Report

To be completed (Interim 23 July, Final 8 October)

Interim report

• Marked by two academics (not your supervisor) from the department

• Stand-alone coherent technical article

  • Motivation

  • Background including a review of the relevant academic literature.

  • Your achievements to date.

  • What you realistically expect to achieve in the remainder of the year.

  • Revised Aims and Objectives document if significant changes have been made as a result of the work in Semester 1.

• No more than 3000 words

• Opportunity to get feedback about your project and your write-up

• A practice run for the final report

Final report

• Marked by two academics (not your supervisor) from the department

• Self-contained report on the entire project (may contain material from your interim report)

• Show your understanding of the subject matter, background and relevant literature

• Show your work and results

  • Negative results can still get you a good mark –just explain what you have done and analyse the problems

• Assume the reader has CS background, but not an expert in your field

• Make good use of the feedback from the interim report

• No more than 8000 words (including appendices)

Extra notes

• Send to your supervisor EARLY for comments (week(s) not day(s) before the deadline)

• LaTeX template on BlackBoard (in Resources)

• Submit via BlackBoard(Interim Report Assignment)