CS - FYP

FYP Registration

Registration rules:

To register for FYP you have to be eligible for registration, see below who is eligible and who is not.
FYP group must consist of either 2 or 3 members. A group size of 3 members is preferable.
Any FYP group taking a project with an external supervisor MUST have an internal supervisor who is a faculty member of the CS department.
The registration form has to be signed by the internal supervisor for registering an FYP. Signature of only the external supervisor will not entitle a student for FYP registration.

Who is eligible for FYP registration?

Case 1: No deficiency

A student who has CGPA >= 2.0 + credit hours >= 100 + passed Software Design and Analysis (SDA) course can register for FYP-I through Flex. A registration form is still to be submitted for the whole group to Ms. Wajeeha in academic office.

Case 2: One course deficiency

A student who has CGPA >= 2.0 + 100 > credit hours >= 96 + passed Software Design and Analysis (SDA) course has to write an application to the CS department HOD to get approval to register in FYP-I. This application along with transcripts is to be submitted with FYP-I group registration form. These students will be registered on flex by the department.

Case 3: Two courses deficiency

A student who has CGPA >= 2.0 + 96 > credit hours >= 93 + passed Software Design and Analysis (SDA) course has to write an application to the campus Director to get approval to register in FYP-I. This application along with transcripts is to be submitted with FYP-I group registration form. These students will be registered on flex by the department.

(See Registration Process for FYP-I below for more details.)

Who is not eligible for FYP registration?

Case 4: A student with less than 93 credit hours CANNOT register for FYP-1.

Case 5: A student on warning CANNOT register for FYP-1.

Registration Process for FYP-I

Once you get the email from FYP coordination about opening of FYP registeration do the following:

Fill and Submit the online registration form FYP-1 Online Registration Form. (Only one form per group needs to be submitted.)
Fill out the FYP-1 Registration Form, (only) get it signed by the advisor at your earliest and submit it to the CS Academic Office. You are not required to get HoD's signatures and FYP coordinator's on the form, the department will do it once you submit the form. (Only one form per group needs to be submitted. This form should contain details of all the group members).
FYP group member who have earned at least 100 credit hours (no deficiency) will have to register themselves on Flex. Department will not register them on Flex.
FYP Group members who have one deficiency course as explained above have to write registration approval request to HOD, this application is to be submitted along with the FYP registration form that contains whole group’s information. Also attach your transcripts with your application. You can use the template from application from here.
FYP Group members who have two deficiency course as explained above have to write registration approval request to the campus Director. This application is to be submitted along with the FYP registration form that contains whole group’s information. Also attach your transcripts with your application. You can use the template from application from here.
If you need any special hardware for your FYP, please fill out the Hardware Requisition Form attached with this email. Attach this form with the registration form and submit both to the CS academic office.The last date for submitting Hardware Requisition Form to the Academic Office is one week after FYP Registration Deadline (in case you do not know the hardware required at start).

The application of students with one or two deficiency courses will be handled by the department. After approval form HOD and/or director the department will register these students on flex within two week. Do not follow up before two weeks. Do not email or directly contact HOD or Director for approval. Your application is enough. If there is any issue with the application the department will contact you.

As only one registration form per group needs to be submitted. All the approval request applications by group members with one or two course deficiency has to be attached with this one registration form. For example, if 1^st group member has two 93 credit hours, he will attach his application to the Director, if 2^nd group member has 96 credit hours, he will attach his application to the HOD and if 3^rd group member has 100 credit hours he will directly register through flex. 1^st and 2^nd group members will also attach their transcripts with the applications.

Registration Process for FYP-II

For FYP-II, students have to register themselves through Flex.

FYP Ideas

List of Current and Previous FYPs and Advisors Status

Previous FYP Abstracts

FYPs offered by Faculty

If you are intereseted in any of the project offered by faculty, you can directly contact that faculty member.

Industry FYP(s) for FYP-I Fall 2022

If you are interested in any of the project offered by industy do the following steps:

1. Confirm if you are meet the requirements given in the project details.
2. Find an internal supervisor who is willing to supervise the industry project you are intereseted in.
3. Internal advisor then has email to FYP committee requesting contact details of industry focal person, FYP committee will provide the contact details.
4. Internal advisor will then contact industry focal person.
5. After discussion of internal advisor and industry focal person and mutual agreement, students can get registered in FYP I (see FYP Registration section given above)

In case you need any further help, please contact FYP committees members or External Collaboration Comittee members (Dr. Ali Afzal Malik)

FYP Deliverables, Deadlines and Rules

FYP - I

	Deliverable Name	Due	Date
D1	Proposal (Topic included)	3rd week	Fri-Feburary 10, 2023
	Proposal Defence	5th Week	Fri-Feburary 24, 2023
D2	Software Requirement Specifications (Development Projects) Literature Review and Elaboration of Problem (Research/R&D Projects)	7th Week	Fri-March 10, 2023
	Mid Evaluations	8/9th Week	Fri-March 17, 2023
D3	High Level and Low Level Design (Development Projects) Software Requirement Specifications and Methodology (Research/R&D Projects)	14th Week	Fri-April 28, 2023
D4	FYP Report	16th Week	Fri-May 12, 2023
D5	Submission of signed FYP report to Academic Office	19th Week	Wed-June 05, 2023
	FYP Final Evaluations	After Final Exams	Mon-June 12, 2023

FYP - II

	Deliverable Name	Due	Date
D1	Project Status	3rd week	Fri-Feburary 10, 2023
D2	Updated Project Status + Updated FYP Report	7th Week	Fri-March 10, 2023
	Mid Evaluations	8/9th Week	Fri-March 17, 2023
D3	FYP II Poster Submission (of seleted groups only, see details below)	One week before Job Fair	TBA
D4	Test Cases and Bug Report/Simulation Results	14th Week	Fri-April 28, 2023
D5	Final Report + Abstract	16th Week	Fri-May 12, 2023
	FYP Final Evaluations	After Final Exams	Mon-June 12, 2023
	Report Hard Binding Submission for Degree Clearance	TBA	TBA

FYP Rules

1. Any student having less than 5 meeting count with advisor (throughout the semester) will be awarded F grade irrespective of his/her performance in Mid/Final Evaluation.
2. All deliverables have to be submitted on time.
3. A deliverable will be marked unsatisfactory, if it is not submitted on time or is not according to the required template.
4. If any 3 deliverables have an unsatisfactory status then the overall grade will be below A-.
5. If documentation signed by the advisor is not submitted on time, before midterm or final evaluation, then the group will not be eligible to present in FYP evaluations. Hence the overall grade will be below A-.
6. Some sections of template can be changed by your supervisor, but you have to inform the FYP committee in advance by email with cc to your advisor. (Template formatting cannot be modified)
7. Final year project report is to be developed as the semester progresses. Each student is ideally required to submit (to the advisor) one page text of what he/she has achieved every month.
8. For FYP I & II, all assessments will be done for individual students
9. For FYP II, the evaluation will be based on various aspects of the project like quality of code, functionality, difficulty of the project, quality of user interfaces, etc.

FYP-I Deliverables

Deliverable I - Project Proposal

Guidelines:

Download the template D1 Project Proposal Template.dotx.
You may see Sample Project Proposals for reference.
Follow the "General Submission Instructions" given below.

Deliverable II

Guidelines:

Download the FYP report template from this link FYP Report Template.dotx

You may see Sample Project Reports for reference only.

Development Projects

- - Complete the chapters 1 to 4 as listed below and submit as Deliverable II.
    1. Introduction
    2. Project Vision
    3. Related Work
    4. Software Requirement Specifications

Research/R&D Projects

- - Complete the chapters 1 to 3 as listed below and submit as Deliverable II.
    1. Introduction
    2. Project Vision
    3. Literature Review/Related Work

Reference section is compulsory for both types of projects but Appendix is optional.
For content, follow the instructions given in the template.
Follow the "General Submission Instructions" given below.
1. Remove all unnecessary sections from reports that are not part of Deliverable II.
2. Submit the PDF version of your FYP Report, name of your file should be Title of your project.

FYP Mid Term Evaluations

1- Report Submission:

Feedback of Deliverable II will be shared with you before Midterm Evaluations.
You are required to resolve all the issues mentioned in the feedback comments and re-submit the soft copy of updated documents (of Deliverable II) in Mid Evaluations submission folder on google classroom. All the groups are required to submit it.
Submit the hard copy of your updated document/report, signed by your advisor, to the CS Academic Office. Submission Date and Time will be shared via email.
The Report should have double sided printing except the title page i.e. all the pages will be printed back-to-back and the back of the title page will be blank.
Reports should have a tape bind.
Both the hard and soft copies are compulsory to be submitted by all the groups.
Anyone failing to submit the hard copy with the advisor's signatures will not be allowed to present.

2- Presentation Details:

You will have to prepare a presentation of 20 minutes that must cover the following:

Problem statement + Type of Project
Goals: Goals Achieved/Future Goals
Scope: Things that are part of your project, which are not part of the project
Overview of System to be developed including important requirements
Constraints and Limitations
Work Breakdown with Timelines

Your dressing should be formal and medium of communication should be English. Get your presentation approved by your advisor in time. The faculty will attend your presentations and provide feedback. Faculty will use this form to evaluate you.

Deliverable III

Guidelines:

You will follow the same report template format as done in Deliverable II FYP Report Template.dotx

You may see Sample Project Reports for reference only.

Development Projects

- - Updated Chapters from 1 to 4 with feedback incorporated.
  - Complete the chapter 6 High level and low level Design and submit updated report as Deliverable III

Research Projects

- - Updated Chapters from 1 to 3 with feedback incorporated.
  - Complete the chapter 5 Proposed Approach and Methodology and submit updated report as Deliverable III

R&D Projects

- - Updated Chapters from 1 to 3 with all feedback incorporated.
  - Complete the chapters 4 to 6 as listed below and submit as Deliverable III.
    1. Software Requirement Specifications
    2. Proposed Approach and Methodology
    3. High level and low level Design

Reference section is compulsory for all types of projects but Appendix is optional.
For content, follow the instructions given in the template.
Follow the "General Submission Instructions" given below.
1. Remove all unnecessary sections from reports that are not part of Deliverable III.
2. Submit the PDF version of your FYP Report, name of your file should be Title of your project.

Deliverable IV - Prototype + FYP Report

Guidelines:

You will follow the same report template format as done in Deliverable II and III FYP Report Template.dotx

You may see Sample Project Reports for reference only.

Development Projects

- - Updated Chapters from previous deliverables with feedback incorporated.
  - Complete the chapters listed below and submit as Deliverable IV.
    - Add implementation details of the prototype or a software component developed in the chapter 7 Implementation and Test Cases
    - Add chapter 10 Conclusion and Future Work, for FYP-1 it is mandatory to list down a plan of the work to be done for FYP-2.

Research Projects/R&D Projects

- - Updated Chapters from previous deliverables with feedback incorporated.
  - Complete the chapters listed below and submit as Deliverable IV.
    - Add implementation details of a subproblem solved in the chapter 7 Implementation and Test Cases
    - Share the results of the experiments consucted in the chapter 9 Experimental Results and Discssion
    - Add chapter 10 Conclusion and Future Work, for FYP-1 it is mandatory to list down a plan of the work to be done for FYP-2.

Follow the "General Submission Instructions" given below.
1. Along with the report also submit your (Turnitin) Plagiarism Report. Accepted percentage is 15% or less. You may get the (Turnitin) plagiarism report by emailing your FYP Report to library at librarylhr@nu.edu.pk.
2. Remove all chapters or sections that have to be added in FYP-II.
3. Submit the PDF version of your FYP Report, name of your file should be Title of your project.
4. Submission of Prototype is not required, it will be demonstrated in your FYP Final Evaluation.

FYP Final Evaluations

1- Report Submission:

Soft Copy of Report:

Feedback of Deliverable IV will be shared with you before Final Evaluations. You are required to resolve all the issues mentioned in the feedback comments and re-submit the pdf of updated FYP Report in Final Evaluations submission folder.

Hard Copy of Report:

Submit the hard copy of your updated document/report, signed by your advisor, to the CS Academic Office. Submission Date and Time will be shared via email.

1. Attach the hard copy of FYP report compliance form checked and signed by your project supervisor at the end of your report.
2. Get the first page of Plagiarism Report (showing the similarity index) and bound at the end of your FYP Report.
3. Report should have double sided printing except the title page i.e. all the pages will be printed back-to-back and back of title page will be blank.
4. Printed report for this evaluation should only have tape binding.

Both the hard and soft copies are compulsory to be submitted by all the groups.
Anyone failing to submit the hard copy with the advisor's signatures will not be allowed to present.

2- Presentation Details:

You will have to prepare a presentation of 20 minutes that must cover the following:

1. The working prototype of your application or experiments and results performed in FYP-1.
2. Goals Achieved anFuture Goals of FYP-2.

Keep the soft copy of your FYP report ready with you during the presentation. You must ensure that your documentation is in-sync with your application. Your dressing should be formal and the medium of communication should be English. Get your presentation approved by your adviser in time. The faculty will attend your presentations and provide feedback. Faculty will use this form to evaluate you.

FYP Final Evaluation Schedule will be shared with you via Email. To avoid any inconvenience, verify your Google Meet ID (mentioned in the Evaluation Schedule) as soon as possible. For verification, join it with your LHR domain ID.

General Submission Instructions

Read the templates carefully for formatting and content guidelines.
For further detail on content you may consult your advisor. If he/she advises you to make changes in required document/content, inform FYP Committee via email, cc your advisor.
For citation references we will be following IEEE format.
Before submission, view your document in Two-Page Layout and make sure that it follows all the formatting guidelines according to the template.
Submit PDF file(s) only.
Zipped/compressed files will not be accepted
Name of all the documents (submissions files) should start with your Project Title.
Get your documents reviewed/approved by your advisor before submission.
Submission Folder will be shared via email.
One submission per group is required.

FYP-II Deliverables

Deliverable I - Project Status

Guidelines:

Download template D1 Project Status.xlsx from Templates.
You may find sample Project Status for your reference here.
Follow the "General Submission Instructions" given below.

Deliverable II - Updated Project Status and FYP Report

Guidelines:

Download templates D2 Updated Project Status.xlsx and D2 Updated FYP Report.dotx from Templates.
Format of Updated Project Status is same as your previous deliverable.
For Updated FYP Report, you have to update your FYP-1 Final Report according to the work done so far plus according to this template (This template is same as your FYP-1 Final Report, only chapter 4 and 5 have new content).
You may find samples of Project Status and FYP Report for your reference here. Do not worry about full FYP Report at the moment, we will fill all the chapters in coming deliverables. These samples are only for the formatting reference. For content, follow the instructions given in template.
Follow the "General Submission Instructions" given below.

FYP Mid Term Evaluations

1- Report Submission:

Feedback of Deliverable II will be shared with you before Midterm Evaluations.
You are required to resolve all the issues mentioned in the feedback comments and re-submit the soft copy of updated report in Mid Evaluations submission folder on Google Classroom. All the groups are required to submit it.
Submit the hard copy of your updated report, signed by your adviser, to CS Academic Office. Submission Date and Time will be shared via email. Report should have double sided printing except the title page i.e. all the pages will be printed back-to-back and back of title page will be blank.
Print reports for this evaluation should have tape binding only.
Both the hard and soft copies are compulsory to be submitted by all the groups.
Anyone failing to submit the hard copy with the adviser's signatures will not be allowed to present.

2- Presentation Details:

You will have to prepare a presentation of 20 minutes that must cover the following:

Project Title with Group members and Advisor’s name (1 slide)
Project Overview (1 slide)
Demo of Working Project. You can also prepare a video to illustrate the project’s functionality (at least 70% time of presentation should go into this)
Explain a selected piece of code (optional, not more than one slide)
Plan of work for the rest of the semester (1 slide)

Your dressing should be formal and medium of communication should be English. Get your presentation approved by your adviser in time. The faculty will attend your presentations and provide feedback. Faculty will use this form to evaluate you.

FYP II Poster Submission

After FYP II Mid Evalatuations groups will be shortlisted to present their project posters in Job Fair.
This will give the opportunity to showcase your work to companies during Job fair.
FYP groups will design the posters and the university will get all the approved FYPs printed.
Deadline to submit the poster will be at least 1 week prior to Job Fair.
Job fair is expected a week after Mid evaluations. Exact dates will be updated on portal.
Poster templates will be added soon.

Deliverable III - Test Cases and Bug Report/Simulation Results

Guidelines:

Download templates D3 BugReport.dotx, D3 Traceability-Matrix.xlsx and D3-D4 Updated FYP Report.dotx from Templates.
For Updated FYP Report, you have to update your Final Report according to the work done so far plus according to this template (There are just 2 new subheadings (i. Test Case Design and Description, ii.Test Metrics) added in your chapter 4 "Implementation and Test Cases". So you have to update the FYP report that you submitted last time according to this template).
You may find samples of FYP Report for your reference here. These samples are only for the formatting reference. For content, follow the instructions given in template.
Name of your documents should be the title of your project. (Add "-BugReport" and "-TraceablityMatrix" at the end of respective file name.)
Follow the "General Submission Instructions" given below.

Deliverable IV - Final Report + Abstract

Guidelines:

Download template D3-D4 Updated FYP Report and D4 Abstract.dotx from Templates.
Along with the report also submit your (Turnitin) Plagiarism Report. Accepted percentage is 15% or less. You may get the (Turnitin) plagiarism report by emailing your FYP Report to library at librarylhr@nu.edu.pk.
You have to complete your FYP Report by updating your last deliverble "Updated FYP Report" according to the template and instructions provided.
Template D4 Abstract is just the title and abstract pages of your FYP Report.
You may find samples of FYP Report for your reference here. These samples are only for the formatting reference. For content, follow the instructions given in template.
Submit pdf files of both documents in their respective folders on Google Classroom.
Follow the "General Submission Instructions" given below.

FYP Final Evaluations

1- Report Submission:

Soft Copy of Report:

Hard Copy of Report:

Submit the hard copy of your updated document/report, signed by your advisor, to the CS Academic Office. Submission Date and Time will be shared via email.

1. Attach the hard copy of FYP report compliance form checked and signed by your project supervisor at the end of your report.
2. Get the first page of Plagiarism Report (showing the similarity index) and bound at the end of your FYP Report.
3. Report should have double sided printing except the title page i.e. all the pages will be printed back-to-back and back of title page will be blank.
4. Printed report for this evaluation should only have tape binding.

Both the hard and soft copies are compulsory to be submitted by all the groups.
Anyone failing to submit the hard copy with the advisor's signatures will not be allowed to present.

2- Presentation Details:

You will have to prepare a presentation of 20 minutes that must cover the following:

1. Project Overview
2. Demo of properly tested and working Application along with the source code.
3. You can also prepare a video to illustrate the project’s functionality (at least 70% time of presentation should go into this).

Keep the soft copy of your FYP report ready with you during the presentation. You must ensure that your documentation is in-sync with your application. Your dressing should be formal and medium of communication should be English. Get your presentation approved by your adviser in time. The faculty will attend your presentations and provide feedback. Faculty will use this form to evaluate you.

General Submission Instructions

Read the templates carefully for formatting and content guidelines.
For further detail on content you may consult your advisor. If he/she advises you to make changes in required document/content, inform FYP Committee via email, cc your advisor.
Before submission, view your document in Two-Page Layout and make sure that it follows all the formatting guidelines according to the template.
Submit PDF file(s) ONLY. For Project Status you may submit .xls file.
Zipped/compressed files will not be accepted.
Name of all the documents (submissions files) should start with your Project Title.
Get your documents reviewed/approved by your advisor before submission.
Submission Folder will be shared via email.
One submission per group is required.

Hard Binding Submission for Degree Clearance

Guidelines:

After having your FYP-II grade uploaded on Flex, you are required to submit three hard bound copies of your FYP report signed by your adviser and signed by all the group members + three CDs containing all the FYP related material to CS Academic Office for Degree Clearance.
Take double sided prints of your FYP Report, the final version that you got approved by your adviser.
Download the format for Binding (Cover page and Spine) FYP Binding&SpineFormat. Carefully follow all the instructions given in the document.
Get the formal reports signed by your adviser (on the title page).
Reports will not be accepted without signatures of all the group members. In case of lockdown, e-signatures of group members are allowed.
Note that this submission is compulsory for your degree clearance.
Materials to include in the CD: FYP II final report + source code of your project + any other relevant material.
If your advisor is on leaves and you are unable to get his/her signature in person then do the follwoing:
- Email your report to advisor and get his e-sign and approval over the email.
- Advisor also has to keep the FYP committee members in CC in this approval email.
- The department will accept the report, and HoD will sign the report on advisor's behalf.
- Department may ask the advisor to sign in person once the advisor is back on campus.
- If you are unable to reach the advisor over the email please contact academic office, they will contact the advisor over call.