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Computer Science Capstone (Fall 2025)

Bowie State University
Computer Science Capstone (Fall 2025)
08/25/2025 to 12/05/2025
Rose Shumba
Collaboration Overview
About Students
Students participating in this program are senior computer science majors in their final semester at Bowie State University. They have completed advanced coursework in software engineering, machine learning, systems architecture, and cybersecurity, and are now applying their skills in a capstone experience designed to simulate real-world software consulting. 

Students are expected to: 

  • Work in small teams (typically 3–5 per team)

  • Engage directly with industry partners as clients

  • Design and implement solutions using modern frameworks, version control, and Agile practices

  • Communicate their progress weekly through demos, reports, and presentations

They are experienced with tools such as Python, GitHub, Angular, Slack, UML, and cloud-based design systems, and are excited to tackle machine learning and AI-driven challenges with real-world impact.
About Program Goals
By the end of this capstone experience, students will be able to: 

  • Translate complex client needs into well-scoped, technically viable project plans

  • Design and implement a machine learning-powered software solution using industry-standard tools

  • Demonstrate iterative development through Agile practices, including demos, backlog refinement, and testing

  • Communicate clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders through documentation and presentations

  • Collaborate as interdisciplinary teams to evaluate design alternatives and make ethical, informed software decisions

Each project is expected to culminate in a functioning prototype, GitHub repository, and formal presentation to faculty and industry stakeholders.
About the Collaboration Format
The Senior Capstone in Computer Science at Bowie State University is a structured, semester-long applied research and software development experience that serves as the culmination of students’ undergraduate education. 

In Fall 2025, the course will focus on two distinct industry-partnered projects, with the entire class divided into multiple teams, each tackling one of the projects. This unique format ensures: 

  • Multiple perspectives per project: Each project benefits from the insights, creativity, and technical solutions of several independent student teams.

  • Peer comparison and innovation: Teams working on the same challenge often take different approaches, enabling industry partners to compare diverse solution paths.

  • Iterative engagement: Projects evolve over 15 weeks, with weekly check-ins, demos, and deliverables to guide refinement.

  • Faculty-supported execution: Each team receives guidance from faculty and engages regularly with the industry partner to ensure alignment.


Each team produces its own set of deliverables — including source code, documentation, presentations, and demos — all targeted at addressing the same core project challenge from different angles.
Benefits for Industry Partners
Program Details

Students Include: Bachelor Degree

Students Enrolled:  Students Enrolled

Program Duration: 14 weeks

Program Launch Date: 08/25/25

Program End Date: 12/05/25

Student Commitment: 8-13 Hours hrs/week

Course Format: Capstone, Multiple Projects Multiple Teams

Modality: Fully Remote

# of Projects: 2

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Project Requirements

Industry Partner Requirements
Project Topics Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Cybersecurity Information Technology (IT) Market Research Product Design & Development Research, Analysis, Evaluation Software Design & Development UX/UI & Human-Centered Design
Location Preferences

Local (within 30 miles)

Compensation

No Compensation Required

Sponsorship

No Sponsorship Required
Other Requirements
Ideal projects should: 

  • Involve real-world datasets or simulation environments

  • Include machine learning applications such as classification, prediction, pattern recognition, or clustering

  • Provide room for algorithmic design and decision-making, rather than rigid step-by-step solutions

  • Include both a technical development component (e.g., data ingestion, training, model deployment) and a user-facing outcome (e.g., dashboard, web interface, mobile app)

  • Be scoped appropriately for a semester-long student team project (with weekly iteration demos)
Project Management Time Commitment 1 Hour per week
Interested Industries Aerospace & Defense Agriculture & Farming Arts & Recreation Biotech & Pharmaceuticals Computers & Hardware Construction, Repair & Maitenance Consulting & Professional Services Consumer Products & Services Education & Ed-Tech Energy & Utilities Fashion & Apparel Finance & Investment Food & Beverage Government Health Care & Life Sciences Insurance Manufacturing & Industrial Media, Publishing & Content Natural Resources Non-Profit & Social Impact Public Works Real Estate Restaurants, Hospitality & Food Service Retail & E-Commerce Semiconductor Software, AI & Data Sports & Entertainment Telecommunications Transportation & Logistics Travel & Tourism
Skills & Expertise
Agile Development Classification Algorithms Clustering Techniques Data Cleaning Data Visualization Data Wrangling Docker Feature Engineering Flask Git GitHub JSON Jupyter Notebooks Linux Machine Learning Pipelines Model Evaluation Neural Networks NumPy Pandas Presentation Design Python PyTorch Regression Analysis REST APIs Scikit-learn Software Testing SQL Technical Documentation TensorFlow VS Code
Key Program Dates Due Date
Request for Proposal published

Collaboration request published. Industry Partners may express interest in participating.

Jul 21 2025, 09:59 PM UTC
Interview

Educators will begin interviewing interested Industry Partners to discuss project ideas.

Jul 24 2025, 09:59 PM UTC
Proposal Application Deadline

Final date for Industry Partners to express interest in participating.

Aug 14 2025, 09:59 PM UTC
Finalize Project Charter

Educators and Industry Partners finalize project charters, legal documents, and background materials.

Aug 18 2025, 09:59 PM UTC
Official Program Launch

We’ll find a time on this day for you to meet with the students to kick off your project.

Aug 25 2025
Official Program End

We’ll find a time on this day for you to meet with the students to wrap up your project.

Dec 05 2025

* We’ve got some inspirational project ideas below! These are related project topics that you can mix and match the components for the best cross-functional project experience possible.

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Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

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Cybersecurity

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Information Technology (IT)

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Market Research

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Product Design & Development

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Research, Analysis, Evaluation

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Software Design & Development

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UX/UI & Human-Centered Design

Program Overview
Program Title Computer Science Capstone (Fall 2025)
Organization Bowie State University
# of Students Enrolled
0
# of Projects Running
2 Project/s Added (of 2 Projects Expected)

Program Timeline

Project Duration

Start Date: 08/25/25      End Date: 12/05/25

3 months
Collaboration Overview
About Students

Students participating in this program are senior computer science majors in their final semester at Bowie State University. They have completed advanced coursework in software engineering, machine learning, systems architecture, and cybersecurity, and are now applying their skills in a capstone experience designed to simulate real-world software consulting. 

Students are expected to: 

  • Work in small teams (typically 3–5 per team)

  • Engage directly with industry partners as clients

  • Design and implement solutions using modern frameworks, version control, and Agile practices

  • Communicate their progress weekly through demos, reports, and presentations

They are experienced with tools such as Python, GitHub, Angular, Slack, UML, and cloud-based design systems, and are excited to tackle machine learning and AI-driven challenges with real-world impact.

Student Level:   Bachelor Degree

Student Time Commitment:   Full Time

Team Structure:   4 - 6

Program Goals
By the end of this capstone experience, students will be able to: 

  • Translate complex client needs into well-scoped, technically viable project plans

  • Design and implement a machine learning-powered software solution using industry-standard tools

  • Demonstrate iterative development through Agile practices, including demos, backlog refinement, and testing

  • Communicate clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders through documentation and presentations

  • Collaborate as interdisciplinary teams to evaluate design alternatives and make ethical, informed software decisions

Each project is expected to culminate in a functioning prototype, GitHub repository, and formal presentation to faculty and industry stakeholders.
Format Structure

Multiple Projects Multiple Teams
Format Title Capstone
Format Description
The Senior Capstone in Computer Science at Bowie State University is a structured, semester-long applied research and software development experience that serves as the culmination of students’ undergraduate education. 

In Fall 2025, the course will focus on two distinct industry-partnered projects, with the entire class divided into multiple teams, each tackling one of the projects. This unique format ensures: 

  • Multiple perspectives per project: Each project benefits from the insights, creativity, and technical solutions of several independent student teams.

  • Peer comparison and innovation: Teams working on the same challenge often take different approaches, enabling industry partners to compare diverse solution paths.

  • Iterative engagement: Projects evolve over 15 weeks, with weekly check-ins, demos, and deliverables to guide refinement.

  • Faculty-supported execution: Each team receives guidance from faculty and engages regularly with the industry partner to ensure alignment.


Each team produces its own set of deliverables — including source code, documentation, presentations, and demos — all targeted at addressing the same core project challenge from different angles.
Benefits For Industry Partners
Project Modality Fully Remote
Industry Partner Requirements to Participate
Project Topics Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Cybersecurity Information Technology (IT) Market Research Product Design & Development Research, Analysis, Evaluation Software Design & Development UX/UI & Human-Centered Design
Target Industries Aerospace & Defense Agriculture & Farming Arts & Recreation Biotech & Pharmaceuticals Computers & Hardware Construction, Repair & Maitenance Consulting & Professional Services Consumer Products & Services Education & Ed-Tech Energy & Utilities Fashion & Apparel Finance & Investment Food & Beverage Government Health Care & Life Sciences Insurance Manufacturing & Industrial Media, Publishing & Content Natural Resources Non-Profit & Social Impact Public Works Real Estate Restaurants, Hospitality & Food Service Retail & E-Commerce Semiconductor Software, AI & Data Sports & Entertainment Telecommunications Transportation & Logistics Travel & Tourism
Skills & Expertise Agile Development Classification Algorithms Clustering Techniques Data Cleaning Data Visualization Data Wrangling Docker Feature Engineering Flask Git GitHub JSON Jupyter Notebooks Linux Machine Learning Pipelines Model Evaluation Neural Networks NumPy Pandas Presentation Design Python PyTorch Regression Analysis REST APIs Scikit-learn Software Testing SQL Technical Documentation TensorFlow VS Code
Location Information & Preferences

20715

Local (within 30 miles)

We're ideally looking for partners based in the Chesapeake region, but ultimately open to working on remote projects from anywhere!
Sponsorship

No Sponsorship Required
Compensation

No Compensation Required
Other Requirements
Ideal projects should: 

  • Involve real-world datasets or simulation environments

  • Include machine learning applications such as classification, prediction, pattern recognition, or clustering

  • Provide room for algorithmic design and decision-making, rather than rigid step-by-step solutions

  • Include both a technical development component (e.g., data ingestion, training, model deployment) and a user-facing outcome (e.g., dashboard, web interface, mobile app)

  • Be scoped appropriately for a semester-long student team project (with weekly iteration demos)
Expected Time Commitment For Project Managers 1 Hour per week
Key Program Dates Due Date
Request for Proposal published

Collaboration request published. Industry Partners may express interest in participating.

Jul 21 2025, 09:59 PM UTC
Interview

Educators will begin interviewing interested Industry Partners to discuss project ideas.

Jul 24 2025, 09:59 PM UTC
Proposal Application Deadline

Final date for Industry Partners to express interest in participating.

Aug 14 2025, 09:59 PM UTC
Finalize Project Charter

Educators and Industry Partners finalize project charters, legal documents, and background materials.

Aug 18 2025, 09:59 PM UTC
Official Program Launch

We’ll find a time on this day for you to meet with the students to kick off your project.

Aug 25 2025
Official Program End

We’ll find a time on this day for you to meet with the students to wrap up your project.

Dec 05 2025
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