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\centerline {\bbrm Diploma in Computer Science}

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\centerline {\bbbf Model Project Proposals}

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This folder of Model Proposals contains descriptions of a number of
projects which are specified in rather more detail than those in the
companion folder of Project Suggestions.  The proposals are intended
for Diploma candidates who embarked on the course with little or no
programming experience.  The proposals also serve to illustrate the
style of Project Proposal that the Laboratory expects.  The projects
described may be modified.


\section Main Points

The principal features of these projects are:

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\item{$\bullet$} The projects described do not call for extensive
prior background.  They have all been undertaken in previous years so
it is known that they can be completed successfully in the allotted
time.

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\item{$\bullet$} All the proposals include a timetable and a set of
well-defined milestones to work to.

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\item{$\bullet$} Should time allow, each proposal contains suggestions
for further work beyond what is sufficient for a complete
project.\par}


\section Important Remarks

Previous attempts at the projects proposed have varied from fair to
excellent.

It is not the intention of these Model Proposals to specify
undemanding projects and all the proposals provide scope for advanced
work.  In practice, the standard of dissertations which have stemmed
these proposals has ranged across the whole spectrum of acceptability.
One of the proposals is based on the project which was deemed the best
of its year.

All candidates should consult their Directors of Studies who, for some
candidates, may advise that none of the proposals is suitable.
Directors of Studies also need to be consulted about the appointment
of Project Supervisors.

Candidates for Part II of the Computer Science Tripos were not
foremost in the minds of those who selected the proposals but some of
the projects may be suitable for some Tripos candidates.


\section Conventions used in the Proposals

Several items appear in angle brackets in these proposals.  These
indicate either items which require obvious substitutions (such
as \l{\it name\/}\r) or explanations to which special attention
should be paid.

Any candidate who chooses a proposal from this folder should
nevertheless prepare the proposal afresh.  The submitted proposal
should copy the style of that in the folder and will probably copy
much of the text too.  Project Overseers will exercise their customary
thoroughness when discussing each proposal.  They are likely to ask
searching questions to ensure that the proposal is fully understood
and may request modifications.

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\leftline {M.J.C. Gordon}
\leftline {Briefing Officer}

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\centerline {\bbbf The Diploma Dissertation Diary}

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\centerline {Bold Numbers indicate Weeks in which Lectures are given.}

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