CS 481 Group Design Project

Spring 1998 Projects

Project Title: Code Reuse and Change Calculation

Team A Developers: Matt Boam, Howard Hendrickson, John Menter, Aric TenEyeck

Sponsor: Troy Pearse, Hewlett-Packard, Boise, ID

Description: Given two versions of a C source code file, this tool will analyze how much code is being reused between them.  

Team A Final Project Demonstration

(left to right):
  Howard Hendrickson
  Aric TenEyeck
  Matt Boam
  John Menter
  Troy Pearse, Sponsor

Project Title: Sub-Contractor Delivery Tracking Tool

Team B Developers:  Joy Keith, Jonathan Ness, Rob Taylor, Kelly Russell

Sponsor: Don Moreaux, Hewlett-Packard, Boise, ID

Description: Hewlett-Packard reuses code and supporting files (called “drops”) from outside vendors.  When HP receives an updated version of a drop, they manually inspect up to a 200 MB directory structure to find any changes that could potentially crash their build.  This is a tedious, time-consuming, and error prone process when done by hand. This is why it is essential to replace the hand process by a more reliable and efficient system.
The sub-contractor delivery tracking tool is a program that automates this Hewlett-Packard process.  Implementation of this program will increase overall efficiency by giving productive time back to the engineers.
The Tracking Tool working platforms are on Windows NT or Windows 95 systems. Once running, it requests the new drop directory information through a graphical user interface. After examining the old and new drops, it reports all new, modified, and deleted files plus any new or deleted directories in a comma-delimited text file.  System features include:

• Setup:  We will provide a setup wizard to guide the user through the installation process and to ensure a clean disposal of all files should the user choose to uninstall the program.
• Graphical User Interface:  This tool uses a graphical front end to assist the user with entering drop information and the output file location.  The interface will also include a dialog box showing the user the progress of the program as it is traversing the directory structures.
• Compare Directory Structures:  The Tracking Tool will traverse the drop directory structures, starting at the points specified by the user, detecting difference between the two.  Differences include:  New, deleted, and moved directories; new, deleted and moved files; changes in file size.
• Create Report:  A comma-delimited text file will be created containing data extracted while comparing directory structures  This text file can be imported into MS Excel or similar spreadsheet programs.
• Help Files:  To ensure that our program will be usable by HP engineers, a detailed set of on-line help system will be included with this Tracking Tool.

Team B Final Project Demonstration

Front (left to right):
  Joy Keith
  Don Moreaux, Sponsor

Back:
  Kelly Russell
  Jonathan Ness
  Rob Taylor

Project Title: NetWatcher

Team C Developers: Josh Bawden, Brian Castle, Lester Igo, David Korus

Sponsor: Leonard Hermans, Itron, Inc., Spokane, WA

Description: NetWatcher is a program to monitor computer networks. It constantly checks the network services to be sure they are functioning. In case of a failure, NetWatcher will e-mail or page users regarding the problem. NetWatcher also includes a web interface, which will display the interactive status for all network services and show a log of all outages. In addition, this web interface will allow the user to edit the NetWatcher configurations.

Team C Project Initiation

Standing (left to right):
  Lester Igo
  Leonard Hermans, Sponsor
  Brian Castle
  David Korus
  Josh Bawden
 

Project Title: WWW-based Examination System

Team D Developers: Dean Polla, Jim Shewmaker, Lance Wasem

Sponsor:  Bonnie Jacobsen, UI Aquaculture Research Institute, Moscow, ID

Description:  The Aquaculture Institute at the University of Idaho wants to advance knowledge of aquaculture sciences among members of the aquaculture community, promote aquaculture awareness and education, and to provide an aquaculture component to incorporate into college level courses.  With this vision in mind, the Web Testing System has been developed.

The Web Testing System is an alternative to in-class exams for students, it provides distance learning and testing via the World Wide Web.  Randomly generated exams provide each student with a fair and challenging exam similar to in class examinations.   Upon submission the exam is automatically scored and within seconds notifies the user of their grade.  All the teacher has to do is configure each on-line test to their desired specification using the Web Exam Manager, a graphical user interface developed under Windows 95.

Team D Final Project Demonstration

Standing (left to right):
  Jim Shewmaker
  Bonnie Jacobsen, Sponsor
  Lance Wasem
  Dean Polla

Project Title:  Hummingbird Network Security Tools Upgrade

Team E Developers: Sam Gerlach, Jamie Marchoni, James Cooper

Sponsors: Dr. Deborah Frincke and Don Tobin, UI Computer Science Dept., Moscow, ID

Description: The trend towards a strong interdependence among networks has serious security implications. Not only does the compromise of one network adversely affect resources needed by others, but also the compromised network may be part of a multi-network attack targeting other systems. The task of identifying such attacks in progress can be quite difficult. Other researchers have found that data sharing is needed to detect many systemic attacks involving multiple hosts even within a single network. Systems such as DIDS and EMERALD have been developed to gather and analyze such data network and enterprise-wide, respectively. However, neither system addresses data sharing between networks that lack central administration. This web page identifies some of the issues that need to be addressed if cooperative intrusion detection using data sharing between distinct sites is to become a viable option, and provides a set of requirements for designing such a system. A formal model meeting these requirements has been developed, and a subset of the model has been implemented as a functional cooperative data sharing system.

Team E Final Project Demonstration

Seated (left to right):
  James Cooper
  Jamie Marconi
  Sam Gerlach

Standing:
  Don Tobin, Sponsor
  Deborah Frincke, Sponsor  

Project Title: Firmware Knowledge Base

Team F Developers: Kram Allen, Michael Bateman, Andrew Hopkins

Sponsor: Don Moreaux, Hewlett-Packard, Boise, ID

Description: The Firmware Knowledge Base is an online database containing process information. Firmware engineers at HP will be able to enter, delete, modify, and view information pertaining to hardware and software procedures. An E-mail interface allows remote additions to the Knowledge Base along with HTML pages containing the basic functionality of the system.

Team F Final Project Demonstration

Standing (left to right):
  Andrew Hopkins
  Don Moreaux, Sponsor
  Michael Bateman
  Kram Allen

E-mail: billjunk@cs.uidaho.edu
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