UCCS Vision And Software Technology Laboratory

CS 330 Software Engineering Project Teams

Project Team 1: Mbark Biometrics (Ross Micheals, NIST)

*System configuration & state visualization for a biometric application platform* Despite existing efforts, building modern biometric applications (or /clients/) that are flexible with respect to changes in sensors, workflow, configuration, and responsiveness remains both difficult and costly. The Multimodal Biometric Application Resource Kit, or MBARK reduces the complexity and costs of implementing such an application. MBARK is public domain source code that may be leveraged to develop the next-generation of biometric and personal identity verification applications (http://www.itl.nist.gov/iad/894.03/nigos/mbark.html).

Unfortunately, the flexibility of MBARK comes at the cost of complexity. Although MBARK uses a unified XML format for both configuration and application state serialization, understanding the contents of these files currently requires an expert. The purpose of this project would be to reduce this 'barrier of entry' by developing two style-sheet transforms (XSLTs) that would transform the configuration files into (1) HTML and (2) XAML to make it easier for non-experts to understand the file contents. Such a tool will likely require first developing a formal XML Schema (XSD) for the files along with accompanying documentation.

Contact Information:

   Ross J. Micheals, PhD
   National Institute of Standards and Technology
   100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8940
   Phone: (301) 975-3234
   ross.micheals@nist.gov

Requirements Team

Comments:
Document Good detail, strong usecases, strong analysis. Initial version has some soft language, but good SQA follow up. No schedule.
Interview/Process Excellent interview detail and analysis.

Requirements SQA Team

Comments: No requirements review doc. Okay audit, good comments in document. okay schedule.

Specification Teams

Same as Requirements

Spec Team SQA

Design Team

Design SQA Team

Project Team 2: UCCS Routing Forms (Gwen Genaro)

This project will develop an fully electronic distributed replacement for the campus proposal routing sheets. It will include both the appropriate forms, a database/store for proposals, both pending and past, and budget information for each proposal. Contact: 
  Gwen Logan Gennaro
  Director
  Office of Sponsored Programs
  University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
  1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway
  Colorado Springs, CO  80918
  Phone: 719.262.3153
  Fax: 719.262.3706
  Email: ggennaro@uccs.edu

Requirements Team

Comments: Document Too much "design" in some areas, lacking detailed on interface requirements issues.
Interview/Process: Needed to track changes in document.
Weak traceability.
No schedule

Requirements SQA Team

Comments: Needed to track changes in document. Good audit checklist, no requirements review doc. Weak traceability. No schedule

Specification Teams

Spec Team SQA

Design Team

Design SQA Team

Project 3: Salvador Imaging, Spatial-Temporal Filtering (Tom Vogelsong)

This project will develop spatio-temporal filters for improving the operations of Salvador Imaging cameras. The core processing will (eventually) be done in FPGA, with software simulation and a UI to allow control and development before reprogramming the FPGA with particular new parameters. A team of students is already working on the FPGA implementation, this will formalize the specification and will also define the simulation software and UI specification. Contact: 

Thomas L. Vogelsong, PhD
Director, Business Development
Salvador Imaging, Inc.
phone: (719)598-6006
fax: (719)598-6556
e-mail: tvogelsong@salvadorimaging.com
web: www.salvadorimaging.com