Introduction

You are required to prepare and present a poster about a research paper that you have read in the area of Wireless Sensor Networks.

You may find that the Sensor Networks Bibliography (USC) is useful in choosing and obtaining a suitable paper (do not choose a paper from Topic 1) but you are free to choose a paper from a more recent journal or conference if you wish. Remember that the University library provides electronic access to all ACM journals and conference proceedings and to all IEEE journals and conference proceedings. Use NORA to find these resources.

You must register the publication details of your chosen paper with your tutors and have formal agreement that it is suitable before you proceed with the work for the poster.

Please register your paper by sending an email to David Kendall with the subject line "EN0556 Research Paper". Give the full publication details of the paper and, if possible, a URL to an online version in the message body. You will receive an email to tell you if the paper is acceptable.

This assessment is concerned with the following learning outcomes:

1. Explain in detail the principles of wireless communication as applied in sensor networks.
2. Discuss new applications and particular problems that distinguish wireless sensor networks from mainstream embedded or networked computers.

Content

Your poster should clearly address the following topics.

• What is the main problem considered by the paper?
• Why is this an important problem particularly for Wireless Sensor Networks?
• What other work has been done on this problem and in what respects is it lacking?
• What is the major claim of the paper?
• What methods have been adopted in order to provide evidence for the claim?
• What results are presented in support of the major claim? Are there any other interesting minor results?
• What is your opinion of the paper?
• Summary

Presentations

You will present your poster to an audience comprising the academic staff and other students associated with the module. You will have 4 minutes to present the poster to academic staff and 1 minute for questions.

Assessment

You will be assessed on the quality of your poster, your presentation and your response to questions.

This assessment comprises 30% of the total marks for the module. You will be given a mark out of a total of 30 for your work, decomposed as follows:

• Quality of the poster (15)
• Quality of the presentation (10)
• Response to questions (5)

Key dates

• Notification of title to tutors should be made no later than 23.59 on Fri 26th Feb 2010.
• Posters will be presented in the sessions during the week commencing 3rd May 2010. A detailed timetable will be published in due course. You must attend to deliver your presentation in the advertised session. You should arrive promptly at the beginning of the session and stay until the end of the session, participating in questions for the other presenters when appropriate. It is not essential to produce a hardcopy of your poster, an electronic poster is acceptable. If you decide to display your poster electronically, you should have the poster on a memory stick and be ready to load it promptly when it is your turn to present. It is your responsibility to ensure that the poster will display successfully in the scheduled environment; there will not be time to fix any problems during the presentation session itself.
• Final version of the posters should be submitted in pdf (not ppt) using the Digital Dropbox no later than 23.59 on Fri 14th May 2010. Failure to submit on time using the specified document format will result in loss of marks.

Academic Misconduct

All work for the research presentation should be your own individual work. Evidence of plagiarism, collusion or other academic misconduct will be regarded seriously and may result in serious consequences for your academic progress. If you are unclear about what constitutes academic misconduct, or the possible penalties, you should consult the University guidelines on Academic Misconduct

The content of the poster should be your own -- text, diagrams, tables etc. Even if correctly referenced, it will be difficult to demonstrate a good understanding of the material, and hence to attract high marks, if the content is quoted from other sources.