Final Year Projects

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Final Year Projects

Some basic information

CO600/CO620 – Final Year Projects

CO650 and Kent IT Clinic (John Crawford)

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Final Year Projects

Some facts

Project counts as 25% (30 credits) of your final year

It is a compulsory element of the programme

Deadline for registration: Stage 2 students: Friday 1st of June at 16:00

Industrial placements: 1st week of the 2012/2013 academic year (Friday 28 September)

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Final Year Projects

Some warnings

Loss of project time due to late project registration will not constitute a concessions plea

Failure to register for a project could result in academic disciplinary procedures

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Final Year Projects

Some clarifications

Module registration (includes Project, but there is more)

Project registration Find a project, find a group, find a supervisor, and get all

the necessary signatures

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Project Acceptance Form

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Project Acceptance Form

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Final Year Projects

Some advices

Sort out your project before the end of the academic year!

It is time consuming to start up a collaboration, identifying responsibilities, and to plan and detail the work

Perform some ground research during holidays

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CO600/CO620 Final Year Projects

Hani Ragab [email protected]

(convenor)

Some details about the different types of projects

Introduction to research methods

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Types of Project

CO600 – Group Project

Students can propose a project, but have to find a supervisor that is willing to supervise

Industrial placement students can suggest projects related to their working experience (One student group)

Involves industrial collaboration

Groups of 3+ (maximum 5)

There is no point of having groups of 2

There are exceptions for groups of 1

E.g., year in industry, project involving confidentiality

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Types of Project

CO620 – Research Project For students who are considering postgraduate research

Achieving at 2(i) level or above (ie have an overall Stage 2 average of at least 60%)

Usually the topic is chosen by supervisor

Need to give a presentation to the research group

These are challenging projects

Aiming for submitting a paper to a conference, workshop, etc.

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Choosing the Project

Two ways for choosing the project

Propose a possible project yourself (Only for CO600)

You have to find a member of staff who is willing to supervise your project

Select it from a list of project proposals suggested by staff members

select a couple of proposals, contact the supervisor by e-mail

Use the forum to form your group

https://forum.cs.kent.ac.uk/forumdisplay.php?26-CO600-Forming-a-Group

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Forming Groups

Groups should be between 3 and 5 members

The larger the group, the more difficult it is to manage its members

Also, more members does not mean less work!! Individuals are assessed, not the groups

Finding partners

Advertise and interview potential candidates

Use the wiki to advertise your project

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Further Information & Resources

Module web pages and list of projects: CO600 (Canterbury) Group Project

https://forum.cs.kent.ac.uk/forumdisplay.php?23-CO600-Project-Proposals-(Canterbury)

CO600 (Canterbury) Group Project https://forum.cs.kent.ac.uk/forumdisplay.php?24-CO600-Project-Pr

oposals-(Medway)

CO620 Research Project https://forum.cs.kent.ac.uk/forumdisplay.php?25-CO620-Project-Pr

oposals