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:
- A folder containing the power point file in “ppt” format and in “pdf” format.
- A folder containing all references in pdf form, whenever possible.
- 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.).
- 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:
- Does the package cover the required material? Is it comprehensive?
- The correctness of the included material with focus on the technical specifications.
- The readability, professionalism, and effort in reproducing the illustration material.
- The reliability and correctness of references.