Final Year Project

FYP Registration

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. 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

FYP - II

FYP Rules

1. 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:

1. Download the template D1 Project Proposal Template.dotx.
2. You may see Sample Project Proposals for reference.
3. 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

1. Reference section is compulsory for both types of projects but Appendix is optional.
2. For content, follow the instructions given in the template.
3. 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:

1. Feedback of Deliverable II will be shared with you before Midterm Evaluations.
2. 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. 
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Reports should have a tape bind.
6. Both the hard and soft copies are compulsory to be submitted by all the groups.
7. 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. Problem statement + Type of Project
2. Goals: Goals Achieved/Future Goals
3. Scope: Things that are part of your project, which are not part of the project
4. Overview of System to be developed including important requirements
5. Constraints and Limitations
6. 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

1. Reference section is compulsory for all types of projects but Appendix is optional.
2. For content, follow the instructions given in the template.
3. 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.

1. 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. 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. 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:

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

Deliverable II - Poster Submission 

Guidelines:

The FYP poster is a condensed representation of an FYP. It should be neat, attractive, and very inviting. Posters will be evaluated by the faculty panel. 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.

The following is a list of recommended poster guidelines: You may see Sample posters for reference only.

1. 1. Poster size must be 24'' x 36'' or 2 x 3 feet  .
   2. The orientation of the poster should be Portrait.
   3. Your poster should include the Logo of the University and name of your department "FAST School of Computing, Computer Science Department" at top. 
   4. Don't use too much text - just highlight your major points. Use bullets whenever possible.
   5. Make sure that the font is large enough for people to see it from a meter away.
   6. Illustrations and visualizations of concepts (maps, pictures, photos, design drawings, diagrams, tables, charts, graphs, "screen captures") look nice and can often say more than words.
   7. Make sure you spell check! (Also, note that capitalized words are often skipped by most spell checkers.) 
   8. The top-left part may contain the title of the project, names of the group members and the Supervisor(s).
   9. The top-right part may contain the Project Goals.
   10. The bottom part may contain the Project Plan and the list of tentative deliverables for the final FYP-1 evaluation.
   11. While staying within these guidelines, there is a plenty of scope for an individual creativity through the use of different fonts, colors, backgrounds and graphics.
   12. Do not include too much information. Too much text may obscure the main message of the poster. Limit the information to the key information; rely on answering questions and on your project summary to get across the details.
   13. Use graphics where appropriate.

Submission Instructions of FYP Poster

• • The original Photoshop/Corel file of the poster should be submitted along with a jpeg image of the poster.
  • Recommended tools for making poster are Adobe Photoshop or Corel Draw. 
  • If a group uses some other tool, he/she will be responsible for the printing of Poster.

FYP Mid Term Evaluations

1- Report Submission:

Soft Copy of Report:

You are required to submit the soft copy of updated report in Mid Evaluations submission folder on Google Classroom. All the groups are required to submit it.

Hard Copy of Report:

1. 1. 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.
   2. Print reports for this evaluation should have tape binding only.
   3. Both the hard and soft copies are compulsory to be submitted by all the groups.
   4. 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.

Deliverable III - Test Cases/Simulation Results

Guidelines:

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

You may see Sample Project Reports for reference only.

Development Projects/ R&D Projects

• • Updated Chapters from previous deliverables with feedback incorporated.
    
    • Updated chapter 7 Implementation and Test Cases and chapter 10 Conclusion and work Completed.
  • Complete the chapters listed below and submit as Deliverable III.
    • Add i) Test Case Design and Description, ii)Test Metrics in the chapter 7 Implementation and Test Cases
    • Add chapter 8 User Manual.

Research Projects

• • Updated Chapters from previous deliverables with feedback incorporated.
    • Updated implementation details of the prototype or a software component developed in the chapter 7 Implementation and Test Cases
    • Updated results of the experiments conducted in the chapter 9 Experimental Results and Discssion
    • Updated chapter 10 Conclusion and work Completed.

Deliverable IV - Final Report + Abstract

Guidelines:

1. You have to complete your FYP Report by updating your last deliverble.
2. Download template D4 Abstract.dotx from Templates. D4 Abstract includes the title and abstract page of your FYP Report.
3. Submit pdf files of both documents in their respective folders separately on Google Classroom.
4. 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.
5. Follow the "General Submission Instructions" given below.

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. 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.

FYP Final Evaluation Schedule will be shared with you via Email.

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. 

Contact

Ms. Aatira Anum (aatira.anum@nu.edu.pk)  FYP Coordinator

Ms. Abeeda Akram (abeeda.akram@nu.edu.pk) FYP Coordinator

Ms. Aleena Ahmad (aleena.ahmad@nu.edu.pk)

Ms. Arooj Khalil (arooj.khalil@nu.edu.pk)

Ms. Hira Ilyas (hira.ilyas@nu.edu.pk) on semester leave

Mr. Salman Shoaib (salman.shoaib@nu.edu.pk)

Mr. Junaid Hussain (junaid.hussain@nu.edu.pk)