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 WELCOME to the course webpage for  EECS 4080.03 for Summer 2015.
-===== Course Director, Winter 2015 =====
+==== Course Director, Summer 2015 ====
 Professor Patrick Dymond
 Office: LAS 3052c
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 ===== Outline =====
-is a special "project course", for third or higher year students.
+is a special "project course", for fourth year students (with 36 or more units of Computer Science courses in addition to general fourth year requirements.)
 A student works individually
 on a computer science or computer engineering project.
 The student's work is done under the supervision of an EECS faculty member.
-The contents and requirements for the project are to be defined and approved in a "contract" prior to registration. Students work is done largely on their own, with scheduled interactions with the supervisor.  At the end, students present a poster presentation on their projects, plus other agreed-upon deliverables.  Some potential projects can be found in the [[projects]] page.  Please read over the following procedures carefully to start the process.
+The contents and requirements for the project are to be defined and approved in a "contract" prior to registration. Students work on their own, with scheduled interactions with the supervisor.  At the end, students present a poster presentation on their projects, plus other agreed-upon deliverables.  Some potential projects will be found in the [[projects]] page.  Please read over the following procedures carefully to start the process.
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   - Read the course descriptions to determine your eligibility.  Please note the course prerequisites and exclusions.  These can be found under [[coursedesc]].
-  - Identify a **project** and a **project supervisor**.  A list of available projects is shown on the [[projects]] page.  If you identify a project from this list, then contact the corresponding faculty member to discuss your fit to the project and whether that faculty member is willing to act as Project Supervisor for your work on that project.  Alternatively, you may work in collaboration with a department faculty member to develop a project that is not currently listed.  A list of department faculty members can be found here: [[http://www.cse.yorku.ca/cspeople/faculty/index.html|Faculty Members]]
+  - Identify a **project** and a **project supervisor**.  A list of available projects from last term and earlier is shown on the [[former]] page.  Possible projects proposed for this term will be added to the [[projects]] page as soon as supervisors provide them.
+If you identify a project from the list, then contact the corresponding faculty member to discuss your fit to the project and whether that faculty member is willing to act as Project Supervisor for your work on that project.  Alternatively, you may work in collaboration with a department faculty member to develop a project that is not currently listed.  (Note that finding an available faculty supervisor may not be possible, especially in the summer term.) A list of department faculty members can be found here: [[http://www.cse.yorku.ca/cspeople/faculty/index.html|Faculty Members]].
   - Develop a **Project Contract**.  In close collaboration with the project supervisor, develop a document that outlines the project's description, the background requirements, project readings, project deliverables, and project evaluation.  See the [[contract]].
-  - Submit the Project Contract to the Course Director for **approval** before the deadline.  The submission deadline is **January 22, 2014, noon**.  Project Contracts must be submitted by email to the course director at wildes@cse.yorku.ca, with a cc to your project supervisor.  A signed hard copy of the contract should be brought to the department office, LAS 1003, attention the 4080 Project Supervisor.
+  - Submit the Project Contract to the Course Director for **approval** before the deadline.  The submission deadline is **Tuesday May 26,  noon**.  Project Contracts must be submitted by email to the course director at dymond at cse.yorku.ca, with a cc to your project supervisor.  A signed hard copy of the contract should also be brought to the department office, LAS 1003, attention the 4080 Project Supervisor.
-  - Finally enrol in the course using the online system as per the instructions you will be sent once the contract has been approved.
+  - Finally, enroll in the course using the online system following the instructions you will be emailed once the contract has been approved.
 Further questions?  Please consult the [[FAQ]] first.  Once you have this read carefully, if your question remains unanswered, then please feel free to email the course director.