CS5342 Project Proposal

CS5342 Multimedia Computing and Applications

Project Proposal

Aim:

The idea of this proposal is to decide on your course project early on so that work can be carried out throughout the semester. Note that the project contributes towards a significant proportion of the grade and hence careful planning is necessary. One of the purposes of the proposal is to ascertain that the project you have chosen is of the right size and complexity (it should neither be too big nor too small). The proposal will either be accepted or you will be asked to modify it till it is finalized. I expect the projects to be finalized by February 13 latest. If you do not have a finalized project by February 13, that can seriously jeopardize the project schedule. Please note that doing the project is compulsory. Non-submission of the project will lead to the award of a F grade irrespective of the performance in other components of the course.

Description:

As outlined in Lecture 0, you may search for recent multimedia systems papers to pick one (or few) papers which will be understood, analyzed, implemented (and hopefully improved). You own novel improvement/extension will be necessary for obtaining the highest grade. The end result of this project is a proper, working prototype of the idea in the paper(s). Alternatively, you can propose any other type of project which has an implementation component. It is expected that the output is of atleast a masters level technical project. A partial list of some of the projects done in the past versions of this course is available here .

This project is supposed to be an individual project. Also, if you are doing this project as a part of another course or your company work or your thesis work, please get written/email consent from the appropriate party.

Deliverables:

Prepare a one or two page(s) proposal that contains:

Your information: name, matriculation numbers, contact information.
A title of the project
The relevant details if it is to be done as a part of the thesis, company work or another project in some other course.
A description of the specifics of the project.
A brief description of the motivation for picking this project.
State the methodology -- how will you go about doing this project.
A brief description of the resources. For example, it should include the platform for the implementation. It is also good to start thinking about test data now itself.
A time schedule for the project (note the March 2 deadline for the intermediate report).
References.

Deadline:

The completed proposal is due 5:00pm on Friday, 3^rd February 2012. You are required to submit the hardcopy of the proposal at my office in AS6 #05-06. Please shove the proposal under my door if I am not in. If you are not going to be on campus on February 3, please email me your proposal by the deadline.