Case Study
Weighting:
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30% (or
30 marks)
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Length:
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Max.
5000 words
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Objectives
This assessment item relates to the
unit learning outcomes as specified in the unit profile.
Enabling objectives
1. Research multiple scholarly
resources to report the scientific developments relevant to the topic(s);
2. Prepare a report according to the
given guidelines in the assignment.
General Information
The
purpose of this assignment is to learn current scientific and industry
development on the topics related to the unit content. As a group you will
choose a topic from the topic list below and research on it as a team to
prepare a report. You also need to prepare a case study which will demonstrate
the use and influence of the topic in an industry situation. Ideally, you are
working in a group of 3-4 students. In a special circumstance, you may be
allowed by the unit coordinator to attempt the assignment individually, but you
will lose marks allocated for effective teamwork. By doing this assignment, you
will learn to use skills and knowledge of emerging developments and their use
related to cloud computing and IoT.
Topic list:
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Integration
of Cloud computing and Internet of Things(IoT)
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Cloud
computing scheduling algorithms
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Routing
protocols used in IoT sensor networks
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NB-IoT
vs. LoRaWAN
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Insider
attacks in IoT
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Edge
computing for cloud and IoT
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Insider
attacks in Cloud computing systems
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Service
Level Agreement(SLA) in cloud computing
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Quality
of Service(QoS) in cloud computing
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BigData
management issues in IoT systems
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Data
privacy in CloudIoT system
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Smart
homes: tomorrow and today
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Smart
City and Smart world: the global Internet of Everything (IoE)
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Smart
businesses: better working through technology
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Cloud computing technologies and their architectures
•
Resource
allocation models in cloud
The assignment requires you to do
the following -
• Create a group of 3-4 students (or work individually).
Please note, regardless of your group size or even as an individual attempt,
you need to address all the requirements of the assignment. You need permission
from unit coordinator to make any exception to this.
• Choose a
topic as a group from the topic list above. Research about the topic using multiple scholarly resources
(conference papers or published books or journal papers). Each member of the
group needs to select and read minimum three
(3) scholarly articles for this report. A generic report which do not
relate to the chosen topic will receive 40 % (12 marks) upfront deduction.
• Finally prepare a report according to the given format and
specifications below and submit it in Moodle. You need to submit only one report as a group.
• In the cover page, the report must have a contribution
section to list articles read by a specific group member. The report will be
marked as a group and any conflict within the group needs to be dealt with via
consultation of your tutor/lecturer one week before the submission date. If you
fail to deal with the conflict on time, the entire group will be responsible
for the submission.
Report format and specifications -
You are required to submit a written
report in a single Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) document. You must use
appropriate and authentic referencing to ensure credibility of your report. The
report must not exceed 5000 words limit and any unnecessary information
included in the report may result in reduced marks.
The
report must contain the following content (feel free to define your own
sections, as long as you include all the required content):
• Cover page/title page, contribution section and table of
contents. Make sure, you mention your chosen topic in the front page.
• Introduction
• Body
of the report needs to address the following -
o Minimum one paragraph summary of each article which will
cover –
• What is the article about?
• What problem did it address?
• Brief detail- how did they address
it?
o Challenges or future work: this section will be written as a
group which will combine challenges and future work relevant to the topic
o Current industry trends (e.g. technology or technique)
relevant to your topic.
• Write a business case study which shows how your topic may
help to address day to day business challenges. You will find many similar case
studies in the text book specified in this unit. Please find an example
business case study at the end of this assignment document.
• Conclusion
• References –All key claims and statements in your report
must be backed by authentic references. The number of required references may
vary across topics; however it must be at least 15 references. Make sure you
cite each reference in the text (rather than just listing the reference at the
end of the report).
It
is VERY important that you do not copy content directly from either the text or
Internet resources: this assignment is to be in your own words. You will lose
marks if you do not use your own words! Actual plagiarism will result in the
instigation of the student misconduct process.
On uploading your assignment for the
first time you will be able to immediately see your similarity score. However,
a 24 hour delay exists for the release of similarity scores for the submission
of successive items (drafts).
To
be clear, the delay will not apply to your first draft which will receive a
Turnitin similarity score as soon as possible. This mandatory delay was
implemented by Turnitin to minimise misuse of the similarity-checking service
by students who were simply modifying their submissions to avoid match
detection and without citing sources appropriately.
Example business case study
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