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FYP-Seminar Series

FYP-Seminar Series. Undergraduate Students. How to write a Proposal/Synopsis. Dr. Amjad Mehmood. Agenda items. Topic Literature Review/ Background Study Finalized Topic Introduction Motivation Methodology Tools and Technologies Work Plan References and bibliography Q, A n Discussion.

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FYP-Seminar Series

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  1. FYP-Seminar Series Undergraduate Students FYP-SS-Institute of Computing, KUST

  2. How to write a Proposal/Synopsis Dr. Amjad Mehmood FYP-SS-Institute of Computing, KUST

  3. Agenda items • Topic • Literature Review/ Background Study • Finalized Topic • Introduction • Motivation • Methodology • Tools and Technologies • Work Plan • References and bibliography • Q, A n Discussion FYP-SS-Institute of Computing, KUST

  4. Synopsis/Proposal Tentative Working Plan FYP-SS-Institute of Computing, KUST

  5. What Does Synopsis/Proposal do? • Proposing to do a research study • Telling the reader what is it • that we want to research • What is the question that • we want to have answered, • How this question (proposal) • will be investigated and answered. • Clearly propose our research idea to • our supervisor, manager or FYP Committee, etc. FYP-SS-Institute of Computing, KUST

  6. How people start writing research proposal Topic having topic is good starting point • Topic in mind : Too general, Too Broad, Too wide, Not too specific • Rationale • Limitation of existing FYP-SS-Institute of Computing, KUST

  7. How to narrow down your Idea Literature Review What has already been done? FYP-SS-Institute of Computing, KUST

  8. How people start writing research proposal Topic Refined Topic After finding the limitations of existing Topic from literature Review FYP-SS-Institute of Computing, KUST

  9. Most Common Types of Ideas • Project based Ideas • (Explore the markets, Internet or find the needs of your surrounding, etc. ) • Research based Ideas • (Explore Published Research Articles) • Research and Development based Ideas • (Combination of both) FYP-SS-Institute of Computing, KUST

  10. Selection of Topic • On the basis of following parameters: • Market demands • Trends FYP-SS-Institute of Computing, KUST

  11. Introduction • Introduce your topic • Create some context and background • Tell your reader about the research you plan to carry out • State your rationale • Explain why your research is important • Limitations of your competitors • State your hypothesis FYP-SS-Institute of Computing, KUST 11

  12. Motivation • What makes you to undertake this research • This is a question of fundamental importance • Desire to do research degree along with it consequential benefits • Desire to face the challenge in solvingthe unsolved issue, • Desire to get intellectual joy of doing some creative work • Desire to be of service to society • Desire to get respect • Directives of: • government, employment condition, curiosity about new things, social thinking and awakening, • and like may as well motivate people to perform research • Above all, your motivation should be of high standard FYP-SS-Institute of Computing, KUST

  13. Methodology • Was your aim to address a practical or a theoretical research problem? • Why is this the most suitable approach to answering your research questions? • Is this a standard methodology in your field or does it require justification? • Were there any *ethical or *philosophical considerations? • What are the criteria for validity and reliability in this type of research? • When conducting research on human subjects, minimize harms and risks and maximize benefits; respect human dignity, privacy, and autonomy; take special precautions with vulnerable populations; and strive to distribute the benefits and burdens of research fairly. • Phenomenon should be collected, analyzed and used. Although the idea of knowledge creation may appear to be profound, you are engaged in knowledge creation as part of completing your dissertation. FYP-SS-Institute of Computing, KUST

  14. Objectives • Before conducting a project/research, • Your objectives needs to be defined • Why are you conducting this research? • keeping in mind the • available time, infrastructure required for research, • and other resources • Before forming a objectives • you should read about all the developments in your area of research • find gaps in knowledge that need to be addressed • Number of students • Need to be rationale as well FYP-SS-Institute of Computing, KUST

  15. Problem Statement • A problem statement is a clear description of the issue(s), it includes a • vision, • issue statement, • method used to solve the problem. • Example Consider a software development and hosted data services company that supplies products and services to wireless carriers. They had issuesdeploying new software releases into the production environment. Deployment in this case is the work necessary for taking a production ready binary and installing, testing and releasing it into the production environment. The company failed to deploy the releases on-schedule over 50% of the time. Problem Statement: We want all of our software releases to go to production seamlessly, without defects, where everyone is aware and informed of the outcomes and status. (Vision) Today we have too many release failures that result in too many rollback failures. If we ignore this problem; resources will need to increase to handle the cascading problems, and we may miss critical customer deadlines which could result in lost revenue, SLA penalties, lost business, and further damage to our quality reputation. (Issue Statement) We will use our Kaizen Blitz methodology in evaluating the last release to help us improve our processes. (Method) FYP-SS-Institute of Computing, KUST

  16. Tool and Technologies • Select an appropriate Tools and Technologies for your problem • a distinction between tools and technology. • You can buy a tool, • but you invest in technology (typically, by buying tools that implement, support or exploit that technology). • For example: a relational database management system (RDBMS) is a technology, • but SQL Server or MySQL or DB2 are tools . For more information visit FYP-SS-Institute of Computing, KUST

  17. Work Plan/Time line • One Year Plan to be submitted FYP-SS-Institute of Computing, KUST

  18. References & Bibliography • A reference list is the detailed list of references that are cited in your work. • A bibliography is a detailed list of references cited in your work, • plus the background readings or other material that you may have read, but not actually cited. FYP-SS-Institute of Computing, KUST

  19. References • https://grammar.yourdictionary.com/style-and-usage/active-voice-adds-impact-to-your-writing.html visited on 23-10-2019 at 1:17 AM • https://www.editage.com/insights/using-the-active-and-passive-voice-in-research-writing 23-10-2019 at 1:17 AM • https://www.quora.com/Should-all-argumentative-essays-have-a-counter-argument 23-10-2019 at 1:17 AM • https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/thesis 23-10-2019 at 1:17 AM FYP-SS-Institute of Computing, KUST

  20. Questions, Answers & Discussion FYP-SS-Institute of Computing, KUST

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