Transcript Conference Calendar

Conference Calendar
CS 337 Project
Supervised by Professor Russell Abbott.
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Alexandre Lomovtsev,
Haritha Sankavaram,
Lewis Chen,
Rasha Mohamed.
Conference Calendar
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Description Overview
Conference Information
User Information
Use Cases
Schedule
Description Overview
• The Conference Calendar is a web application that allows
registered users to post conference events and have them
displayed along with other events.
• The Conference Calendar functions like a wiki, allowing
anyone to see the calendar, but restricts editing to only
registered members and administrators.
• Registered users can add, edit and/or delete entries.
• All changes are saved and backed up.
• Administrative users have additional privileges
• User can search the database for conference event
• Users can comment or review the conferences, past and
present
• The application can take call for papers and convert it into an
event listing.
• It can obtain call for papers in several different methods
Conference Information
• Title of event
• Date of event
• Conference Type (workshop, academic, business,
commercial, etc.)
• Date entry is added*
• Date entry is edited*
• Location
• Description
• Estimated Conference Fees
• External Links (website)
• Call for Papers deadline
• Sponsors
• Associated Events (i.e. workshops, co-located
conferences)
• Comments from users
*User and Admin view
User Information
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Username
Password
Level (see next slide)
Email
Keywords
Watch list
User levels
• Non-registered Users
– Not logged in, no privileges other than viewing and
searching.
• Registered-Users
– Logged in, able to add, edit and delete entry.
– Able to reset password
– Also have same privileges as non-registered users.
• Admin
– Able to restore vandalized entries.
– Able to block or delete user accounts
– Has same privileges as non-registered and registered
users.
Use Cases
Scenario 1
User views
Scenario 2
User filters events
Scenario 3
User wants to add/edit/delete entry
Scenario 4
Undo vandalism (for users with level ‘admin’)
Scenario 5
Administrator use case
User Views
• Home page displaying list of events
starting from current date to future
• Links to login and/or register
• Ability to filter the Conference Information
• Ability to sort list of events
Filter
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By Keyword
By Event Title
By Location
By Sponsors
By Event Date
By Submission Deadline
By Fees
addEntry, editEntry, deleteEntry
• Fills in Conference information
• Edit Conference information*
– Editing an entry creates a new entry with updated
information
• Delete Conference information*
– Entry is not actually deleted, it just creates a blank
entry
• Other users are notified of any modifications of
entries that they are monitoring.
*Purpose of creating new entries with updated information or no
information is so the administrator can restore entries that have been
mistakenly edited or vandalized
Control entry (admin only)
• In addition to user privileges, Admin can
lock an entry from being edited.
CS337/437 Schedule
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Learned to use RSA tool
Project assigned
Discuss project with customers
Develop Database
Develop classes and relations
Set up project database using Netbeans and Mysql
Develop/Complete basic Login funcion
Develop/Complete Sign-up funcion
Develop distinction between user and admin Privilages
Develop/Complete add function
Develop/Complete edit function
Develop/Complete Deadline Date for CallForPaper
Develop/Complete filter function using keywords
Test basic functions + Final Presentation
Customers test project
Develop/Complete Administration and Reversion functions
Develop/Complete call for paper function
Advance Search function
Spell Checking function
Auto-complete function
Rating function
Data Miner function
Mobile Device version
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Setup Netbeans and Mysql
Login function coded
Sign-up function coded
User access level
Add function coded
Edit function coded
CallForPaper Deadline function coded
Basic Filter function coded
Completed
Discussed
Incomplete
∆ Review
By the end of week 10
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Index page:
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SignIn and SignUp page:
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Will be accessed if registered users clicked the edit link at the conference
table in Index page to modify entries in database.
Delete page:
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Will be accessed if logged in users clicked the add link at the conference table
in Index page to add new entry to the database.
Edit page:
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To distinguish between registered, non-registered, or admin users.
There is a text box for showing the password if forgotten.
Add page:
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The conference table has list of events starting from current date.
When clicking the top of each column table, the table is sorted by the clicked
option (location, date, ..).
Links to SignIn/SignUp pages.
Links for adding and editing entries (visible only for signed in users).
There is a search link for filtering the database by keywords.
Registered users are able to delete entries from the database.
Admin page:
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A link to view the history which of latest events modified.
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Administration and Reversion Function:
 Allows the administrator to restore the calendar database.
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Call For Paper Function:
 The conference table should have a link for the CFP.
 Registered users will receive a copy from CFP they are interested in, at their emails.
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Advance Search Function:
 Searches by event date, event location, sponsors, submission deadline, and fees.
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Auto Complete Function:
 Should be implemented to help the user with the advanced search keywords from the stored database
history.
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Rating Function:
 In the conference table, an additional column with the Rating title will be created to hold the number of
stars “from 1-5” that represents the score of each event by the users who attended that event.
 There should be a link “Add Comment” under the stars to let the user share their reviews about the
event.
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Spell Checking Function:
 Checks the spelling of the words the user is using when adding/editing new events.
 Checks the spelling for the user comments for the rating.
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Data Miner Function:
 The user is able to type in certain keywords and press the search key to display a list of links to help
him monitor and/or analyzes the events data for collecting information that is related to the
topics/keywords he is interested in “works like Google”.
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Mobile Device Version:
 Helps the users to access the Conference Calendar from their Mobile Devices.
Suggestions for how to approach future
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Advance Search Function:
 Be familiar with Mysql queries.
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Auto Complete Function:
 Look up for AJAX codes that perform auto-complete, unless group wants to code from
scratch.
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Rating Function:
 Many ways to approach the Rating such as using radio buttons to graphics using AJAX.
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Spell Checking Function:
 There are many ways to approach spell checking using languages such as java, asp,
Python, etc.
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Data Miner Function:
 Sql can be used to approach Data Miner. Other data mining methods are available.
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Mobile Device Version:
 Android is a way that can be used to approach the Mobile Devices. Other languages
like Java can be used.
Thank you 