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==Design Briefs for Cambridge University Computer Laboratory Group Design Projects 2020==
==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  
This page currently lists design briefs under development. Any feedback or suggestions are welcome, to group-project@cl.cam.ac.uk  
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Information for the [[Coordinators]]
Information for the [[Coordinators]]


==Management timetable for 2020==
==Management timetable for 2023==


Master timetable for the course (which should be consistent with front page of the briefing booklet) is available from here:
Master timetable for the course:
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/teaching/group-projects/timetable.html
https://www.cst.cam.ac.uk/teaching/part-ib/group-projects/important-dates


==Work in progress - expressions of interest for 2021==
==Work in progress - design briefs for 2024==
 
* Sara Turkentine <sara@gearset.com>
* Alex Healing <alex.healing@bt.com>
 
==Work in progress - design briefs for 2020==


Notes on: [[What makes a good project?]]
Notes on: [[What makes a good project?]]


In 2020, we estimate there will be 130 students, so about 22 project teams of 6. We aim to advertise at least 24 design briefs, to allow for necessary cancellations.
In 2024, we expect there will be 138 students, so 23 project teams of 6. We aim to advertise at least 25 design briefs, to allow for necessary cancellations.


===Confirmed projects (16 to date, 8 to come)===
===Confirmed design briefs for 2024===


# [[Activity Analysis from Smart Meter Data]]
# [[Acoustic Land Management]]
# [[Automatic Assessment of R Code]]
# [[Braille Predictive Text]]
# [[Automating the collection of crop canopy data to improve crop management]]
# [[Climate Foresight]]
# [[Collecting farm-sourced data on pest and disease pressure]]
# [[Component Quest]]
# [[Ecosystem game/visualisation]]
# [[Copilot for Business]]
# [[Green Eyes]]
# [[Creative Writing Coach]]
# [[Live Lecture Comprehension]]
# [[Disability Bias Explorer]]
# [[Online Ticking Markbook]]
# [[DoS D-Stress]]
# [[Probably Helpful Planning]]
# [[Engaging Everyone]]
# [[Remote Animal Recovery Monitoring]]
# [[Envisioning Nairobi]]
# [[Robot Backgammon Arm]]
# [[Heterodox Economic Modeller]]
# [[Supervisor Matching System]]
# [[Influencing Health]]
# [[Support Sustainable Wildlife Trade]]
# [[Investment Provenance]]
# [[Trading Assistant]]
# [[Memories Retold]]
# [[Travelling Businesswoman Problem]]
# [[Optimising Music Notation]]
# [[Workout Help with Android and WearOS]]
# [[P2P Social Network]]
# [[Azure Sphere for Citizen Science]]
# [[Ramping Up Sustainable Crops]]
# [[Real-pedia]]
# [[Supply Chain Resilience]]
# [[Talking Music]]
# [[Taste: Movies x Books x Music]]
# [[Testing for Humans]]
# [[Visiting the Forest Stream]]
# [[Wearable Sleep Coach]]
# [[World Craft]]


===Potential clients for 2020===
===Confirmed clients for 2024 (partial list)===


====Proposal in development====
* [[ClimateInColour]]
* [[Cam-AI]]
* [[NIAB]]
* [[Embecosm]]
* [[Lee Wilson]]
* [[Microsoft Research]]


* [[ARM]] in collaboration with [[Fitzwilliam Museum]]
===Other design briefs considered for 2024===


* [[Ocado]]
# [[The Big Chill]]
# [[Future Health and Fitness]]
# [[AfroInsight]]
# [[Leadership Transition Simulator]]
# [[Environmental Value Added]]
# [[Just Maps]]
# [[Non-WEIRD Data Science]]


* [[Fair Finance]]
==Future preparation - design briefs for 2025==


* [[Dovetailed]]
===Projects to consider in 2025===


====Proposal pending====
* [[Living Salad Bar]]
* [[Dignified Distributed Work]]
* [[The Carbon Eye]]
* [[ResponsibleAncestry.com]]
* [[Guitar tab2hand]]


* [[MSR]]
===Potential clients for 2025===


====Clients passing to 2021====
* [[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


* [[BT]]
===Incubator and network contacts===


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


====Proposal sought====
===Other client discussions (last updated 2023)===
 
* [[NIAB]]
 
* [[Cambridge Mathematics]]
 
* [[Hamilton Kerr Institute]]
 
* [[Oodle]]
 
* [[Thales]]


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


* [[Sainsbury Laboratory]]
===Development notes carried forward from 2021===


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


* [[Centre for Global Equality]]
===Other clients from 2021===


* [[Collusion]]
* [[MathWorks]]


* Proposed new mechanism: [[Self-selected]] project
* [[Boeing]]
* [[TechWolf]]
* [[DX Analytics]]
* [[Umbrella Analytics]]
* [[Lyzeum Ltd]]
* [[Broadcom]] - all contact emails now bounce


==[[Previous ideas that have not been used]]==
==[[Previous ideas that have not been used]]==
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* [[Calendar Dialogue]] - [[Amazon]]
* [[Calendar Dialogue]] - [[Amazon]]
* [[Auto-Emoji]]
* [[Auto-Emoji]]
* [[Archaeological databases]]
* [[Archaeological databases]]
* [[The Headless Bicycle]]
* [[The Headless Bicycle]]
* [[Emo Face]]
* [[Emo Face]]
* Character Locomotion Middleware - [[Frontier]]
* Character Locomotion Middleware - [[Frontier]]
* Automatic accessibility assessor - [[Frontier]]
* Automatic accessibility assessor - [[Frontier]]
* City generation - [[Frontier]]
* City generation - [[Frontier]]


==Potential clients that did not proceed==
==Potential clients that did not proceed, but could be considered in future==
 
===2020===


* [[Argon Design]]
* 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]]


===2019===
==Archived records of previous years==


* [[Smart Cambridge]]
===2024===


* [[Mindi]]
* [[2024 list]] of design briefs


* [[Fauna and Flora International]]
===2023===


* [[Fusepump]]
* [[2023 list]] of design briefs


* [[Investre]]
===2022===


* [[Netcraft]]
* [[2022 list]] of design briefs
* [[2022 - final list of clients]]


===2018===
===2021===


* [[Sparx]]
* Presentations from 2021: https://www.cst.cam.ac.uk/teaching/part-ib/group-projects/presentations
* [[2021 list]] of design briefs
* [[2021 - final list of clients]]


* [[Cambridge Consultants]]
===2020===
 
* [[Capita]]
 
* [[Nominet Trust]]
 
* [[University Information Services]]
 
* [[Microsoft]] proposing [[Sport England]] application
 
===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===
 
* [[Netcraft]]


* [[Neul.com]]
* Student briefing booklet 2020: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/teaching/group-projects/StudentBriefing_1920.pdf
 
* [[2020 list]] of design briefs
* [[Steve Smith, CU Management Information Systems Division]]
* [[2020 - final list of clients]]
 
* [[Palantir Technologies]]
 
* [[Privacy International]]
 
==Archived records of previous years==


===2019===
===2019===
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==Projects that have been offered, but not assigned to groups==
==Projects that have been offered, but not assigned to groups==


===Projects offered in 2019 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!
 
* [[Flyathlon]]
 
* [[Robot Death Watch]]
 
* [[Visual Pick and Place]]
 
===Projects offered in 2018 not assigned to groups===
 
* [[Citizen Speed Safety]]
 
* [[Every Car in Cambridge]]
 
===Projects offered in 2017 not assigned to groups===
 
* [[Energy with Social Conscience]]
 
* [[Science for AD2500]]
 
* [[Surgery in the Cloud]]
 
===Projects offered in 2016 not assigned to groups===
 
* [[Pocket Brain Surgeon]]
 
* [[Reducing food waste with IoT]]
 
* [[The Busking Bus-Stop]]
 
* [[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]]
* 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 15:59, 21 March 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 2024

Notes on: What makes a good project?

In 2024, we expect there will be 138 students, so 23 project teams of 6. We aim to advertise at least 25 design briefs, to allow for necessary cancellations.

Confirmed design briefs for 2024

  1. Acoustic Land Management
  2. Braille Predictive Text
  3. Climate Foresight
  4. Component Quest
  5. Copilot for Business
  6. Creative Writing Coach
  7. Disability Bias Explorer
  8. DoS D-Stress
  9. Engaging Everyone
  10. Envisioning Nairobi
  11. Heterodox Economic Modeller
  12. Influencing Health
  13. Investment Provenance
  14. Memories Retold
  15. Optimising Music Notation
  16. P2P Social Network
  17. Ramping Up Sustainable Crops
  18. Real-pedia
  19. Supply Chain Resilience
  20. Talking Music
  21. Taste: Movies x Books x Music
  22. Testing for Humans
  23. Visiting the Forest Stream
  24. Wearable Sleep Coach
  25. World Craft

Confirmed clients for 2024 (partial list)

Other design briefs considered for 2024

  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

Future preparation - design briefs for 2025

Projects to consider in 2025

Potential clients for 2025

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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