We are co-ordinating with other universities, all of which are on the semester system. Because of the spread of omicron COVID, some of these have pushed their semester start date back a week, and others are expected to. So all due dates are tentative, and we will update them when the official dates are released. They should be close to these.
Week 1: | Dates: Jan. 3–7 |
Introduction and orientation to class and to INSuRE (Agile Research; expectations); bid process | |
Reading: S. Keshav, How to Read a Paper; R. Anderson, Why Information Security is Hard; Handout on security design principles | |
Due on Jan. 7: List of projects you are interested in, upload to Canvas 200 word summary of each reading, upload to Canvas | |
Week 2: | Dates: Jan. 10–14 |
Discussion of articles; detailed discussion of bid assignment; practice bid | |
Due on Jan. 14: Project bids, upload to both INSuREHub and Canvas | |
Week 3: | Dates: Jan. 17–21 [Note: no class on Jan. 17 (Martin Luther King Day)] |
Doing a literature review | |
Due on Jan. 19: Select a paper in one of the topics you are interested in and prepare a 5 minute presentation on it; upload paper and presentation to Canvas | |
Presentation on Jan. 21, in class: 5 minute presentation of the papers | |
Week 4: | Dates: Jan. 24–28 |
Discussion of writing technically and critically; managing tasks, data | |
Due on Jan. 28: Draft proposal; upload to Canvas | |
Week 5: | Dates: Jan. 31–Feb. 4 |
Due on Feb. 4; Final project proposals; upload to both INSuREHub and Canvas Project proposal presentation; upload to Canvas | |
Presentation on Feb. 4, in class: 10 minute presentation of project proposals | |
Week 6: | Dates: Feb. 7–11 |
How to do a dashboard presentation | |
Week 7: | Dates: Feb. 14–18 |
Due on Feb. 15: Literature review; upload to Canvas | |
Presentation on Feb. 16, in class: 10 minute presentation of literature review | |
Week 8: | Dates: Feb. 21–Feb. 25 [Note: no class on Feb. 21 (Presidents’ Day)] |
Discuss literature reviews | |
Due on Feb. 24: Weekly dashboard reports; upload to Canvas | |
Presentation on Feb. 25, in class: Dashboard presentations | |
Week 9: | Dates: Feb. 28–Mar. 4 |
Discuss progress report assignment | |
Due on Mar. 3: Weekly dashboard reports; upload to Canvas | |
Due on Mar. 4: Draft progress reports; upload to Canvas | |
Presentation on Mar. 4, in class: Dashboard presentations | |
Week 10: | Dates: Mar. 7–11 [Note: Mar. 11 is the last class] |
Discuss draft progress reports | |
Due on Mar. 11: Final progress reports, upload to both INSuREHub and Canvas Progress report presentation, upload to Canvas | |
Presentation on Mar. 10, in class: 10 minute presentation of progress reports |
Course continues through Spring Quarter 2022; syllabus continues for that quarter below
Week 1: | Dates: Mar. 28–Apr. 1 |
Due on Mar. 31: Weekly dashboard reports; upload to Canvas | |
Presentation on Apr. 1, in class: Dashboard presentations | |
Week 2: | Dates: Apr. 4–8 |
Due on Apr. 7: Weekly dashboard reports; upload to Canvas | |
Presentation on Apr. 8, in class: Dashboard presentations | |
Week 3: | Dates: Apr. 11–15 |
Due on Apr. 14: Weekly dashboard reports; upload to Canvas | |
Presentation on Apr. 15, in class: Dashboard presentations | |
Week 4: | Dates: Apr. 18–22 |
Due on Apr. 21: Weekly dashboard reports; upload to Canvas | |
Presentation on Apr. 22, in class: Dashboard presentations | |
Week 5: | Dates: Apr. 25–Apr. 29 |
Due on Apr. 28: Weekly dashboard reports; upload to Canvas | |
Presentation on Apr. 29, in class: Dashboard presentations | |
Week 6: | Dates: May 2–6 |
Due on May 5: Weekly dashboard reports; upload to Canvas | |
Presentation on May 6, in class: Dashboard presentations | |
Week 7: | Dates: May 9–13 |
Due on May 12: Weekly dashboard reports; upload to Canvas | |
Presentation on May 13, in class: Dashboard presentations | |
Week 8: | Dates: May 16–20 |
Due on May 20: Draft final report; upload to Canvas | |
Week 9: | Dates: May 23–27 |
Due on May 24: Final reports and presentations; upload to both INSuREHub and Canvas | |
Presentation on May 25, 27, in class: Final report presentations | |
Week 10: | Dates: May 30–June 2; [Note: no class on May 30 (Memorial Day)] |
Presentation on June 1, in class: Final report presentations} | |
Posters: | Dates: to be arranged |
Poster presentations during the final examination period |
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