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

2. 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
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3. 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.
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4. 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
Either the problem or the solution must be novel
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5. Meeting with Innovation Experts
Prepare a presentation describing your project
It should last about a 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
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6. 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 your project supervisor
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7. Reports CS 491: CS 492: Project Specifications, Monday, Feb. 19, 2018
Analysis Report, Monday, Mar. 19, 2018
High-Level Design Report, Monday, May 14, 2018
CS 492:
Low-Level Design Report, Monday, Oct. 8, 2018
Final Report, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018
Presentations & Demonstrations: Schedule, Dec , 2018
CSFair: Monday, May 14, 2018
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8. 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
the URL of the web page to by the end of the third week of the semester
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9. 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
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10. Questions / Comments ?
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