1. COM1 Level 2/ Wednesday, 20 April 2016 / 6PM to 10PM

2. Participating Courses IS5126 Hands-On With Business Analytics CS3217 Software Engineering on Modern Application Platforms CS3226 Web Programming and Applications CS3235 Computer Security CS3240 Interaction Design CS3247 Game Development CS3283/4 Media Technology Project I/II CS4244 Knowledge-Based Systems CS4340 Digital Special Effects FYP Final Year Project

3. STePS: Workflow Your lecturer(s), peers, other students and external guests will be grading your projects. How these other grades affect your project grade depends on your lecturer’s policy. These other grades are used to determine prize winners per class. You will also be required to grade projects outside of your class. 2.00pm – Poster/Demo Setup 5.30pm – Registration Starts 5:30pm – Catering Opens for Exhibitors and Organisers 6.00pm Poster Session Starts 7:00pm – Catering Opens for general public. 8:50pm - Last Call for Votes 9:00pm – Closing Ceremony start. Talks by Industry, Alumni and Prize presentation 10:00pm – End of STePS. Take down display equipment, posters. Best project from every course will get a chance to present their work to the audience at the closing ceremony. Groups will be trained for presentation and networking skills. Support for Commercialisation of sutiable projects. Best project from every course will get a chance to present their work to the audience at the closing ceremony. Groups will be trained for presentation and networking skills. Support for Commercialisation of sutiable projects. NEW

4. Peer-grading : Voting Peer grading is simple. -Select top 3 projects from a list of projects in each course -Give freeform text comments. -Access the voting form through your laptop/mobile or the PCs at voting kiosk Your lecturer may require you to peer-grade your own classmates as well. Some industry participants may also give fine-grained comments similar to your lecturer.

5. Sample Voting Form

6. Prizes The top teams (2 or 3) for each class will receive a prizes and certificates Prizes may be corporate-sponsored. The number of top teams selected per course will be decided based on the class size or total number of teams in the class. Prizes will be awarded during the closing ceremony. Please make sure at least two team members are in SR1 during the closing.

7. Industry participation Industry partners will be coming to STePS, both as sponsors and as participants in peer-grading They may be looking for potential hires or interns They may be interested in licensing or taking your project ideas to the next level They are interested in seeing you work in your native element and not in an formal interview setting

8. Presentation Skills Online short video lecture on poster design and presentation skills will be conducted by UG office. Each member of the group should view this online video lecture. Bonus votes may be given (to be confirmed) for the teams if all the members of the team view the video lecture at least once.

9. Career Services Desmond Teo from Career Services will prepare you for interacting with industry visitors. Date/Time will be announced at later date. Do have your presentation, wardrobe and résumé prepared beforehand and easily distributed (QR code, shortened URL, business card).

10. Project Titles and Abstracts By 8 th Mar 2016, we will need 100-word abstracts about your projects (maximum 100 words). These are to help participants find out which projects they are interested in talking to. Do include: A description of the problem A description of what your project does to solve it An indication of who might be interested in your project

11. Project Titles and Abstracts steps.comp.nus.edu.sg steps.comp.nus.edu.sg Immediately after your professor inputs your name, email and project group number, you will receive an email invitation from the STePS system to enter Title and Abstract. – Login using the userid/password provided in email invitation from [STEPS-SOC] steps@.comp.nus.edu.sg@.comp.nus.edu.sg Enter your current Tile/Abstract immediately. You can amend it until Week 10. Following slides, show the screen shots to access your course and projects…… Due: 8 th Mar 2016

12. steps.comp.nus.edu.sg steps.comp.nus.edu.sg After log-in …. Select “Manage Events” Due: 8 th Mar 2016 NB:- REGISTRATION IS ONLY FOR PUBLIC. YOU DO NOT NEED TO REGSITER.

13. steps.comp.nus.edu.sg steps.comp.nus.edu.sg Events you are participating…. Under “8 th -STePS”, Select “Configure” Due: 8 th Mar 2016

14. steps.comp.nus.edu.sg steps.comp.nus.edu.sg Events you are participating…. Under “Beside Your Project Number”, Select “Edit” icon to edit Title/Abstract Due: 8 th Mar 2016

15. steps.comp.nus.edu.sg steps.comp.nus.edu.sg Events you are participating…. Remember to click “Update Project Info” button after editing Title/Abstract Due: 8 th Mar 2016 SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED!

16. Completing Exhibitor Data steps.comp.nus.edu.sg steps.comp.nus.edu.sg Students and professors from all participating courses should enter the required “Exhibitor Data” in the STePS System Additional data required includes, your mobile number (to SMS voter ID), matric number (for verification) and food preference (Veg or Non-Veg). – Food catered for STePS event will be halal Due: 8 th Mar 2016

17. Completing Participation Data isteps.comp.nus.edu.sg isteps.comp.nus.edu.sg Select ‘Settings’ to update exhibitor data. Due: 8 th Mar 2016 NB:- Change the default password upon first login through the settings menu.

18. steps.comp.nus.edu.sg steps.comp.nus.edu.sg Problems Reporting steps.comp.nus.edu.sg is a new system and it is under development. steps.comp.nus.edu.sg If you have any problems in entering Title/Abstract in STePS system, please email to, – Developer a0098077@u.nus.edu [Bui Trong Nhan]a0098077@u.nus.edu – And, cc to STePS Coordinator banad@comp.nus.edu.sg [Dr Bhojan Anand] banad@comp.nus.edu.sg

19. Poster Printing Poster Size: A1 One copy per group can be printed free of charge from SoC technical Services. Additional copies cost $12 per poster (@ SoC technical Services). Bring high resolution (at least 300 dpi) pdf or ppt for printing.

20. Deliverables By the end of Week 12 of the semester, please upload the following promotional materials for your project to steps.comp.nus.edu.sg.steps.comp.nus.edu.sg – Copy of your POSTER – 1 min marketing/promotional video clip We need a short (max. 1 min) video clip of each project (to promote the application/product). The format should be MP4 (with good resolution for big screens). These clips will be used to build a Video montage to be displayed in BIG screens at the event venue.

21. STePS is a Public Event PUBLIC EVENT:- STePS is a public event and your picture and presence may be recorded and made public. If you are not comfortable with that, please let your Lecturer know. DRESS CODE:- many external guests will be attending STePS. Though there is no dress code, please try to be in business professional/formal. [If your course do not have a common colour code, white colour shirt/t-shirt/tops is recommended for students and lecturers of all participating courses!]

22. Registration for STePS Members (students and professors) of participating classes will be automatically registered for the event based on the ‘Exhibitor Data’ provided by you in STePS system (steps.comp.nus.edu.sg). Food coupons, voter-id and other registration packs for the participating classes will be distributed through the course lecturer(s) ahead of the event.

23. THANK YOU “Seek what you know as the highest. It does not matter whether it is going to happen or not - living with a vision itself is a very elevating process”