Practicum Project
Real-World Industry Exposure for Bicoastal Students
Working alongside industry sponsors, teams of bicoastal MSIT-IS and MSMITE students at the CMU Silicon Valley campus tackle problems, pilot new ideas and develop solutions in a semester-long capstone project called the practicum.
Practicum projects span a variety of topics in computing, mobile systems and security, and range from fundamental research to software development.
Learn more about past practicum projects:
2023 PROJECT Descriptions
2022 PROJECT Descriptions
2021 PROJECT Descriptions
2020 PROJECT Descriptions
2019 PROJECT Descriptions
2018 PROJECT Descriptions
NASA
Contributing to the space journey from Earth’s surface, the team guided NASA’s mission-critical move to cloud infrastructure by investigating two cloud security tools.
"There is no single, magic security tool that will protect from every online threat. This means that education in information security is vital to protect against the threats of tomorrow."
– Hana Habib, 2016 INI Graduate
Imagine being able to point your mobile device at a display screen and fling content from your hand to the display with a flick of the wrist. Students teamed up with Google to explore this "fling-to-display device gesture" experience using Google Chromecast, connecting physical location and gestures to make devices better understand human intentions.
"It was very interesting to deal with something that is still being invented, a very challenging but also curious feeling. In my case, the best part of working with Google was experiencing rapid prototyping and receiving feedback from industry experts."
– Caio Balthazar, 2016 INI Graduate
How It Works
3-5 Students Per Team
Matched according to skill sets and interests.
14 Weeks
During CMU's fall semester from August to December.
20 Hours Per Week
Logged by each student team member.