Introduction to CS 491 - 492 Senior Design Project I / II Prof. Dr. H. Altay Güvenir

Course Description Capstone design project Technical and innovative Group project Emphasizing engineering design principles on a specific topic in any field of computer science and engineering. Two semesters Sept. 11, 2017 Introduction to CS 491 - 492

Course Work CS 491: Project specifications, Analysis Report High level design Report CS 492: Low level design Report and the implementation of the project Final Report Oral presentation, including a demo. Sept. 11, 2017 Introduction to CS 491 - 492

The process Either the problem or the solution must be novel Before submitting the Project Specifications: Form a team of 3, 4 or 5 students Come up with an innovative project idea (The hardest part) Identify and formulate a (novel) problem Develop (novel) Solution ideas Choose a supervisor Supervisor: Assesses the project if It is a Capstone design project Time and number of members are suitable It is innovative. Then, assigns you to one of the Innovation Experts http://www.cs.bilkent.edu.tr/CS491-2/current/innovation/experts.html Either the problem or the solution must be novel Sept. 11, 2017 Introduction to CS 491 - 492

Meeting with Innovation Experts Prepare a presentation describing your project It should last about a 20-30 minutes Make an appointment Go to the Innovation Expert Present your project Ask for suggestions Have him/her fill in the Assessment of Innovativeness form Sept. 11, 2017 Introduction to CS 491 - 492

Evaluation of Innovativeness Innovation Expert will fill in the following form: Assessment of Innovativeness form Questions: What is the nature of the innovation in the project? Are there similar products, systems, services, or technologies in the market? If there are, what are the differences in relevant aspects, such as cost, efficiency, usability?  Who are the potential users? Grade: out of 20. It is the 20% of your CS 491 grade Return the form to the department secretary Sept. 11, 2017 Introduction to CS 491 - 492

Reports CS 491: CS 492: Project Specifications, Monday, Oct. 9, 2017 Analysis Report, Monday, Nov. 6, 2017 High-Level Design Report, Friday, Dec. 22, 2017 CS 492: Low-Level Design Report, Monday, Feb. 12, 2018 Final Report, Thursday, May 3, 2018 Presentations & Demonstrations: Schedule, May 7 - 11, 2018 CSFair: Monday, May 14, 2018 Sept. 11, 2017 Introduction to CS 491 - 492

Web Page Each team is required to prepare a web page for their Project It should contain: Description of the Project Team members, Supervisor, Jury members, Innovation expert All Reports Screen shots / demo Email the URL of the web page to sekreter@cs.bilkent.edu.tr by the end of the third week of the semester Sept. 11, 2017 Introduction to CS 491 - 492

Seminars We will meet for 1 or 2 hours / week for seminars This is the first of these seminars Attendance to the seminars is required, there will be a quiz Seminars are only in CS 491 Sept. 11, 2017 Introduction to CS 491 - 492

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