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Assignment 4: Project/Thesis Proposal

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Due Date: Sept 16, 2017

Overview
Each group is required to write a proposal over their top project choice. Proposals will cover what you are interested in, why you want to work on that project, and how you will carry out the project's development and evaluation.


Format
For students doing their undergraduate thesis follow these guidelines: URS Application

 For everyone else follow the guidelines below:

 Introduction and Motivation:
  • Which project has your team chosen?
  • Why do you want to work on this project?
  • Explain the importance of your proposed design.
Project Plan:
  • Provide a general overview of your development tasks and their breakdown.
  • Provide the answers to any project-specific questions.
  • Explain initial architecture and its components.
Team Bio:
  • For each team member, list relevant prior coursework, experience, and programming languages/toolkits that qualify you for this project.
  • What contribution can each of you make to this project?
Research Benefits:
  • Intellectual Merit - How important is the proposed activity to advancing knowledge and understanding within its own field or across different fields? To what extent does the proposed activity suggest and explore creative and original concepts?
  • Broader Impact - How well does the activity advance discovery and understanding while promoting teaching, training, and learning? How well does the proposed activity broaden the participation of underrepresented groups (e.g., gender, ethnicity, disability, geographic, etc.)? To what extent will it enhance the infrastructure for research and education, such as facilities, instrumentation, networks, and partnerships? Will the results be disseminated broadly to enhance scientific and technological understanding? What may be the benefits of the proposed activity to society?
Hardware and software components:
  • What hardware will you be using out of the supplied list for this project? Justify your selection.
  • What additional hardware is desired by your project team? Justify your selection. Make sure that your project can function without these additions as they may not be obtainable.
  • What software libraries/toolkits will you be using for this project? Justify your selection.

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