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WELCOME TO TECHNICAL WRITING FOR COMPUTER ENGINEERS.

This is a required course for UCSC CE and EE students.

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What would you like to know?

• Instructor: Gerald B. Moulds
• Office hours: Wednesdays 12:15pm-2pm (or by appointment)
• Office Location: Engineering-2, Room 237A
• Phone: (831) 588-4252
• e-mail: gmoulds@soe.ucsc.edu

• Teaching Assistant: Rigo Dicochea
• Office Hours: To Be Announced
• Location: To Be Announced
• Email: rigo@soe.ucsc.edu

• Class meetings
• Location: Porter 148
• Time: Tuesdays and Thursdays 12:00pm-1:45pm

• Assignments:

Assignment	Rough Draft Due	Final Due
1. Resume and Cover Letter	January 10	January 15
2. Algorithm Description	January 24	January 29
3. Article Database UI	February 7	February 12
4. Project Proposal Memo		February 21
5. Survey Article	February 26	February 28
6. Document Specification		March 4 or 6
7. Poster Projects		March 4 or 6
8. Final Project	March 11	March 18
9. Oral Presentations		Throughout Quarter

Poster Information:

• You can get your poster printed for free at BELS if it meets the standard size of 48”x36”.
• Send a PowerPoint or PDF file to bels-request@soe.ucsc.edu with the Subject: 'Poster Printing - CE185 - Myname'.
• BELS has a 5-day minimum lead time, so if you haven’t sent them your poster on time, Kinkos can do a very quick turnaround for about $25.
• BELS has suggestions and requirements for making a good poster. Go to their pages on poster printing and poster guidelines.
• BELS also lists some excellent poster resources at Cornell and Swarthmore.

Here you can find information on:

Presentation Tips

Algorithm Description Assignment

Common Algorithm Problems

Article Database UI Tutorial

Survey Article

Poster Project

Final Project (includes information on the Project Proposal and Document Specification)

POSTER DAY:

On March 4^th and 6^th, meet at the Jack Baskin Lounge in Baskin Engineering, otherwise known as the Whiteboards room.

March 4 Presenters Include:

• Bernal, Zachary
• Bingham, Rachel
• Condley, Walter
• Cox, Courtney
• Frias Corrales, Jose
• Galliani, Nicholas
• Ghodsi, Arash
• Holmes, Andrew
• Jagusiak, Nicholas
• Kaftan, Gal
• Kvitky, Jonathan
• Nelson, Roger
• Ready, Samantha
• Semenikhina, Maria
• Sethuram, Rahul

March 6 Presenters Include:

• Ajioka, Owen
• Chang, Lourdes
• Chen, Eric
• Chin, Alexander
• Federowicz, Stephen
• Higgins, Jessica
• Ip, Kevin
• Jolly, Clifford
• Mendes, Joe
• Miguelgorry, Chandler
• Rogers, Adam
• Smiths, Brendan
• So, Jacky
• Splawn, John
• Van Velzen, Bret
• Wikey, Arnold

• Submitting papers:
• All assignments must be submitted on paper.
1. Electronic submission will not be allowed except through special arrangements.
• All papers (except the Resume and Cover Letter assignment) should be double spaced.
• All papers must be peer edited before they are submitted.
1. Papers should be signed “Peer edited by … [insert name]”
2. Any paper not peer edited will be returned ungraded.
• Late papers are subject to a reduction in grade.
1. Grade reduction applies to rewrites, affecting the maximum possible grade for the assignment.

• Grades: Grades will be mostly (~80%) based on the total portfolio of work you turn in at the end of the class. This consists of five major writing projects (including your final project). Failure to turn in a major writing project will most likely result in a failing grade. To a lesser degree (~20%) your grade will be based on your oral presentation, poster project, various in-class writing assignments, and your participation in class discussions.

• Collaboration is good, and plagiarism is bad. Read more about it here.

In-Class Presentation Dates

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January 22:

· Cliff Jolly
· Courtney Cox
· Jas Condley

January 24:

• Mariya Semenikhina
• Steve Federowicz

January 29

January 31

• Kevin Ip
• Samantha Ready
• Lourdes Chang

February 5

• Arnold Wikey
• Jose Frias Corrales

February 7

February 12

February 14

February 19

February 21

• Rachel Bingham

February 26

February 28

March

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gmoulds@soe.ucsc.edu