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Project Description
The MSIN/MSISTM/MSIT-IS Project represents a capstone experience and an original contribution in an interesting and relevant area of information networking/security.
The process for choosing a project topic includes attending the INI research seminars (for MSIN and MSISTM students), which are held in the first fall and spring semesters of the program. Members of the Carnegie Mellon community who are experts in their field are invited to present their current research in weekly sessions that introduce INI students to a variety of research topics and projects, both new and on-going, that students may use to form the basis of their research projects.
Research may include internships, working on existing projects, designing new areas of research, or assisting faculty on their current research. Several INI students have either originated or contributed to research and projects that resulted in start-up companies and widely utilized technologies such as MindMatrix, Teragon Corporation, and RaveTel (which was purchased by dynamicsoft). Most notably, INI faculty, researchers, and students were the prime initiators and implementers of Wireless Andrew, the largest high speed wireless network in the world, covering the entire CMU campus.Take a look at INI students’ past research topics.
Once research is complete, students present their project work and conclusions to an audience of their peers and faculty. Work culminates in a written technical report that is archived in the Hunt Library and published and kept on file at the INI, with a softcopy made available on the INI website. Students may find reports from previous classes in the Science and Engineering Library in Wean Hall (the Computer Science building). As of 2003 all technical reports will be available on-line.
The MSIN/MSISTM/MSIT-IS Project Documents
These documents contain the formal, approved guidelines for preparing the project proposal that students must submit at the end of the first Spring semester, as well as guidelines for the technical report. You must strictly observe the technical report Guidelines or the final document will not be approved, and you will not be certified for graduation.
You must submit the technical report as one (1) hardcopy with a signature page signed by all project advisors and readers, one (1) MSWord document*, and one (1) PDF document.
*Please note that Visio images should not be used in the final MSWord document, as they do not convert properly in PDF.
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