The report should not exceed 6000 words. Choose one of the topics given and submit a research project.
Topics to select from but not limited to:
oT Smart home
oT Smart City
oT in Mining industry
oT Health Care
oT Independent living of Older Generation
oT for Reducing Food Wastage in Australia
oT in Finance Industry
oT in Business Intelligence
oT Security and Privacy challenges in all domains of loT
Fog Domain Challenges
oT and Data Analytics
Big Data challenges in loT and cloud
Machine Learning for Intelligent Decision Making in loT
If you think of any other related topics please talk to your lecturer before deciding
1. Analyse the Task
Analyse what is expected of you. This includes careful reading of the assignment task as outlined and specified in the Subject Outline. For Analysis:
i. What is the purpose of this report?
ii. What is the topic you have chosen for your report? (The topic can be one specified above. but you can come up with new ideas and topics of your choice in loT)
iii. What is the expected format of the report?
iv. Come up with a Problem Statement based on your topic and note it down and discuss with your lecturer
2. Do the Research
This is the main part of the research project and could take more time.
i. Literature Review based on past and current work in your topic (download from conference proceedings. journal articles - use Primo search to access more articles and journals - Minimum 10 journals or articles)
ii. Structure in chronological order and start summarising
iii. Based on the literature. list the requirements for your Project then choose one or more requirements to work with
iv. Now you can modify your Problem Statement based on the requirements chosen for your project
v. Note down the current and the past methodologies used to solve your problem and requirement
3. Draft your Report
Start writing your draft. as you do your research project
i. Write an executive summary of the report (Purpose. Scope. Method. Results. Recommendation and Conclusion)
ii. Write a literature review not exceeding 3 pages based on past and current work in your topic.
iii. Briefly explain each methodology used in the past and present (5 or more methodologies)
iv. Compare the above methodologies from your perspective on the efficiency, simplicity. extension into other applications, time saving when used. cost saving when used. feasibility, connectivity. commercialisation issues. etc
v. Explain the methodology which best suits your application/ problem based on various factors with justifications. This methodology can be one of the above methodologies or a combination of more than one
vi. Include tables and graphs to support your justification and arguments
vii. Discuss your research findings with a conclusion
viii. Referencing or Bibliography should be in APA6 format
Rationale
This assessment covers the following learning objective:
• be able to evaluate a variety of existing and developing architecture technologies for loT:
• be able to describe and evaluate different applications of the loT.