FINAL YEAR STUDENT PROJECT PRESENTATION

GUIDELINE

FOR

COMPUTER SCIENCE PROGRAMME

COLLEGE OF COMPUTING AND COMMUNICATION STUDIES

BOWEN UNIVERSITY
IWO OSUN STATE

2021
 Preface

This document is necessary to guide students and their supervisors in the presentation of the final year
project report. It is hoped that this will assist in addressing the recurring challenges being faced in
project report writing by the students. The efforts of the past heads of department and project
coordinators are highly acknowledged and appreciated in the journey towards having a standard
project reporting format.

Dr. A.O. Akinwunmi

For the Final Year Project Coordinating Team

 FRONT PAGE MATTERS

(Front matters should be paged using roman numeral i.e. i,ii,iii …… at the bottom of the page
not showing page number on its first page)

TITLE PAGE
Should contain the title of your project, your name (Surname first, first name, other names ) matriculation
number; the department in which the project is being carried out, the university and the degree in view
(this page should not be assigned numbering) example
DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A MOBILE SYSTEM FOR
WATER ANALYSIS

BY

AKINADE OLAJUWON ADEKUNLE

(SSE/015/12892)

A PROJECT SUBMITTED
TO

COMPUTER SCIENCE PROGRAMME,

COLLEGE OF COMPUTING AND COMMUNICATION STUDIES,

BOWEN UNIVERSITY, IWO, OSUN STATE NIGERIA.

IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR

THE AWARD DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (B.Sc.) IN
COMPUTER SCIENCE

AUGUST, 2021
 CERTIFICATION
is to state categorically that the work was done by you and not copied from some other places, it should
contain you project title, name of supervisor, name of H.O.D and where they are to sign. Example
 CERTIFICATION
This is to certify that this project, Remote Monitoring of Cassava Leaves was carried out by Adeleke
Omodunbi Emmanuel (Matriculation Number: SSE/015/14289) of the Computer Science programme
under my supervision

…………………………….. …………………………….
Dr. Adetunmbi O.T. Date
(Supervisor)

……………........................ ……………..…………………
Dr. Danjuma O.R. Date
(Programme Coordinator)
 DEDICATION
Dedication is a form of assigning the success of your project to someone or something. (Example)
 DEDICATION
This project work is dedicated to the creator of heaven and the earth who is the source of all wisdom,
knowledge and understanding: The Almighty God
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT(s)
Acknowledgment is a practice in project writing to appreciate and give credence to all that made the
project works a reality either directly or indirectly. The contribution may be academic, moral,
financial or any other way seemed fit by the student.

Example
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT(s)

I will like to acknowledge the sustaining power of the Almighty God for wisdom and understanding.
I will like to acknowledge the effort of my supervisor Dr. Adetunji O.O. for taking time to guide me
through this work.

I acknowledge the efforts of all the academic (list names with current status and initials) and non-
academic(list names with initials) staff of the computer science programme for making my stay a
worthwhile one; I say God bless you richly. I appreciate my parents (list names with initials) and my
siblings (list names) for their support. I cannot forget the contributions of my course mates to the
successful completion of this work, I am forever grateful. Thank you .
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contains the breakdown of the project work inform of heading and subheading indicating their specific
pages example.
 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title Page i
Certification ii
Dedication iii
Acknowledgements iv
Table of Contents v
List of Tables vi
List of Figures vii
Glossary of Terms viii
Abstract ix

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Background of the Study 1

1.2 Statement of the Problem 2

1.3 Aim of the Study 3

1.4 Objectives of the Study 3

1.4 Methodology 4

1.5 Significance of the study 4

1.6 Scope of the Study 5

1.8 Structure of the Project 5

CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW 6
2.1 History of Banking 6
2.2 Earliest Form of Banking 8
2.2.1 World Bank and the Development of Payment Technology 10
CHAPTER THREE
SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN 30
3.1 …………….. 30
CHAPTER FOUR
SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION AND RESULTS

4.1 …………

CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

5.1 ………

REFERENCES 90

APPENDIX 100

*Include the contents headings, sub-headings, sub sub-headings as it may apply of all chapters in your
project report in the table of content.
LIST OF TABLES
Contains all the tables and their respective pages in your project report
 LIST OF TABLES

Table page
4.1: Showing the number of devices that were deployed for operation 124

4.2: Simulation result of mobile agents deployed on the devices 130

LIST OF FIGURES
Contains all the figures and their respective pages in your project report

Example
 LIST OF FIGURES
Figure Page

2.1 Basic architecture of a Picture Archiving and Communication System 11

2.2 Integration of PACS with existing Hospital Management Information Systems 20

Figures and Tables should be adequately represented by including figure or Table captions, figure
legend (description). Note that each figure and table should be on a page each, nothing else should be
with it except the title of the figure or table, name of a figure should be under the figure and name of
table should be on top. Also note that before a table or figure can appear you must have mentioned it
or make reference to it. If the figure or table did not originate from you, you should state the source.
The figure and table should also be analyzed to complement your work. It should not be left hanging.
The numbering of the figures and tables should correspond to the chapter the figure is found. For
instance a figure in chapter two which is the third figure in the chapter is labeled as “Figure 2.3:
Conceptual framework”
e.g.
Figure 2.3: Conceptual framework (Source: Ekanayake, 2009)
Table 3.4: Different computation clusters used for the analyses
GLOSSARY OF TERMS

A glossary, also known as a vocabulary or clavis, is an alphabetical list of terms in a particular domain of
knowledge with the definitions for those terms.
 GLOSSARY OF TERMS

AI Artificial Intelligence
API Application Programming Interface
ASR Automatic Speech
BS Base Station
DTMF Dual Tone Multi Frequency
FM Frequency Modulation
GUI Graphical User Interface
ICT Information and Communication Technology
IVR Interactive Voice Response
JAR Java Archive
KBS Knowledge-based System
MSC Mobile Switching Centre
TTS Text-to-Speech
W3C World Wide Web Consortium
 ABSTRACT

Contains all the summary of your work in four paragraphs, first paragraph is for introduction of the study
and specifically the problem you want to solve or address, second paragraph will tell us how you intend to
solve the problem i.e. methods you used in addressing the problem , paragraph three is to tell us about
your solution, findings or results. Paragraph four provides your conclusion based on the study carried out.
It should be about 500 words with 1.5 word spacing. Font 12 and time new roman
 ABSTRACT

Nowadays sending emails have become a daily habit as it is the cheapest and fastest means of
communication. However, one of the most global Internet problems is receiving spam messages. This
study develops a binary classifier and creates a model that can predict whether an email is spam or
non-spam.

The data set used for the classification was sourced from the ling-spam email corpus. The data set was
separated into a training set and testing set of 702 text files and 206 text files respectively. These were
equally divided between spam and non- spam. A word dictionary was created using the training set
of 702 emails. Features of 3000 dimensions were extracted for each of the emails of the training data
set. A machine learning based statistical filter, Multinomial Naïve Bayesian classifier was simulated
in python for training with a view to analyze text files for classification into spam or non-spam in
order to create the classifier model. The resulting classifier model was applied on the test data set for
classification into spam and non- spam messages.

The result shows that the classifier was able to correctly classify 129 non-spam mails out of 130 non-
spams mails and correctly classify 121 spam mails out of the 130 spam mails provided. The classifier
achieved accuracy score of about 96%.

In conclusion, the study provided a model for email message classification into spam and non-spam.
This will be highly useful to ensure safe communication and enable people to communicate
effectively.
 CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Study
This is the background information about the problem/the project.
This should be detailed enough to give the reader an understanding of the context of the project.

1.2 Statement of the Problem

Here you explain the problem you are trying to solve through the project.

1.3 Aim of the Study

What exactly is the aim of your study? The aim is just one, but your objectives may be many.
The aim is about what you hope to do, your overall intention in the project. It signals what
and/or where you aspire to be by the end.
1.4 Objectives of the Study
Objectives are the specific steps you will take to achieve your aim. Objectives often start
something like In order to achieve the aim of this project, the following are the specific
objectives… formulate, design, implement, collect, construct, produce, test, trial, measure,
document, pilot, deconstruct, analyse… Objectives are often presented as a (1) (2) (3) formatted
list – this makes visible, the sequence of big steps in the project. Objectives have to be practical,
do-able and achievable
1.5 Methodology
List the method for achieving each objective and the methodology for the overall .The
“Methodology” section chronologically describes the process you undertook to complete the
project. research. The method is written as a process description, not as a lab manual
procedure.

Be precise, complete, and concise: include only relevant information— no unnecessary

details, anecdotes, excuses, or confessions.
This section is always written in past tense.

1.6 Significance of the Project

Here, you explain why the project is significant.
Why is the project worth doing?
What benefits will the project bring?

1.7 Scope of the Study

Discuss the scope of your study in not more than three paragraphs.
1.8 Structure of the Project
Tell us briefly what are presented in each of the chapters.
 CHAPTER TWO

LITERATURE REVIEW

When writing an undergraduate dissertation, you are required to write a literature review on your
chosen topic or area of study. A literature review is a search and evaluation of the available literature
in your given subject or chosen topic area. It documents the state of the art with respect to the subject
or topic you are writing about.

A literature review has four main objectives:

• It surveys the literature in your chosen area of study

• It synthesizes the information in that literature into a summary
• It critically analyses the information gathered by identifying gaps in current knowledge; by
showing limitations of theories and points of view; and by formulating areas for further research
and reviewing areas of controversy
• It presents the literature in an organised way
A literature review shows your readers that you have an in-depth grasp of your subject; and that you
understand where your own research fits into and adds to an existing body of agreed knowledge.

The above four main tasks can also be expressed as the following. A literature review:

• demonstrates a familiarity with a body of knowledge and establishes the credibility of your work;
• summarises prior research and says how your project is linked to it;
• integrates and summarises what is known about a subject;
• demonstrates that you have learnt from others and that your research is a starting point for new
ideas.
In a nutshell, literature review contains your findings from textbooks, journal articles and conference
papers which are to support your work. It provides a summary of important works in the area of
research and show how they relate to what you want to do as well as the improvement you hope to
make. Analyse each approach that had been used tackle the problem in the past and justify why you
are or you are not using a particular approach. For example, if there are five known methods of solving
a problem, you should mention and discuss each of them and state which one you want to use and
why. If you are developing a new method, e.g. by integrating two methods reported in the literature,
you must still provide the background to all related methods and state why you are proposing the new
method.

You must use citation appropriately and correctly. Note that if you do not acknowledge are work
properly, you can be accused of plagiarism. You are to use the APA literature reference format (obtain
the details about this using Google). As an example you should cite as follows (Taylor et al. 1998;
Dusterhoff, 2000).

Your literature must be current, accurate and adequate. It must also be well organised and
systematically integrated.
 CHAPTER THREE

SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN

Based on the literature you reviewed in Chapter Two, you should discuss in details the items listed
under Methodology in Chapter One. This contains the analysis of the proposed solution to the problem
identified and your design of the system.

First, you should analyse the problem you are tackling with the view to identifying each of its
components and how they relate together. Tell us the computational tools and/or techniques you are
using to describe the problem solution , e.g. mathematical, automata theory, Boolean or multi-state
logic, BNF, UML, etc and other relevant design constructs could also be used.
You should relate the analysed problem with the objectives you listed and inform us on the methods
for implementing the solution to each of your objectives.

You also need to tell us how you will generate you data, if any, as well as how you would evaluate the
solution you are proposing, e.g. statistically by using t-test or order performance measurement
parameters depending on the problem.
 CHAPTER FOUR

SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION AND RESULTS

Under here, you tell us how you implement your solution showcasing the tools you used.
You also need to show us the labeled snapshots of the developed system with appropriate explanation
of each. You must also include the minimum hardware and software requirements needed for the
system you developed to run efficiently.
If you have obtained any results you should present them here. Use graphical illustrations and diagrams
with great care. Ensure that the results you are presenting are discussed within the context of current
literature.

If you have obtained some results, tell us about them and the implication and significance of the results
to your overall result. Use figures (e.g. Figure 3.1) and Tables wisely. The use of unnecessary
illustration may not help in the understanding of your report.

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West
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1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr

Figure 3.1: This is an example figure

We will particularly be interested in how your results explain the process and procedure in your model
or method. Unexpected results should be discussed with reasons. The likely interpretations and
applications of the results should also be discussed.
 CHAPTER FIVE

SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

5.1 Summary
Give a summary of the project work. i.e the problem identified and how it has been solved.

5.2 Contribution to Knowledge

It is important to state how your work contributed to the body of knowledge in the area of your study.

5.3 Conclusion
Tips for Writing Conclusion
• Answer the question "So What?"
o Show your readers why this project is important. Show them that your project is meaningful
and useful.
• Synthesize, don't summarize
o Don't simply repeat things that were in your project. Readers have read it. Show them how
the points you made and the support and examples you used were not random, but fit
together.
• Redirect your readers
o Give your reader something to think about, perhaps a way to use your work in the "real"
world. If your introduction went from general to specific, make your conclusion go from
specific to general. Think globally.
• Create a new meaning
o You don't have to give new information to create a new meaning. By demonstrating how
your ideas work together, you can create a new picture. Often the sum of the paper is worth
more than its parts.
5.4 Recommendations
These are recommendations for improving your work by anyone who wants to continue from where
you stopped.
REFERENCES

Use APA in citation as well as in listing; APA 6th edition is recommended. There are many sources
such journals, conference proceedings, books, reports, online materials and others from which
information can be sourced for your study. Treating each of these sources under referencing required
following the appropriate guideline. Kindly follow APA 6th edition style. A manual on APA 6th edition
style provided should be used.

APA is one of many referencing styles used in academic writing. APA stands for American Psychological
Association. The Association outlines the style in the Publication manual of the American Psychological
Association [APA] (6th ed.).

When you reference, you use the standardized style to acknowledge the source of information used in your
study or work. It is important (morally & legally) to acknowledge someone else’s ideas or words you have used.
Academic writing encourages paraphrasing information you have researched and read. Paraphrasing means re-
wording something you have read in to your own words. If you use someone else’s words or work and fail to
acknowledge them – you may be accused of plagiarism and infringing copyright.

Referencing correctly enables the marker or reader of your assignment to locate the source of the information.
They can verify the information or read further on the topic.
Referencing also allows for you to retrace your steps and locate information you have used for assignments
and discover further views or ideas discussed by the author.
By referencing clearly and correctly, it demonstrates you have undertaken research on the assignment topic and
located relevant information.

There are two main parts to referencing:

1. The first indicating within your report the sources of the information you have used to write your report.
This indicates or shows support for your ideas, arguments and views. Sometimes this is referred to as: citing
in text, in text citations or text citations

2. The second part to referencing is the construction of a reference list. The reference list shows the complete
details of everything you cited and appears in an alphabetical list on a separate page, at the end of your report.

Note: Everything you have cited in text appears in your reference list and likewise... everything that appears
in your reference list will have been cited in text!

APPENDIX

Other information on your work that could not go inside the chapters such as your program codes,
figures or tables can be in the appendix and you can make reference to them in the chapters where
applicable. You can have more than one appendix in your work.
Other Formatting Tips

Paper size A4

Margin: Top - 1’,Bottom - 1’, Right - 1’ and Left - 1.5’ Gutter Position – Left

Main body of text line spacing 2.0’

All fonts should be in time new roman, and lines should be double spaced except in abstract where it is
1.5. Front matters should be paged using Roman numbering format i,ii,iii,……. at the centre on bottom
of each page omitting the page number at the title page. Chapters one to the last page of the report
should be paged using Arabic Numbering format 1,2,3…….. at the centre on bottom of each page
omitting the page number at the starting page of each chapter.
Your work should be “justified” on both sides
 Other useful Suggestions for guideline
The following suggestion can further simplify the process of writing the report:
1. Grammarly an online tool is recommended for structural and grammatical formatting of project
report. Hence, everyone should install it on their machines for usage.

2. Mendeley is also recommended for proper organizations of reference materials, citation and
consequently, generation of neat bibliography.

3. Captioning of Figures and Tables can be automated using Microsoft Word provided is installed
so that list of tables and figures can be automatically generated under front page matters neatly.

4. Headers for different levels of titles should be applied for easy and neat formation of Table of
Content alongside the corresponding page numbers. With this automation, manual approach is done
away with and any update done to any section of the report can be easily effected without stress.

5. Plagiarism checker usage should be encouraged since the university subscribed to Turn it in
software.

Headings
Headings are standard features of technical documents that serve several important functions:

• Provide organizational overview of the document

• Show logical development of ideas
• Show hierarchical relationship of ideas (headings, sub-headings)
• Allow the reader to scan and read selectively
• Increase readability of the document by providing breaks and white space.

Effective headings use concrete, descriptive language to tell the reader what to expect from the
content of each section.
 SAMPLE HEADING FORMATTING

CHAPTER ONE (All in capital, Chapter Heading)

INTRODUCTION (All in capital; Chapter Title)

1.1 Background of Study (Capitalize the first letter of all major words at this level)

A cloud is a type of parallel and distributed system consisting of a collection of inter-connected and

virtualised computers that are dynamically provisioned and presented as one or more unified

computing resources based on service-level agreements established through negotiation between the

service provider and consumers (Buyya et al., 2008).

1.1.1 Benefits of cloud computing (Capitalize of only the first letter of the first major word at this level)

Study has shown that cloud computing has the potential to benefit organizations, whole industries, and

even entire economies (World Economic Forum, 2010):

1.1.2 Delivery models (Capitalize of only the first letter of the first major word at this level)

The following are the various models…………………………………..

1.1.2.1 model parameters (all the words at this level must be in lowercase)

1.2 Service Discovery System (Capitalize the first letter of all major words at this level)

Resource discovery is any mechanism that is providing capabilities to locate a service. Service

discovery is a subset of resource discovery in such a way that service discovery should be seen as

specifically as capability to find specific services such as applications or well defined network services

that are not pure abstractions (Meshkova et al., 2008).