentations
  • Calma-Daguitera-Llanos: Using Starlink to Solve Remote Healthcare Accessibility for Advent Health
  • Engle-Freire-Muzac-Rossignol: Using a virtual reservation and queue system to solve un-regulated order quantities for Starbucks
  • Slot available
Oct. 25 Report Writing and Formatting (for HW5) Topic email for HW4, with slides due on Oct. 26 at 11:59pm
Oct. 27 Presentations for HW4 HW4 presentations
  • Hidalgo-Lovelace-Sanders: Enhancing Government Compliance Standards using Hybrid Cloud Computing for Lockheed Martin
  • Rios-South-Tzanov: Enhancing public relationship in customer privacy with client-side encryption for Huawei
  • Bradley-Lowe-Nhon: Enhancing voter turnout & lowering security costs using blockchain technology for The City of Orlando
Topic email for HW5
Nov. 1 Presentations for HW4 HW4 presentations
  • McCarty-Mladenovic-Paiva: Enhancing Diabetes Care using Continuous Glucose Monitoring for the US Medicaid Program
  • Allen-Dimanche-Tewolde: Enhancing house construction using 3D printing for Lennar
  • Cruz-O'Neil-Page: Enhancing customer service using Digital Humans for Amazon
Nov. 3 Presentations for HW4 HW4 presentations
  • Kanadia-Kehoe-Veerasammy: Avoiding Waste Production using Smart Waste Management for Amazon
  • Chen-Gesek-Jaramillo-Timokhina: Enhancing Flexible and Contactless Access using Openkey for Extra Space Storage
  • Calma-Daguitera-Llanos: Decreasing safety related incidents at Canfor using Device Magic
Nov. 8 HW4 presentations and Work on HW5 draft report
  • Engle-Freire-Muzac-Rossignol: Avoiding high housing costs using 3D Printing for D.R. Horton
  • Bivona-Colon-Ngyuen: Enhancing Clinical care and Medical Research using data mining (KNIME) for Advent Health
HW5 report draft
Nov. 10 Classes cancelled due to tropical storm Nicole Slides for HW5 due Nov. 14 at 11:59pm
Nov. 15 Presentations for HW5 HW5 presentations
  • Le-Moretti-Ramirez: Improving long-term patient outcomes using virtual private healthcare assistants for Advent Health
  • Rios-South-Tzanov: Using computer vision sign inspection system to improve production line quality control for Porsche
  • Hidalgo-Lovelace-Sanders: Decreasing quality control issues using Supply chain as a service for Tesla
  • Bradley-Lowe-Nhon: Solving Traffic Inefficiencies and Saving Money With Smart Traffic Management for FDOT
Nov. 17 Presentations for HW5 HW5 presentations
  • Kanadia-Kehoe-Veerasammy: Using Rendever to Enhance the Quality of Life of Seniors at Life Care Center of Orlando
  • Allen-Dimanche-Tewolde: Using VR therapy to alleviate the growing therapist shortage for BetterUp
  • Calma-Daguitera-Llanos: Using Accenture's enterprise metaverse solution to train offshore oil rig workers for Schlumberger
  • Ankeny-Padilla-Vatinelle: Improving Data Integration with Skyvia for University of South Florida (USF)
Nov. 22 Presentations for HW5 HW5 presentations
  • McCarty-Mladenovic-Paiva: Enhancing reliability, remote management, and collaboration using the Microsoft Azure Suite for I-CON Systems
  • Bivona-Colon-Ngyuen: Using 3D Bioprinted organs as an alternative solution to Organ Transplants for AdventHealth
  • Chen-Gesek-Jaramillo-Timokhina: Using LexisNexis InstantID to Solve Customer Verification Process for Tesla
  • Le-Moretti-Ramirez: (HW4) Enhancing Solider Safety using Swarm Robotics for the US Army
HW5 final report
Nov. 24 No class, Thanksgiving Break, no class  
Nov. 29 Presentations for HW5 presentations
  • Cruz-O'Neil-Page: Improving Airbus Manufacturing Using GE Digital Twin Solutions
  • Katz-Munoz-Thomas-Ward: (HW4) Avoiding world famine using 3D printed food for the World Food Programme
  • Ankeny-Padilla-Vatinelle: (HW4) Avoiding security vulnerabilities with Crowdstrike MDR for Uber
Dec. 1 Presentations for HW5 and Summary and Review HW5 presentations
  • Engle-Freire-Muzac-Rossignol: Using drones to detect and prevent forest fires for The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
  • Katz-Munoz-Thomas-Ward: Improving crowd control and security using People Tracking for Guardian Professional Security

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Bibliography

[Charan17]
Ram Charan. What the CEO Wants You to Know: How Your Company Really Works. Crown Business, 2017 edition. ISBN 9780553417784.
[Gotterbarn-Wolf20]
Don Gotterbarn and Marty Wolf. "Leveraging the ACM Code of Ethics Against Ethical Snake Oil and Dodgy Development". June 2020. https://learning.acm.org/techtalks/acmethics

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Course Content and Policies

The course's content and grading polices are described on separate web pages. See the links on the top left of this page.

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Last modified Tuesday, November 29, 2022.

This web page is for COP 4910 at the University of Central Florida. The details of this course are subject to change as experience dictates. You will be informed of any changes. Please direct any comments or questions to Gary T. Leavens at Leavens@ucf.edu. Some of the policies and web pages for this course are quoted or adapted from other courses I have taught, in partciular, COP 4020.