Term Project
Your term project can comprise of
You must demonstrate
that you know how to research, are current in the chosen topic, have developed
significant expertise in it, have contributed some new ideas and can
communicate effectively about your contribution.
Documents needed:
All submissions should follow the 2-column format for IEEE conference papers.
Proposal & Sources (1-2 pages): The Proposal section should include the Project title, your
name and email addresses, one paragraph abstract, motivation, proposed approach
and applicable references (must be cited in standard IEEE format). Cite
sources (at least 6) that show that you have researched the field and have an
idea of current state of technology. Citations must include a few recent
publications (from 2020-2016). The Sources section should identify the
most applicable sources of information for your project, and mention a list of
most applicable research journals (minimum 3), conferences (minimum 3), names
of the top organizations/research-groups (minimum 3) and industrial
publications (at least 3) and a news source (at least one) in that field, along
with all related URLs.
A list of ideas is provided here.
Semi-final report (3-5 pages) and PowerPoint presentation: It should indicate that you have finished at
least two-thirds of the work. It should include an abstract, discussion of
background literature, a summary of the investigations/findings, any
refinements of the proposal objectives as a result of the past study, what the
final report will contain and the applicable references. An eight to ten minute
oral presentation using slides will be required at some time
Final report (8-10 pages, submit using Canvas/Turnitin ): It needs to be publication quality. It should
include (i) the title, name of the author(s), name of
the class and professor, (ii) an abstract, (iii) description of what is your
contribution and what is new in your report, (iv) introduction (modification,
background and related work, objectives and methods), (v) description of
assumptions/schemes/models/problem-formulation, (vi)
comparison/discussion/derivation etc. of the results, (vii) conclusions
(findings and suggestions for improvements) and (viii) references. Use
appendixes for details like raw data, listings etc., if needed. Report must
include appropriate figures and must have some hard data
(tables/plots/screen-shots etc.). A useful guide for writing papers can be
found at: How to Write Your First Scientific Paper
Topics: The topics must be closely related to the
course objectives. A list of suggested
topics is provided.
Evaluation: Among the
factors that will be used for evaluation are: significance and originality,
thoroughness of research, depth of understanding displayed and presentation.