2019-2020 / PROJ0011-1

Personal student project

Duration

150h Proj.

Number of credits

 Master of Science (MSc) in Computer Science and Engineering5 crédits 
 Master of Science (MSc) in Computer Science5 crédits 

Lecturer

Bernard Boigelot, Collégialité

Language(s) of instruction

English language

Organisation and examination

All year long, with partial in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

In this course, a student will carry out a personal project, which can be a stand-alone software or hardware or hybrid design and development, or a part of a larger, possibly interdisciplinary, project (e.g. Ingénieur de projet, the Robocup competition). We generally consider that it amounts to one month of full time work. If the project topic is proposed by the student, it must be clearly specified and approved by the coordinator who will assign an advisor. The work achieved by the student in this project cannot be credited to any other of his/her courses.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

The project aims at developing the students' ability to carry out a realistic project from the conceptual to the operational phase. The students will improve their creativity, autonomy, communication and writing skills.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

  • Feedback on technical progress,
  • Writing of a final report,
  • Defence and demonstration of the project.

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

The project is mainly carried out remotely. The student will keep his/her advisor informed of his/her progress on a regular basis.

Recommended or required readings

Assessment methods and criteria

The evaluation will be based on the project completion report, the delivered system and its demonstration, and the project defence. There are no formal constraints on the size of the report, but it will typically be 25-page long. It should describe the context of the work, the problem addressed, the methodology, the accomplished tasks, the obtained results, and a conclusion (contributions and perspectives). It is necessary to provide enough quantitative information on the implemented system and the accomplished tests. The defence by the student is oral and public. It consists of an oral presentation, a question/answer session, and is followed by a short deliberation. The final grade takes account of the amount and quality of the achieved work, the quality of the written report and of the oral presentation, and the relevance of the provided answers.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

  • The final report must be submitted early January or early June.
  • The defences and demonstrations will be scheduled in January or June

Contacts

Coordinator: Bernard Boigelot, bernard.boigelot@uliege.be

Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session

Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning

Assessment subjects

Assessment methods

Contacts

Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session

Assessment subjects

Assessment methods

The defense of the project will be held by videoconference.

Contacts

bernard.boigelot@uliege.be