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Timeline

Activities Timeline Tasks Action by
Project Sourcing and Registration Week -16 to Week -8
  • Team Formation
  • Confirmation of Sponsor
  • Project Sourcing & Requirements Gathering from Sponsor
Students
Proposal Due before the start of Week -8
  • Proposal Submission (see table below for templates)
Students (Email to SMT Programme Director)
Decision on Proposal Week -4
  • Review by SMT Programme Director (Acceptance/Rejection)
SMT Programme Director (Optional: Sponsor)
Supervisors Assignment Week -1
  • Supervisors - Teams Assignment
Project Coordinator
Start of Project Week 1
  • Supervisors - Teams
Students
Midterm Week 7 to 9
  • Presentation
Students, Supervisor, SMT Programme Director (Optional: Sponsor)
Finals Week 13 to 16
  • Presentation
  • Report
Students, Supervisor, SMT Programme Director, Sponsor

Additional note: after acceptance of the project proposal, students will need to bid for IS483 (not SMT483) during BOSS2, and they should bid only e$10. If there is insufficient e$ balance in a student's account, they will not be able to enroll in IS483 even if their team's proposal is accepted.

SMT Project Experience Project Types

Type I - Application Project Type II - 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.
Recommended Skill-sets / Pre-requisites
  • You should have passed: IS111 Introduction to Programming, SMT203 Computational Social Science: Principles and Applications, IS112 Data Management
  • For the AY2022 intake, IS212 Software Project Management is a co-requisite
  • Other highly recommended courses: Interaction Design & Prototyping, Web Application Development I & II, Internet of Things
  • Empirical Studies, Research Methods, Analytics Foundation, Geographic Information Systems, Sustainable (Digital) Cities, Introduction to Public Policy.
Project Sponsor / Supervisor
  • SCIS-sourced OR
  • Self-sourced external sponsor OR
  • SCIS faculty supervisor
  • SCIS-sourced OR
  • Self-sourced external sponsor OR
  • Faculty supervisor (from SCIS or any school) supervises team
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
  • Final report
  • Dashboard/analytical model, acceptance/review by sponsor
Available Period
  • Year 3 Term 1 onwards (Y3T2 onwards preferred)
  • Year 3 Term 1 onwards

Assessment Weightages

Assessment Item(s) Weightage (%)
Type I - Application Project Type II - Smart City Analytical/ Research Project
Project Proposal 10 10
Mid-term presentation* 20 30
Final Presentation 40 20
Final Report/Paper 30 40
Total 100 100

(*) If needed, Type II projects may optionally complement their midterm presentation with a midterm report (discuss with your supervisor).

Assessment Details

Assessment Item Type I - Application Project Type II - 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
  • Project management
  • Quality of project, including demo


  • Project management
  • Literature survey
  • Preliminary findings
Final Presentation
  • Project management
  • Quality of product
  • Peer evaluation
  • Project documentation
  • Project management
  • Peer evaluation
  • Data-driven / evidence-based insights
  • Main research findings
Final Report
  • Key findings to demonstrate value to sponsor and benefits to society
  • Real challenges faced, mitigation steps and lessons learnt
  • Key findings to demonstrate value to sponsor and benefits to society
  • Real challenges faced, mitigation steps and lessons learnt

Document Templates

Project Proposal

  • Type I Project Proposal [docx]
  • Type II Project Proposal [docx]

Final Report

We recommend that you write your final report using the IEEE double-column conference paper template. This is available in two formats:

  • Official LaTeX/Word Templates: here
  • Collaborative Overleaf (LaTeX) Template: here

There is no strict upper word limit, but concise technical writing is preferred. (Note that research publications that use this format rarely exceed 10 pages!)

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!