Mr.Uthayasanker Thayasivam

Quip.com: A powerful research collob tool:
https://quip.com/use-cases/collaboration-solutions

• Create a folder for your FYP
• • Create a ref folder and keep a copy of the papers you reed there organized using subfolders: Use meaningful folder names
• Create a kanban chart and use it as a project management tool for your FYP.
• • One of you may need to act like a Scrum-master + PM:
    https://quip.com/about/live-apps
  • If you do not know Kanban please google about it

Mind Map: Use mind map tools online. (there are quite a few free, pl do not go for those with one month trial but others with limited free edition)

• Why mind Map check here:
  https://zapier.com/blog/mind-mapping-tutorial/
• There is a Mind mapping tool under CSE Google Account.

Grammarly for proofreading: Use this app for improved spell and grammar correction

• There are few other tools also available but I like this.
• • gingersoftware.com

UOM GIT: Create a git private repo here https://git.uom.lk/ for your FYP

• Please start using this from the beginning and it is a good way to express your team effort later during progress review.

Technical writing

• Follow this coursera course :
  https://www.coursera.org/learn/how-to-write-a-scientific-paper

Talk to your seniors who worked on similar topic learn about common pitfalls

Talk to your seniors who worked with the same supervisor

• Understand how to best utilize him

Schedule weekly meeting ASAP

• Make sure you attend them with progress

BE Proactive

• It is the key to success

Pick conferences and make theam as deadlines and work towards them

• List of good conferences topic wise: Use scholar.google.com
• • e.g: computational linguistics
    https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=top_venues&hl=en&vq=eng_computationallinguistics
• http://www.guide2research.com/topconf/computational-linguistics-speech-processing
• Some good know local conferences
• • MERCON
  • https://www.iappstat.lk/home/index.php/10-future-events/90-international-conference-iassl-2017
  • Look at the conferences your seniors published

Take enough photos and videos of your progress

• It's a cherishable memory for years to come

Have a gameplan, get a buy in from your supervisor and play it out

Have a team management model

• It would be interesting to study the team management model of successful FYP team in CSE
• However for execution identify a leader, a PM and also a scrum master and architect.
• • One person can play one or more of these roles
  • Also at different phase these roles can be switched

This is very important: Have Fun