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Design Briefs for Cambridge University Computer Laboratory Group Design Projects 2013

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.

Number of groups in 2013

We expect 80 students to participate this year - these will probably be arranged into 14 groups - 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

Policy on terms and conditions for 2013 is currently under discussion.

Prospective clients (provisional)

• Microsoft Research

• Netcraft

• VisualDNA

• Cisco

• Last.fm

• Engineering Design Centre

• Kettles Yard Gallery

• Alexander Gash

• Palantir Technologies

• Frontier

• Propeller Mobile

• Morgan Stanley

• British Trust for Ornithology

• Microsoft Research Cambridge (2 projects)

Project ideas without clients

• Raspberry Pi orchestra

• Laser cutting round boxes from square sheets

• From Hogwarts to hackers

• Mashup tutorial builder

• Safer social media

Wiki documentation

• Managed Wiki Service
• To manage groups of users see Special:UserManagement
• MediaWiki User's Guide