Project (40%)

This is a project-based course. Teams of 3-5 students will work in a single research project and tackle a challenge throughout the semester.


Themes

The first couple of weeks in this course are intended to refine the scope of your project. In the first lecture, students select three out of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Projects will need to fall within one of the following three themes:

Projects outside these themes will not be accepted. The only exception is when students are already engaged in IoT research projects, such as a master thesis or scholarship.

Notice that both themes are wide in scope and can comprise many different challenges. You will need to focus on one. 

Because most students do not have experience working within these themes, we will have invited lectures from experts or target user groups to facilitate communication with stakeholders. Additionally, students should conduct research work to empathize with their users.

We encourage you to read the following guides:


Grading

The project has 4 main components:

  1. Final presentation - 30%
  2. Demo - 15%
  3. Video - 15%
  4. Research paper - 40%

Source code needs to be made available, using GitHub or a similar platform.

The project will be evaluated based on:

  • Significance: How important is the problem or questions that the project addresses? Is it related to the Internet of Things and Interaction Design?
  • Originality: How does the work build on existing ideas/systems? Does it provide novel contributions?
  • Validity: How well are the chosen research methods described and justified?
  • Presentation (both written and verbal): How clear, understandable, and targeted is the writing/talk? To what extent does the project presentation conform to all provided templates?

Dates

The final presentation, demo, and video are due on December 19th and 20th (depending on presentation date). The research paper is due on January 21st.

Presentation

Total presentation time should be 30m;

We suggest:

  • 15m to describe the motivation, challenge, and work-done;
  • 3m video;
  • 5m demo;
  • 7m of Q&A.

Research Paper

The research paper should have 6 pages long (not including references) and use this Latex or Word template. The sidebar in this format may be used for tables, figures, acknowledgements, keywords, etc., but not main body text.

Below are successful examples of IoT prototypes:


Available Materials

We will provide some prototyping tools that you can use in your project. You can find a list of all available materials, here. If you require additional hardware to develop your project, please get in touch with Faculty.