KFUPM - COMPUTER ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
Assignment
1 – Due date: October 21st, 2007
Prepare a “professional” and “business-like”
power point presentation in only ONE of the following topics:
1. Overview and Applications WSN in Oil and
Gas:
1.a Describe Sensor Networks technology and
the existing standards in brief.
1.b What are the common business models for
such technology?
1.c Give a detailed description of methods of
data acquisition and distribution in Oil and Gas applications
2. Overview and Applications WSN in Multimedia:
2.a Describe Sensor Networks technology and
the existing standards in brief.
2.b What are the common business models for
such technology?
2.c Give a detailed description of methods of
data acquisition and distribution in multimedia applications
Presentation Quality:
The presentation should completely cover the
required subject in a clear and self-contained manner. All needed technical and
illustrations should be included. You must use your own text only in a bullet
or point format to summarize the required subject. If you have to quote a
reference, make sure you surround the quoted text between the quotation marks. Make
sure your technical information is correct and sound. When in doubt regarding a
certain piece of technical information, please consult with the instructor,
other colleagues, or other references.
On each slide with text or figures, there
must be a small font textbook specifying the references that are the sources
for the text or the figure. This is in addition to citing the references in the
list of references at the end of the presentation package.
Presentation Length:
The presentation should contain anywhere from
25 to 35 slides. Presentations that are deemed too short or not covering the
required material in a sufficient manner will not be accepted. A presentation
may contain more than 35 slides if needed. However, the number of slides is not
a major factor in this assignment, but rather the coverage and the correctness
of the included material.
Presentation Illustrations:
You must include the needed illustrative
figures (curve, network architecture, diagrams, maps, etc.) and those must be
drawn (i.e. manually reproduced, preferably in colors, and not merely
cut-and-paste from other documents) neatly using power point or Microsoft
Visio. These figures must be editable in the package and not be inserted as
pictures or meta files. You can include or import figures that are not your
drawing only if absolutely necessary and only as an exception. Those imported
figures must be imported as enhanced meta files and not as bit maps. The
included figures, if not totally your design, should be referenced properly
with a clear text box under the figure stating the reference from which this
figure is reproduced and the number of the figure and page number in the
original reference.
Proper Referencing:
Your package must contain a final slide
containing the list of references used to prepare the presentation. The list
should follow the IEEE publication convention in formatting the references
list.
You must reference reproduced figures and
those should be stated on the same slide containing the figure as stated above
and also in the master list of references at the end of the package. You must
provide a reference for key statements and technical specifications you are
quoting.
Your references must be reliable sources such
as standards documents, refereed published papers, published books, reputable
businesses reports/papers, etc. You must keep a pdf copy of the references used
and already exist in electronic form (e.g. papers, online books, pdf printout
of websites, business reports, etc.). These must be included on the final CD to
be delivered.
Final Package Delivery
Save your power point file using the following
naming convention: Assign1_COE499_YourFirstName_YourID.ppt. Email a compressed softcopy
of the power point slides (not pdf) to tarek@kfupm.edu.sa
on or before the due date. Late assignment deliveries will not be
accepted. Please make sure that the package can be opened using Office 2003
power point version.
In addition to the email, the student is to
submit a CD with the following material on it:
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A folder containing the power point file in “ppt” format and in “pdf”
format.
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A folder containing all references in pdf form, whenever possible.
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A folder containing all the included figures, charts, diagrams,
pictures, etc. in their original editable form (i.e. in “.ppt” or in Visio
format). Figures that are cut-and-past from other electronic documents or
scanned should also be included in this folder. If you have digitized a graph
to plot using Excel or Matlab, the folder should contain the excel sheet or the
Matlab file used to produce the graph. The naming convention for the files
corresponding to the included figures in this folder is “Fig_X_Y_Z.W”. X is
your student ID, Y is the slide page number where the figure occurs, Z is the
figure number in that slide page (as a slide page may contain more than one
figure or chart), and finally, W is the extension of the file (i.e. “ppt” for
power point, “vsd” for Visio, etc.).
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A folder containing other resources that you think are of interest but
are not cited in your presentation such as visited URLs, white papers, tutorial
material, software tools in the area, related business reports, etc.
Presentation Evaluation
This assignment, as one of a total of three
assignments throughout the semester, is worth 5% of the course work. A
delivered package meeting the expectations above will be awarded the full 5%.
An additional 2% bonus will be awarded to packages that exceed expectations.
When evaluating the presentation the overall
quality will be considered in addition to the relative difficulty of the topic.
Furthermore, the following criteria will be considered:
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Does the package cover the required material? Is it comprehensive?
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The correctness of the included material with focus on the technical
specifications.
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The readability, professionalism, and effort in reproducing the illustration
material.
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The reliability and correctness of references.