Total points: 100
Due date: Wednesday, September 18, 2024, before start of meeting.
Each group must complete this proposal, and the entire Capstone Project, ON THEIR OWN.
Submit your project proposal as a single PDF file created using LaTeX (with BibTeX for references).
DO NOT use ChatGPT or any other generative AI models to create any reports or code for this project.
In this and all subsequent reports, cite all materials (e.g., books, articles, webpages, etc.) that you use.
Submit a formal project proposal for your Capstone Project. The proposal should include the following information.
NOTE: The proposal must be written in the format of a technical report, NOT in question and answer format. The questions below are intended to help you ensure that each section includes the necessary details.
1. Introduction
The content of this section should explain the following:
What is the problem you are trying to solve?
Why is this an important problem?
Why is this a challenging problem?
What will you be developing to address the problem?
Who are the intended users of your product, and how will the product benefit them?
2. Related Work
What are the existing approaches to solving this problem?
How will your approach be different/better?
3. Approach
How will you solve the problem?
What product will you be building?
What is the software architecture?
What are the algorithms involved?
How will you be implementing it?
What hardware will you use and why?
What operating system will you use and why?
What programming language will you use and why?
What libraries will you use and why?
4. Deliverables
State the deliverables (documents, features implemented in code, etc.) for EACH week.
5. Evaluation
How will you define success? E.g., accuracy, speed, ease of use, user adoption, user ratings.
How will you measure success? E.g., case studies, benchmarking.
What can go wrong?
What will you do to minimize the chances of things going wrong?
What will you do if things still go wrong?
7. Conclusion
Summarize the report.
8. References