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Capstone Project Overview

Ralphthon Capstone Project

Ralphthon is the final capstone project of this 16-week course. Each student individually designs and implements an autonomous agentic system that solves a real software problem, based on the Ralph Loop methodology.

2026 Format: Given the small class size, the capstone runs as individual projects rather than team projects.

Schedule

Week	Content	Deadline
Week 8	Project proposal PR + proposal presentation (midterm replacement)	2026-04-20 / present 04-21
Week 13	Kickoff + architecture design document	2026-06-03
Week 14	Ralphthon execution + interim report	2026-06-10
Week 15	Integration testing + presentation materials	2026-06-17
Week 16	Final presentation + peer evaluation	2026-06-24

Grading

The capstone is worth 30 points (30% of the final grade). Separately, the Week 8 proposal counts as 20% (midterm project).

Item	Points	Description
Technical Completeness	12	Agent pipeline actually works
Problem Fit	6	Appropriateness of topic and effectiveness of solution
Presentation Quality	6	Clear explanation, live demo
Peer Evaluation	6	Evaluation of other students’ presentations and deliverables

Submission Structure

capstone/
└── projects/
    └── [student-id]/
        ├── proposal.md        # Project proposal (Week 8)
        ├── design.md          # Architecture design document (Week 13)
        ├── progress-week14.md # Interim progress report (Week 14)
        ├── README.md          # Final project documentation (Week 15)
        ├── report.md          # Final report (Week 15)
        ├── links.md           # External links for slides + demo video (Week 15)
        └── src/                # Source code

Slides and demo video are submitted as external links: To keep the repository lean, .pdf and .mp4 files are not committed directly — instead, record external URLs (Google Drive / YouTube / Figma, etc.) in links.md. .gitignore blocks *.pdf and *.mp4.