Project Topics

Online NUS Bus Guide

Focus > Bus map visualisation, client-server app. Requirements > The system displays bus stops and bus routes in a map. > User can check bus arrival time at a bus stop. > User can check bus occupancy (%). > User can check bus stop crowdedness (# of pessengers). > Controller can check all the above. > Controller can check the location of a bus. > The system dispatches buses automatically at predefined dispatch frequency. > Dispatch frequency may be different for different routes, time of day, day of year. > Contorller can dispatch additional buses at peak hours. Requirements for Future Expansion > System Administrator can change the locations of bus stops. This occurs very infrequently. > System Administrator can change the number of buses that service a particular route. > System Administrator can change the automatic dispatch frequency of a route. Assumptions > Bus has GPS to indicate location. > Bus sends message to Control Station to indicate location and occupancy. > There is a fixed number of buses that service each route in the Bus Terminal. > Bus stop has sensors that count the number of students.Note > Implement a simple simulator to simulate real buses, bus stops, pessengers.

Real-Time Surveillance System

Focus > Video display, basic image processing, client-server app (if network cameras are used). Requirements > The system displays live feed of multiple cameras. > The Operator can pan, tilt, zoom cameras. > The system automatically compressed live feed videos by removing stationary frames before saving. > The sytsem automatically deletes saved videos after a predefined time period. > Operator can replay saved video, with play, pause, forward, backward control. > Operator can override automatic deletion of saved videos. Requirements for Future Expansion > Videos are saved and displayed with time stamps of the video frames in the original live feed. > System Administrator can add or delete cameras. Notes > Have real network cameras for use; limited number. > Or use webcams and simulate pan, tilt, zoom by manual camera adjustment.

Training Workshop Management System

Focus > Database (or data files), simple AI, client-server app. Requirements > A trainee is required to participate in a series of training workshops over the course of 2 years. > A trainee must complete a training workshop by a specific deadline starting from the beginning of his training. > A trainee cannot participate in more than one workshop in the same day. > A trainee should register with the system to participate in a workshop. > Different training workshops may have different completion deadlines. > Different training workshops may have different durations, either half a day or one day. > Some workshops serve as prerequisites to other workshops. > A trainer organises a number of training workshops at different time. > A trainer cannot organise more than one workshop in the same day. > Different trainers may organise different training workshops. > If more than one trainer can organise a particular workshop, only one of them will organise the workshop at a particular    period of time. > The system can be run in either on-line or off-line mode. User authentication is required to run in on-line mode. > In on-line mode, data in client side is automatically synchronised with those in the server. > The system keeps track of each trainee's training progress (i.e., completed and uncompleted workshops). > The system sends reminder to a trainee to participate in a workshop before deadline. > The system sends request to a trainer to organise a workshop before a specified deadline. > If the number of trainees participating in a workshop is lower than a predefined threshold, the workshop will be    canceled. The trainees and trainer involved will be notified of the cancelation. The canceled workshop will be    rescheduled. Requirements for Future Expansion > An administrator can add or delete accounts for trainers and trainees. > An administrator can modify training workshop requirements and deadlines. This is performed occasionally when    training requirements are changed. > A reminder is sent to the trainer to conduct the training workshop that he organises. > A reminder is sent to the trainee to attend the training workshop that he has registered. > A trainer can change the reminder period and frequency of each workshop that he is organising. > A trainee can change the reminder period and frequency of each workshop that he is participating. Notes > Design the system to use a database. > In the implementation, you may use simple data files to simulate a real database. In this case, your system should    be designed to easily migrate from data files to database.

Self-Guided Learning System for Anatomy

Focus > Basic image annotation, self-learning and self-test, (optional) client-server app. Requirements > A teacher can create a new lesson on (a part of the) human anatomy. > A lesson contains one or more images of the human body of interest, annotations of various parts of the human body,    a set of explanatory notes, and a self-test with multiple choice questions. > A teacher can input the image of the lesson into the system. > A teacher can use the system to create annotations of various parts in the image. > An annotation consists of a line pointing to a body part in the image and a small box with a short descriptive text of    the body part. > A teacher can input a set of explanatory notes and the paging of the notes. > A teacher can create a self-test of the lesson by entering each question, the choices, the correct answers and the    passing mark. > A teacher can modify any lessons, including deleting a lesson. > A student can go to a lesson to study explanatory notes. > A student can go to the next or previous page within a lesson. > A student can click on an annotated body part and the linked pages in the explanatory notes are shown. > A student can click on a word in a page with a hyperlink and the linked body part in the image is highlighted. > A student can take the self-test. > A student can go to the next lesson if he passes the self-test of the previous lesson. > A student's self-test scores are saved. > A teacher can check a student's self-test scores to evaluate his progress. > The system can be run in either on-line or off-line mode. User authentication is required to run in on-line mode. > In on-line mode, data in client side is automatically synchronised with those in the server. Requirements for Future Expansion > An administrator can add or delete accounts for teachers and students. > A teacher can create a hyperlink from the body part in the image to a page of the notes. > A teacher can create a hyperlink from some words in a page to a body part in the image. > A teacher can request the system to compile a summary of a student's performance or all the students' performance.

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