Smart-City Management and Technology

Introduction

Welcome! This wiki page provides information specific to application and research projects on the Smart-City Management and Technology (SMT) Major/Track.

Please read this in conjunction with the general IS Project Experience course information page.

Confused? Muddled? Help is at hand! Please drop the SMT Programme Director, Chris Poskitt, an email.

Timeline

Please refer to this page.

SMT Project Types

	IS483 - Smart-City Application Project	IS485 - Smart-City Analytical/Research Project
Team Size	4-6	2-3
Objective and Scope	To design and implement a smart city application that incorporates a combination of technology enablers, and which addresses an urbanisation, sustainability, or societal challenge in domains such as housing, environment, etc.	(Analytical) To conduct an evidence-based analysis of smart city blueprint (locally or overseas) or analytical models addressing an urbanisation, sustainability, or societal challenge in different domains such as housing, environment, etc. (Research) To conduct research based on an identified problem related to addressing a smart city challenge. The scope may include a new algorithm / approach, simulation, and/or analysis for urbanisation, sustainability, or societal challenge in different domains such as housing, environment, etc.
Pre-requisites	IS Major (SMT Track) students: please see here SMT Major (AY2022 intake): IS212, SMT203 (co-requisites*) SMT Major (earlier intakes): IS111, IS112, SMT203 (pre-requisites*) (*) if the rescheduling of SMT203 from T1 to T2 has impacted your planning, please contact the SMT major Programme Director.	IS Major (SMT Track) & SMT Major: please see here
Available Period	Year 3 Term 1 onwards (Y3T2 or Y4T1 preferred)	Year 3 Term 1 onwards (Y3T2 or Y4T1 preferred)
Faculty Supervisor	You do NOT need to identify a faculty supervisor for an IS483 project. We will assign your team to one.	You MUST identify a full-time SCIS faculty who is willing to supervise the project. Please obtain their agreement and include their name in your proposal. Proposals without an agreed faculty supervisor will be rejected.
Project Sponsor	IS483 application projects require a sponsor. These can be self-sourced external sponsors from the private or public sector. The project can also be sponsored by a SCIS faculty (who will NOT be the supervisor).	IS485 research projects can have an external sponsor, e.g., from the private or public sector. Alternatively, your identified faculty supervisor can simultaneously be your sponsor.
Expected Outcomes	System prototype and documentation Midterm presentation Final presentation Final report	Proposal of the problem Wireframe/Proof-of-concept/analytical model/city blueprint along with evidence-based analysis Midterm presentation with approaches and initial findings Final presentation Term paper Dashboard/analytical model, acceptance/review by sponsor

Multi-Track Application Projects

SMT major/track students may form project teams with students from another IS major track. Please take note of the following:

• Your team may consist of up to two tracks only. For example, you can have an SMT+BA, SMT+DCS, or SMT+FT team, but NOT an SMT+DCS+FT team.
• There must be at least two SMT major/track students in your team.
• There must be at least two students from the other IS major track.
• For the purpose of team formation, SMT major and SMT track students are treated as equivalent.

Acceptance of multi-track project proposals and project grading will be on the basis of required criteria being fulfilled for both the tracks.

Assessment Weightings

The assessment weightings for IS483 and IS485 are available here.

Assessment Details

Assessment Item	IS483 - Smart-City Application Project	IS485 - Smart-City Analytical/Research Project
Project Proposal	Clarity of project Project plan and schedule Benefits to society	Clarity of project Project plan and schedule Benefits to society Description of available data
Mid-term Presentation	Project management Quality of project, including demo	Project management Literature survey Preliminary findings
Final Presentation	Motivation and solution approach Project management Demonstration of product Reflections and learning outcomes	Motivation and solution approach Project management Research / analysis findings Reflections and learning outcomes
Final Report / Paper	Evidence of successfully achieving project deliverables Solution design Testing plan and results Potential for positive societal impact	Evidence of successfully achieving project deliverables Quality of research design and overall results Literature review/comparison Potential for positive societal impact

Grading templates are available on the course information page.

Document Templates

Project Proposal

• IS483-SMT Application Project Proposal [docx] (updated December 2022)
• IS485-SMT Analytical/Research Project Proposal [docx] (updated August 2022)

Final Report

We recommend* that you write your final report using the IEEE double-column conference paper template. This is available from either of the following links:

• Official Microsoft Word Template: here
• Collaborative Overleaf (LaTeX) Template: here (like Google Docs but for LaTeX!)

There is no strict upper word limit, but concise technical writing is preferred. (FYI: academic publications that use this format rarely exceed 10 pages excluding references/appendices!)

(*) The above template is only a recommendation, and you are free to use any other appropriate template if you prefer (see, for example, the reports of previous projects). Content is what counts!