Task:
Task1: A technical paper will be given to the student by his/her Project Supervisor and he/she will be required to write a critical analysis and an abstract based on the scientific information available in the paper.
Abstract:
The Abstract must contain description of the topic. important applications of the topic. brief description about previous literature present in the paper, methodology adopted by the author. important results obtained and conclusions derived from the results The word count is limited to 250 words and keywords should he written at the end of the abstract
Critical Analysis: With the introduction to the topic. students are expected to critically analyze the literature part that contains key findings of previous authors, methodology adopted in given paper, parameters used for analysis. analyze the results obtained (from graphs/tables), important conclusions derived based on the result, weaknesses in the paper and scope of further investigations identified. Each topic has to be separately presented in the form of paragraphs and the word count for this part is limited to a range of 500 to 750.
Does the work show an understanding of technical contents of the paper?
Could the student clearly identify the objective of the paper and relate that to other earlier works cited in the paper?
Did the student argue / evaluate the methods / techniques used by the authors of the paper?
Could the student identify any weaknesses in the paper?
Is any scope for further investigation identified by the student?
TASK- 2: Visit the Library & Resource Center. e-brary and Internet sites and look for the literature like books. e-books, journal/conference papers, report, articles. videos etc., (preferably) related to the project topic or area. For this literature found, write the in-text citation and prepare the reference in CCE-Harvard referencing style.