Progress Report

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Progress Report

• Nizar R. Mabroukeh
• nizar_at_ccse.kfupm.edu.sa

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Contents of a Progress Report

• A cover page including
• College Name
• Dept.
• Course Title
• Project Title
• Name of Student
• Student ID
• Project supervisor name

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Contents of Progress Report

• Table of contents.
• Abstract (half a page).
• Introduction (including background and literature
  survey).
• Details on design methodology using block
  diagrams for hardware design or data flow
  diagrams (DFD) for algorithms.

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Other important notes

• A progress report should convey a brief
  description of progress done in a form similar to
  an extended summary (4-5 pages).
• The progress report should relate to action plan
  and elaborate on jobs accomplished whether they
  are pure literature survey, analysis or actual
  hardware or software design

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Other important notes

• It should have sections and subsections.
• It should include flow charts wherever programs
  are involved or detail hardware schematics
  whenever they are ready.
• A background section. All definitions, theorems,
  etc. are provided. Illustrative examples should
  be included.

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Other important notes

• A literature survey of existing techniques.
  Includes classification of techniques, detailed
  explanation of each technique with illustration
  curves.

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Other important notes

• A section on design and implementation. This
  should include a detailed design, logic diagrams,
  circuit diagrams, interfacing scheme, algorithms
  in notational forms, data flow diagrams,
  schematics (schematics should be provided by CAD
  tools such as ORCAD and not hand made), etc.

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Other important notes

• A section on concluding remarks.
• Summary of what as been done and future direction
  of work in the area.