Math/CS Summer Internship at Wabash

One summer internship student needed for project outlined below.

Up to eight weeks, forty hours per week, $2400, supervised by Dr. Foote.

Not sure if you qualify? Need more information?
Contact Dr. Foote.
Office: G 101B. Phone ext: 6429. E-mail: footer or footer@wabash.edu.

Project: Programming work on a Geometers Sketchpad type of program for hyperbolic geometry. A few years ago Nathan Fouts ('97) and I wrote a program called PoincaréDraw for teaching and learning hyperbolic geometry. It is similar to Geometers Sketchpad. That program is written in Turbo Pascal, which unfortunately is not compatible with Windows and is nearly obsolete. The goal for this summer is to rewrite this program in Java, and to extend its capabilities. The Turbo Pascal program is about 6000 lines of code, and makes extensive use of graphics, objects, dynamic data structures, and recursion. We will not be directly translating from Turbo Pascal to Java -- that would be horrible! Instead, we will be designing the program from the beginning, taking some motivation from the Pascal code. To get an idea of the goal of the program, try using PoincaréDraw and Geometers Sketchpad. Sample screen images and the current version of PoincaréDraw are available from Dr. Foote's web site http://persweb.wabash.edu/facstaff/footer/PDraw/PDraw.htm. Geometers Sketchpad is available in all of the campus computer labs with Windows machines.

Requirements for intern:

Must have taken CS 112(2), or have done very well in CS 111(1) and be capable of quickly learning additional programming concepts.
Must be able to work independently, with only moderate supervision.

Any of the following will be helpful, but not essential:

CS 211(3).
A course that uses vectors, either Math 223(23) or a physics course.
Math 221(21), Geometry.
An interest to be involved with the mathematics behind the program (linear algebra and geometry).

How To Apply
Applications must be made in writing to Dr. Foote.

Things to include in application:

Description of previous programming experience in Java and other languages.
A printout of some substantial, recent programming project in any language.
List of math and CS courses taken at Wabash, and instructors. Include a physics course that used vectors if relevant.

Applications should be received by 30 March 2001.