1. Workshop #1: Introduction to Graduation Project Wednesday September 2 nd at 10 am Capstone Committee Department of Computer Science

2. Program Objectives  To teach senior students how to tackle large-scale real-world projects  Introduce senior students to scientific research  To help create a bridge between course-work and industry  To help create a bridge course work and postgraduate studies

3. Overview of the Graduation Project (GP)  CSC 496:  Complete the project proposal, project management plan, project requirement specification,  Present their work through a poster session  CSC 497:  Submit the final project and project report.  Demonstrate and present the project  CSC 496 and CSC 497 are marked separately

4. Project Tracks  Depending on the purpose of the project, a graduation project may be categorized as either:  Research-based or a software-product  Research-based projects are more related to asking scientific questions and investigating their answers  Product-based projects are focused on a high-quality, functioning product that serves specific purpose, and does not necessarily answer any scientific question

5. GP Deliverables (1 st Semester) DeliverablePurposeStudent informationDue Start of Semester 1 Project Proposal To document the problem statement, need for the project, project scope and expected benefits Submit to supervisory Committee (portal website: student side) 2 nd week Mid-term Report To assess the students’ progress in their proposed project. Submit to supervisory Committee (portal website: student side) 8 th Project Report To submit project deliverables in the form of a single report. This is the final report for CSC496 Submit to supervisory Committee (portal website: student side) 14 th Poster Session Four examiners are invited to evaluate each project in a poster session Present to Supervisor, Examiners First week of Examination Grading of Semester 1 and End of Semester 1

6. GP Deliverables (2 nd semester) Start of Semester 2 Final Report To bind all project deliverables (including the recommended documents of Semester 2 shown in Table II) in a single report. Submit to supervisory Committee (portal website: student side) Final Presentation & Demo An examiner is invited to evaluate students’ Projects Present to Supervisor, Examiners Grading of Semester 2 and End of GP

7. End of GP submission  Two copies of the bound report to be submitted to the department  One regular copy to be given to the examiner by the due date (mailbox)  Upload the project online using the Web portal:  Report ( and Poster(496)/ PowerPoint presentation(497))  Code (complete source code of the project) (497)  Demo (497) (the executable in working order and a readme file containing the information about the software requirements (tools) and hardware requirements for the GP as well as the instructions or the steps (soft copy of the user manual) for running the GP executable).

8. Evaluation Criteria Criteria Description Evaluation Authority(s) Semester 1 and Semester 2 Process To assess that student(s) have kept continuous contact during the work and have been on time both to meetings and in sending deliverables. Supervisor Semester 1 Proposal To assess that the chosen project is worthy of being acceptable as a GP and if acceptable, register the project in the GP database through web portal. Supervisory Committee Semester 1 Midterm report To asses that student(s) know the problem and propose an appropriate solution. The student(s) should also have conducted the necessary literature review at this stage. Examiner Semester 1 Project Poster Presentation To assess that student(s) have completed tasks and delivered documents expected in the first half of the course i.e. Semester 1. It includes both demonstration and presentation of the work (in the form of a poster). Supervisor, Supervisory Committee, Semester 1 Supervisors Semester 2 Project Demonstration To assess the end product developed in terms of interfaces, coding standards, and originality of the work. It requires student(s) to install project and run it for real time presentation. Supervisor, Supervisory Committee, Two Examiners Semester 2 Oral Presentation To assess problem understanding, adequate analysis, quality of the design and presentation skills. Each group is required to discuss the completeness and accomplishment of the project. Supervisor, Supervisory Committee, Two Examiners Semester 1 and Semester 2 Project Report To assess the structure of the project report. Student(s) are required to show planning and progress in an organized way with emphasis on the interpretation of the information gathered during the project. Project reports have to be submitted in both Semester 1 and Semester 2. Supervisor, Examiner (Two Examiners for Semester 2 report)

9. Poster Session (1 st Semester)  Two hours poster session on the first day of examination  Students prepare a poster presenting their work  Students should be prepared to answer questions about their project  Each project will be examined by four examiners  Posters should be printed by the students prior to examination day

10. Mark Allocation Policy (1 st Semester) Criteria Supervisor Supervisory Committee Examiner(s) Total Process 15-- Proposal-05- Midterm report -- 10 Poster Presentation 10- 3040 Report 15 30 Total 4005 55100

11. Presentation (2 nd Semester)  Students prepare a 20 min. presentation  Presentation include all aspects of the project  Presentation include a 5 min live demonstration of the product in case of software project  For research projects, the presentation must include experimental results.

12. Mark Allocation Policy (2 nd Semester) Criteria Supervisor Supervisory Committee Examiner 1 Examiner 2 Total Process 20-- Demo 05- 15 Presentation 05 10 30 Report 15- 10 35 Total 455 25 100

13. Software/Product Template  Introduction  Problem Description  Literature Review  Software Project Management Plan (SPMP)  Software Requirement Specification (SRS)  Software Design Description (SDD)  Software Test Documentation (STD)  Conclusion

14. Research Template  Introduction  Problem Description  Proposed Approach  Literature Review (Background)  Results  Preliminary Results (Semester 1)  Experimental Results (Semester 2)  Analysis and Discussion  Conclusion

15. Q/A