Proposal submission date

Dear students,

I would like to announce that the proposal submission date will me on the 4th of November.

Good luck to everybody,
Aciel

Proposal Template

Dear students,

A new side-bar section named "Templates and Guides" has been created. Listed under this section you will find (1) a guide to writing a project proposal. Please download this file and read it thoroughly. You will also find (2) the word document template you must use for writing the proposal. Please do not modify or personalize the template when using it.

Thank you,
Aciel

Seminar 2 slides

Dear students,

Slides for seminar 2 have been uploaded under the seminar section. (or click here for quick access)

Regards,
Aciel

Teamwork:how to succeed and avoid problems

Our 3rd seminar will be a discussion about teamwork issues and how to avoid problems and achieve project objectives.
Please post comments to this blog with problems you have faced during working with a team, or problems and issues you might think face any team during their project.

You may write in Arabic if you wish :)


Looking forward to your contributions,
Latifa Al-Abdulakareem and Maha Al-Yahya

Seminar 3: Teamwork

Our 3rd seminar will take place on Monday 26th October 2009


Session-1 from 10-11
Session-2 from 12-1


Location: Theatre lecture hall at building 3 (Recreation Center)

See all there inshaALLAH,
Dr. Maha Al-Yahya

Seminar-2

CAP 496 Seminar-2 will take place Monday 19th October 2009
Session-1 from 9-10
Session-2 from 10-11
Location: Theatre lecture hall at building 3 (Recreation Center)

See you there inshaALLAH
Dr. Maha Al-Yahya

Student's Contact

Hello ladies,

I need your assistance. If anybody knows the students:

مي القاسم
أمل الغامدي

Please tell them to contact me urgently.

Thank you.
Aciel

Modified Group-to-project Assignment sheet

Dear students,
Two groups have been accidentally assigned the same project. I have contacted the course organizer and she has fixed the problem. The modified sheet has been uploaded. Click here to view.
Sorry for the earlier problem.

Aciel.

Problem

There has been an error with the project assignment. The course organizer is currently fixing the problem.

Group to Project Assignement

Dear students,

You have been assigned projects based on your GPA's. Click here to view the group to project assignment. Apologies for the delay!

All the best,
Aciel

Regarding emails

Hello again ladies,

Some of you have provided us with invalid email addresses or full email accounts to which our messages cannot be delivered. Please rectify this problem, as it is sometimes important to contact you.

For the rest of you, please try to respond to our emails promptly.

I need the following students to fill their details in the group form and email them to me at ksu.it.project@gmail.com
مي القاسم
أمل الغامدي

And I need the following student to contact me regarding her registration:
وجدان الدباسي
also at: ksu.it.project@gmail.com

Thank you,
Aciel

A note on choice submissions

Dear students,

Thank you for submitting you project choices form. I have received a complete form for each group.

Here is a small request: when submitting forms next time, please do not change the format of the file (from .xls to .doc for example), or the format of the form (color, size, shape...etc) given to you. It would be easier to automate some tasks if the format across files is uniform. There will be plenty of room for creativity elsewhere in you project :)

Thanks,
Aciel

An Announcement

Dear Students,

The deadline for the choices form is midnight tonight. Good luck!

I have uploaded the slides from seminar one. You will find all the uploads on the bottom right bar of the blog (below the welcome message).

Also, apologies for groups 7,8, and 17. It seems your emails were filtered as spam. I will check my spam mail regularly from now on :)

Regards,
Aciel

Modifications to the Project Ideas Post

Dear students,

Dr. Areej would like to keep the email listed earlier for personal mail only, and has requested that you contact her on the following email instead: ksu.cap312@gmail.com. Please re-send your question to the specified email. I have also updated it on the Project Ideas post.

Dr. Gihan's email has been updated to: gihannagib949@hotmail.com

I have added additional information to Dr. Afshan's proposed projects in the Porject Ideas post in answer to the question some students emailed her.


Thank you,
Aciel

Group Forms Update

Thank you for the students who've submitted the group form.
I am still waiting for groups 7,8, and 17. Please submit your forms to ksu.it.project@gmail.com
as soon as possible.

Thanks,
Aciel

Project Cancellation

Dear students,

Project 23 and 13 are no longer offered and have been removed from the project ideas list.
Apologies for the inconvenience.

All the best,
Aciel

Group Formation

Dear students,

You have been assigned to groups as follows:

Group 1
مها عبدالرحمن العمار
مها مرزوق العمري
نورة مساعد الحماد
أمل علي السحيباني
روان عبدالرحمن الرباح
الاء عبدالعزيز الخريدلي
سمية عبدالرحمن الحمدان
وجدان محمد الدباسي

Group 2: eTech
نادين احمد العبداللطيف
نورة خالد الزيد
أسيل عبدالمحسن الداود
نوف عبدالعزيز النجران
غادة ابراهيم أبوقيان
أروى عبدالعزيز التميم
مي خالد أبوملحه

Group 3: squadra 8
أشواق حمد الحرقان
هيا عبدالعزيز التويجري
ساره عبدالعزيز العبدالطيف
نورة سليمان المعيوف
أسماء الجهني
أمل محمد الثابت
خلود ناصر العودان
أثير علي الكبير

Group 4
أمل السويدان
شادن السماعيل
هيا العنزي
الجوهرة الزهراني
هيا النخيلان
منال القحطاني
هدى الشهري
إيمان ملداح

Group 5: Ambitious Minds
اروى عبدالعزيز عبدالله الدخيل
اريج ناصر العقيلي
منيره سليمان البلاع
صيته السلامه
مشاعل عبدالعزيز اليوسفي
هبه فوزي رمال
لولو يوسف البراك
هاله صالح المزيني

Group 6
سارة عبدالرحمن العجاجي
مشاعل عبدالله الزامل
مشاعل عوض الأحمري
جواهر فلاح السبيعي
منيرة ناصر العنزي
أمل سعد الكثيري
ايمان احمد القحطاني
نورة المطيري

Group 7: Seek the Peak
أمجاد عبدالعزيز الغانم
رهام عبدالله الحيدري
خولة نايف النفيعي
شادن سعد الزير
شذى حمد التمامي
صافية سعد القرني
نورة محمد العبود

Group 8: endless future
منال خالد الخنين
روان حمود السراني
نجوم عبدالرحمن الناجم
أسماء ناصر العتيبي
نور فهد العثيم
فاطمة تركي القحطاني
ملاك سليمان الرميح
هديل عبدالله الشبانات

Group 9: STOST (Survive together Or Sink together)
اكتمال عبدالعزيز الريس
آمال عبدالله الشهراني
أريج عبدالله العبدالجبار
ريمه عبدالله العبداللطيف
مرام عبداللطيف الدخيل
مشاعل منصور الدريس
روان خالد الموسى

Group 10: Creative Group
ليلى عبدالله البناوي
سكينه مبارك المبارك
علياء علي الشيخ
حميدة عبدالله الغاوي
فاطمة علي الجوهر
سكينة محمد العباس
ليلى عبدالله بوشفيع
نرجس جعفر الشيخ

Group 11
سارا السديري
ندى سعيد
نوف الشنيفي
سما الحيزان
اريج المزروع
الجوهرة الناصر
لطيفة المحرج
ميرة الحقباني

Group 12: FlyToSky
أفنان ناصر العمراني
أماني عوض العنزي
حنان خالد السلامة
ديمة عبدالعزيز الشثري
سارة محمد المهنا
مي تركي الهزاني
نوال علي الشهري
مناير ابراهيم بن عكرش

Group 13: IT-team
بسمه عبدالسلام الشقير
غدير عبدالله الحزيمي
هند مرشد الزير
رحاب فواز الدويش
ندى عبدالله الشهري
نوره سليمان العقلا
أمل ثلاب البقمي
منيرة عبداللطيف البعيجان

Group 14
نوف عبدالعزيز جعفر
مريم محمد المطيري
أمل عبدالله القحطاني
إيناس أحمد بالطيف
نورة عبدالعزيز الفدا
نورة مسفر القحطاني
لمياء سامي الشريف

Group 15: I will be..
ملاك محمد الربيعان
جواهر سعد المديميغ
مشاعل عايد العنزي
عهود عبيد الحارثي
سلطانه فهد العتيبي
رحاب سلمان المطيري
حصه حقيب العجمي

Group 16: Smart Team
أفنان الهندي
أفنان الحصيني
أنوار التويم
بدور بن سلمه
هيفاء البراهيم
ملاك المجلي
نوره الفريان

Group 17: A+
أفنان نايف الرومي
أفنان محمد السبيل
بشرى محمد الشنقيطي
ابرارعبد العزيز المجلي
لمى يزيد العنقري
اثير عبد العزيز القبيلي
اريج محمد باكلا
مها سالم المطيري

Group 18: future team
ولاء عبدالعزيز الناصر
ديمة فهد الضويلع
ولاء مطلق العتيبي
بتول صالح المزروع
غيداء عبدالله المقرن
عهد شبيب العتيبي
رندا عبدالله الحربي

Group 19
رشا محمد القثمي
نسرين عبدالعزيز الحربي
منى مبارك المطيري
ميعاد علي الغامدي
مي القاسم
أمل الغامدي

Group 20: ultimate minds
أروى البوعليان
بسمة العبداللطيف
شهد الفريح
غيداء العمرو
مروه الصلهبي
نهى البداح
نوف اليحيان

Group 21
هبه منصور النمر
إيمان محمد العميري
رذاذ عبدالله الحيدر
غدير صبري الزاير
زهراء عبدالله الحداد
معصومه حماده

Choices Form and Group Form

Dear students,

• Please download the (1) group form. Fill it and submit it by Monday, the 12th of October. As you will notice, you are not required to provide your GPA information, we will obtained it directly from our records for confidentiality purposes. It is very important to list your email addresses and your phone numbers, which will only be used for the purpose of this course.

• Also, download and fill the (2) choices form. List the numbers of all projects in the order of preference, 1 being the 1st preference, 2 being the second preference, and so forth. Complete and submit this form by Wednesday, the 14th of October.

• Please email both forms to ksu.it.project@gmail.com

Good Luck.

- Aciel

Project Ideas

Project Ideas

First semester 1430/1431

Click here to view in downloadable, printable Pdf format.

Project 1

Topic: Semantic Advertising Network

General field of study/domain: Semantic web, web content analysis, e-commerce

Supervisor: Dr. Lilac email: lilac2k@yahoo.com

Description:

Today, money is pouring into the Internet and advertising. Basing ads around keywords on a page, as Google AdSense does, can yield wrong results. For instance, a page about a trip to Hawaii that mentions taking photos might display camera ads rather than travel ads. Companies are looking for innovative ways to create more out of their investment in content.

Semantic advertising applies semantic technologies to online advertising solutions. The function of semantic advertising technology is to semantically analyze every web page in order to properly understand and classify the meaning of a web page and accordingly ensure that the web page contains the most appropriate advertising. Semantic advertising increases the chance that the viewer will click-thru because only advertising relevant to what they are viewing, and therefore their interests, should be displayed. (source: Wikipedia)

The aim of the project is to boost advertising networks with semantic technology and build an advertising network with more relevant ads to view. This is done by relating the meaning of text (page context) on web pages with ads content instead of text, named "semantic advertising" – the next generation of ads network. The result is an ad that is highly targeted, is closely related to structured and unstructured content in a brand safe environment, and maximizes consumer engagement.

The project needs to investigate different Semantic algorithm for real-time semantic analysis of web pages to identify their true meanings and serve relevant display ads.

Keywords: advertising, semantic web , web content analysis, semantic algorithms.

Project 2

Topic: eN-Learning: The Nintendo DS/DSi Interactive Learning System

General field of study/domain: E-Learning, Networking

Supervisor: Dr. Hend email: hend.alkhalifa@gmail.com

Description:

It has been reported that a great portion of the Japanese students are using Nintendo DS/DSi either for learning or interacting with each other. We also believe that the Nintendo DS/DSi devices are widely available and used by Arab Students (unfortunately) not for learning but for GAMING. So, in this project we aim to build an Interactive Learning System by utilizing the Nintendo DS/DSi terminals in the classroom. This will help in making the learning process more enjoyable and motivational.

The major tasks in the project are:

1) Building the front end system on the Nintendo DS/DSi terminals (by programming the DS/Dsi device).

2) Building the Back end system on the server (which includes: Database, UI and Network programming).

For more about the Nintendo DS/DSi devices please visit: http://www.nintendodsi.com/

Project 3

Topic: Lip Reading

General field of study/domain: Ask supervisor

Supervisor: Dr. Hanan email: hanan.hosni@yahoo.com

Description: Ask supervisor

Project 4

Topic: A collaborative online game

General field of study/domain: Ask supervisor

Supervisor: Dr. Hanan email: hanan.hosni@yahoo.com

Description: Ask supervisor

Project 5

Topic: Educational network simulator tool

General field of study/domain: Simulation systems, Computer Networks, Education

Supervisor: Dr. Gihan email: gihannagib949@hotmail.com

Description:

Computer networking concepts can be difficult to understand and teach as they frequently relate to complex and dynamic processes which are not readily visible and are therefore problematic to conceptualize. In order to bridge this gap between theory and practice, and facilitate the learning, Educational network simulator tool ENST will be developing. This tool is a simple interactive network Tool designed to give students easy access to the fundamentals of computer network course (CAP 240) and facilitate active learning. ENST will be designed to simulate several network protocols such as the two major classes of dynamic routing protocols — distance vector RIP and link state routing protocol OSPF (Dijkstra algorithm).

Project 6

Topic: WEB-Site Builder

General field of study/domain: Web technologies,

Supervisor: Dr. Gihan email: gihannagib949@hotmail.com

Description:

Website builder is a professional web design tool that helps you build a website. Website builder breakthrough coding techniques allow you to drag and drop objects to the exact location on want them to be displayed on your page.

• Professionally designed templates you can customize by changing colors and images

• Flexible page layouts

• Millions of color combinations

• Easy content uploading of documents, images, photos, and multimedia files

• Option to add your own HTML code if you have more technical skills

• Password protection of all or a portion of your website

• Preview option so you can view how your site will look when it's live on the Internet

• Website reporting including traffic statistics, who visits your site, where they came from and which pages they was visiting.

  
  

Project 7

Title: Breast Cancer Feature Extraction and Classification

General field of study/Domain: Image Processing

Supervisor: Lect. Hala Alshamlan email: alshamlan_h@yahoo.com

Description:

Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in woman of the developed countries of the world and it is the cause of death. Treatment of breast cancer is currently effective only if it is detect at an early stage. X-ray mammography is the most effective method for early detection, However, mammographic images are complex. Nowadays, utilize image processing and image analysis techniques to assist radiologist of detecting tumors in mammographic images. The aim of this study is to analyze mammographic images to determine automatically if there exist any signs of cancer development.

However, in this study we make an experimental study of many number of breast cancer digital mammogram images, and apply the suggest breast features extraction method, then calculate the value of each feature to each digital mammogram image and save the result in database. After that, make a decision about the frequently range value for each feature signs to cancer tumor. Then , we can classify the masses as benign or malignant for new reading mammogram image.

Project 8

Topic: Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) technology for wireless network

General field of study/domain: Wireless Networks

Supervisor: Dr. Meznah email: rodhaan@ksu.edu.sa

Description:

IEEE 802.11 legacy is the standard for wireless local area network (WLAN) communication and has several amendments such as 802.11a, 802.11b, and 802.11g, as well as 802.11n. The IEEE 802.11 operates using the 2.4GHz band and supports data rate up to 2Mbps. However, the new amendment 802.11n defines two 20 MHz bandwidth streams in both the 2.4 and 5 GHz bands and supports a rate up to 300Mbps. The 802.11n offers new features such the multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) technology which uses several antennas to move multiple data streams.

Ns2 simulator uses 802.11 as the MAC layer protocol. However, 802.11n gives more facilities for wireless networks so it the desired MAC protocol. The project will enable the students to experiment with this state of the art technology and involves coding 802.11n and implementing it in the network animator ``nam'' to visualize it. We will then post the code on the simulator development site under KSU name which will be helpful to other researchers and will make people aware of some of our activities and interest.

Programming Languages Involved:

• For using existing network elements implemented in ns2 and run simulations you need to know OTCL (the interface)

• For adding new network elements / new protocols you need to know C++

• For analyzing trace files you may use perl/awk

Project 9

Topic: GPS based web self tracking system

General field of study/domain: Mobile technology, GPS systems, web-based systems

Supervisor: Dr. Meznah email: rodhaan@ksu.edu.sa

Description:

By utilizing a mobile phone equipped with GPS system, the user can immediately post important information regarding his/her location or share an experience about such location,…etc. Information should be posted immediately on a webpage, or the user Facebook, and the location should be obtained automatically from the GPS system. The project will enable the students to experiment with the mobile computing and the interfacing the mobile and GPS to the web.

Project Requirements:

• A dedicated mobile phone equipped with GPS system.

• A website to publish the information.

Project 10

Topic: Course Scheduling Tool for IT Department, KSU

General field of study/domain: Software Development

Supervisor: Dr. Lamia email: lamia.ketari@gmail.com

Description:

The main objective of this project is to design and implement an efficient and flexible course scheduling tool, to assist IT department secretary of the College of Computer and Information Sciences to perform the scheduling of classes of an academic year. Based on a number of selected parameters (the preferences of instructors and their maximum enrollment, course offerings, classrooms, time slots and available classrooms), the tool generates the scheduling of classes.

Project 11

Topic: Web-Based Influenza Virus H1N1 Tracking System

General field of study/domain: Web Based systems

Supervisor: Dr. Lamia email: lamia.ketari@gmail.com

Description:

The main objective of this project is to design and implement a web-based surveillance and reporting system to track the transmission of pandemic influenza within the country. Providing early warnings about the spread of the virus and making data available to experts in public health contributes to provide the opportunity for timely reaction to slow down the spread of the virus. The system should use internet based technology to enhance the transmission, speed, quality and availability of information and should provide visual representation of the disease distribution inside the country.

Project 12

Topic: Online Arabic Reading Club

General field of study/domain: Web-based applications

Supervisor: Lect. Reham email: reham_cs@hotmail.com

Description:

This project is about developing an online reading club. The website will be a complete system where interested people can log in into their previously made accounts. The system will assign members into groups according to their ages, interests, gender, etc.

Members can hold online meetings to discuss books they've read before. Members can share their writings as well. The website will have a section for eBooks, where members can download them.

Important Notes:

• Students welling to take this project should keep in mind that the scope might be expanded.

• Also they may need to contact local book stores to make their reading material DB.

• They may also collaborate with KSU reading club http://www.ksureadingclub.com/

• Similar websites but with smaller scope:

• http://www.teenrc.ca

• http://www.arbookclub.com/

  
  

Project 14

Topic: Multimedia environment for encouraging vocalization of children with Autism

General field of study/domain: Application oriented project in the field of Graphics & Multimedia and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)

Supervisor: Dr. Areej email: ksu.cap312@gmail.com

Description:

This project involves developing a rehabilitation system for Autistic children. Autism is a developmental disorder affecting communication skills. Difficulties in speaking affect many aspects of their lives as well as the lives of their caregivers, parents and professionals supporting them. This project aims to develop a real-time audio and visual feedback system to facilitate their vocalization. Research has shown that Human-to-Computer Interaction is more effective with this user population than Human-to-Human interaction. Moreover, we know that fascination with spinning and flashing objects is a hallmark characteristic of this user population. The proposed system provides computer-generated feedback for vocalizations (such as increasing the speed and size of spinning objects) to visually engage users in the activity of vocalization. The envisioned contribution of this project is to understand the potential of computer-based rehabilitation programs in positively influencing the communication abilities of children with Autism.

Project 15

Topic: Memory Booster: Multimedia games for children with Dyslexia and ADD

General field of study/domain: Application oriented project in the field of Graphics & Multimedia and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)

Supervisor: Dr. Areej email: ksu.cap312@gmail.com

Description:

This project involves developing a computer-based stimulating adventure game aimed at enhancing the working memory skills of children with developmental disorders such as dyslexia and attention deficit disorder (ADD). Weakness in working memory is a key characteristic of dyslexics and children with ADD. The game teaches well-defined strategies established in the field of cognitive psychology; namely, rehearsal, visual imagery, creating stories and grouping. Research has shown that computerized versions of these games have been effective in engaging children and improving their memory skills. However, these systems exist in English or other Latin-based languages which render them incompatible for remedial programs for children in our local context. The proposed system involves developing a stimulating game environment with an Arabic interface and within the cultural and social context of target users. The envisioned contribution of this project is filling the gap of remedial interactive programs for children with developmental disorders that meet their specific needs in terms of language and cultural context.

Project 16

Topic: Tour of a City Using Google Earth

General field of study/domain:

Supervisor: Dr. Afshan email: afshanjafri@gmail.com

Description:

An application will be developed to simulate tour of a city using fly-over aerial (bird's eye view) and drive through street view models. The models, based on Google Earth and its COM API, will include dynamic traffic movement, 2D and 3D terrain using digital elevation model (DEM), street data, buildings, street views and other information. The application will provide spatial information to the user such as position of viewer, location of sites (such as fire stations), distances, traffic speed, and trip advice. SketchUp will be used to place 3D models of buildings and cars on the maps and incorporate them into the scene.

Additional Description: You are suppose to simulate part of a city (not use a pre-recorded video) and you choose where you are walking or flying in this city. We choose this city based on the information available on google earth. Look on the internet for google earth Pro and google earth API. and a person could watch the city as if he/she were walking there.

Project 17

Topic: 3D Object Detection and Classification

General field of study/domain:

Supervisor: Dr. Afshan email: afshanjafri@gmail.com

Description:

An application will be developed to detect and classify a variety of objects, such as faces, hands, cars, buildings, and other 3D objects. It will be tested on single and multiple objects in a scene and a variety of viewpoints. The Haar classifier along with the AdaBoost training algorithm will be used for detection and classification. Haar features will be extracted from raw pixels and the AdaBoost algorithm will be used on a training set with a weak learning algorithm to select the features and train the classifiers.

Additional Information: A learning algorithm with feature extraction is used.

Project 18

Topic: Smart Excel / Smart MS Office

Key words: Excel, Speech recognition, Microsoft speech server

Supervisor: Dr. Seham email: meshoul@yahoo.fr

Description: this project aims to integrate a speech recognizer with Excel in order to provide more facilities and services to the user.

Project 19

Topic: Ontology Design

General field of study/domain: knowledge modeling and knowledge management, ontologies.

Supervisor: Dr Sihem Mostefai

Description:

Design of a collaborative ontology for unification of patient record (medical health care). Applied to H1 hospital and H2 hospital.

Another alternative is to apply it in a different context, (2 factories, 2 industrial product plants, automotive parts) where there is a need for unification and collaboration.

Project 20

Topic: Semantic Web Search

General field of study/domain: Knowledge modeling and Knowledge management, ontologies, Semantic Web

Supervisor: Dr Sihem Mostefai

Description:

Annotating ontologies for semantic web search purposes (meta data search, annotations, annotation filtering )

Project 21

Topic: Academic Advisement System.

General field of study/domain:

Supervisor: Lect. Nora Altwairish email: twairesh@yahoo.com

Description:

Online System that advises students in the registration process. It allows students to fill in the add/drop courses form online, the form is then sent to the student's advisor which reviews it and approves it or sends it back to the student if there are any comments on it that need revising, then it is sent to the register personnel or to the Chairman for further approval if required.

Each semester there are rules for the students to follow in adding or droping courses, this is fed into the system so that the students know what to do.

The system can recommend to the student what to add or drop according to their schedule.

The student can track the status of their request and the advisor can also track the status of the requests of her students.

Other features can be added to the system after doing the analysis part according to what the users need.

Project 22

Topic: Arabic Handwritten text segmentation system

General field of study/domain: image processing and pattern recognition

Supervisor: Dr. Feryal email: feryal_hajhassan@hotmail.com

Description:

Text recognition system consists of 2 main parts: Segmentation and classification. The project will focus on segmentation parts for Arabic handwritten texts.

Proposed project steps are:

- text acquisition

- text image preprocessing

- initial text segmentation into connected blocks

- final text segmentation