News

=September 7, 2014= Considering there are already 17 enrolled students, the oral examination on September 12 has been split over two days: Students can enroll and select the preferred day via Uniweb.
 * Friday, September 12,
 * Monday, September 15.

=July 31, 2014= Follow-up to the Capgemini speech: the slides of the speech are available here. If you have questions about the speech and/or about Capgemini, feel free to contact Maddalena Masciadri (maddalena.masciadri@capgemini.com).

=July 15, 2014= The oral examination that begins on July 21 will be split over two days: Registrations for the oral examination will close on July 19. The lists of students assigned to each day will be emailed (via Uniweb) to registered students on July 20.
 * Monday, July 21,
 * Tuesday, July 22.

=June 19, 2014= Remember that in order for a group to discuss the project ALL MEMBERS OF THE GROUP must enroll in the appropriate list on Uniweb.

=June 6, 2014= On June 10 at 10:30am, Antonio De Filippo from Capgemini will give a short speech on how he became involved with the world of mobile devices, and on the trends and opportunities for mobile development. Capgemini is a multinational corporation that offers a wide range of consulting and professional services. **The speech will take place in the "Le" room** just before the regular lecture begins.

= June 5, 2014 = The lab will close on Wednesday, July 2. Before then, the lab room will be accessible in the following days:
 * Tuesday, June 10 from 2:15pm to 6:15pm;
 * Wednesday, June 11 from 11:15am to 1:15pm;
 * Tuesday, June 17, from 2:15pm to 6:15pm;
 * Wednesday, June 18 from 1:15pm to 5:15pm (extra opening, make arrangements with lab staff);
 * Wednesday, June 25 from 1:15pm to 5:15pm;
 * Tuesday, July 1 from 2:15pm to 6:15pm;
 * Wednesday, July 2 from 1:15pm to 5:15pm (extra opening, make arrangements with lab staff).

= May 27, 2014 = I just discovered that the lab ended early today because of an issue with the booking of the Te room. I am investigating the issue. I apologize for the inconvenience -- though not dependent on my will -- and I promise I will organize an extra lab to recover the lost hours.

= May 20, 2014 = Tutors Sebastian Daberdaku and Francesco Peruch are required to hand a report on their activity during the lab hours at the end of the semester. For statistical reasons, we need the presences of each participant to the laboratory during the semester. The participants to the course are kindly asked to mark all their presences in the laboratory in the following registry with a "1" in the corresponding cell. @https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gmy2eHHslVwqzgMNSG0GpGI-Lysi-_QISZxyzQCc2Cc/edit?usp=sharing.

= May 4, 2014 = New devices have arrived for the lab: 4 Alcatel OneTouch 4 Pop C3's. As a result, device assignments to groups have been changed. The new assignments are visible under Students and will be operational from May 13. The groups that will change device are advised to ** perform a backup from the old device on May 6 during the lab **.

= April 28, 2014 = Starting tomorrow, tutors Sebastian Daberdaku and Francesco Peruch will be in the lab every Tuesday from 3pm to 5pm to answer students' questions.

= April 15, 2014 = As of today, assigned devices are available in the lab.

= April 8, 2014 = Today, April 8, from 3pm to 5pm, Sebastian Daberdaku will be in the lab to answer students' questions.

=March 31, 2014= On April 7, from 2:30pm to 4:30pm, the instructor and Sebastian Daberdaku will be available in the Ee room to assist groups that need guidance with their functional specifications. As a consequence, there will be no lecture on April 7.

=March 30, 2014= On April 1, from 2:15pm to 3:15pm, the instructor will be in the lab to give an overview on how to start developing apps for Android (Eclipse IDE) and iOS (Xcode IDE).

=March 28, 2014= The final list of groups is now available under Students. Device assignments will be finalized in April. Remember that **the deadline for submitting a detailed functional specification of "Default+", "Custom" and "Special" projects is April 10**.

=March 23, 2014= On March 25, from 2:15pm to 3:15pm, Sebastian Daberdaku will be in the lab to tutor on how to debug with the Eclipse IDE.

=March 18, 2014= The description of the default course project is now [|available as a shared Google Document].

=March 17, 2014= The laboratory will begin on March 18. The lab room is the "Te" room, located in Via Gradenigo 6/A. The lab room will be open every Tuesday from 2:15pm to 6:15pm. On March 18, from 2:15pm to 3:15pm, the instructor will be in the lab to give an overview of available software.

=March 13, 2014= Today, March 13, there will be no lesson as a result of the interruption of the water supply.

=March 12, 2014= A Facebook group has been created for the course: @https://www.facebook.com/groups/esp1314/. The group is an experiment: students are encouraged to give it a try, but they should be aware that the official source of information for the course is still the website http://esp1314.wikispaces.com/.

=March 11, 2014= For custom projects (option #4) the group should also provide a 10-line description of the proposed app. Custom projects that are blatantly trivial, overcomplicated or similar in structure to the default project will be rejected, and the proponent groups will be assigned the default project. Custom projects that present minor issues will be accepted; issues must be corrected by April 10 in the final, detailed specification. Students who have not entered a group by March 27 will be be forcibly grouped and assigned the default project on the Android platform.
 * The deadline for the creation of groups is March 27, 11:59pm.** By the deadline, each group must send to the instructor an email stating
 * the name of the group,
 * the names of the 3 group members,
 * the platform (Android or iOS) chosen by the group,
 * whether the group will develop 1) the default project, or 2) the default project augmented with some custom function, or 3) a special project (specify which one), or 4) a fully custom project devised by the group itself.

=March 11, 2014= There will be no office hours this afternoon: the instructor will be attending a meeting in Confindustria.

=March 10, 2014= Enrollment is now closed. No exceptions. The list of students allowed to take the course for grades is available here. If you are an enrolled student and want to leave the course, you can do so before the project groups are formed, i.e. **by March 27**. To leave the course, notify the instructor by email.

=February 11, 2014= Enrollment is now open! Enroll by adding your name in the appropriate list using gestNuPro 2.
 * Deadline for enrollment: Sunday, March 9, 2014.**