Timeline
| Activities |
Timeline |
Tasks |
Action by
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| Project Sourcing and Registration |
Week -16 to Week -8
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- Team Formation
- Confirmation of Sponsor
- Project Sourcing & Requirements Gathering from Sponsor
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Students
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| Proposal |
Due before the start of Week -8
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- Proposal Submission (see table below for templates)
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Students (Email to SMT Programme Director)
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| Decision on Proposal |
Week -4
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- Review by SMT Programme Director (Acceptance/Rejection)
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SMT Programme Director (Optional: Sponsor)
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| Supervisors Assignment |
Week -1
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- Supervisors - Teams Assignment
|
Project Coordinator
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| Start of Project
|
Week 1
|
|
Students
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| Midterm |
Week 7 to 9
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Students, Supervisor, SMT Programme Director (Optional: Sponsor)
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| Finals |
Week 13 to 16
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Students, Supervisor, SMT Programme Director, Sponsor
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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
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Type I - Application Project
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Type II - Smart City Analytical/Research Project
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| Team Size |
4-6 |
2-3
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| Objective and Scope
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- 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.
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- (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.
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| Recommended Skill-sets / Pre-requisites
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- 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
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- Empirical Studies, Research Methods, Analytics Foundation, Geographic Information Systems, Sustainable (Digital) Cities, Introduction to Public Policy.
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| Project Sponsor / Supervisor
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- SCIS-sourced OR
- Self-sourced external sponsor OR
- SCIS faculty supervisor
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- SCIS-sourced OR
- Self-sourced external sponsor OR
- Faculty supervisor (from SCIS or any school) supervises team
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| Expected Outcomes
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- System prototype and documentation
- Midterm presentation
- Final presentation
- Final report
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- 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
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| Available Period
|
- Year 3 Term 1 onwards (Y3T2 onwards preferred)
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Assessment Weightages
| Assessment Item(s)
|
Weightage (%)
|
| Type I - Application Project |
Type II - Smart City Analytical/ Research Project
|
| Project Proposal |
10 |
10
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| Mid-term presentation* |
20 |
30
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| Final Presentation |
40 |
20
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| Final Report/Paper |
30 |
40
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| Total |
100 |
100
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(*) 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
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| Mid-term
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- Project management
- Quality of project, including demo
|
- Project management
- Literature survey
- Preliminary findings
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| Final Presentation
|
- Project management
- Quality of product
- Peer evaluation
- Project documentation
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- Project management
- Peer evaluation
- Data-driven / evidence-based insights
- Main research findings
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| Final Report
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- Key findings to demonstrate value to sponsor and benefits to society
- Real challenges faced, mitigation steps and lessons learnt
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- Key findings to demonstrate value to sponsor and benefits to society
- Real challenges faced, mitigation steps and lessons learnt
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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!
