This document outlines potential topics areas for BSCS thesis in 2015, including mobile computing systems, embedded systems, and intelligent systems. It provides examples of each topic area and considerations for thesis proposals. Mobile computing allows using technology in remote environments through portable, wireless devices like smartphones. Embedded systems control electromechanical equipment as an integral part of a larger system. Intelligent systems can gather and analyze data to adapt and communicate through connectivity in security-focused systems like traffic lights and smart meters.

1. Topic Areas for BSCS Thesis 2015

2. 1. Mobile Computing system
–What is mobile computing?
•The ability to use technology in remote
or mobile (non static) environments.
This technology is based on the use of
battery powered, portable, and
wireless computing and communication
devices, like smartmobile phones.

3. 1. Mobile Computing system
• The term is evolved in modern usage
such that it requires that the mobile
computing activity be connected
wirelessly to and through the
Internet or to and through a private
network (Wikipedia).

4. 1. Mobile Computing system
• Example of this Are;
– Grade Inquiry System,
–Traffic Monitoring System

5. 2. Embedded System
• It processes a fixed set of pre-programmed
instructions to control electromechanical
equipment which may be part of an even
larger system (not a computer with keyboard,
display, etc).

6. 2. Embedded System
• System is a way of working, organizing or
performing one or many tasks according to a
fixed set of rules, program or plan.
• A general-purpose definition of embedded
systems is that they are devices used to
control, monitor or assist the operation of
equipment, machinery or plant. “Embedded”
reflects the fact that they are an integral part
of the system.

7. 2. Embedded System
• Embedded systems often interact (sense,
manipulate & communicate) with external
world through sensorsand actuators and
hence are typically reactive systems; a reactive
system is in continual interaction with the
environment and executes at a pace
determined by that environment.

8. 2. Embedded System
• Industrial machines, automobiles, medical
equipment, cameras, household appliances,
airplanes, vending machines and toys (as well
as the more obvious cellular phone and PDA)
are among the myriad possible hosts of an
embedded system.

10. 2. Embedded System
• Examples:
–home security systems,
–lighting systems
–alarm systems,

11. 3. Intelligent Systems
• An intelligent system is a machine
with an embedded, Internet-
connected computer that has the
capacity to gather and analyze data
and communicate with other
systems.

12. 3. Intelligent Systems
• Requirements for an intelligent
system include security, connectivity,
the ability to adapt according to
current data and the capacity for
remote monitoring and
management.

13. 3. Intelligent Systems
• Examples:
• Intelligent systems exist all around us
– traffic lights, smart meters,
automobiles and airplane controls
A smart meter is an Internet-capable device that measures energy, water or
natural gas consumption of a building or home.

14. Thesis Title Proposal Outline

15. Outline
I. Research Title
II. Name of Proponents
Name of College or Department:
Name of the Head of the College or Department:
III. Background of the study
IV. Objectives
V. Significance of the study

16. VI. Scope of the study
VII. Definition of terms
VIII. Related Literature
IX. Technical Background
X. Methodology
XI. Calendar of Activity
XII. Budgetary Outlay

17. Background of the study
• Includes :
– purpose and descriptions or background
– Benefits
– Factors that proponents to proposed the study
•

18. Objectives
• Is the concrete statement describing what the
research is trying to achieve.
• A well-worded objective will be SMART
S - specific
M - measurable
A - attainable
R -realistic
T -Time-bound

19. • Is a purpose that can be reasonably achieved
within expected time frame and with available
resources.
• The formulation of the research objectives will
help researcher to focus on the study and
avoid collection of data which are not
necessary for understanding and solving
problem that he or she has defined.

20. Objectives
• General Objective
• Specific Objectives

21. • General Objective
– Are broad goals to be achieved
– State what the researcher expects to achieve in
general terms.
• Specific Objectives
- General objectives can be broken into small logical parts
to form specific objectives.
- General objectives is met through accomplishing all
specific objectives.

22. Significance of the study
• the section provides information to the
reader on how the study will contribute. It
must be specifically stated, however, what the
study will contribute and who will benefit
from it.

23. • 2 Tips in Writing the Significance of the Study
– Refer to the statement of the problem
• your problem statement can guide you in identifying
the specific contribution of your study. You can do this
by observing a one-to-one correspondence between
the statement of the problem and the significance of
the study.

24. • For example, if you ask the question “Is there
a significant relationship between the
teacher’s teaching style and the students’
long quiz scores in Mathematics?” then the
contribution of your research would probably
be a teaching style or styles (among say, three
teaching styles you evaluated) that can help
students perform better in Mathematics. Your
research will demonstrate that that teaching
style really works. That could be a
groundbreaking approach that will change the
way teachers teach Mathematics which many
students abhor.

25. – Write from general to specific contribution
• Write the significance of the study by looking into the
general contribution of your study, such as its
importance to society as a whole, then proceed
downwards—towards its contribution to individuals
and that may include yourself as a researcher. You start
off broadly then taper off gradually to a specific group
or person.