COM1 Level 2/ Wednesday, 20
April 2016 / 6PM to 10PM
Participating Courses
• IS5126 Hands-On With Business Analytics
• CS3217 Software Engineering on Modern Application
Platforms
• CS3226 Web Programming and Applications
• CS3235 Computer Security
• CS3240 Interaction Design
• CS3247 Game Development
• CS3283/4 Media Technology Project I/II
• CS4244 Knowledge-Based Systems
• CS4340 Digital Special Effects
• FYP
Final Year Project
STePS: Workflow
Your lecturer(s), peers, other
students and external guests will be
grading your projects.
How these other grades affect your
project grade depends on your
lecturer’s policy.
These other grades are used to
determine prize winners per class.
You will also be required to grade
projects outside of your class.
• 2.00pm – Poster/Demo Setup
• 5.30pm – Registration Starts
• 5:30pm – Catering Opens for
Exhibitors and Organisers
• 6.00pm Poster Session Starts
• 7:00pm – Catering Opens for
general public.
• 8:50pm - Last Call for Votes
• 9:00pm – Closing Ceremony
start. Talks by Industry,
Alumni and Prize presentation
• 10:00pm – End of STePS. Take
down display equipment,
posters.
• Best project from every course will get a chance to present their work to
the audience at the closing ceremony.
• Groups will be trained for presentation and networking skills.
• Support for Commercialisation of sutiable projects.
Peer-grading : Voting
Peer grading is simple.
- Select top 3 projects
from a list of projects in
each course
- Give freeform text
comments.
- Access the voting form
through your
laptop/mobile or the
PCs at voting kiosk
Your lecturer may require
you to peer-grade your
own classmates as well.
Some industry
participants may also give
fine-grained comments
similar to your lecturer.
Sample Voting Form
Prizes
• The top teams (2 or 3) for each class will
receive a prizes and certificates Prizes may be
corporate-sponsored.
• The number of top teams selected per course
will be decided based on the class size or total
number of teams in the class.
• Prizes will be awarded during the closing
ceremony. Please make sure at least two
team members are in SR1 during the closing.
Industry participation
Industry partners will be coming to STePS, both
as sponsors and as participants in peer-grading
•They may be looking for potential hires or
interns
•They may be interested in licensing or taking
your project ideas to the next level
•They are interested in seeing you work in your
native element and not in an formal interview
setting
Presentation Skills
• Online short video lecture on poster design
and presentation skills will be conducted by
UG office.
• Each member of the group should view this
online video lecture.
• Bonus votes may be given (to be confirmed)
for the teams if all the members of the team
view the video lecture at least once.
Career Services
Desmond Teo from Career Services will prepare
you for interacting with industry visitors.
Date/Time will be announced at later date.
Do have your presentation, wardrobe and
résumé prepared beforehand and easily
distributed (QR code, shortened URL, business
card).
Project Titles and Abstracts
By 8th Mar 2016, we will need 100-word abstracts about
your projects (maximum 100 words). These are to help
participants find out which projects they are interested in
talking to.
Do include:
•A description of the problem
•A description of what your project does to solve it
•An indication of who might be interested in your project
Due: 8th Mar 2016
Project Titles and Abstracts
steps.comp.nus.edu.sg
• Immediately after your professor inputs your
name, email and project group number, you
will receive an email invitation from the STePS
system to enter Title and Abstract.
– Login using the userid/password provided in email
invitation from [STEPS-SOC] steps@.comp.nus.edu.sg
• Enter your current Tile/Abstract immediately.
You can amend it until Week 10.
• Following slides, show the screen shots to
access your course and projects……
steps.comp.nus.edu.sg
After log-in …. Due: 8
th
Mar 2016
• Select “Manage Events”
NB:- REGISTRATION IS ONLY FOR PUBLIC. YOU DO NOT NEED TO REGSITER.
Due: 8th Mar 2016
steps.comp.nus.edu.sg
Events you are participating….
• Under “8th-STePS”,
Select “Configure”
steps.comp.nus.edu.sg
Events you are participating….
• Under “Beside Your Project Number”, Select
“Edit” icon to edit Title/Abstract
Due: 8th Mar 2016
Due: 8th Mar 2016
steps.comp.nus.edu.sg
Events you are participating….
• Remember to click “Update Project Info”
button after editing Title/Abstract
SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED!
Completing Exhibitor Data
steps.comp.nus.edu.sg
• Students and professors from all participating
courses should enter the required “Exhibitor Data”
in the STePS System
• Additional data required includes, your mobile
number (to SMS voter ID), matric number (for
verification) and food preference (Veg or Non-Veg).
– Food catered for STePS event will be halal
Due: 8th Mar 2016
Completing Participation Data
isteps.comp.nus.edu.sg
• Select ‘Settings’ to update exhibitor data.
NB:- Change the default password upon first
login through the settings menu.
Due: 8th Mar 2016
steps.comp.nus.edu.sg
Problems Reporting
• steps.comp.nus.edu.sg
is a new system and it is under development.
• If you have any problems in entering
Title/Abstract in STePS system, please email
to,
– Developer a0098077@u.nus.edu [Bui Trong
Nhan]
– And, cc to STePS Coordinator
banad@comp.nus.edu.sg [Dr Bhojan Anand]
Poster Printing
• Poster Size: A1
• One copy per group can be printed free of charge
from SoC technical Services.
• Additional copies cost $12 per poster (@ SoC
technical Services).
• Bring high resolution (at least 300 dpi) pdf or ppt for
printing.
Deliverables
• By the end of Week 12 of the semester, please
upload the following promotional materials
for your project to steps.comp.nus.edu.sg.
– Copy of your POSTER
– 1 min marketing/promotional video clip
• We need a short (max. 1 min) video clip of each project
(to promote the application/product). The format
should be MP4 (with good resolution for big screens).
These clips will be used to build a Video montage to be
displayed in BIG screens at the event venue.
STePS is a Public Event
• PUBLIC EVENT:- STePS is a public event and your
picture and presence may be recorded and made
public. If you are not comfortable with that, please
let your Lecturer know.
• DRESS CODE:- many external guests will be
attending STePS. Though there is no dress code,
please try to be in business professional/formal. [If
your course do not have a common colour code,
white colour shirt/t-shirt/tops is recommended for
students and lecturers of all participating courses!]
Registration for STePS
• Members (students and professors) of
participating classes will be automatically
registered for the event based on the
‘Exhibitor Data’ provided by you in STePS
system (steps.comp.nus.edu.sg).
• Food coupons, voter-id and other registration
packs for the participating classes will be
distributed through the course lecturer(s)
ahead of the event.
THANK YOU
“Seek what you know as the highest. It does not matter whether it is going
to happen or not - living with a vision itself is a very elevating process”