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Project:Possibility presents

Project:Possibility presents. Orientation October 16, 2008. Welcome to the SS12 Orientation. Agenda All about SS12 Purpose Projects Judging Schedule Q&A. The Purpose of SS12. Create empowering software for the disabled Because technology is powerful Because there is a need

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Project:Possibility presents

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  1. Project:Possibility presents Orientation October 16, 2008

  2. Welcome to the SS12 Orientation Agenda • All about SS12 • Purpose • Projects • Judging • Schedule • Q&A

  3. The Purpose of SS12 • Create empowering software for the disabled • Because technology is powerful • Because there is a need • Because we can • Software: Open sourced • Malleable • Knowledge is retained and nurtured within a community • Free to those who need it most – it cannot be sold for profit • SS12 is an Extension of Project:Possibility

  4. Who is behind SS12? Organizers • Project:Possibility • USC Association for Computing Machinery Corporate Sponsors • Lockheed Martin • Mozilla • Microsoft • Sony University Sponsors • Undergraduate Student Government • USC Stevens

  5. Word Prediction • Time is money, but what about those who have limited mobility and can’t type quickly? • This project is extending work completed in SS12 ’07 and Semester Project • This software helps people with limited mobility by predicting the next word to be typed based on past words/characters. • Useful Skills: • Data structures • User Interface • Algorithms • Mentor: Michael Parker (Google)

  6. Community Captioner • This software will allow the community to caption videos for the hearing impaired • Useful Skills • Database • Javascript • Flash • Mentor: Ely Lerner (Amgen)

  7. Neural Impulse Actuator Game • Everyone loves a great game, even those who are visually impaired and hearing impaired • Neural Impulse Actuator (http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/ocz_peripherals/nia-neural_impulse_actuator) is hardware that maps neural impulses to keyboard strokes • This game is for users to play by just thinking the action • Mentor: Harold Tan (FastTrackFundraising.com)

  8. Multi-IM Client • A lot of people communicate now-a-days through instant messenger programs • This software will make an accessible multi-IM client • Mentor: Brian D’Souza (Amgen)

  9. Axsjax • There has been no way to report dynamic updates to a website to assistive technology—until now! (WAIARIA) • AxsJax: Inject accessibility into existing websites • One project will create an accessible method to retrieve walking directions from Google Maps • Another project will make LinkedIn accessible • Useful Skills • Web development • DOM • Javascript • Mentor: Prashanth Pandian (JPL)

  10. Barcode Reader • This project is to help those who are visually impaired. • The software will be deployed onto a phone, which uses the camera to take a picture of the barcode • UPC barcode reader will connect to a database to provide information such as nutritional information, technical specs, and pricing • Mentor: Michael Crowley (USC)

  11. Exhibition Projects • Speaking Thunderbird • Integrate TTS engine to Thunderbird email client, and make the new module as an extension for thunderbird • Games • For the visually impaired and/or hearing impaired • Head Tracker • Use a web cam to track head movement and correlate it to mouse movement • Mentor: Ojas Mulay (Amgen), Mike Parker (Google)

  12. Judging • Is this something that someone would want to continue work on? This is open source! • Architecture • Code Quality • Documentation • Is this an effective way of accomplishing the task? • Ingenuity • Innovation • How well did we meet the challenge? • Challenge factor

  13. Our Recommendations • Divide and Conquer is the name of the game • Break into roles • Paired Programming • Elect a team lead • Eat, drink, and be merry • take breaks, have fun! • Spend sufficient time on design

  14. SS12 Mentors/Judges • Kanwal Mahal (Sandia National Lab) • Stefani Chan (Sandia National Lab) • Felix Rabinovich (Amgen) • Michael Crowley (USC) • Michael Parker (Google) • Harold Tan (FastTrackFundraising) • Prashanth Pandian (JPL) • Brian D’Souza (Amgen) • Ojas Mulay (Amgen) • Ely Lerner (Amgen)

  15. Prizes • Grand Prize • $1000 Cash – To Top team • Other Prizes • $160 USC Bookstore certificates • Microsoft Software/Games • SS12 Tshirts

  16. Schedule Thursday – Orientation • Students register project preferences • Mentors contact team members on Friday Saturday • Check in begins 9:00 AM Saturday • Name tags • Team locations • Updated schedule • Opening Remarks/Announcements begin promptly at 9:30 AM • Code-A-Thon!!! Sunday • Day begins promptly by 9:00 AM • Project Presentations • ~10 minutes/team at 7:30 PM

  17. What to Bring • Laptop with Wireless • AC Adaptor • Pillows/blankets • Text books/references

  18. To Do • Vote for your project preferences, due by tomorrow at noon • Set up SVN on your computer • Learn how to use wiki • When you receive your project/team assignment • Set up relevant development environments • Re-familiarize yourself with your development environments • Less fumbling, the better • Feel free to contact your teammates

  19. Q&A ? ?

  20. Thank You • Lockheed Martin • Project:Possibility • Stanley Lam, Aaron Chan • ACM Executive Board • David Richardson, Prateek Tandon, David Hodge • You, for being part of SS12 • Remember to submit your project preferences tonight!

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