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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 2025==


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


==Prospective clients (provisional) ==
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.


* [[Microsoft Research]]
==Intellectual property==


* [[Netcraft]]
Notes on [[Intellectual property]]


* [[VisualDNA]]
==Client briefing==


* [[Cisco]]
Information on [[Logistics for Clients]]


* [[Last.fm]]
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 2025==


==Following information was automatically generated==
Master timetable for the course:
https://www.cst.cam.ac.uk/teaching/part-ib/group-projects/important-dates


==New Managed Wiki - {{SITENAME}} ==
==Work in progress - design briefs for 2026==


{{SITENAME}} is a wiki, a user-editable Web site.  You can treat it as a perfectly ordinary Web site, but if you have edit access for this wiki, you are able to make changes to any page that has an '''edit''' link at the top of it.  The complete history of each page is stored, so if you make a mistake it can always be undone.  If you want to experiment with editing, there's a special [[Sandbox]] page for this purpose.
Notes on: [[What makes a good project?]]


You can edit this page to replace this text with what you want on your main page.
In 2026, we expect there will be ??? students, so ?? project teams (?? teams of 6 and ?? teams of 5). We aim to advertise at least ?? design briefs, to allow for necessary cancellations.


===Getting Started===
===Proposed design briefs for 2026===


* If you want to create a new page, create a link to it by editing another page (enclosing the new page's  name in <nowiki>[[double square brackets]]</nowiki>), and then follow that link.
# [[Drawing Machines]]
* To rename a page, use the '''move''' link at the top.
* For a quick guide to editing pages, see [[Help:Editing]].


Wiki site administrators
===Candidates under discussion===
* To upload an icon see [[Special:LogoUpload]]
* To manage groups of users see [[Special:UserManagement]]


===Cambridge documentation===
* [[Who Pays for Roads?]]
* [[Software Inconsistency Resolver]]
* [[ARM]]
* [[Frontier]]
* Jack Ashby, Zoology museum
* Chris Pointon, Green Economy Infrastructure
* Simon Pulman-Jones, Evinova / Astra Zeneca
* Leontien Talboom, University Library


* [http://www.cam.ac.uk/cs/managedwiki/ Managed Wiki Service]
===MediaWiki documentation===


MediaWiki is the software which runs {{SITENAME}}
===Projects under discussion===


* The full MediaWiki [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents User's Guide]  
# [[Sustainable Electronic Recycling]]
* There is also the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]
# [[Semantic Refactoring]]
 
===Design briefs suggested to several potential clients===
 
# [[The Carbon Eye]]
# [[ResponsibleAncestry.com]]
# [[Guitar tab2hand]]
# [[Who Pays for Roads?]]
 
===Design briefs considered in 2024 that might be developed===
 
# [[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]]
 
 
===Potential clients for 2025===
 
Final [[2025 list]]
 
* [[Alder Hey Children's Hospital]]
* [[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]]
 
 
===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]]
* [[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]]
 
===Development notes carried forward from 2021===
 
* [[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==
 
* [[2025 list]] of design briefs and playlist of video presentations (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLstyePOvf2d1HSBklMXWbdLd_4T2X8pIT
* [[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
 
* 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]]
 
* 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]]
 
* 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]]
 
* 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]]
 
* 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]]
 
* 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]]
 
==Selected design briefs from earlier years==
 
* [[2010]]
* [[2009]]
* [[2008]]
* [[2006]]
 
==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!
 
* 2019: [[Flyathlon (2019 version)]], [[Robot Death Watch]], [[Visual Pick and Place]]
* 2018: [[Citizen Speed Safety]], [[Every Car in Cambridge]]
* 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 16:26, 21 April 2025

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 2025

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

Work in progress - design briefs for 2026

Notes on: What makes a good project?

In 2026, we expect there will be ??? students, so ?? project teams (?? teams of 6 and ?? teams of 5). We aim to advertise at least ?? design briefs, to allow for necessary cancellations.

Proposed design briefs for 2026

  1. Drawing Machines

Candidates under discussion


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

Final 2025 list


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!