CSCE 590 - 001

From Innovation to Startup in Computing

Continued Operations 2^nd Revised Course Materials

Spring 2020

Instructor: Csilla Farkas

Office: Horizon II, 2253

Office Hours: Tuesdays 11:45 am – 1:15 pm, Thursdays 2:30 – 4:00 pm, electronically any time or by appointment

Telephone: (803)576-5762

E-mail: farkas@cec.sc.edu

Class times: Tuesday, Thursday 1:15 pm – 2:30 pm

Class location: 300 Main St. Rm. B101

Class homepage: http://cse.sc.edu/~farkas/csce590/csce590.htm

Final exam date: May 5, 2020 12:30 pm – 3:00 pm

Syllabus – Note: the syllabus is updated to accommodate the changes to the modified course offering.

Academic Bulletin Description

Challenges and opportunities to become an entrepreneur in computing. Innovative practices, collaboration, research, and state-of-the-art development. Business, legal, and human aspects.

Full Course Description

The course investigates the rapidly changing field of computing innovation and entrepreneurship. Launching a successful start-up company requires more than solid technical capabilities. Students will learn to identify technology paradigm shift, build business plans, understand legal constraints, and build a winning team. Students will meet with leaders of computing industry, learn about local resources that are available for a business start-up and will be encouraged to present their ideas to potential investors. In addition to regular lectures, the course is based on guest lectures by computing innovators and domain experts.

Prerequisites

Upper division status or graduate students.

Course Materials

Required textbook:

1. T. N. Duening, R. A. Hisrich, M. A. Lechter, Technology Entrepreneurship: Taking Innovation to the Marketplace, Academic Press; 2 edition, 2014, ISBN-10: 012420175X, ISBN-13: 978-0124201750.

2. Online resources

Lecture Materials Note: Voice over .ppt slides for lectures will be posted for each lecture after March 23, 2020

Assignments

• Homework 1 – Due: January 21, 2020
• Homework 2 – Due: January 28, 2020
• Homework 3 – Due: February 6, 2020
• Homework 4 – Due: March 5, 2020
• All remaining homework assignments will be posted in dropbox: https://dropbox.cse.sc.edu/login/index.php
• Homework 5 – Posted in dropbox! Due: 04/07/20
• Homework 6 – Will be posted in dropbox! Due: 04/14/20
• Homework 7 – Will be posted in dropbox! Due: 04/16/20

Project assignments

• Project Milestone1 – Due: 01/30/2020
• Project Milestone 2 – Due: 02/11/2020
• Project Milestone 3 – Due: 02/20/2020
• Project Milestone 4– Due: 03/03/2020
• Project Milestone 5– Due: 03/24/2020
• All remaining project milestone assignments will be posted in dropbox: https://dropbox.cse.sc.edu/login/index.php
• Project Milestone 6 – Posted in dropbox! Due: 04/09/20
• Project Milestone 7 Will be posted in dropbox! Due: 04/21/20
• Final Project report – Will be posted in dropbox! Due: May 5, 2020, 12:30 pm