ITY591/ITY592 - MAJOR PROJECTTHESIS DISSERTATION GUIDELINES

Dr. Krishna Chandramouli, Associate Professor,

School of Information Technology and Engineering, VIT University. 17/04/2015

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Dear Students, its a great pleasure to welcome to the final year project guideline session. At the outset I would like to point out the discussion presented during the session, will involve generic aspects that are common for both ITY591 and ITY592 Major Projects. In total, the total evaluation credits are 35. Similar to the Application Development, the submission will be carried out in two phases.

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QUERIES TO BE ADDRESSED

Overview of Project Disserta2on process. Format of Synopsis Submission Date of Synopsis Submission Mentor/Project Guide Details Project Submission Phases Mode of submission, 2melines for submission Mode of report submission Mode of presenta2on - Demo of the project.

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The agenda for todays sessions should hopefully clarify the queries on the following topics. Starting from the expectation of a post graduate project requirements, and gradually moving towards the individual submission of dierent evaluation components.

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OVERVIEW OF PROJECT DISSERTATION PROCESS

The Project Work must involve the Design of new Model/Architecture, and appropriate elements of the following: New SoKware/Product development, Innova2ve Web Development, Advanced Real Time Applica2on Development, Tool Development, Research Oriented Project development along with Applicable Engineering Standards

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The final year project thesis should showcase the students attainment level of the knowledge and skill gained throughout the duration of the program. To this eect, the project is expected to encompass any one of the following components. New software/product development; innovative web development; advanced RTS (embedded projects), tool development (or a module development); research oriented project development along with suitable application of engineering standards.

The project should fall into any one of the category of the above and suitable justification should be oered by the student in case further clarification is required.

New software/product development: should showcase the idea and the validity of the implementation in the current market space

Innovative web development - should include the industry standard web development integration architecture and suitable standards associated with it (e.g of the same include, the use of web services, OSGi, etc)

Advanced RTS: would more likely be suitable for the embedded design or students involved in hardware component of development

Tool Development - could include a module level integration of the software to the existing software. An exploration of the open-source software domains could oer meaningful insight into such possibilities.

Research oriented: includes the demonstration of domain knowledge from the selected topic and in addition the implementation skill.

Engineering standards: are to be generally followed and those discussed in your theory should be suce. Possible examples, include the use of UML 2.0; Web services standards, etc.

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OVERVIEW OF PROJECT DISSERTATION PROCESS

Procedure for project submission Synopsis Submission - project approval Mid-Sem Evalua2on - project presenta2on of 15 mins Final Thesis Presenta2on - project presenta2on, Q & A - 25 mins

Weightage Distribu2on Mid-sem Evalua2on: 40% Thesis: 10% Final Presenta2on: 50%

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The project evaluation in general contains three components namely synopsis submission; mid-sem evaluation and final thesis evaluation. The weightage distribution is as presented. The exact schedule of the evaluation will be released shortly.

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FORMAT OF SYNOPSIS SUBMISSION

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Synopsis submission should be hard copy submission

Guide(s) will be allocated to hand-hold the students through the process

Abstract should contain details on the project implementa2on along with suitable mo2va2on

The synopsis submission form contains the basic details. The title once submitted in consultation with the guide will reviewed and approved for further implementation. The student is encouraged to stay in touch with the guide (recommendations are made to request teaching faculties to extend the services of the guideship).

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MID-SEM EVALUATION COMPONENT

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The mid-sem evaluation component include the mentioned components.

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FINAL EVALUATION COMPONENT

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The final evaluation contains the mentioned component.

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THESIS OUTLINE

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The thesis should ideally contain the chapters as listed in the figure. The chapters can be modified suitably depending on the type/nature of the project. Consultation with your guide is highly recommended.

GUIDELINES ON THE CONTENT

Until now, the overall expectations of the thesis has been discussed. Now, lets turn our attention to the contents each of the topic. What should be included into these dierent chapters.

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THESIS TOC INTRODUCTION

Start with the big idea State the relevance of your work in the current technical plaYorm Discuss the history of the technology Categorise the technology into dierent components List the dierent innova2ons that has resulted from the technology Present a 2meline of breakthrough of technology Summarise the contribu2on of the *thesis* Introduce dierent chapters in the thesis Use pictorial representa2ons to highlight the technology/applica2on References are important.

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Introduction is the fist chapter of your thesis. therefore, plays a significant role in triggering the interest among the reader to go through the thesis. Fundamentals steps of writing your thesis include; start with the big idea. The big idea statements are needed to motivate the work and thus forth provide a context in which the project is implemented. The introduction chapter can also include a broad category of dierent works that are made available in the market place/literature study. Such classification would help the thesis to be placed among the eminent work carried out by dierent members of the community. A brief history and the origin of the technology or problem will enhance the readability of the topic and provide a meaningful analysis on the relevance of the thesis in comparison to the existing tools/technologies/platforms. It would be be beneficial to distinguish between the core technology and the applications associated with the technology. The chapter should be concluded with a brief high-level overview of the thesis contribution followed by the overview of the thesis structure. Pictorial representations to explain the problem statement and present the relevance of the proposed technology with the relevant state-of-the art will be highly appreciated (although not compulsory such eorts will increase the readability). Suitable and relevant references should be provided and inserted into the document using cross-reference option.

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THESIS TOC INTRODUCTION

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The picture represents an overview of the introduction of a topic to the implementation.

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THESIS TOC LITERATURE REVIEW/BACKGROUND

Present the overview of the problem and state the relevance in the current context Cri2cally analyse the results published by other members Comment on the nal ndings published. State the possible improvements Compare your work with that of others. The reader should be curious to understand your solu2on to the problems listed in

the literature.

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The chapter allows the evaluator to find out if the candidates are re-inventing the wheel. There are no new breakthrough concepts for which the candidate can claim he/she cannot find any relevant systems. Hence, attention should be paid to the amount of work that has been reported and care must be taken into account to distinguish the proposed system framework against the literature. The term literature is relevant to the academic material published, however for system development an overview of existing systems can also be discussed. A comparison of the feature sets can also be presented to suitably justify the uniqueness of the project implementation.

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THESIS TOC LITERATURE REVIEW/BACKGROUND

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An overview of the literature review is presented to provide suitable motivation for the candidates.

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THESIS TOC LITERATURE REVIEW/BACKGROUND

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THESIS TOC PROPOSED FRAMEWORK/SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE

The heart of the thesis Use pictorial representa2ons Clearly state how the disadvantages stated in the literature review are overcome

with the proposed model. Present step-by-step detail of the algorithm Describe each module in detail Discuss the integra2on Provide input on the data structures used (if any) Use UML founda2ons to enhance the readability of the chapter

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The proposed framework is at the heart of the thesis. The chapter should provide a clear solution to the problem statement and justify how the thesis implementation addresses the issues raised from the literature study. The gap between the lack of solution in the literature should be clearly bridged in this chapter. An easy to read structure should be followed, containing the necessary pictorial representations clearly highlighting the dierent components/modules/etc. If there are any algorithms used in the implementation, the same should be presented as pseudo-code. Suitable UML representations are to be included as well.

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THESIS TOC EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION/

TEST REPORT Test case/experimental results are very important to the thesis. With the introduc2on of Big-data and other supplementary technologies, a good thesis should create a similar environment to evaluate the test results.

Use of standard *datasets* are preferable Refer to publicly available benchmark datasets Evaluate and benchmark your results against established algorithms and protocols Graphic representa2ons are very good tool to represent numeric comparisons Present a detailed analysis of the parameters used in the evalua2on. In addi2on to quan2ta2ve evalua2on, perform subject user evalua2on (if required)

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The experimental evaluation chapter provides an outline of the data used in the implementation. A detailed report and analysis of the data should be provided that includes the source, the nature and the complexity of the data generated. If heterogenous dataset is used, the same should be described in detail. Students are encouraged to consider any online benchmarking dataset to provide an implementation of the same. The chapter should also include sucient amount of graphical analysis on the processed output along with the any other comparisons that could be made possible.

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THESIS TOC EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION/

TEST REPORT

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An examples of some of the algorithmic comparisons are provided through pictorial representation.

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THESIS TOC CONCLUSION AND FUTURE WORK

Pay acen2on to the summary of thesis contribu2on Discuss in detail the reasons for expected output and the obtained output from the

test result analysis Always state the future work and present a roadmap towards the enhancement of

the solu2on A good future work will pay way for sustained development of your work

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ENGINEERING VS RESEARCH

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ENGINEERING VS RESEARCH

Research comprises crea2ve work undertaken on a systema2c basis in order to increase the stock of knowledge, including knowledge to man, culture and society and the use of this stock of knowledge to devise new applica2ons.

Research is used to establish or conrm facts, rearm the results of previous work, solve new or exis2ng problems, support theorems or develop new theories.

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ENGINEERING VS RESEARCH

Engineering is the applica2on of scien2c, economic, social and prac2cal knowledge in order to invent, design, build, maintain and improve structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes.

Emphasis on applied science and technology.

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ENGINEERING VS RESEARCH

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DEMO - EFFECTIVE USE OF WORD

Populate ToC automa2cally Cap2ons - uses Generate Index Style Auto format / Format

painter Chapters and Sec2ons How many ways to paste

Text

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Import excel selec2on in Word

Dene Symbols Change bullet style Indenta2on Change default tab size Import Images into word

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CONCLUSION AND OUTLOOK

Keep in mind the audience A thesis is a complete overview of your work Should provide good readability Should enhance the readers knowledge in the chosen domain Forms a benchmark for younger genera2on

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