BIL497 Senior Design Project -I

1. BIL497 Senior Design Project-I Res. Asst. Arzum Karataş arzum.karatas@gediz.edu.tr ComputerEngineeringDepartment Wednesday, September 25 , 2013

2. Agenda • Aim • Course Logistics • Senior Design Commitee • Projects • Teams • Process • Grading • Time table • Competitions • Other Information • Q&A

3. Aim Aimof thisassembly is toinformyouthat • how toassignprojects • whoSenior Design ProjectsCommitteemembersare & whattheirresponsibilitiesare • whosupervisorsare • how Senior Design Project-I coursewill be carriedout • how togradeprojects.

4. Course Logistics • (0 + 4) 2 credits ECTS : 4 credits • Must • Fall semestercourse • Course is conductedaccordingtoconsent of thesupervisor. • ‘Themain goal is toprovidestudentinvolvementabout an independentresearchprojectrealized as a member of a team. [1]

5. Course Logistics(cont.) • Studentsareexpectedto do literaturesurvey, make problem definition/formulation, andtoprepare a detaileddesign of thesolution of a computerengineering problem. • Eachstudentandthewholeteammembersareexpectedtopresenttheirprojectstudies, outputsandconclusions in both oral form and in writtenreport format.’ [1]

6. Senior Design ProjectsCommittee • Coordinator - Prof.Dr. Haluk Gümüşkaya • Assistant - Res. Asst. Arzum Karataş • Doescommunicationactivitiesbetweenyou, supervisorsandthecoordinator. • Makesannouncements on theofficalwebsite, http://kisi.gediz.edu.tr/akaratas/ • Keepsthatthewebsite is updated. • Can givelabsessionsforteachingsometools,languagesetc. , if it is needed. • etc. How to reach her ? • Heroffice: D-212 • By email: arzum.karatas@gediz.edu.tr

7. Senior Design ProjectsCommittee(cont.) Supervisors : ThefollowingFacultyMemberscan superviseyourdesignprojectsforthisyear . • Prof. Dr. HalukGümüşkaya • Asst. Prof. Dr. HürevrenKılıç • Asst. Prof. Dr. Md. HaidarSharif • Asst. Prof. Dr. HüseyinKusetoğulları • Inst. Yavuz İnce • Inst. Gökhan Akyol

8. Senior Design ProjectsCommittee(cont.) Supervisor: • is yourcustomer,but not a teammember • definesprojectsforyou • createsprojectproposalfortheprojectscreated. • checksyourprogressregularly • makesgrading of yourworks • givesfeedbackalongtheway • justgives a supervision in theselection of language, technology, methodology, andtools, etc, however ; he does not takepart in theprojectdevelopmentdirectly.

9. Projects • Project language is English. • Projectsareproposedbyonlysupervisorsandtheprojectsproposedwill be announced on thecoursewebsite. • It is not consentedthatstudentpropose a project. • AllProject topics will be announced on the coursewebsite in thesecondweek. • Course website : http://kisi.gediz.edu.tr/akaratas/

10. Projects(cont.) • Projects can be • ScienceProjects • EngineeringProjects ( Hardware / Software) • Inbothcase, youaresupposedtoproduce an engineeringproduct as an outcome.

11. Teams • 2-3 peopleforengineeringprojects • Onepersonforscienceprojectsandapproval of theCommiteeandSupervisorwhogivestheproject is a must. • ‘Nobodycan switchfromoneteamtootherteamafterteamformation. • If any student withdrawn from the course the rest of the project should be completed by remaining team members.’ [2]

12. Teams(cont.) • ‘Latecommerscannotjoinanyexistingteam. • Iftheyarelatethentheyhaveto form a newteam (not attachedtotheexistingteams ) orto do byown.’ [2]

13. Process • First, supervisorsproposeprojectswiththeproposal form on thenextslide. • Thoseproposalsareannounced on thecoursewebsite. • ‘Students should fill Project Topic Preference Sheet individually’[2] • Submittotheassistantuptothedeadlineannounced on thewebsite. • Student / Team matchingwithprojectswill be announced on thewebsite.

15. Project Topic Preference Sheet

16. Process(cont.) • Wholeteamshavetocheckthecoursewebsiteregularly not tomissanyannouncementorupdate. • Everyteam must havetheir own project web-site. • Project andartifactswill be reached from theproject website. Thus, yourprojectwebsitemust be updated in any time duringtheprojects. • Using a versioncontroltool is a must. Detailswill be announced on thecoursewebsite. • ‘Inadditionto web site, studentsmustsubmit a Hard copy of documentstotheassistant.’ [2]

17. Process(cont.) • For each projectasupervisor (and twojurymembersforpresentation ) grading will be assigned. • Design/codereviews can be done duringtheyearwithyoursupervisor. • ‘ A prototype software should be developed. • Theprototypepresentationandprojectpresentationshould be done in twoweeksbeforetheend of thesemester.’[2] • Someinvitedspeakersmaycometoinformyouaboutthebusinessworld. Detailswill be announced on thecoursewebsite.

18. Process (cont.)RequiredProjectDocuments ‘The list of required basicproject documentation • Software Project Management Plan (SPMP) • SytemRequirementsSpecification (SRS), • Software Design Description (SDD) • Software Test Documentation (STD) • Ifanyothertype of documentneeded(youwill be informedviathecoursewebsite) ‘ [2]

19. Time Table • To be announced at coursewebsite.

20. Grading(Tentitative) • Bothindividualandteamgradewillgivenbysupervisors. • Gradingcriteria • Percentageswill be announced at thecoursewebsite • Late submissions of any material will be penalized. Penalizationcalculationwill be announced on thewebsite.

21. Contests • Departmental contestat theend of theyear • METU Contest • Othercontestwill be announced on thecoursewebsite. TUBITAK Software Project Competition

22. Other Information ‘Any output produced by project team during PROJECT DEVELOPMENT (e.g. documentation, software codes, presentations, prototypes etc.) is the property of the Computer Engineering department and required to submit to the supervision team.’[2]

25. REFERENCES • [1] Gümüşkaya Haluk, COM497 learningoutcomes • [2] Kılıç Hürevren, ‘Compe491’