Institution
University of Puerto Rico
Rio Piedras Campus
College of Natural Sciences
Department of Computer Science
Professor
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Humberto Ortiz-Zuazaga |
| Office | NCL A-159 |
| Laboratory | NCL A-158 |
| Telephone | 787-764-0000 x88363 |
| humberto.ortiz@upr.edu | |
| Web page | http://ccom.uprrp.edu/~humberto/ |
| Office hours | Tuesday, Thursday 10:00 AM - 12:00 N |
| or by appointment |
Description
This course will give the students of the computer science program a research experience in a topic related to Computer Science. Each student will work independently on a research project under the supoervision of a researcher. There will be weekly meetings to discuss the progress made and approaches to advance the completion of the project. At the end of the semester each student will submit a technical report; in addition will give an oral presentation or will prepare a poster of the research done. The course can be taken more than once with a maximum of 6 credits.
Pre-requisite
None
Content
By agreement
Objectives
By agreement
Course Schedule
By agreement
Instructional resources
Textbook
Software
Evaluation
Students work will be evaluated on a 100% basis with the standard curve.
- Participation in lab meetings, 25% final grade
- Technical report, 50% final grade
- Poster or presentation, 25% final grade
Reasonable accomodations for students
Students with disabilities properly registered with the Office of Affairs for Persons with Disabilities Oficina de Asuntos para la Persona con Impedimento (O.A.P.I.) should notify the professor at the start of the semester. The professor will make reasonable accommodations to support the student, in consultation with OAPI.
Academic integrity
The University of Puerto Rico promotes the highest standards of academic and scientific integrity. Article 6.2 of the UPR Student Bylaws (Certification JS 13 2009–2010) states that “academic dishonesty includes but is not limited to: fraudulent actions, obtaining grades or academic degrees using false or fraudulent simulations, copying totally or partially academic work from another person, plagiarizing totally or partially the work of another person, copying totally or partially responses from another person to examination questions, making another person to take any test, oral or written examination on his/hers behalf, as well as assisting or facilitating any person to incur in the aforementioned conduct”. Fraudulent conduct refers to “behavior with the intent to defraud, including but not limited to, malicious alteration or falsification of grades, records, identification cards or other official documents of the UPR or any other institution.” Any of these actions shall be subject to disciplinary sanctions in accordance with the disciplinary procedure, as stated in the existing UPR Student Bylaws.
DISCLAIMER: The above statement is an English translation, prepared at the Deanship of Academic Affairs of the Medical Sciences Campus, of certain parts of Article 6.2 of the UPR Student Bylaws “Reglamento General de Estudiantes de la Universidad de Puerto Rico”, (Certificación JS 13 2009-2010). It is in no way intended to be a legal substitute for the original document, written in Spanish.