Final Year Project
(FYP)
2016-2017
School of Computer and Communication Engineering
Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)
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• Overview
• Problem statement
• Objectives
• Scope
• Report outline
Problem statement
DESCRIPTION OF THE IDEAL SCENARIO
Describe the goals, desired state, or the values that your audience considers
important and that are relevant to the problem.
THE REALITY OF THE SITUATION
Describe a condition that prevents the goal, state, or value discussed in
statement 1 from being achieved or realized at the present time.
THE CONSEQUENCES
Using specific details, show how the situation in statement 2 contains little
promise of improvement unless something is done. Then emphasize the benefits
of research by projecting the consequences of possible solutions as well.
Example 1: Problem Statement
In order to provide excellent patient care at a minimal cost, Middletown
Hospital needs diagnostic procedures that are safe, efficient, and accurate. In
addition, the procedures should not be overly painful for the patient.
Right now, Middletown Hospital's main diagnostic tools are CAT scans and
myelograms (spinal taps). The CAT scan fails to make clear diagnoses 60% of the time.
When the CAT scan fails, doctors must resort to the myelogram. While the
myelograms are accurate, this procedure is very painful and sometimes dangerous for
the patient.
If Middletown Hospital continues to do the two procedures, they will not only
be wasting time and money, which jeopardizes their overall efficiency and
earning potential. Also, undue suffering could lead patients to choose another
hospital with more advanced facilities.
DESCRIPTION OF THE IDEAL SCENARIO
To provide fast data processing and accurate decisionmaking process with lower complexity, the underwater
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Problem
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vehicle system needs a computational platform that
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should be portable and scalable.
THE REALITY OF THE SITUATION
Currently, the underwater vehicle system main processing platforms used by many
researchers and developers are the ATX-PC board, DSP chips, microcontroller, and
single soft processor on the FPGA. Two major problems confront these platformsthe complex nature of the decision-making process and the delay in data processing.
The long process of gathering, filtering, and handling the data makes the decisionmaking process complex. On the other hand, issues such as synchronization signals,
processing unit architecture, and computational power in the platforms cause
delay in the data processing. These platforms are unable to fulfill the whole
underwater vehicle system requirements for effective and efficient decision making
and fast processing.
THE CONSEQUENCES
Researchers determine post-processing data analysis scenario to
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Objectives
Provide an accurate description of the specific actions you will take
in order to reach this aim
Each specific objective consists of one infinitive sentence (To ……..) and
should be phrased in a way that makes it possible to draw a conclusion
from within the scope of the report.
The more precisely you formulate your specific objectives, the simpler it
will be to define the type of study and which method(s) you will use in
your project.
Example: Objectives
The work presented in this project has the following objectives:
1. To design and implement a new embedded concurrent computing architecture on
FPGA with the following specifications:
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ii. Enhance decision-making by multiple signals filtering using Embedded Parallel
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iii. Increase the processing power and reduce delay occurring in the processing
modules.
2. To verify and evaluate architecture performance by using FPGA CAD tool and on
board testing.
Scope
A successful project scope statement should be concise and clear.
Anyone reading the statement should have a good idea of what the
project consists of (and what will not be part of the project).
This statement will give a view of the project. It is also important to be
specific in a project scope statement.
For example
"The catalog will feature 100 products" is better than "The catalog
will feature many products"
and
"The project will be completed over six months" is preferable to
"The project will be completed over a period of time."
The more specific you can be, the better.
Example: Scope
UniMAP wants to upgrade its facilities to include WiFi
technologies accessible anywhere on campus. This project
will offer students, faculty, and staff the ability to be
productive from anywhere on campus. The project will take
place over a time period in which measurable results will be
achieved.
Specific
Measurable
Realistic
Time Bound
UniMAP will upgrade the library, hostels, offices, and then all campus
buildings to IEEE 802.11 technology, starting at the north side of campus.
This project will facilitate productivity via computer of faculty, staff, and
students. The project will be complete by fall semester, 2011.
Abstract
1 Motivation (1-2 sentences)
2 Problem statement (1-2 sentences)
3 Objective (1 -2 sentences)
4 Methodology (2-4 sentences)
5 outcome/ Contribution (1-2 sentences)
Motivation
Problem statement
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Objective
Methodology
outcome/ Contribution