Introduction to CS 491 / 2 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. • CS 491: Documentation on the specifications, analysis and the high level design of the project.

• CS 492: Documentation on the low level design and the implementation of the project and an oral presentation, including a demo.

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The process

• Form a team of 3, 4 or 5 students • Come up with an innovative project idea

(The hardest part)

• • Choose a supervisor Supervisor: Assesses the project if • • • It is a Capstone design project Time and number of members are suitable It is innovative. Sends you to one of the Innovation Experts • http://www.cs.bilkent.edu.tr/CS491-2/current/innovation/experts.html

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Innovation Experts

1. Prepare a presentation describing your project 2. It should last about an hour 3. Make an appointment 4. Go to the designated Innovation Expert 5. Present your project 6. Ask for suggestions Sept. 22, 2014 Introduction to CS 491 / 2 4

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 Sept. 22, 2014 Introduction to CS 491 / 2 5

Reports

• CS 491: • Project Specifications, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2015 • Analysis Report, Monday, Mar. 30, 2015 • High-Level Design Report, Friday, May 15, 2014 • CS 492: • Low-Level Design Report, Monday, Sep. 28, 2015 • Final Report, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015 • Presentations & Demonstrations: Schedule, Dec. 14 -18, 2015 • CS Fair Sept. 22, 2014 Introduction to CS 491 / 2 6

What is new?

• Starting this year, we have 2 hours / week for seminars • This is the first of these seminars • Attendance to the seminars is required • Seminars are only in CS 491 Sept. 22, 2014 Introduction to CS 491 / 2 7

Questions / Comments ?

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