Seminar Course
Post Graduate Program Information Technology Department
Course Title: Seminar in IT
Course code: IT623
Credit hours: 1
Academic year: 2023/20204
Semester: II
Course Objectives
Familiarize Students with the latest and advanced topics in Information Technology and
computing.
Enhance their ability to summarize and critique papers, writings related to Information
Technology.
Introduce students with different bodies of knowledge (Technologies, Journals,
Organizations, Standards, Books etc…)
Boost their knowledge and critical thinking skills.
Familiarize students with ways of extracting research areas.
Enabling them to identify and survey researchable topics in IT and Computing.
Definition of Seminar
A Seminar is a form of academic instruction, either at an academic institution or offered by a
commercial or professional organization.
It has the function of bringing together small groups for recurring meetings, focusing each time
on some particular subject, in which everyone present is requested to participate.
This is often accomplished through an ongoing Socratic dialogue with a seminar leader or
instructor, or through a more formal presentation of research. It is essentially a place where
assigned readings are discussed, questions can be raised and debates can be conducted.
Format of Seminar Report
1. Margins:
Top: 1” (1 inch = 2.54cm) Bottom: 1.15” (2.86cm) Left: 1.5” Right: 0.6”
2. Line Spacing: 1.5 line
3. Headings (Main topics)
First Order Heading: (For example – 1. INTRODUCTION)
Font: Times New Roman (Bold Face)
Size: 16 point
One blank line before the heading (12 points)
Second Order Heading: (For example – 1.1. Evolution),
Font: Times New Roman (Bold Face)
Size: 14 point
One blank line before the heading (12 points)
Third Order Heading: (for example – 1.1.1. Image Processing)
Font: Times New Roman (Bold Face)
Size: 12 point
4. Text
Font: Times New Roman
Size: 12 point
Line Indent: First line of every paragraph should be indented By1 cm. (Except first
paragraph *)
* No indent should be applied to first line of first paragraph under any Heading / Sub
Heading
Alignment: Justified (Full Text)
5. Figures and Tables: Centered placed
Figure or table caption (titles)
Font: Garamond (Bold)
Size: 10 point
Alignment: Centered. Figure Caption must be below the figure and centered, Table caption must
be above the table and centered.
6. Page Numbering
Cover page: Has no page number
Tables of contents, list of figures and list of tables: Roman (i, ii, iii…) (Centered)
For Remaining Pages (i.e. from Introduction -to- References): 1, 2 , …N (Right hand side)
7. References
Line Spacing: 1.5 Line, Font: Times New Roman Size: 12 point, Publication details and/or URL
must be in Italics.
Format:
[Citation number] Author’s Name, “Article Title”, Journal, Publisher, Location, Year,
Edition/Reprint, PP Page No Start-End.
[Citation number] Author’s Name, “Article Title”, Complete URL of Web Page.
[Citation number] Author’s Name, “Title of the Book”, Publication, Edition, Year of Printing.
Note: You can read how to write seminar and present seminar from the slide seminar.pptx
posted on telegram.
Group Assignment
Dear students, Here is the list of seminar topics related to current trends in Information
Technology. From the following topics you have to select one topic that you desire and you are
expected to write seminar report by following contents presented in slide: every student must
show their contribution in the work and expected to present at least one subtopic of the seminar
report.
Semantic Web
Embedded Web Technology
Data mining
Deep Learning
E Learning Technology
E-Commerce
