UCSB Computer Science Senior Capstone Project Design and Development
2-Quarter Sequence: Fall/Winter Quarters
The capstone course sequence presents an opportunity to develop innovative solutions to real industry problems. You won't find answers to these problems in a textbook, on a message board, or in off-the-shelf software package -- because students in this class are among the first ever to be able to solve them. Working together with industry leaders, student teams take on the most challenging problems of the day with technological innovation, creativity, and boatloads of hard work.
The capstone course sequence is offered during the Fall and Winter quarters at UCSB with Capstone projects presented to public during the UCSB CS Summit in March in Corwin Pavillion!
Contacts
189A Instructor -- Tobias Höllerer [website], UCSB Computer Science
— Teaching Assistants --
Satyam Awasthi, UCSB Computer Science, Shubham Talbar, UCSB Computer Science
189B Instructor --
Giovanni Vigna [website], UCSB Computer Science,
— Teaching Assistants -- Satyam Awasthi, UCSB Computer Science, Shubham Talbar, UCSB Computer Science
Final Presentations March 15, 2023: CS Summit
The teams will present their project posters and presentations at the 2023 CS summit. Details on the summit, including the schedule, will be posted around December.
2022 CS CAPSTONE
Thank you to everyone attending the 2022 CS Summit and CS Capstone presentation event. Here is some information about the March 2022 event:
2022 Winning Teams
- First place: SmartGrid -- Team Pina Colada, Mentor: AgMonitor
- Second place: VCare -- SegFault, Mentor: WellHealth
- Third place: NOMADS -- Man2, Mentor: The Navy / NAVAIR
Congratulations to all teams for successfully completing their 2021/22 CS Capstone projects!
Special thanks to this year's amazing mentors/sponsors!
What are people saying about Capstone?
"Capstone was the single best experience I had in all of my 16+ years of education (except for maybe coloring in first grade).
I learned more in the 5 months of Capstone than I did in the first three years of college combined.
What can I say about a program that helped me learn about the industry as well as helped me get my first job out of college? AWESOME!"
— Zack Warburg, Software Engineer, AppFolio
"CS189 not only helped me during job interviews but also the project I am working on with
PowerPoint is very similar to the project that my group worked on (the online slide sharing app)"
— Melissa Hunter, Software Design Engineer, Microsoft
"As far as getting a job goes, CMPSC 189 is probably one of the most useful things you can do
as an undergrad."
— Brendan Blackwood, iContact.
"Many projects I am working on now I find myself going through the same steps I did in CMPSC
189 class. From gathering requirements, producing design specs, and ultimately presenting my work."
— Chris Fattarsi, Web Developer, NASA Ames Research Center
"In the past few years we have worked with Novacoast, JPL, Microsoft, Qualcomm, Aerospace Corp,
FindTheBest, Eucalyptus, and many other companies to take on problems across a broad range of
Computer Science. If you are interested in participating either as a student or a sponsor, please
don't hesitate to ask some questions!"
— Tim Sherwood, Professor of Computer Science and co-instructor for CS 189