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==Design Briefs for Cambridge University Computer Laboratory Group Design Projects 2017==
==Design Briefs for Cambridge University Computer Laboratory Group Design Projects 2025==


This page currently lists design briefs under development. Any feedback or suggestions are welcome, to group-project@cl.cam.ac.uk  
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.
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 104 students to participate this year. These will probably be arranged into 18 groups - 14 with 6 members, and 4 with 5 members. We plan to offer at least 20 design briefs - preferably 21 or 22 - to allow for some student choice, technical lossage or client withdrawal.


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


==Management timetable for 2017==
Information for [[Directors of Studies]]


http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/teaching/group-projects/timetable.html
Information for the [[Coordinators]]


==Work in progress - design briefs for 2017==
==Management timetable for 2023==


Notes on: [[What makes a good project?]]
Master timetable for the course:
https://www.cst.cam.ac.uk/teaching/part-ib/group-projects/important-dates


We have 97 students registered for Part 1B, so plan to have 17 project teams (5 teams of 5, and 12 teams of 6). We aim to advertise at least 20 design briefs, to allow for necessary cancellations.
==Work in progress - design briefs for 2025==


===Confirmed design briefs for 2017 (7 confirmed, 13 to go)===
Notes on: [[What makes a good project?]]
 
* [[Retail Startup Automator]]
 
* [[Financial Battlefield]]


* [[Hololens Escape Room]]
In 2025, we expect there will be 124 students, so 21 project teams (19 teams of 6 and 2 teams of 5). We aim to advertise at least 23 design briefs, to allow for necessary cancellations.


* [[Who's at my party?]]
===Confirmed design briefs for 2025===


* [[History Phone]]
Final [[2025 list]]


* [[Workable backups for small offices]]
# [[Agent of Things]]
# [[Atmospheric Metaverse]]
# [[BS-meter]]
# [[Care Phone]]
# [[Chat-twin]]
# [[Checkpoint Alternatives]]
# [[ChessPuzzy]]
# [[Code Explain AI Assistant]]
# [[Computing Physical Calculus]]
# [[Conversational Patient History]]
# [[CUDA Support for ClangIR]]
# [[Delivery Radar]]
# [[Driverless Humans]]
# [[Grasping Concept Spaces]]
# [[Navigating Evolving Music]]
# [[Paper Simulator]]
# [[Personalised EULA Visualisation]]
# [[PromptPatrol]]
# [[Robot Science Ambassador]]
# [[Soft Music Notation]]
# [[Speech Error Detection and Correction]]
# [[Talk Interactive]]
# [[Training Investigative Interviewers]]
# [[Visual Analytics for Hardware Design]]
# [[Zeitgeist Map]]


* [[VR Algorave DJ]]
===Projects under discussion===


====Nearly confirmed (7 under discussion)====
# [[Sustainable Electronic Recycling]]
# [[Semantic Refactoring]]


* [[Air Radar]]
===Design briefs suggested to several potential clients===


* [[Drone Safety]]
# [[The Carbon Eye]]
# [[ResponsibleAncestry.com]]
# [[Guitar tab2hand]]
# [[Who Pays for Roads?]]


* [[Antarctic Chasm]]
===Design briefs considered in 2024 that might be developed===


* [[Micro-Volunteering]]
# [[Dignified Distributed Work]]
# [[The Big Chill]]
# [[Future Health and Fitness]]
# [[AfroInsight]]
# [[Leadership Transition Simulator]]
# [[Environmental Value Added]]
# [[Just Maps]]
# [[Non-WEIRD Data Science]]
# [[Living Salad Bar]]


* [[The Deep Learning Society]]


* [[Personal Reality]]
===Potential clients for 2025===


* [[Cluster Mail]]
* [[Alder Hey Children's Hospital]]
* [[Frontier]]
* [[Embecosm]]
* [[SEAT]]
* [[Anthony Harris]]
* [[Rivos Systems]]
* [[AMD]]
* [[Raspberry Pi Foundation]]
* Katy Jordan, EdTech Hub
* Adham Ashton-Butt, [[British Trust for Ornithology]]
* Adam Devenish, RSPB
* Maximilian Ge
* [[Matthew Postgate]]


===Potential clients for 2017===
===Future preparation - design briefs for 2026===


====Concrete Ideas====
* [[Who Pays for Roads?]]
* [[Software Inconsistency Resolver]]


===Incubator and network contacts===


* [[British Antarctic Survey]]
* [[Centre for Global Equality]]
* [[Barn4]]
* [[Ideaspace]]
* [[Emma Salgard Cunha]] - humanities at Cambridge Enterprise
* [[Nicola Buckley]] - policy fellows at CSaP


* [[JPMorgan]]
===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]]
* [[Amazon]]
* [[Dovetailed]]
* [[JP Morgan]]
* [[Centre for Policy Futures]]
* [[Gardin]]
* [[ICCCAD]]
* [[Antobot]]
* [[Morgan Stanley]]
* [[Morgan Stanley]]
* [[Curriculum for Life]]
* [[RSPB]]
* [[BigPay]]
* [[British Trust for Ornithology]]
* [[University Information Services]]


* [[Microsoft]]
===Development notes carried forward from 2021===
 
* [[Altitude Angel]]
 
 
====Not checked yet====
 
* [[IMC]] (1 complete, 3 more potential projects)
 
* [[Sparx]]
 
* [[Informetis]]
 
* [[Netcraft]]
 
* [[Cydar]]
 
* [[Jagex]] (2 projects)
 
* [[Frontier]] (1 complete, 3 more potential projects)
 
====Possibilities====
 
* [[Bohemia Interactive Simulations]]
 
* [[Cambridge University Press]]
 
* [[Microsoft Research]]
 
* [[BT]]
 
* [[Fusepump]]
 
* [[UNEP-WCMC]]
 
* [[Obex Technologies]]
 
* [[ARM]]


* [[Cambridge Legal Risk Analytics]]
* [[Frontier]] - second project
* [[NIAB]] - second project
* [[Informetis]] - topic discussed
* [[Giving Voice to Digital Democracies]] - topic suggested, no response
* [[ARM]] - contact identified, but no topic


* [[Nominet Trust]]
===Other clients from 2021===


===Confirmed clients for 2017===
* [[MathWorks]]
 
* [[The Hut Group]]
 
* [[Cantab Capital]]
 
* [[IMC]]


* [[Boeing]]
* [[Boeing]]
 
* [[TechWolf]]
* [[Cambridge Museums]]
* [[DX Analytics]]
 
* [[Umbrella Analytics]]
* [[Kynesim]]
* [[Lyzeum Ltd]]
 
* [[Broadcom]] - all contact emails now bounce
===Less likely, but could chase if necessary===
 
* [[Lucid / Cycorp]]
 
* [[Care Quality Commission]]
 
* [[John Norman, UIS]]
 
* [[University Information Services]]
 
* [[Fauna and Flora International]]


==[[Previous ideas that have not been used]]==
==[[Previous ideas that have not been used]]==


==Potential clients that did not proceed==


===2015===
* [[Calendar Dialogue]] - [[Amazon]]
* [[Auto-Emoji]]
* [[Archaeological databases]]
* [[The Headless Bicycle]]
* [[Emo Face]]
* Character Locomotion Middleware - [[Frontier]]
* Automatic accessibility assessor - [[Frontier]]
* City generation - [[Frontier]]


* [[Thales]] - no project proposed
==Potential clients that did not proceed, but could be considered in future==


* [[Steve Wade]] - no project proposed
* 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]]


* [[Cambridge Humanitarian Centre]] - worked with clients from ARM
==Archived records of previous years==
 
===2014===
 
* [[Broadcom]]
 
* [[last.fm]]
 
* [[Rangespan]]
 
* [[John McMillan]]
 
* [[Atheon]]


* [[OpenMarket]]


* [[Google]]
* [[2024 list]] of design briefs and playlist of video presentations (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeCRJYL3suw&list=PLstyePOvf2d3jOfc6j8cG7CmmVD6LyMe_
* [[2023 list]] of design briefs and playlist of video presentations (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcITCNXbEzM&list=PLstyePOvf2d2ZvC92BQkpR6WiaiROytev
* [[2022 list]] of design briefs, [[2022 - final list of clients]] and playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xs5f6csNiQ&list=PLstyePOvf2d3oPJOBgNoeA-aPA7lhUIGS
* [[2021 list]] of design briefs, [[2021 - final list of clients]] and playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf7zOcZCRTo&list=PLstyePOvf2d2o9O_K3GEY3wAtbqkkYjPm
* [[2020 list]] of design briefs, [[2020 - final list of clients]] (presentations disrupted by Covid-19 - no video). Student briefing booklet 2020: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/teaching/group-projects/StudentBriefing_1920.pdf
* [[2019 list]] of design briefs, [[2019 - final list of clients]], briefing booklet http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/teaching/group-projects/StudentBriefing_1819.pdf, playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLstyePOvf2d39LYQ3YBcdWUdREimYF8e4&si=RHH_jzctWiQchuH8


* [[Repindex]]
* 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]]


===2013===
* 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
* [[Netcraft]]
* [[2017 list]] of design briefs
 
* [[2017 - final list of clients]]
* [[Neul.com]]
 
* [[Steve Smith, CU Management Information Systems Division]]
 
* [[Palantir Technologies]]
 
* [[Privacy International]]
 
==Archived records of previous years==
 
===2016===


* Student briefing booklet 2016: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/teaching/group-projects/StudentBriefing_1516.pdf
* Student briefing booklet 2016: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/teaching/group-projects/StudentBriefing_1516.pdf
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* [[2016 list]] of design briefs
* [[2016 list]] of design briefs
* [[2016 - final list of clients]]
* [[2016 - final list of clients]]
===2015===


* Student briefing booklet 2015: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/teaching/group-projects/StudentBriefing_1415.pdf
* Student briefing booklet 2015: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/teaching/group-projects/StudentBriefing_1415.pdf
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* [[2015 list]] of design briefs
* [[2015 list]] of design briefs
* [[2015 - final list of clients]]
* [[2015 - final list of clients]]
===2014===


* Student briefing booklet 2014: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/teaching/group-projects/StudentBriefing_1314.pdf
* Student briefing booklet 2014: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/teaching/group-projects/StudentBriefing_1314.pdf
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* [[2014 - final list of design briefs]]
* [[2014 - final list of design briefs]]
* [[2014 - final list of clients]]
* [[2014 - final list of clients]]
===2013===


* Student briefing booklet 2013: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/teaching/group-projects/StudentBriefing_1213.pdf
* Student briefing booklet 2013: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/teaching/group-projects/StudentBriefing_1213.pdf
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==Projects that have been offered, but not assigned to groups==
==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!


===Projects offered in 2016 not assigned to groups===
* 2019: [[Flyathlon (2019 version)]], [[Robot Death Watch]], [[Visual Pick and Place]]
 
* 2018: [[Citizen Speed Safety]], [[Every Car in Cambridge]]
* [[Pocket Brain Surgeon]]
* 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]]
* [[Reducing food waste with IoT]]
* 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]]
* [[The Busking Bus-Stop]]
* 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]]
 
* [[Safer Chicken from Farm to Fork]]
 
===Projects offered in 2015 not assigned to groups===
 
* [[Reinfection Monitor]]
 
* [[Online Identity for the Base of the Pyramid]]
 
* [[Audio Websites on Smartphones]]
 
===Projects offered in 2014 not assigned to groups===
 
* [[Locally Augmented Retail]]
 
* [[Set Builder]]
 
* [[Employability Coach]]
 
* [[Dance Practice Assistant]]
 
* [[History Scraper]]
 
===Projects offered in 2013 not assigned to groups===
 
* [[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 08:56, 8 November 2024

Design Briefs for Cambridge University Computer Laboratory Group Design Projects 2025

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 124 students, so 21 project teams (19 teams of 6 and 2 teams of 5). We aim to advertise at least 23 design briefs, to allow for necessary cancellations.

Confirmed design briefs for 2025

Final 2025 list

  1. Agent of Things
  2. Atmospheric Metaverse
  3. BS-meter
  4. Care Phone
  5. Chat-twin
  6. Checkpoint Alternatives
  7. ChessPuzzy
  8. Code Explain AI Assistant
  9. Computing Physical Calculus
  10. Conversational Patient History
  11. CUDA Support for ClangIR
  12. Delivery Radar
  13. Driverless Humans
  14. Grasping Concept Spaces
  15. Navigating Evolving Music
  16. Paper Simulator
  17. Personalised EULA Visualisation
  18. PromptPatrol
  19. Robot Science Ambassador
  20. Soft Music Notation
  21. Speech Error Detection and Correction
  22. Talk Interactive
  23. Training Investigative Interviewers
  24. Visual Analytics for Hardware Design
  25. Zeitgeist Map

Projects under discussion

  1. Sustainable Electronic Recycling
  2. Semantic Refactoring

Design briefs suggested to several potential clients

  1. The Carbon Eye
  2. ResponsibleAncestry.com
  3. Guitar tab2hand
  4. Who Pays for Roads?

Design briefs considered in 2024 that might be developed

  1. Dignified Distributed Work
  2. The Big Chill
  3. Future Health and Fitness
  4. AfroInsight
  5. Leadership Transition Simulator
  6. Environmental Value Added
  7. Just Maps
  8. Non-WEIRD Data Science
  9. Living Salad Bar


Potential clients for 2025

Future preparation - design briefs 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

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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