Final Year Projects EEE521/COM560 Martin Doherty Project Coordinator What you need to know!!

1. Final Year Projects EEE521/COM560 Martin Doherty Project Coordinator What you need to know!!

2. Lecture Overview • The allocation of the Supervisors/Studies Advisors • The roll of the Supervisor • Topics and supervision • The web sites • Important Dates

3. The Allocation • EEE521 students pick topics from the web site, or suggest their own • The projects coordinator allocates, giving highest second year average mark first preference. • Allocation completed by end of week two. • Com560 students are distributed as fairly as possible across all available staff by the end of week three.

4. The roll of supervisor EEE521 Com560 • To meet with the student once a week in both semester 1 and 2 • To be available to discuss any academic or personal problems • To meet with the student on a regular basis in semester 1 and on a weekly basis in semester 2 • To be available to discuss any academic or personal problems

5. The Site • http://www.infm.ulst.ac.uk/~projects/ • This site will contain all you need to know when you need to know it • Announcements (09/09/09)General Project guidelines • Staff contact details • Example of Reports • Citing and References • Criteria for Honours Classification for Final Year Projects

6. WEB SITE (EEE521) • Semester 1 • List of supervisors and suggested topics • Allocated list of students and supervisors • Project Proposal Form • Important Dates • Guidelines for Interim Report (EEE521) • Assessment of Interim Report Mark Sheet(EEE521) • Agreed Mark Sheet • Project Co-ordinator Contact Details 

7. Topics and Supervision • EEE521 • The site contains a list of suggested topics by each supervisor. • If you have a topic of your own you need to have it agreed by a supervisor • COM560 • Meet with your supervisor now! • A topic or topic area may be suggested by your supervisor • If you have a topic of your own you need to have it agreed by a supervisor.

8. Whatyou need to do (EEE521) • You must submit by your student e-mail to m.doherty@ulster.ac.uk 3 preferred suggested topics including supervisor’s name or a title that you have agreed with a supervisor and 2 other options. • The email should include your name, student no. and course and 3 choices (titles in full). • Closing date • Friday 25th Sept, 2009, 2pm

9. Project Proposal Form • An example is on the web page. • To be completed by the student. • Must be agreed by your supervisor, the second marker and you. • A hard copy, signed by your supervisor, the second marker and you must be submitted to the co-ordinator by Wednesday 7thof October as well as a digital copy, which should e-mailed to your supervisor as an attachment. The attachment should be saved as your_student#.doc, e.g. 12345601.doc • A copy should be retained by both the student and supervisor. • COM560 , by the end of week 1 semester 2

10. INTERIM REPORT:(Week 12) • background & literature review: • (out of 40%) • initial requirements analysis & specification: • (out of 30%) • initial design & proposed implementation: • (out of 20%) • TOTAL REPORT: • (out of 90%) • PROJECT MANAGEMENT: • (10%, supervisor only) • TOTAL MARK: • (out of 100%) Worth 34% of the module value. • COM560 –You should have agreed a topic by this time!

11. COM560 Report (2010) • Background & literature review: (out of 20%) • Requirements analysis & specification: (out of 10%) • Design: (out of 10%) • Implementation and testing: (out of 20%) • Evaluation (out of 10%) • Total Report (out of 70%) • Software/Hardware Demonstration: (out of 10%) • Presentation and Viva: (out of 10%) • Project Management (supervisor only): (out of 10%) • Total Mark (out of 100%)

12. Warning! Plagiarism

13. GOOD LUCK!