VMS Senior Project
General Guidelines�Guidelines Website
Senior Project
An opportunity to
demonstrate your skills
add tangible work to your portfolio for your future career
Start planning early (as early as 2nd year)
Prerequisite
2019 Curriculum
Senior Project I
Senior Project II
72 credits
100 credits
Types of Projects
Software Development Project → Deliverables
AI / Machine Learning → Deliverables
Research → Paper Publication
Competition → Outcome from the competition
Let’s go see topic list on SNS
Passing Requirements
Required grade C to pass
Mark Allocation
External exposure for Senior Project II.
Senior Project II
External Exposure Requirement - the project must meet at least one of the following criteria
Apply to CS only.�However, if the team consists of a CS member, the whole group is assessed with this external exposure requirement.
Teaming
More people, more man hours.
At most 3 people.
Team members can turn out unproductive as expected.
Think carefully who to work with.
Topic & Team Matching
Visit Senior Project System (SPS)
Set up a team
Don’t just read from the description, but talk to the topic owner.
What if you have your own topic?
Final Defence
Choose one approach to grab the audience’s attention right from the start: unexpected, emotional, or simple.
Appointments
Use MS Teams to create a scheduled meeting and add all attendees in.
Checkpoints
Team Setup
Start Working
Final Report
Final Defence
Registration
SP Matching Result
Proposal
The topics are listed after midterm exam.�Yes, there’s a deadline.
SP starts as soon as the semester starts.
must be submitted�to the committee�one week before the defence
Present your work at designated time slot.
SP is added to your plan �by the faculty.
Check back to SPS for your matched topic.
Optional
2/2021 | 1/2022 | ||||||||||
Common Pitfalls
Not treating senior project as a commitment
Lack of communication with advisor and team
Fail to Deliver
Momentum is the key
Best Practices
Regularly meet your advisors. Weekly to keep your momentum
Regularly publish your work. MVP, prototype. Not just words
Publish your work as a blog, it becomes your product page in the future.
Schedule weekly to work on it.
Team Team Team.