1. Final Year Projects Orientation Batch 2010 Department of Computer Science

2. Contents Introduction FYP Process FYP Policies Project Ideas

3. INTRODUCTION

4. Why Final Year Project Matters? It is one of the most important aspects of your degree. It is the point where you can apply knowledge or what you have been learning in the past few years. It is the point that creates an ordinary graduate vs. an entrepreneur.

5. Why Final Year Project Matters? (Cont.) It is the point that creates meaning of your degree and your existence as a computer science graduate. It is the way of getting exposure and experience of what real world problems are, if done properly. It will inevitably be used as a gateway to industry and to discriminate YOU among your peers.

6. Final Year Projects’ Committee Prof. Dr. Hilal A. Qureshi (Chairman) Ms. Naheed Khan (Coordinator) Mr. Shardha Nand (Member) Mr. Asharaf Ali Waseem (Member) Mr. Waleej Haider (Member)

7. Tentative Deadlines - Breakdown 1.Submission of Project Registration FormSaturday 02/03/13 2.Submission of Project ProposalSaturday 4/03/13 3.Project Proposal DefenseSaturday 09/03/13 – 16/03/13 4.Submission of Requirement Analysis Documents Saturday 30/03/13 5.Presentation of Requirement Analysis (exact schedule for each group will be announced later) 06/04/13 -- 13/04/13

8. Tentative Deadlines (cont..) 6.Submission of Design DocumentsMonday 29/07/13 7.Poster PresentationMonday 03/08/13 8.Project Progress Review and Peer Evaluation (exact schedule for each group will be announced later) 19/10/13 -- 26/10/13 9.Submission of Project Report (exact schedule for each group will be announced later) 1st Week of January 2014 10.Project Presentation + Demo + Viva (exact schedule for each group will be announced later) 2nd Week of January 2014

9. FYP Theme Nature of Projects  Product Oriented Solution  Research & Development Project Resources  Own Idea !!! Search ideas that matches your idea, if you already have one, and build your idea on existing ideas  Faculty  Industry

10. FYP PROCESS

11. Our Methodology Project InceptionProject ElaborationProject Construction Concept/Ideas Literature Survey Feasibility Study Req. Specification System Design & Architecture Implementation Plan Development Report Writing Testing & QA Demonstration 1.Project Proposal 2.Project Concept Verification 3.Documentation 4.Presentation 1.Requirements Specs 2.Design Specs 3.System Architecture 4.Technology Selection 5.Documentation 6.Poster Presentation 1.S/W H/W 2.Documentation 3.Test Cases 4.Presentation 5.System Demo Proposal DefenseMid DefenseFinal Defense

12. FYP POLICIES

13. Maximum 4 members are allowed in a group. Project Groups are advised to meet the concerned Project Supervisors at least twice in a month.

14. FYP Grading Policy ActivitySupervisorCommittee 1.Requirements Specs Document 2.Requirements Specs Presentation 10 1.Design Specs Document 2.Poster Presentation 35 1.Formal Technical Review 2.Final Presentation, Demo & Viva 20 70 Total65135

15. PROJECT IDEAS

16. What You can Do in FYP? Your final year project spans across one year. So, take it seriously and do something innovative, Don’t just opt to develop a simple websites or simple ABC management system. Do something which you are passionate about and that excite you, don’t get afraid, and accept big challenges. As Shakespeare said, "Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we often might win, by fearing to attempt."

17. What You can Do in FYP? (Cont.) Utilize technology and go beyond what was not achievable before. Bring Some usefulness: Try to solve real world issues, it might be big or small, but at the end of the project it must contribute in some manner to the society.

18. Some Project Ideas An implementation of research paper (after all you are a Computer Scientist !!!) A combination of hardware + software to solve a real world problem Newest trend/buzz word/paradigm in the industry Working with organization to solve a problem, more than just an ordinary ABC Management System (Make sure you deliver them your project at the end)

19. Project Ideas (Cont.) Integrate with online platform such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Google Code, Live etc to solve a great problem (Social Networks) LinkedInFacebookGoogle CodeLive Unleash computing/storage power by utilizing cloud platform and achieve something that was not possible before Cloud/Grid Project following Imagine cup theme and level: “Imagine a world where technology helps solve the toughest problems.”

20. Important Tips Also make sure the material and guide related to your project in available online, you may also refer to IEEE or ACM libraries and digital content. The relevant Resources (Hardware) to implement your idea is easily available and affordable

21. Which Technology/Platform You should Use? The answer to this question is that it depends on what you want to do in future. Perhaps, students are advised to taste several platforms before graduation and let final year project be on platform which you like most. For example, Starting from a procedural language in first semester such as C, move to learn OOP in C++ & C# and then in final year make a project such as networking and database using.NET and Java.

22. Which Technology/Platform You should Use? (Cont.) “It depends on what you want to do in future” means  you want to continue your career in particular platform (probably because you like it or there are more job opportunities in it) Whatever your reason be for selecting platform, it’s always better to have your interest in it.

23. FYP Yahoogroup For project coordination and communication join: bscs_fyp_ssuet@yahoogroups.com

24. QUESTIONS ???