Introduction to CS 491 492 Senior Design Project

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 Feb. 13, 2017 Introduction to CS 491 - 492 2

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. Feb. 13, 2017 Introduction to CS 491 - 492 3

The process 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 Either the problem • (novel) Solution ideas or the solution • Choose a supervisor must be novel • 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/CS 491 -2/current/innovation/experts. html Feb. 13, 2017 Introduction to CS 491 - 492 4

Meeting with Innovation Experts 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 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 Feb. 13, 2017 Introduction to CS 491 - 492 5

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 Feb. 13, 2017 Introduction to CS 491 - 492 6

Reports • CS 491: • Project Specifications, Monday, Feb. 27, 2017 • Analysis Report, Monday, Mar. 27, 2017 • High-Level Design Report, Monday, May 15, 2016, CSFair • CS 492: • Low-Level Design Report, Monday, Oct. 2, 2017 • Final Report, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2017 • Presentations & Demonstrations: Schedule, Dec. 18 - 21, 2017 Feb. 13, 2017 Introduction to CS 491 - 492 7

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 address of the web page to sekreter@cs. bilkent. edu. tr by the end of the third week of the semester Feb. 13, 2017 Introduction to CS 491 - 492 8

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 Feb. 13, 2017 Introduction to CS 491 - 492 9

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