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Chapter 1

i. Acknowledgementii. Abstrak (in Malay language)iii. Abstractiv. Table of Content, List of Figures,

List of Tables, List of Symbol/Abbreviation and List of Appendices

v. Chapter 1: Introductionvi. Chapter 2: Literature Reviewvii. Chapter 3: Methodologyviii. Chapter 4: Expected Resultix. Chapter 5: Conclusion

Log book will be assessed by Supervisor – 10% from overall mark

Meeting with Supervisor : at least once every 2 weeks

Records every formal meeting with supervisor

Describes the work that has been done in the previous week AND the expected work that is going to be done for next week

Justify and explain your project suggestion Highlight the project concept and its

beneficials Convince the examiner board that;

You understand what your project is all about How does it differ from the previous project Relation between your problem-solving

approach i.e. your project with the real world scenario

Use Microsoft Project Mark every milestone for every

major/important activities that you want to achieve. Examples : Aim, objectives and scope are defined Research material and literature study are

fulfilled Preliminary design of the proposed prototype is

determined Demo/presentation material is completed Report writing is finished

1.1 Introduction1.2 Problem Background1.3 Problem Statement1.4 Aim1.5 Objectives1.6 Scope and Limitations1.7 Importance and Justification1.8 Summary

Describes an overview of the proposed project:

Explain what is to be achieved in the project/study

In a general way, describe; What are the problems to be solved Suggestions on how to solve the problems

A general description on the problems to be solved. Give examples if needed.

Also, an explanation of problems exist in a real world scenario that needs to be investigated and improved.

A declaration of problems that are going to be solved in the project

State the major project question, and then provide a few other project questions to support the former

How does a low-level feature approach can be applied in retrieving images?

How to determine the low-level features in an image?

How to retrieve the similar/matched images using the determined low level features?

What techniques/formula/model should be applied for similarity measurement between images?

How to evaluate the performance of the determined low-level features?

How to incorporate a 3d walkthrough in information search application in a library?

How to model the library layout and structures into three dimension?

How to characterize the information in an interactive manner?

How to represent the information in the three dimension model?

What method/way of users to interact with the walkthrough experience?

A one sentence statement about what to be achieved in the project

Every project has only one aimE.g.

The project aims to develop a media player that can be controlled by speech, using a .Net platform

The aim of the project is to build up a simple classifier using Gaussian model in classifying images

Objective is; A process/major task which will be carried

out to achieve the aim of the project Must be countable/measureable, not

something subjective (perception) – careful when writing for ease of use, for convenience

No need to state to understand…/to study… when determining objective

Written in point form

Tells the project direction not the system function

Usually written as; Untuk menganalisa …. Untuk memperbaiki …. Untuk menghasilkan…. To design …….. To develop …..

Objectives must be achieved at the end of the project

Will be discussed in the final chapter as a summary or conclusion of the project

Untuk merekabentuk semula proses inventori bagi syarikat XYZ

Untuk membangunkan sebuah sistem inventori berdasarkan rekabentuk proses yg baru

To enable road users to retrieve information regarding accidents and road safety

To provide the generation of reports and statistic regarding accidents cases in UTM

To analyze how images can be classified and retrieved based on the color feature

Minimum 2, maximum 5 objectives 1 objective is just too general and similar

to project aim More than 5 is just too details The best choice; 3 or 4 objectives

Remember! At the end of the project, you must FULFILLED all the objectives

The limitations and restrictions that must be set in order to carry out the project

It is a condition in determining whether the project is successful or not

Factors to consider; Approach/Techniques/Model/Framework Cost Time Data size Organization Case study

State only the important matters, especially; in determining the boundary of the project, matters that will raise uncertainties and

doubts later on Issues like equipment requirement,

technology, module, methodology shouldn’t be under Scope section because they are being explained in dedicated chapters

Usually written in point form; Limitation to considers;

Venue/location/organization where the project is carried out – if your project is attached to any company/body/organization

Time needed for data collection – if your project needs collected data within certain range of time/period/hour

The focused issues and non-focused issues e.g. The focus feature is only on color feature,

not textures and shapes

The study only concern upon the information of students who live on-campus only

The system proposed only process payment by cash

The comparison will only be performed on technique A, B and C

The layout used in the walkthrough is of ground floor level only

The speech interface model will only make use of female voice aged 18 to 30

Highlight the importance of WHY the project is being carried out

State the benefits/advantages/profits of the project

State who will benefited from the project and how is it beneficial to them

What are the motivational factors/catalyst to the project

Summarize all that has been discussed in Chapter 1

One paragraph will do

Complete the Project Suggestion Form, get it from http://gmm.fsksm.utm.my/~psm/cgi-bin/psm_material/cgi-bin/homepage.cgi

Submit it to me/En Cik Suhaimi before 30th July 2010

Be prepare for your Phase 1 interview on Week 4 – timetable will be released shortly

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