Fishing for a CS Masters Thesis Topic

Gary Chambers gazzaguru2 at btinternet.com
Wed Jun 13 16:18:33 UTC 2007


How about "The Social Implications of Virtual Collaboration"?

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[mailto:squeak-dev-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org] On Behalf Of Robert
Stehwien
Sent: 13 June 2007 4:17 pm
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Subject: Fishing for a CS Masters Thesis Topic


I've been primarily a Windows C++ developer for 12 years with a little Java,
Perl, Python, and lately Ruby along the way.  I've never looked at line of
Smalltalk until recently.  But that all changed when I decided to get a
Masters in CS and since a PhD isn't out of the question write a thesis.

When asked by a co-worker what my thesis topic would be, I said "maybe
something with peer-to-peer, gaming, collaborative environments, 3D,
education, visual programming, interaction design, or languages" (big list I
know but somewhat ordered).  I started digging around and noticed a
pattern... Smalltalk, Squeak, Croquet, and Seaside kept coming up (although
it took a little while to notice the mouse icon and 3d bunny.

So I've ordered the book "Object Land", downloaded all the free books and
Squeak (ordered the DVD too), and joined the list.  But I'm still having
trouble narrowing down a thesis topic to present to my adviser (for
adjustment I'm sure).

Anyone have any suggestions for a thesis topic?  Maybe there is some part of
Squeak that the community would like documented/researched/implemented.  P2P
gaming/collaboration using Croquet sound interesting (Croquet has a great
deal of potential), but I'm pretty open for suggestions.

Thanks,
Robert

PS: As a working C++ developer it will take a while for me to finish the
thesis and my masters.




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