Final Report Dissertation Guidelines.pdf
- 1. pg. 1 BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE, PILANI Work Integrated Learning Programmes Division M.Tech.in Data Science and Engineering
- 2. pg. 2 COURSE HANDOUT AND GUIDELINES for DSE CL ZG628T DISSERTATION Contents 1. Calendar of Events Related to Final Dissertation Report & Final VIVA 2. Course Handout 3. Guidelines for Supervisors 4. Evaluation Schedule 5. Guidelines for preparation of the Final Report 6. Formats of Cover Page, 7. Title Page, 8. Certificate from Supervisor, 9. Final Evaluation Form
- 3. pg. 3 CALENDAR OF EVENTS S. No. Evaluation Component / Deliverable From To To be conducted / submitted latest by 1. 3 Start of Semester (Registration to be completed.) Student BITS Coordinator 12th June 2023 2. Final dissertation review - with Organization Mentor:- The Organization Mentor / Supervisor has to conduct the End- Semester evaluation and complete the End- Semester Evaluation Sheet and Student to submit it along with the End-Semester Report. Organization Mentor Student Before 21st September, 2023 3. 6 Final Dissertation Report ( Submission of soft copy of the Final Dissertation Report along with the Organization Mentor / Supervisor evaluation report, to be uploaded in the dissertation management system ) Student Supervisor 21st – 25th September, 2023 4. 7 Final Semester – Viva review to be conducted by the BITS examiner Student BITS Examiner 30th September – 12th October, 2023
- 4. pg. 4 BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, PILANI Work Integrated Learning Programmes Division SECOND SEMESTER 2022-23 COURSE HANDOUT DSECLZG628T - DISSERTATION Instructor-in-charge: Dean, WILP Division Instructors: All Supervisors SCOPE OF THE COURSE This course provides an opportunity for the student to do some significant research and development work in assigned areas of professional interest. Each student will work under the overall guidance and supervision of a senior professional chosen from within the organization. This work should be of relevance to the professional work environment of the student, and beneficial to organization. The course shall end with a well-defined Final Dissertation Report, which describes the investigations, achievements and conclusions of the dissertation work. The course shall enable the student to be trained in research and development methodology and presentation of the work in the form of a technical report. OPERATION OF THE COURSE 1. Each student should identify a topic that is of academic relevance to his/her professional environment and the M.Tech (Data Science and Engg) degree programme, and work under the guidance and supervision of a senior professional within his/her project team. The dissertation work should result in significant benefits for the professional work environment of the student. Each dissertation project should be done independently by only one student. Two or more students cannot do a joint / combined dissertation work. 2. The student should prepare a detailed outline of the dissertation work in consultation with his/her Organizational Supervisor (Mentor). Current literature (journals, books etc.) must be methodically reviewed and the status of the work in the field must be considered. The detailed outline of the work must reflect a survey of the current literature in the same area and must include topic of research, objective, background of previous work in the area, methodology and a plan of work along with references and bibliography. 3. The student should regularly interact with his Organizational Supervisor (Mentor) and present seminars and submit reports as per schedule given in the calendar. Other professional colleagues having expertise in the relevant domain may also be requested to attend the seminars. 4. The Organizational Supervisor (Mentor) shall announce the Mid-semester grade to his/her student and send the Mid-Semester Evaluation Form to the Student, the same needs to be added in the report. 5. At the end of the dissertation, Student submits the soft copy of the reports along with the supervisors evaluation report in the portal.
- 5. pg. 5 General Guidelines for the Dissertation Supervisor (Organizational Mentor / Supervisor) ● Supervisors are requested to go through the Dissertation Handout carefully and understand the scope, objectives and methodology of a Dissertation project. ● The Supervisor should assume the role of a mentor to the student for the dissertation. He/She should guide the student through the dissertation project and evaluate the progress on a regular basis, and also recommend a suitable grade at the end of each semester. ● The Supervisor should set high quality standards for the dissertation work and motivate the student to work hard and show tangible results according to a well-defined plan. ● The Supervisor should encourage the student to explore various sources and discover the ideas and knowledge pertaining to the dissertation work. ● The dissertation students are to be treated as full-time students and full-time employees at the same time. Hence, no concession on quality or quantum of work should be made with respect to their job responsibilities or their dissertation work. ● Dissertation requires a lot of hard work. The student should be urged to allocate a fixed, but substantial amount of time each day to the dissertation work, and record the progress made on a daily basis. ● The Supervisor should monitor the progress of the dissertation through weekly interaction with the student. A specific time can be fixed for the weekly interaction with the student. If the progress of the dissertation work is not satisfactory, the supervisor should counsel the student and suggest ways to improve. ● The Supervisor is responsible for the periodic evaluation of the dissertation and submission of the completed evaluation forms by the due dates specified. ● The supervisor, if he / she desires, can request some of his/her colleagues who may be interested in the dissertation work, to attend the mid-semester and final seminar/viva. ● The supervisor should conduct the final evaluation independently according to the schedule and submit the evaluation and the report to BITS. EVALUATION SCHEDULE S. No. Component Weightage Evaluation to be duly completed and submitted by the Supervisor to BITS Coordinator latest by 3 Final Evaluation Seminar / Viva 20% Final Report 40% 60% Before12th October, 2023
- 6. pg. 6 Evaluation in various components shall take into account work progress and achievements, technical/professional competence, documentation and expression, initiative and originality, punctuality and reliability, self-reliance and acquisition of special skills. It is the responsibility of the student to interact regularly (at least once a week) with his/her Supervisor and discuss the progress of the work and plan subsequent activities. The details of time, venue and mode of each evaluation component are to be decided by the Supervisor, so that the evaluation can be conducted as per schedule given above. Final Grading Final Grading will be done by the BITS examiner on the basis of the progress 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 as one of the following qualitative grades namely, EXCELLENT / GOOD / FAIR / POOR. Note: The Supervisor shall conduct the final viva-voce and evaluate the Final Dissertation report, and recommend a final grade, and send a copy of the final report and the final evaluation sheet to the BITS Coordinator by the due date. The final dissertation reports and the final evaluation forms, which are submitted to the BITS Coordinator, will be sent to BITS. A panel of examiners chosen by BITS would evaluate the final reports independently, and then examine the grades recommended by the supervisors, and finalize the grade to be awarded. If the quality of dissertation work of the student is not found to be acceptable by the supervisor or the panel of examiners from BITS, the student might be reported as Not Cleared (RRA) in Dissertation, which would require the student to register afresh for dissertation in a subsequent semester.
- 7. pg. 7 Guidelines for preparation of the Final Report (Student) Some formats are provided for preparation of the abstract, cover page, title page, certificate from the Supervisor, and reference / bibliography. The student should adhere to these formats while preparing the report. A checklist of items to be included in the Final Report is also provided. The following sequence should be followed in the presentation of the Final Report: 1. Cover Page 2. Acknowledgements 3. Certificate from the Supervisor 4. Dissertation Abstract 5. List of Symbols & Abbreviations used 6. List of Tables 7. List of Figures 8. Table of contents 9. Chapters 1, 2, 3, etc. 10. Conclusions / Recommendations 11. Directions for future work 12. Bibliography / References 13. Appendices 14. List of Publications/Conference Presentations, if any. 15. Duly Completed Checklist Check list of items for the Final report a) Is the Cover page in proper format? Y / N b) Is the Title page in proper format? Y / N c) Is the Certificate from the Supervisor in proper format? Has it been signed? Y / N d) Is Abstract included in the Report? Is it properly written? Y / N e) Does the Table of Contents page include chapter page numbers? Y / N f) Does the Report contain a summary of the literature survey? Y / N i. Are the Pages numbered properly? Y / N ii. Are the Figures numbered properly? Y / N iii. Are the Tables numbered properly? Y / N iv. Are the Captions for the Figures and Tables proper? Y / N v. Are the Appendices numbered? Y / N g) Does the Report have Conclusion / Recommendations of the work? Y / N h) Are References/Bibliography given in the Report? Y / N i) Have the References been cited in the Report? Y / N j) Is the citation of References / Bibliography in proper format? Y / N Note: A copy of this checklist should be included as the last page of the Final report. This checklist, duly completed and signed by the student, should also be verified and signed by the supervisor. Supervisors are requested to ensure that the students have prepared their reports properly.
- 8. pg. 8 Illustrative examples of citation of bibliography / references: 1. Book: A. Gelb, Applied Optimal Estimation. Cambridge, M.A.; M.I.T. Press, 1974. 2. A paper in a Conference or Symposium Proceedings edited and published by a book publishing company: R.E. Kalman, ‘New Methods in Wiener Filtering Theory’, in Proc. First Symposium on Engineering Applications of Random Function Theory and Probability’ J.L. Bogdanoff and F. Kozin, Editors. New York; Wiley, 1963, pp 270-388. 3. 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. 4. A Conference Paper: M. Vidyasagar and N.K. Bose, ‘Input-output stability of linear systems defined over measure spaces’, in Proc. Midwest Symp. Ciro. Syst., Montreal, P.O. Canada, Aug. 1975, pp 394-397. 5. A Ph.D. thesis or Dissertation: A.C.G. Viera, ‘Matrix orthogonal polynomials, with applications to autoregressive modeling and ladder forms’, Ph.D. Dissertation, Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA, Dec. 1977. 6. A Private Communication: W.M. Wonham (1982) Private Communication.
- 9. pg. 9 I. Format of the Cover Page of the Dissertation (Title of the Dissertation) DISSERTATION Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the MTech Data Science and Engineering Degree programme By (Name of the student) (BITS ID No.) Under the supervision of (Name and Designation of Supervisor) BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE Pilani (Rajasthan) INDIA (Month, Year)
- 10. pg. 10 II Format of Certificate from the Supervisor (Organizational) BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, PILANI CERTIFICATE This is to certify that the Dissertation entitled _________________________________________ _____________________________________ and submitted by Mr./Ms.______________________________ IDNo._____________________ in partial fulfillment of the requirements of DSECLZG628T Dissertation, embodies the work done by him/her under my supervision. Signature of the Supervisor Name Place: ______________ Designation Date:_______________
- 11. pg. 11 III. The following format for Dissertation Abstract should be used BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE, PILANI SECOND SEMESTER 2022-23 DSECLZG628T DISSERTATION Dissertation Title :___________________________________________________________ Name of Supervisor :___________________________________________________________ Name of Student : __________________________________________________________ ID No. of Student :___________________________________________________________ Abstract (Contents of the abstract is to be given here) Abstract (in about 500 words) Key Words: (Note: The Abstract should briefly describe the work done with respect to the goals, in about 500 words. The Abstract in the above format should be included in the bound Report, after the Acknowledgements and immediately before the Table of Contents. Of course, 02 copies of the abstract are to be submitted as loose sheets also along with the Final Report to the BITS Coordinator).
- 12. pg. 12 BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, PILANI II SEMESTER 22-23 DSE CL ZG628T DISSERTATION Dissertation FINAL REPORT BITS ID No._________________ Name of Student:____________________________ Name of Supervisor: ___________________________________________________ Designation of Supervisor:_______________________________________________ Qualification and Experience: ___________________________________________ E- mail ID of Supervisor:________________________________________________ Topic of Dissertation: _________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ Name of First Examiner: _______________________________________________ Designation of First Examiner:____________________________________________ Qualification and Experience: ____________________________________________ E- mail ID of First Examiner:_____________________________________________ Name of Second Examiner: _______________________________________________ Designation of Second Examiner:__________________________________________ Qualification and Experience:_____________________________________________ E- mail ID of Second Examiner:___________________________________________ (Signature of Student) (Signature of Supervisor) Date:------------ Date:--------------
- 13. pg. 13 BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE, PILANI Work Integrated Learning Programmes Division II SEMESTER 22-23 DSE CL ZG628T DISSERTATION (Final Evaluation Sheet) NAME OF THE STUDENT: ID NO. : Email Address : NAME OF THE SUPERVISOR: PROJECT TITLE : (Please put a tick ( ) mark in the appropriate box) S.No. Criteria Excellent Good Fair Poor 1 Work Progress and Achievements 2 Technical/Professional Competence 3 Documentation and expression 4 Initiative and originality 5 Punctuality 6 Reliability Recommended Final Grade EVALUATION DETAILS EC No. Component Weightage Marks Awarded 1 Dissertation Outline 10% 2 Mid-Sem Progress Seminar Viva Work Progress 10% 5% 15% 3 Final Seminar/Viva 20% 4 Final Report 40% Total out of 100%
- 14. pg. 14 Organizational Mentor Name Qualification Designation & Address Email Address Signature Date NB: Kindly ensure that recommended final grade is duly indicated in the above evaluation sheet. POSTAL ADDRESS FOR ALL FUTURE CORRESPONDENCE. FILL IT UP NEATLY IN CAPITAL LETTER WITH PIN CODE ETC. Address: _____________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ Pin Code ______________________ Note: The Final Evaluation Form should NOT be bound with the report. It has to be submitted separately.