Term Project Proposal
Instructions: Complete each section and submit this form by the due date specified on the syllabus.
1.
Team Information: Provide your team number and a list of team members.
2.
Type of Project: State the type of project you are proposing (survey, descriptive study, demonstration or
other)
3.
Research Goal/Question(s): Describe your topic and overall research goal. State your research question(s).
4.
Methodology or Objectives: Explain how you will accomplish your research goal.
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Surveys: Identify at least 2 categories into which the phenomenon you are surveying falls. Map each
category to several references that will be used to describe the research falling into that category.
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Descriptive studies: Explain what empirical data you will collect, how you will collect it, and what
analysis you will perform on the data.
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Demonstration projects: Describe the system you will build in terms of specific hardware and software
components, how the demonstration will be conducted, and what results you expect.
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“Other” type projects: Describe the methodology you will use and the results you expect. Explain how
your methodology will accomplish your research goal.
5.
Expected Contribution/Significance: Explain the contribution your project will make to the field of
Information Security.
6.
Initial References: Provide a list of at least 15 initial references, at least 10 of which are academic conference
or journal papers. Ensure that you use the IEEE bibliographic format.