BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, PILANIDISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAMMES DIVISION

FIRST SEMESTER 2007-2008

COURSE HANDOUT

SEWP ZG629T DISSERTATION

Instructor-in-charge: Dean, DLP DivisionInstructors : All Supervisors

1. SCOPE AND OBJECTIVE OF THE COURSE

This course deals with the research and development work in assigned areas of professional interest. Eachstudent will work under the overall guidance and supervision of a professional. The course shall end with awell-defined Final Report, which describes the investigations, achievements/ accomplishments andconclusions of the dissertation work. The course shall help the student to be trained in research anddevelopment methodology and presentation of the work in the form of a technical report.

2. OPERA nON OF THE COURSE

a) The student should prepare a detailed outline of the dissertation work in consultation with his/herSupervisor. Current literature Goumals, books etc.) must be methodically reviewed and thestatus of the work in the field must be considered. The detailed outline of the work must reflecta survey of the current literature in the same area and must include:Dissertation Title, Topic (/ Subject! Area) of Research (/ Development! Investigation),Objective including scope of work, Background of Previous Work in the Area, Methodology,Plan of Work, References / Bibliography and Details of Supervisor along with the names of02 examiners. Both the student and their supervisor should sign the first page containing thesupervisor details. The above order should be followed in preparing the outline.

b) The student should regularly interact with their Supervisor and present seminars and submitreports as per schedule given in the calendar. Proposed examiners and other professionals inrelevant area should be requested to attend the seminars.

,c) Supervisor shall announce the Mid-semester grade to his/her student after completing the mid-sem

seminar bylbefore the due date and send the completed Mid-semester Evaluation Form (alongwith the mid- sem report) to the BITS Coordinator on or before the due date.

d) The student should submit two word-processed hard copies of Final Dissertation Report andAbstract (separate loose sheet- 02 copies) to the Supervisor, latest by tne due date. Supervisorshall retain one copy of the final report and send the other duly signed copy, after the finalseminar and viva-voce examination (to be completed by the due date), along with the FinalEvaluation Form and both copies of the Abstract (signed by both the supervisor and the student)to the BITS Coordinator on the scheduled date. It may please be noted that the Abstract is to beincluded in the Final Report also as per the prescribed order.

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1. EVALUATION:

Note: Final viva-voce examination and evaluation of the Dissertation report shall be done by a

panel of examiners which would comprise of the Supervisor and at least one otherexaminer chosen. The other components are to be evaluated by the Supervisor and thedetails are to be made available to' the examiners at the time of final viva-voce.

Supervisor shall arrange to send a copy of the Dissertation report to the examiners wellin advance.

Evaluation in various components shall take into account work progress and achievements, technical/professional competence, documentation and expression, initiative and originality, punctuality andreliability, self-reliance and acquisition of special skills. It is the responsibility of the student to interactregularly (at least once a week) with their Supervisor and discuss the progress of the work and plansubsequent activities. The details of time, venue and mode of each evaluation component are to be decidedby the Supervisor, so that the evaluation can be conducted as per the given schedule.

Grading

Grading will be done by the Supervisor in consultation with the panel of examiners, on the basis of theprogress made by the individual student towards attaining the overall objectives of the Dissertation work.Although marks are assigned for various evaluation components, the final grade shall be specified only asone of the following qualitative grades namely, EXCELLENT / GOOD / FAIR / POOR.

s. No. Component Wei2:hta2:el. Mid- semester Seminar and Viva 20%2. Mid- semester Report 20%3. Final Seminar and Viva- voce 30%4. Final Report 30%

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Note:Student should check with the Supervisor to ensure that the Mid- semester Evaluation Sheet (along with themid- sem report), and the Final Evaluation Sheet are sent across to the BITS Co-ordinator so as to reachwithin the above deadlines.

Please note that the dissertation report, spiral bound, along with two copies of abstracts, as loose sheets are

to be submitted by the stipulated date.

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I Dissertation Outline should reach Student BITS Coordinator June 01, 2007BITS Coordinator. Registration for the semester .

2 Date of Start of Semester Student BITS Coordinator June 04. 2007(Registration to be completed by submitting dulysigned Registration Card)

3 Mid-semester Written Report and Seminar: the Student Supervisor July 28,2007student should prepare a written report covering allthe dissertation work done as per the 'Plan ofWork' and submit it to their. supervisor. The studenthas to give a Mid-semester Seminar to theirSupervisor and Examiner.

4 Mid-semester Evaluation Sheet: the supervisor has Supervisor BITS Coordinator July 31, 2007to complete the Mid-sem Evaluation Sheet andsend it along with the midsem report to the BITSCoordinator.

5 Final Dissertation Report finalization Student Supervisor September 24, 20076 Fhal Seminar and Viva to be conducted by the Student Panel of Examiners September 26, 2007

Supervisor and Examiner.7 Submission of 0 I copy of the Final Report (spiral Supervisor BITS Coordinator September 29, 2007

bound only), 02 copies of Abstract, 0 I copy ofFinal Evaluation Sheet: all duly signed andcompleted

8 Final evaluation by BITS Student BITS Panel 2nd and 3'd week of,jOctober 2007

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Guidelines for preparation of the Final Report..

Some fonnats are provided for preparation of the abstract, cover page, title page, certificate from theSupervisor, and reference I bibliography (either of the two). The student should adhere to these fonnatswhile preparing the report. A checklist of items to be included in the Final Report is also provided. Thefollowing sequence should be followed in the presentation of the Final Report:

a) Cover Pageb) Title page (inner cover)c) Certificate from the supervisor'd) Acknowledgementse) Abstractt) Table of contentsg) List of Symbols & Abbreviations l;Isedh) List of Tables I Figures .

i) Introductionj) Chapters 1, 2, 3, etc.k) Conclusions1) Recommendationsl Directions for future workm) Appendixlcesn) Bibliography I References (either one of the two)0) List of Publicationsl Conference Presentations, if anyp) Check List of Items.

Check list of items for final report (with Yes or No marked, as applicable)

a) Is the Cover page in proper fonnat?b) Is the Title page in proper fonnat?c) Is the Certificate from the Supervisor in proper fonnat? Has it been signed?d) Is Abstract included in the Report? Is it properly written?e) Does the Table of Contents' page include chapter page numbers?t) Is Introduction included in the report? Is it properly written?

g) Are the Pages numbered properly?h) Are the Figures numbered properly?i) Are the Tables numbered properly?j) Are the Captions for the Figures and Tables proper?k) Are the Appendices numbered?

I) Does the Report have Conclusionsl Recommendations of the work?m) Are Referencesl Bibliography given in the Report?n) Have the References been cited in the Report?0) Is the citation of Referencesl Bibliography in proper fonnat?

A copy of.completed checklist should be included as the last page of the final report. Supervisors are alsorequested to ensure that their candidate(s) have prepared the Final Report properly.

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Illustrative examples of citation of bibliography / references:,1. Book:

A. Gelb, Applied Optimal Estimation. Cambridge, M.A.; M.LT. Press, 1974.A paper in a Conferenceor SymposiumProceedingsedited and publishedby a book publishingcompany:

R.E. Kalman, 'New Methods in Wiener Filtering Theory', in Proc. First Symposium on EngineeringApplications of Random Function Theory and Probability' J.L. Bogdanoff and F. Kozin, Editors.New York; Wiley, 1963, pp 270-388.A Journal Paper:R.E. Kalman and N.S. Pucy, 'New results in linear filtering and prediction theory', Trans. ASME,J. Basic Eng., Vol. 83-D, pp. 95-108, Mar. 1961.A Conference Paper:M. Vidyasagar and N.K. Bose, 'Input-output stability of linear systems defined over measurespaces', in Proc. Midwest Symp. Ciro. Syst'.,Montreal, P.O. Canada, Aug. 1975, pp 394-397.A Ph.D. thesis or Dissertation:A.C.G. Viera, 'Matrix orthogonal polynomials, with applications to autoregressive modeling andladder forms', Ph.D. Dissertation, Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA, Dec. 77.A Private Communication:W.M. Wonham (1982) Private Communication.

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AnnexureI. Fonnat of the Cover Page of the Dissertation I

DISSERTATION

(Title of the Dissertation in Capital)

Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of

M.S. Software Engineering Degree Programme

by

(Name of the student)(BITS ID No.)

Under the supervision of

(Name and Designation of Supervisor)

Dissertation work carried out at

Wipro Technologies, Bangalore

BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCEPilani (Rajasthan) INDIA

(Month, Year)

II. Fonnatlofthe Title Page (inner cover page) of the Dissertation"SEWP ZG629T DISSERTATION

(Title of the Dissertation in Capital)

Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of

M.S. Software Engineering Degree Programme

by

(Name of the student)ID No. (HITS ID No.)

Under the supervision of

(Name and Designation of Supervisor)

Dissertation work carried out at

Wipro Technologies, Bangalore

BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCEPILANI (RAJASTHAN)

(Month, Year)

III Fonnat of Certificate from the Supervisor

BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, PILANI

CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that the Dissertation entitled

and submitted by IDNo.

in partial fulfilment of the requirements of SEWP ZG629T Dissertation, embodies the work done byhim/her under my supervision.

Signature of the SupervisorNameDesignation

Date:

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IV. The following format should be used for Abstract"

BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE, PILANIFirst Semester 2007- 2008

Dissertation Title

Name of Supervisor

Name of Student

BITS ID No. of Student

Abstract

(Signature of Supervisor) (Signature of Student)

Note: The Abstract should NOT be longer than one page i.e. it can be around 200 words.

The Abstract in the above format should be included in the bound Report, after the Acknowledgements andimmediately before the Table of Contents. Of course, 02 copies of the same are to be submitted as loosesheets also along with the Final Report to the BITS Co- ordinator.

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