Create a Computer Science research project dissertation with chapters including a contextual, technical and literature review; research design and methods; practical implementation and experimentation; artefact project evaluation, academic reflection, discussion and conclusions, disseminated with a short digital presentation.
The submission should represent both the practical and research elements of your project and it must be clear how your project relates to your programme of study.
Detailed instructions for completing the dissertation and presentation are provided in the “PROM06 Dissertation and Presentation Guidelines” document provided.
Dissertation
The guideline word count for the dissertation is 10000 words. This is not a fixed limit so there isn’t a direct penalty for not hitting the exact number of words, with +/- 10% considered acceptable (i.e. 9000-11000 words). The abstract is included in the word count but reference list, figures, screenshots, diagrams, charts, tables, and appendices. are outside of the word count. A copy of your project proposal and any additional supporting documentation should be provided in appendices and referred to, where relevant, in the main body of the dissertation.
Dissertations are required to be written in a standard format and a template is provided that should be used and modified appropriately to match project. Dissertation should be submitted in PDF format.