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==Design Briefs for Cambridge University Computer Laboratory Group Design Projects 2013==
==Design Briefs for Cambridge University Computer Laboratory Group Design Projects 2021==


This page currently lists design briefs under development - all content is to be considered as draft status, subject to confirmation by both group project coordinators and project clients. There is no guarantee that these projects will be offered to students, either in the form described here, or at all.
This page currently lists design briefs under development. Any feedback or suggestions are welcome, to group-project@cl.cam.ac.uk


===Number of groups in 2013===
All content on this site has draft status, subject to confirmation by both group project coordinators and project clients. There is no guarantee that these projects will be offered to students, either in the form described here, or at all.


We expect 80 students to participate this year - these will probably be arranged into 14 groups
==Intellectual property==
- 10 with 6 members, and 4 with 5 members. We plan to offer at least 16 design briefs - preferably
17 or 18 - to allow for some student choice, technical lossage or client withdrawal.


===Terms and conditions===
Notes on [[Intellectual property]]


Policy on [[terms and conditions]] for 2013 is currently under discussion.
==Client briefing==


==Prospective clients (provisional) ==
Information on [[Logistics for Clients]]


* [[Microsoft Research]]
Information for students, and course history: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/teaching/group-projects


* [[Netcraft]]
Information for [[Directors of Studies]]


* [[VisualDNA]]
Information for the [[Coordinators]]


* [[Cisco]]
==Management timetable for 2023==


* [[Last.fm]]
Master timetable for the course:
https://www.cst.cam.ac.uk/teaching/part-ib/group-projects/important-dates


* [[Engineering Design Centre]]
==Work in progress - design briefs for 2025==


* [[Kettles Yard Gallery]]
Notes on: [[What makes a good project?]]


* [[Alexander Gash]]
In 2025, we expect there will be NNN students, so XX project teams of 6. We aim to advertise at least YY design briefs, to allow for necessary cancellations.


* [[Palantir Technologies]]
===Confirmed design briefs for 2025===


(none yet confirmed)
===Projects under discussion===
* [[Navigating Natural Performance]]
* [[Living Salad Bar]]
* [[Dignified Distributed Work]]
* [[The Carbon Eye]]
* [[ResponsibleAncestry.com]]
* [[Guitar tab2hand]]
===Design briefs considered in 2024 that might be developed===
# [[The Big Chill]]
# [[Future Health and Fitness]]
# [[AfroInsight]]
# [[Leadership Transition Simulator]]
# [[Environmental Value Added]]
# [[Just Maps]]
# [[Non-WEIRD Data Science]]
===Potential clients for 2025===
* [[SEAT]]
* [[Anthony Harris]]
* [[Rivos Systems]]
* [[JAID]]
* [[AMD]]
* [[Raspberry Pi Foundation]]
* Katy Jordan, EdTech Hub
* Adham Ashton-Butt, [[British Trust for Ornithology]]
* Adam Devenish, RSPB
* Maximilian Ge
==Future preparation - design briefs for 2026==
(none yet proposed for 2026)
===Incubator and network contacts===
* [[Centre for Global Equality]]
* [[Barn4]]
* [[Ideaspace]]
* [[Emma Salgard Cunha]] - humanities at Cambridge Enterprise
* [[Nicola Buckley]] - policy fellows at CSaP
===Other client discussions (last updated 2023)===
* [[SMARTRI Indonesia]]
* [[Mark Gotham]]
* [[Daniel Hall]]
* [[London Stock Exchange Group]]
* Neil Walker
* [[Milk and More]]
* [[Jane Street]]
* [[Fair Finance]]
* [[The Fusion Works]]
* [[Frontier]]
* [[Frontier]]
* [[Amazon]]
* [[Dovetailed]]
* [[JP Morgan]]
* [[Centre for Policy Futures]]
* [[Gardin]]
* [[ICCCAD]]
* [[Antobot]]
* [[Morgan Stanley]]
* [[Curriculum for Life]]
* [[RSPB]]
* [[BigPay]]
* [[British Trust for Ornithology]]
* [[University Information Services]]


* [[Propeller Mobile]]
===Development notes carried forward from 2021===


* [[Morgan Stanley]]
* [[Frontier]] - second project
* [[NIAB]] - second project
* [[Informetis]] - topic discussed
* [[Giving Voice to Digital Democracies]] - topic suggested, no response
* [[ARM]] - contact identified, but no topic
 
===Other clients from 2021===
 
* [[MathWorks]]
 
* [[Boeing]]
* [[TechWolf]]
* [[DX Analytics]]
* [[Umbrella Analytics]]
* [[Lyzeum Ltd]]
* [[Broadcom]] - all contact emails now bounce
 
==[[Previous ideas that have not been used]]==
 
 
* [[Calendar Dialogue]] - [[Amazon]]
* [[Auto-Emoji]]
* [[Archaeological databases]]
* [[The Headless Bicycle]]
* [[Emo Face]]
* Character Locomotion Middleware - [[Frontier]]
* Automatic accessibility assessor - [[Frontier]]
* City generation - [[Frontier]]
 
==Potential clients that did not proceed, but could be considered in future==
 
* 2022: [[Autodesk]]
* 2021: [[FetoLife]], [[Oodle]], [[NHS Digital]], [[Jump Trading]], [[Microsoft Africa Research Institute]]
* 2020: [[Argon Design]], [[Gearset]], [[Thales]], [[Sainsbury Laboratory]]
* 2019: [[Smart Cambridge]], [[Mindi]], [[Fauna and Flora International]], [[Fusepump]], [[Investre]],
* 2018: [[Sparx]], [[Cambridge Consultants]], [[Capita]], [[Nominet Trust]], [[University Information Services]], [[Sport England]]
* 2017: [[BT]], [[Palantir]], [[Elm Partners]], [[Lucid / Cycorp]], [[Microsoft Research]]
* 2016: [[Care Quality Commission]], [[King Digital Entertainment]], [[The Fusion Works]]
* 2015: [[Thales]], [[Steve Wade]], [[Cambridge Humanitarian Centre]]
* 2014: [[Broadcom]], [[last.fm]], [[Rangespan]], [[John McMillan]], [[Atheon]], [[OpenMarket]], [[Google]], [[Repindex]]
* 2013: [[Neul.com]], [[Steve Smith, CU Management Information Systems Division]], [[Palantir Technologies]], [[Privacy International]]
 
==Archived records of previous years==
 
===2024===
 
* [[2024 list]] of design briefs
* Playlist of video presentations (YouTube): https://youtu.be/zeCRJYL3suw?si=9TxvJ62LGnVbKHGN
 
===2023===
 
* [[2023 list]] of design briefs
* Playlist of video presentations (YouTube): https://youtu.be/WcITCNXbEzM?si=HVz1Ag9u2OgkCXbJ
 
===2022===
 
* [[2022 list]] of design briefs
* Playlist of video presentations (YouTube): https://youtu.be/9xs5f6csNiQ?si=pPKhBpp6cJCGnc2c
* [[2022 - final list of clients]]
 
===2021===
 
* [[2021 list]] of design briefs
* Playlist of video presentations (YouTube): https://youtu.be/Wf7zOcZCRTo?si=wCaGdDI9NsChLE58
* [[2021 - final list of clients]]
 
===2020===
 
* Student briefing booklet 2020: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/teaching/group-projects/StudentBriefing_1920.pdf
* [[2020 list]] of design briefs
* [[2020 - final list of clients]]
* Final presentations disrupted by Covid-19 pandemic - no video
 
===2019===
 
* Student briefing booklet 2019: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/teaching/group-projects/StudentBriefing_1819.pdf
* Playlist of video presentations (YouTube): https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLstyePOvf2d39LYQ3YBcdWUdREimYF8e4&si=RHH_jzctWiQchuH8
* [[2019 list]] of design briefs
* [[2019 - final list of clients]]
 
===2018===
 
* Student briefing booklet 2018: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/teaching/group-projects/StudentBriefing_1718.pdf
* Playlist of video presentations (YouTube): https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLstyePOvf2d0H15TwI6kEZb38ucaUDshQ&si=fS8uf8Db3PjqguBf
* [[2018 list]] of design briefs
* [[2018 - final list of clients]]
 
===2017===
 
* Student briefing booklet 2017: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/teaching/group-projects/StudentBriefing_1617.pdf
* Playlist of video presentations (YouTube): https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLstyePOvf2d0fbeximiXyWR2gB5KjjjE6&si=dQHg-NFFqSafdtek
* [[2017 list]] of design briefs
* [[2017 - final list of clients]]


* [[British Trust for Ornithology]]
===2016===


* [[Microsoft Research Cambridge (2 projects)]]
* Student briefing booklet 2016: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/teaching/group-projects/StudentBriefing_1516.pdf
* Video of presentations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxcEQE4FigU&list=PLstyePOvf2d2QbiVFI4naska1n4G0fhSW
* [[2016 list]] of design briefs
* [[2016 - final list of clients]]


==Project ideas without clients==
===2015===


* [[Raspberry Pi orchestra]]
* Student briefing booklet 2015: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/teaching/group-projects/StudentBriefing_1415.pdf
* Video of presentations: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLstyePOvf2d0cPplAB3DxHoaJC6hTYomP
* [[2015 list]] of design briefs
* [[2015 - final list of clients]]


* [[Laser cutting round boxes from square sheets]]
===2014===


* [[From Hogwarts to hackers]]
* Student briefing booklet 2014: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/teaching/group-projects/StudentBriefing_1314.pdf
* Video of presentations: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLstyePOvf2d2A3vWW4DkEGIAUIm4T0fg6
* [[2014 - final list of design briefs]]
* [[2014 - final list of clients]]


* [[Mashup tutorial builder]]
===2013===


* [[Safer social media]]
* Student briefing booklet 2013: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/teaching/group-projects/StudentBriefing_1213.pdf
* Video of presentations: http://www.sms.cam.ac.uk/collection/1435486
* [[2013 - final list of design briefs]]
* [[2013 - final list of clients]]


* [[Personal status server]]
==Selected design briefs from earlier years==


* [[2010]]
* [[2009]]
* [[2008]]
* [[2006]]


==Projects that have been offered, but not assigned to groups==


===Wiki documentation===
The usual reason for cancelling a project is that the topic has not attracted sufficient interest from students. It's worth keeping an eye on these, as some topics, or ways of phrasing them, seem less attractive. But fashions change!


* [http://www.cam.ac.uk/cs/managedwiki/ Managed Wiki Service]  
* 2019: [[Flyathlon (2019 version)]], [[Robot Death Watch]], [[Visual Pick and Place]]
* To manage groups of users see [[Special:UserManagement]]
* 2018: [[Citizen Speed Safety]], [[Every Car in Cambridge]]
* MediaWiki [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents User's Guide]
* 2017: [[Energy with Social Conscience]], [[Science for AD2500]], [[Surgery in the Cloud]]
* 2016: [[Pocket Brain Surgeon]], [[Reducing food waste with IoT]], [[The Busking Bus-Stop]], [[Safer Chicken from Farm to Fork]]
* 2015: [[Reinfection Monitor]], [[Online Identity for the Base of the Pyramid]], [[Audio Websites on Smartphones]]
* 2014: [[Locally Augmented Retail]], [[Set Builder]], [[Employability Coach]], [[Dance Practice Assistant]], [[History Scraper]]
* 2013: [[Touch screen prototyping at school]], [[Measuring glass-to-glass video-conference latency]], [[The Poet Laureate's web thresholds]], [[Countryside web server]], [[Science exhibit interaction adviser]], [[Personal status server]]

Latest revision as of 09:28, 28 May 2024

Design Briefs for Cambridge University Computer Laboratory Group Design Projects 2021

This page currently lists design briefs under development. Any feedback or suggestions are welcome, to group-project@cl.cam.ac.uk

All content on this site has draft status, subject to confirmation by both group project coordinators and project clients. There is no guarantee that these projects will be offered to students, either in the form described here, or at all.

Intellectual property

Notes on Intellectual property

Client briefing

Information on Logistics for Clients

Information for students, and course history: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/teaching/group-projects

Information for Directors of Studies

Information for the Coordinators

Management timetable for 2023

Master timetable for the course: https://www.cst.cam.ac.uk/teaching/part-ib/group-projects/important-dates

Work in progress - design briefs for 2025

Notes on: What makes a good project?

In 2025, we expect there will be NNN students, so XX project teams of 6. We aim to advertise at least YY design briefs, to allow for necessary cancellations.

Confirmed design briefs for 2025

(none yet confirmed)

Projects under discussion


Design briefs considered in 2024 that might be developed

  1. The Big Chill
  2. Future Health and Fitness
  3. AfroInsight
  4. Leadership Transition Simulator
  5. Environmental Value Added
  6. Just Maps
  7. Non-WEIRD Data Science


Potential clients for 2025


Future preparation - design briefs for 2026

(none yet proposed for 2026)

Incubator and network contacts

Other client discussions (last updated 2023)

Development notes carried forward from 2021

Other clients from 2021

Previous ideas that have not been used

Potential clients that did not proceed, but could be considered in future

Archived records of previous years

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

Selected design briefs from earlier years

Projects that have been offered, but not assigned to groups

The usual reason for cancelling a project is that the topic has not attracted sufficient interest from students. It's worth keeping an eye on these, as some topics, or ways of phrasing them, seem less attractive. But fashions change!

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