diff --git a/CourseOutline/CAS741_Outline.tex b/CourseOutline/CAS741_Outline.tex
index f1b0af74c47488a32bae2902906c000a78cd74c2..3bf68a55f4e095bc46af5470f082f43952eb2c86 100755
--- a/CourseOutline/CAS741_Outline.tex
+++ b/CourseOutline/CAS741_Outline.tex
@@ -274,10 +274,9 @@ select topics with varying levels of complexity in the required domain knowledge
and possibly in the implementation. If a project requires graduate-level domain
knowledge, it is classified as a ``research'' project. For projects that are
not ``research'' projects, an extra task required. Examples of extra tasks
-include usability testing, rigorous code walkthroughs, user manual
-documentation, formal proof, etc. If a research project does extra work, the
-extra work is graded as a bonus. The extra task is evaluated as part of the
-final documentation.
+include usability testing, rigorous code walkthroughs, user manual, formal
+proof, etc. If a research project does extra work, the extra work is graded as
+a bonus. The extra task is evaluated as part of the final documentation.
\section {Policy Statements}
diff --git a/Lectures/Deadlines.tex b/Lectures/Deadlines.tex
index 2d509b27e19da432cac45594b94785e4c00bde63..dd98c2fdfa53c492b322de1b64ef415df4c1e6e8 100644
--- a/Lectures/Deadlines.tex
+++ b/Lectures/Deadlines.tex
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
\frametitle{Administrative Details: Report Deadlines}
~\newline
\begin{tabular}{l l l}
-%\textbf{Problem Statement} & Week 02 & Jan 19\\
-%\textbf{System Req.\ Spec.\ (SRS)} & Week 04 & Feb 2\\
-%\textbf{System VnV Plan} & Week 06 & Feb 16\\
-%\textbf{MG + MIS} & Week 09 & Mar 15\\
-%{Drasil Code} & Week 09 & Mar 15\\
-{Final Documentation} & Week 13 & Apr 12\\
+\textbf{Problem Statement} & Week 02 & Jan ?19?\\
+\textbf{System Req.\ Spec.\ (SRS)} & Week 04 & ?Feb 2?\\
+\textbf{System VnV Plan} & Week 06 & Feb ?16?\\
+\textbf{MG + MIS} & Week 09 & Mar ?15?\\
+{Drasil Code} & Week 09 & Mar ?15?\\
+{Final Documentation} & Week 13 & Apr ?12?\\
\end {tabular}
\bi
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@ traditional SRS
~\newline
\begin{tabular}{l l l}
-%\textbf{SRS} & Week 03/04 & \textbf{Week of Jan 23, 30}\\
-%\textbf{Syst.\ VnV} & Week 06 & Week of Feb 12\\
-%\textbf{POC Demo} & Week 07 & Week of Feb 26\\
-%\textbf{MG + MIS} & Week 09 & Week of Mar 11\\
-%Drasil & Week 11 & Week of Mar 27\\
-Unit VnV/Implement & Week 12 & Week of Apr 3\\
+\textbf{SRS} & Week 03/04 & \textbf{Week of Jan 23, 30}?\\
+\textbf{Syst.\ VnV} & Week 06 & Week of Feb 12?\\
+\textbf{POC Demo} & Week 07 & Week of Feb 26?\\
+\textbf{MG + MIS} & Week 09 & Week of Mar 11?\\
+Drasil & Week 11 & Week of Mar 27?\\
+Unit VnV/Implement & Week 12 & Week of Apr 3?\\
\end {tabular}
\bi
@@ -97,9 +97,9 @@ take it personally
\item Implementation Present (15 min each)
\bi
%\item \textbf{Mar 26: Reyhaneh, Waqar, Al, Tanya, Atiyeh}
-\item \textbf{Apr 2: Phil, Xinyu, Fasil, Yi-Leng}
-\item \textbf{Apr 5: Gaofeng, Morteza, Valerie, Hunter, Ali}
-\item \textbf{Apr 9: Cynthia, Adrian, Yiding, Kim Ying, Nada}
+% \item \textbf{Apr 2: Phil, Xinyu, Fasil, Yi-Leng}
+% \item \textbf{Apr 5: Gaofeng, Morteza, Valerie, Hunter, Ali}
+% \item \textbf{Apr 9: Cynthia, Adrian, Yiding, Kim Ying, Nada}
\ei
\ei
diff --git a/Lectures/L01_IntroToCourse/IntroToCourse.pdf b/Lectures/L01_IntroToCourse/IntroToCourse.pdf
index 80c5a9560dc5959fdcd9881a58b6ca442b628c09..d231262d1f2ec188f1667a02f832ffc4953ab86b 100644
Binary files a/Lectures/L01_IntroToCourse/IntroToCourse.pdf and b/Lectures/L01_IntroToCourse/IntroToCourse.pdf differ
diff --git a/Lectures/L01_IntroToCourse/IntroToCourse.tex b/Lectures/L01_IntroToCourse/IntroToCourse.tex
index dcc33f1cdc237c0b5cb6a0af82a67513e97cae8f..7aac292da83b6a4fd69ce7a75726c8fb1e74c706 100755
--- a/Lectures/L01_IntroToCourse/IntroToCourse.tex
+++ b/Lectures/L01_IntroToCourse/IntroToCourse.tex
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
\item Brief course overview
\item Instructor introduction
\item Course outline
-\item Student background
+\item Student background/questions
\ei
\end{frame}
@@ -64,10 +64,10 @@
% \item New Grad Stdnt Orientation: Mon, Sept 9, 10 am -- 1 pm %may
% %cancel our class
-\item Lectures: Tues (2:30 -- 4:00) and Fri (1:30 -- 3:00)
+\item Lectures: Tues (2:00 -- 3:30) and Fri (2:00 -- 3:30)
\item Avenue for grade tracking (\url{http://avenue.mcmaster.ca/})
\begin{itemize}
-\item Please put a picture on your profile
+%\item Please put a picture on your profile
\item Click arrow beside Announcements, select Notifications
\end{itemize}
\item Teams
@@ -114,6 +114,10 @@ credit and details on your queries
\item Application of software engineering methodologies to improve the quality
of scientific computing (or research) software
+\item Not a course on numerical algorithms or coding
+\item An emphasis on documentation
+\item Qualities of interest include maintainability, reusability, understandability, verifiability
+\item Performance is less emphasized
\end{itemize}
@@ -181,6 +185,7 @@ credit and details on your queries
\begin{itemize}
\item \structure{What is the definition of software engineering?}
+\item \structure{Why do we need software engineering?}
\item \structure{What are some techniques, tools and principles for software
engineering?}
@@ -506,6 +511,9 @@ Analysis}
\item \href{https://github.com/icbicket/SpectrumImageAnalysisPy} {Spectrum Image Analysis}
\item \href{https://gitlab.cas.mcmaster.ca/smiths/cas741/-/tree/master/Examples/SoilWaterStructureInteraction} {Soil-Water-Structure Interaction (FEM)}
\item \href{https://github.com/palmerst/cas741_sp} {Chemical Speciation}
+\item \href{https://github.com/adrian-soch/attitude_check} {IMU-based Attitude Estimation (2024)}
+\item \href{https://github.com/CynthiaLiu0805/BridgeCorrosion} {Bridge Corrosion (2024)}
+\item \href{https://github.com/omltcat/turbulent-flow} {Synthetic Eddy (2024)}
\item \href{https://gitlab.cas.mcmaster.ca/smiths/cas741/-/tree/master/Examples?ref_type=heads} {Examples folder}
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}
@@ -611,18 +619,18 @@ Not all docs necessary
\item (Traditional and Drasil) Presentations and class discussion 5\%
-\item (Traditional and Drasil) ``Domain Expert'' and secondary reviewer roles 10\%
+\item (Traditional and Drasil) ``Domain Expert'' reviewer role 5\%
\item (Traditional and Drasil) Problem Statement, Risk, Proof of Concept (POC) Plan 0\%
-\item (Traditional and Drasil) System Requirements Specification (SRS) 15\%
+\item (Traditional and Drasil) System Requirements Specification (SRS) 10\%
-\item (Traditional and Drasil) System Verification and Validation (VnV-Syst) Plan 15\%
+\item (Traditional and Drasil) System Verification and Validation (VnV-Syst) Plan 10\%
\item (Traditional) Module Guide and Module Interface Specification (MG and MIS)
- 15\%
+ 10\%
-\item (Drasil) Drasil code and Code Explanation Document 15\%
+\item (Drasil) Drasil code and Code Explanation Document 10\%
\end {itemize}
@@ -637,7 +645,7 @@ Not all docs necessary
\item (Traditional and Drasil) Final Documentation (including revised versions
of previous documents, plus the source code, unit testing plan, reflection
- report and testing reports (System and Unit)) 40\%
+ report and testing reports (System and Unit), extra task) 60\%
\item Addition to Drasil infrastructure, pull request accepted (up to) 50\% (Bonus)
@@ -654,27 +662,23 @@ All projects are expected
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\begin{frame}
-\frametitle{Challenge Level and Extras}
+\frametitle{Challenge Level and Extra Task}
\begin {itemize}
-\item Projects have a challenge level of advanced or general
-\item The basic category is not allowed for projects
-\item The challenge comes from
+\item Projects may be designed as ``research'' projects
+\item Research projects involve
\begin{itemize}
- \item Domain knowledge
- \item Implementation challenges
- \item Other sources
+ \item graduate-level domain knowledge
+ \item a graduate-level implementation challenge
\end{itemize}
-\item For full grades a general challenge level requires Extras
+\item non-research projects require an extra task, selected from:
\begin{itemize}
\item Usability testing
+ \item User manual
\item Rigorous code walkthroughs
- \item User documentation
\item Formal proof
- \item GenderMag personas
- \item Design thinking
- \item Etc.
+ \item Other (approved by instructor)
\end{itemize}
\item Extras can be used as bonus grades for advanced projects
\end {itemize}
@@ -683,36 +687,36 @@ All projects are expected
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
-\begin{frame}
-\frametitle{Advanced Versus General}
-
-\begin {itemize}
-
-\item Advanced
-\begin{itemize}
- \item Novel
- \item Senior undergrad level or graduate level domain knowledge or implementation
- \item Large project scope
- \item Limited use of external libraries
- \item \href{https://github.com/omltcat/turbulent-flow} {Artificial turbulence
- boundary conditions}
-\end{itemize}
-\item General
-\begin{itemize}
- \item Not particularly novel
- \item Senior highschool level or junior undergraduate level domain knowledge or implementation
- \item Limited project scope
- \item Heavy use of external libraries
- \item \href{https://github.com/WaqarAwan376/Damped_Harmonic_Oscillator-CAS741}
- {Damped harmonic oscillator}
-\end{itemize}
-\item CL and extras in prob.\ state.\ and \texttt{Repos.csv}
-\item Most projects will be General
-\end {itemize}
-
-\end{frame}
-
-%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+% \begin{frame}
+% \frametitle{Advanced Versus General}
+
+% \begin {itemize}
+
+% \item Advanced
+% \begin{itemize}
+% \item Novel
+% \item Senior undergrad level or graduate level domain knowledge or implementation
+% \item Large project scope
+% \item Limited use of external libraries
+% \item \href{https://github.com/omltcat/turbulent-flow} {Artificial turbulence
+% boundary conditions}
+% \end{itemize}
+% \item General
+% \begin{itemize}
+% \item Not particularly novel
+% \item Senior highschool level or junior undergraduate level domain knowledge or implementation
+% \item Limited project scope
+% \item Heavy use of external libraries
+% \item \href{https://github.com/WaqarAwan376/Damped_Harmonic_Oscillator-CAS741}
+% {Damped harmonic oscillator}
+% \end{itemize}
+% \item CL and extras in prob.\ state.\ and \texttt{Repos.csv}
+% \item Most projects will be General
+% \end {itemize}
+
+% \end{frame}
+
+% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Libraries}
@@ -794,7 +798,7 @@ Probably best to use the same order when doing your requirements presentation
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\begin{frame}
-\frametitle{Student Background} %show of hands
+\frametitle{Student Background} %show of hands, volunteers
\begin{itemize}
\item Your name
@@ -816,6 +820,7 @@ Probably best to use the same order when doing your requirements presentation
\item Your preferred OS
\end{itemize}
\item What do you hope to get out of this course?
+\item Who has some potential project ideas?
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}
diff --git a/Lectures/titlepage.tex b/Lectures/titlepage.tex
index e82b102e09a32e14ad67ba0d9b38d9ba867dd54d..5b688568b3c879ad98ea9a8765b20077174853f1 100644
--- a/Lectures/titlepage.tex
+++ b/Lectures/titlepage.tex
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
\newcommand{\season}{Winter} %use to switch between Winter and Fall
\newcommand{\instructor}{Dr.~Spencer Smith} %use to switch instructor
\newcommand{\instructSmall}{Dr.~Smith}
-\newcommand{\yr}{2024}
+\newcommand{\yr}{2025}
\newcommand{\courseCode}{CAS 741}
\newcommand{\courseTitle}{Development of Scientific Computing Software}