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FYP Registration


Registration rules: 

  • For FYP-1 registration you have to meet the eligibility criteria.
  • An FYP group must consist of 3 members (Cross-departmental groups are allowed). A group size of 3 members from the same degree program is preferable.
  • If any FYP group is taking a project with an external supervisor, then it must have an internal supervisor, who is a faculty member of the Fast School of Computing. The registration form has to be signed by the internal supervisor. The signature of the external supervisor will not entitle a student to FYP registration.

Eligibility Criteria

A student must have

    1. The CGPA (>=) greater than or equal to 2.0 (not on academic warning)
    2. No deficiency: Earned credit hours (>=) greater than or equal to 100.
    3. One course deficiency: Earned credit hours (>=) greater than or equal to 96.  
    4. Two courses deficiency: Earned credit hours greater than or equal (>=) 92.

Registration Process for FYP-I

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

  1. Fill and Submit the online registration form FYP-1 Online Registration Form. (Only one form per group needs to be submitted)

  2. Fill out the FYP-1 Registration Form, (only) get it signed by the internal supervisor at your earliest and submit it to the FSC 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)

  3. FYP group members with no course deficiency will have to register themselves through Flex also. (The department will not register them on Flex)

  4. FYP Group members with one-course deficiency have to write a registration approval request to HOD, this application is to be submitted along with the FYP registration form that contains the whole group’s information. Also, attach your transcripts with your application. You can use the template application from here.

  5. FYP Group members with two-course deficiency have to write a registration approval request to the Campus Director. This application is to be submitted along with the FYP registration form that contains the whole group’s information. Also, attach your transcripts with your application. You can use the template from the application from here.

  6. If you need any special Hardware or Software subscription for your FYP, please fill out the FYP Hardware/Software Requisition Form. Attach this form with the registration form and submit both to the FSC academic office. The last date for submitting the Hardware Requisition Form to the Academic Office is two weeks after the FYP Registration Deadline (in case you do not know the hardware required at the start).

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

Only one registration form per group needs to be submitted. All the approval request applications by group members with one or two course deficiencies has to be attached to this one registration form. For example, if 1st group member has 92 credit hours, he will attach his application to the Director, if 2nd group member has 96 credit hours, he will attach his application to the HOD and if 3rd group member has 100 credit hours he will directly register through Flex. 1st and 2nd group members will also attach their transcripts with the applications.  

Registration Process for FYP-II
 
FYP-II students must register themselves only through Flex.

FYP Ideas


FYPs offered by Faculty

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

FYP-1 offered by Industry Fall 2024

If you are interested in any of the projects offered by industry, do the following steps:

  1. Confirm that you meet all of the requirements given in the project details.
  2. Find an internal supervisor who is willing to supervise the industry project you are interested in.
  3. The internal supervisor will contact the industry focal person. After discussion and mutual agreement of the internal supervisor and industry focal person, students can get registered in FYP I (see FYP Registration section given above)

In case you need further help, please contact FYP coordinator Mr. Junaid Hussain.

 

 

FYP-1 Deliverable Deadlines and Details


 

Deliverable Name

Due Date
DI Project Proposal 3rd week Wed-Sep 04, 2024
Proposal Defence
5th Week Wed-Sep 18, 2024
DII

FYP Report

  • Six Chapters (1 to 6) (R&D)
  • Five Chapters (1 to 4 and 6) (Development)
8th Week Wed-Oct 09, 2024
Mid-Evaluations 9/10th Week
Fri-Oct 18-25, 2024
DIII

FYP Report

  • Three Chapters (7, 9, and 10) (R&D)
  • Two Chapters (7 and 10) (Development)
14th Week Wed-Nov 20, 2024
Submission of signed FYP Report in Academic Office
19th Week Wed-Jan 01, 2025
FYP Final-Evaluations After Final Exams Wed-Jan 08, 2025

 

Deliverable I - Project Proposal

  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.

FYP Proposal Defence

  1. FYP committee will share the already submitted proposals with faculty evaluations panels.
  2. The faculty members will provide online feedback.
  3. FYP comittee will share this feedback with students.

Deliverable II

Download the FYP report template from this link FYP Report Zip

You may see Sample Project Reports for reference only.

R&D Projects

Complete the Chapters 1 to 6 as listed below and submit them as Deliverable II.

  1. Introduction
  2. Project Vision
  3. Literature Review and Related Applications
  4. Software Requirement Specifications 
  5. Proposed Approach and Methodology
  6. High-level and Low-level Design

Development Projects

Complete the Chapters 1 to 5 as listed below and submit them as Deliverable II.

  1. Introduction
  2. Project Vision
  3. Related Applications
  4. Software Requirement Specifications 
  5. High-level and Low-level Design

The Abstract, Executive Summary and Reference sections are compulsory for all types of projects but the Appendix is optional. Follow the "General Submission Instructions".

FYP Mid-Evaluations

1- Report Submission:

  1. You are required to submit the soft copy of FYP-1 Deliverable II (pdf) in the submission folder on Google Classroom.
  2. You have to submit the signed hard copy of the Compliance Form - FYP I - Mid to the FSC Academic office.
  3. FYP-1 Compliance form and Soft copy of the FYP report are compulsory to be submitted by all the groups.
  4. Anyone failing to submit the required documents will not be allowed to present in Mid-Evaluations.

2- Presentation Details:

You will prepare a presentation of 10 to 15 minutes that must cover the following:

  1. Problem statement and elaboration
  2. Scope: Things that are part of your project, which are not part of the project.
  3. Goals: Goals Achieved/Future Goals
  4. Development / R&D: Review of Related Applications, Overview of System architeture and design, to be developed including important requirements, constraints and limitations. R&D: Summarized Literature Review and Related Applications. Methodology of work.
  5. The prototype of your application or data collection and preprocessing for expertiments.

Your dressing should be formal and the medium of communication should be English. 

Get your presentation approved by your advisor in time.

The faculty will attend your presentations and provide feedback. 

Deliverable III

You will follow the same report template format as done in Deliverable II FYP Report Zip

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 them as Deliverable III.
    • Add implementation details of the prototype or a software component developed in 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.

R&D Projects

  • Updated Chapters from previous deliverables with feedback incorporated.
  • Complete the chapters listed below and submit them as Deliverable III.
    • Add implementation details of software component developed or subproblem solved in Chapter 7 Implementation and Test Cases
    • Present the results of the experiments conducted in Chapter 9 Experimental Results and Discussion
    • 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.

Along with the report also submit your  (Turnitin) plagiarism report and (Turnitin) AI report. The accepted percentage is 15% or less. You may get the (Turnitin) plagiarism report by emailing your FYP Report to the library at librarylhr@nu.edu.pk.

Submission of Prototype is not required, it will be demonstrated in your FYP Final Evaluations. Follow the "General Submission Instructions".

FYP Final Evaluations

1- Report Submission:

Soft Copy of Report:

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

Hard Copy of Report:

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

    1. Attach the hard copy of the FYP report Compliance Form - FYP I - Final checked and signed by your project supervisor at the end of your report.
    2. Get the first page of the Plagiarism Report (showing the similarity index) and bound at the end of your FYP Report.
    3. 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 title page will be blank. 
    4. The 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 supervisor'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 and Future 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 dress should be formal and the medium of communication should be English. Get your presentation approved by your supervisor in time. The faculty will attend your presentations and provide feedback. 

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

 

FYP-2 Deliverable Deadlines and Details


 

Deliverable Name

Due Date
DI FYP Poster Submission  3rd week Wed-Sep 04, 2024
Poster Evaluation 5th Week
Wed-Sep 18, 2024
Mid Evaluations 9th/10th Week Fri-Oct 18-25, 2024
DII

FYP Report

  • Implementation and Test Cases (Development / R&D)
  • Experimental Results and Discssion (Research / R&D)
14th Week Wed-Nov 20, 2024
Submission of signed FYP report to Academic Office
19th Week
Wed-Jan 01, 2025
FYP Final Evaluations After Final Exams Wed-Jan 08, 2025
Report Hard Binding Submission for Degree Clearance 3 weeks before Convocation  

 

Deliverable I - Poster Submission

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. The 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 the name of your department "FAST School of Computing, Computer Science Department" at the 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 plenty of scope for 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 for FYP Poster

    • You should only submit the jpeg file no need to submit the editable poster files.
    • Avoid multiple submissions of same the file.
    • The Recommended tool for making posters is Adobe Photoshop

FYP Poster Evaluation

  1. FYP committee will share the already submitted Posters with faculty evaluations panels.
  2. The faculty members will provide online feedback.
  3. FYP comittee will share this feedback with students.

FYP Mid-Evaluations

1- Report Submission:

  1. You are required to submit the soft copy of FYP-2 updated report (pdf) in the submission folder on google classroom. 
  2. You have to submit the signed hard copy of the Compliance Form - FYP II - Mid in the FSC Academic office.
  3. FYP-2 Compliance form and Soft copy of the FYP report are compulsory to be submitted by all the groups.
  4. Anyone failing to submit the required documents will not be allowed to present in Mid-Evaluations.

2- Presentation Details:

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

  • Project Overview
  • 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
  • Plan of work for the rest of the semester

Your dressing should be formal and the medium of communication should be English.

Get your presentation approved by your supervisor in time.

The faculty will attend your presentations and provide feedback.

Deliverable II - Test Cases / Experimental Results

Download the FYP report template from this link FYP Report Zip

You may see Sample Project Reports for reference only.

Development / 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 them as Deliverable III.
    • Add i) Test Case Design and Description, ii)Test Metrics in Chapter 7 Implementation and Test Cases
    • Add Chapter 8 User Manual.

Research / R&D Projects

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

FYP Final Evaluations

1- Report Submission:

Soft Copy of Report:

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

Hard Copy of Report:

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

  1. Attach the hard copy of the FYP report Compliance Form - FYP II - Final checked and signed by your project supervisor at the end of your report.
  2. Get the first page of the Plagiarism Report (showing the similarity index) and bind it at the end of your FYP Report.
  3. The report should have double-sided printing except for the title page i.e. all the pages will be printed back-to-back and the back of the title page will be blank. 
  4. The 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 supervisor'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% of 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 the medium of communication should be English. Get your presentation approved by your supervisor in time. The faculty will attend your presentations and provide feedback.

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

Hard Binding Submission for Degree Clearance

  • Once your FYP-II grades are uploaded on Flex, you are required to submit the following to the FSC Academic Office for Degree Clearance.
    1. Three hard-bound copies of your FYP report signed by your supervisor and signed by all group members
    2. Three CDs containing all the FYP-related material (FYP II final report + Source code of your project + any other relevant material)
  • The report should have double-sided printing except for the title page i.e. all the pages will be printed back-to-back and the back of title page will be blank. 
  • 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 supervisor (on the title page). If your supervisor is on leave and you are unable to get his/her signature in person, then get the report signed by the FYP Coordinator (on the title page).
  • Reports will not be accepted without the signatures of all the group members.
  • Note that this submission is compulsory for your degree clearance.

FYP - Rules and General Submission Instructions


  1. Any student having less than 5 meeting counts with the supervisor (throughout the semester) will be awarded an F grade irrespective of his/her performance in the Mid/Final Evaluation. Each group is ideally required to submit (to the supervisor) a one-page text of what he/she has achieved every month.
  2. All deliverables have to be submitted on time. A deliverable will be marked unsatisfactory if it is not submitted on time or is not according to the required template.
  3. If any 2 deliverables of FYP-1 or 3 deliverables combined FYP-1&FYP-2, have an unsatisfactory status then the overall grade will be below A-.
  4. If documentation signed by the supervisor 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-.
  5. For FYP I & II, all assessments will be done for individual students

General Submission Instructions

  • Before submission, view your document in a Two-Page Layout and make sure that it follows all the formatting guidelines according to the template.
  • Get your documents reviewed/approved by your supervisor before submission.
  • Remove all unnecessary chapters from reports that are not part of the respective deliverable.
  • The name of all the submitted files should be the FYP-ID of your project only.
  • Submit PDF file only. (Zipped/compressed/Word files will not be accepted)
  • Do not submit multiple copies of the same file; only one submission will be checked.

Contacts


FYP Coordinators:

  1. Dr. Aatira Anum (aatira.anum@nu.edu.pk
  2. Dr. Maryam Bashir (maryam.bashir@nu.edu.pk)
  3. Ms. Abeeda Akram (abeeda.akram@nu.edu.pk)
  4. Mr. Junaid Hussain (junaid.hussain@nu.edu.pk)

FYP Committee Members:

  1. Mr. Muhammad Saifullah Tanvir (saifullah.tanvir@nu.edu.pk
  2. Ms. Hina Iqbal (hina.iqbal@nu.edu.pk
  3. Ms. Namra Absar (namra.absar@nu.edu.pk
  4. Ms. Esha Tur Razia Babar(esha.razia@nu.edu.pk
  5. Ms. Seemab Ayub(seemab.ayub@nu.edu.pk