The assignment requirement is to select a subject from the listed topics and do a complete a research in a format for IEEE(a simple report and the formatting is attached) The maximum number of pages should be 6 pages and a minimum of 4 pages using the same font size and formatting as shown in the template.

Style (Structure means sectioning, format, etc. All this must be according to the IEEE journal paper format) 15% Paper poorly structured & compiled. Inappropriate content. Messy appearance of work Paper poorly structured & compiled. Inappropriate content. Messy appearance of work Paper structure needs improving. Diagrams of low quality. Presentation has omissions/ unnecessary extra content Satisfactory paper structure. Some discussion with original ideas, but rather brief Content & structure of paper are good. Clear diagrams & good detail discussion Well written paper. Carefully structured. Clear, effective diagrams produced. Original ideas well documented Conclusions, Recommendations and Future Work (if any) 15% No conclusions or summary stated No or poorly stated conclusions or summary Brief conclusions. No recommendations Satisfactory conclusions and recommendations Good conclusions and recommendations Excellent conclusions & recommendations

Technical content 20% Vaguely defined presentation topic. Associated areas not defined. Poorly defined paper topic. Associated areas not or poorly defined Briefly defined paper topic. Associated areas briefly defined and lack depth. Satisfactory attempt at defining the paper topic and associated areas. Clearly defined paper topic and associated areas. Excellent definition of topic and associated areas. Technical authority (All references must strictly follow the IEEE template referencing system) 15% No or inappropriate references. Not using the Harvard Referencing System. Lacks any depth. No or inappropriate references. Not using or reliant on single source of information (e.g. Internet websites) Lacks depth. Some references used. Briefly covered or supported content. Some references used. Satisfactory level of supported content. Good content coverage supported with appropriate references. Excellent content coverage fully supported by relevant references.

Criterion Quality level Fail F 25-34 Introduction 10% No introduction to the topic Development (Logical structure in terms of technical contents) 15% Paper lacking any logical structure and coherence. Not relevant to topic. Excellent A- / A / A+ 70-74 / 75-79 / 80- 100 Excellent introduction Excellent paper showing high level of coherence and logical structure. Excellent written English with all the essential points covered.

Please note that this assignment must be done individually. This is not a group work, so no collaborative or cooperative work of any kind is allowed. Although working with others is an important part of computing and research, for this particular assignment if your wording is the same (or mostly the same) as someone else’s work then you and all others involved will fail the assignment

1. An MS-Word research paper written using the IEEE journal paper template. 2. The maximum number of pages should be 6 pages and a minimum of 4 pages using the same font size and formatting as shown in the template. 3. You must not include this assignment description document or the top sheet as part of your submission to avoid high similarity with other submissions. 4. Make sure that your document has your name and student ID clearly shown in the Author information. 5. This file should be submitted via the Assignment 1 link under the Assessment & Feedback section.