SCSE FYP and MSCS IA system development part 2

Abstract

At Nanyang Technological University, as part of the Computer Science course curriculum, it is compulsory for students who are in their final year of study to take up a Final Year Project (FYP) to fulfil the degree’s criteria. The purpose of including FYP into the curriculum is to introduce a platform where students can apply their education into practical activities with the objective of allowing them to realize what is required of them to learn, what is the purpose of learning such theoretical knowledge and to prepare them for their future profession. The Final Year Project allocation system comprises of 2 systems working conjointly, the Student Selection System (SSS) and the Final Year Project Examiner Allocation System (FEAS). Before the start of every semester, the FYP selection process would commence, where students who are obligated to take up their FYP will select up to 15 projects from a broad list of projects offered by professors, ranking their selection in terms of preference. With the vast number of students selecting their preferred projects each semester and taking every student’s preference into consideration, it is a very difficult task to allocate a student to a project manually. Hence, the systems were developed equipped with an algorithm to ensure fairness to automate this process, which is more efficient, reliable, and accurate compared to if it were to be done by humans, which increases the chance of human error occurring.