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KF7028 Research and Project Management

Assignment: Research Proposal

Project Title

Module: KF7028 – Research and Project Management

Module tutor: Shelagh Keogh

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Assignment title: MSc Research Proposal’

Student name and your university identifier: (always underline the surname/family name by which you are recorded in the university systems)

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Contents

1. Aim/Research question 3

2 Back Ground, Motivation and Relevance 3

3. Scope, Objectives and Risk 4

4. Ethics, Legal, Social, Security and Professional Issues 8

4.1 Ethics Issues 8

4.2 Legal Issues 9

4.3 Social Issues 9

4.4 Security Issues 9

4.5 Professionalism 9

6.0 Schedule of Activities 10

6.1 Gantt Chart 10

6.2 Work Break Down Structure (WBS) 10

7.0 Reference List 11

8.0 Appendix A 12

1Aim/Research question

The current research is focussed on to research the contemporary domestic and industrial applications where in the Internet of Things (IOT) can be of optimum use. Typical applications of internet of things (IOT) to optimize the operational value and direct benefits are of key focus and insights are obtained for the same based on literature studies.

1. Back Ground, Motivation and Relevance

• Internets of Things (IOT) are connected devices that do work for betterment of lives in general. They will work to simplify the tasks in life contributing to reduction in time, saves energy and money as well (Al Fuquaha et al.,2015). IOT applications in diverse sectors already proven their efficiency in optimizing the resource usage while improving the effectiveness of target processes (Bandopadhyay& Sen,2011). IOT (or connected Devices) are now being employed in smart homes, being employed in wearables, employed for optimizing the car operations, industrial technologies have empowered with IOT usage, worked on to make the cities smart, propelled smart farming in agriculture and so forth. Potential applicability of IOT in all these domains working to realize better outcomes to the target domains (Ben Daya et al.,2019).

• The key motivation for the study of IOT usage in processes is the fact that IOT do have high potential to change the landscape of process effectiveness and efficiencies in general(Chen & Man, 2016). Further insights into the current state of application of IOT devices will enable to prepare a framework of study, which will further enable the extension of applicability of IOT devices for new domains (Da et al.,2014).

• Research on IOT is relevant and significant contributor for contemporary operational improvement and hence it is worth focussing the current research work on the same.

• B Create Observations as per the expectations of the research project ody of Knowledge:

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Collect Journals igure 1 Mind Map

Organize findings as per the required format and present the same

Analyze data and make inferences about IOT – applications

Articles from news

Organization reports

2Scope, Objectives and Risk

• The scope of the current research work is limited to extensive examination of the trends in contemporary IOT usage in organizations. Both the domestic, industrial cutting edge technologies are the target of investigation and inferences from the will be deduced as applicable to the recent technologies and utilities (Fantana et al.,2013). The research will be focussed only on the application side of instrumentation and it is not concerned with the basics and the design and other technological aspects of the IOT device usage.
• The current research is limited to the collection of the information from secondary research resources only. The investigation is mainly based on collection of information from the secondary research and there is no element of research from primary research. There is no usage of any experimentation, or direct investigation. Only evidential information from peer reviewed journal articles, magazines and other news media (reliable) will be employed. The scope of research is limited only to employ information from such resources (Javed et al.,2018).
• The objectives of the current investigation is confined to investigate the domains where IOT is finding good usage as well it will also indicate the benefits, which IOT devices are yielding at present to the users. Findings may include the benefits which IOTs are providing to the process improvement, energy savings, time savings, effectiveness and efficiency improvements and so forth. The listing of the same domain wise and typical application wise will yield a framework for identification of the domains where IOT usage can be extended further. Also, the framework will work on to provide outcomes which can be use for further investigation of possible modifications in the application of IOTs in general for betterment of the outcomes and any specific concerns if applicable.
• The risk contained in the current research work is the contextuality of the findings for the changed technology scenarios. As the technology is changing, more and more threats and vulnerabilities are evolving, hence the applicability and versatility of the devices and the usages of the same need to be freshly investigated in the changed scenarios and this makes up one of the key aspects of the risk if not investigated properly. Further, there is considerable scope of risk contained in outdating of the information available in the literature. If the information collected is too old, there is risk that the said applicability or the usage may be not fit for the current needs, Hence it may be needed for fresh validations of the findings and inferences drawn from the research, based on the specific context and the case(Silva et al.,2018).

• SMART Objectives:

1. The key objective of the research is to investigate the usage patterns of IOT at present in diverse industry and domestic applications.

2. Identification of the domains where IOT usage has yielded maximum outcomes in terms of optimization or objective outreach.

3. The findings and challenges obtained from IOT applications.

4. The possible extension of application of IOT to new domains and new applications.

5. Proximity of application of IOT for new unexplored domains (Suresh et al.,2014).

Each of the above objectives is contained in investigating the specific objective from the secondary research resources. Peer reviewed credible and reliable sources of information will be employed for investigation. The entire research work is expected to be completed in a time span of about 4 to 4.5 months. The following is the list of the tasks based on the objectives set with and the typical time period estimated for each of these tasks is provided here in the table(Talavera et al.,2017).

• Following is the typical task list for the same,

Table 1 Task List

S.No	Task Details	Deliverables	Resources needed	Skills required	Time required
1	To find key patterns of usage of IOT in the current domestic and industrial applications	The list of key patterns in which IOT is being used in domestic and industrial applications	Journal articles, peer reviewed magazines, News media and other miscellaneous informative sources	Analytical skills, knowledge and reasoning	1.month
2	To find the key domains where IOT has provided with better outcomes and benefits.	The list of domains where IOT can be employed at present situation.	Journal articles, peer reviewed magazines, news media, books, opinions, company annual reports etc.	Basic technical knowledge, Analytical skills, reasoning skills	1 month
3	The identified challenges from IOT usage at present.	The list of proximate challenges in wide spread usage of IOT	Classified articles, news magazines, media informative sources, interviews, annual reports and other related insights	Basic Technical knowledge, Analytical skills, reasoning skills	1 month
4	The scope for extension of IOT for possible new channels of applications	The possible domains where IOT can be extended of its applications in near future.	Secondary sources of information(reliable, valid and authenticate) Evidence based insights available in the literature	Technical knowledge, know how insights, capacity to extend vision for future. Analytical and Reasoning skills as well.	1 month
5	Unexplored domains where it can be applied further.	Any specific domains where IOT is not extended of its applicability and where there is scope for improving the technology applications further.	Secondary informative sources and other related insights from the actual literature studies. The entire information collection from authenticate sources.	Evaluation skills, skills of extending the insights to new domains; Extensive analytical skills	0.5 month

Table 2 Risk log

	Risk Event			Risk Value (1-100)	Risk Monitoring/ Control Flag	Risk Management Strategy	Risk Review date
T	Articles relevant to the specific topic are not available	2	5	45	delay during the research	Read as much as possible on the topic	During research
T	Lack of access to the said resources	2	5	60	Working out the alternatives for the same.	To work on to explore alternative channels for information collection.	During research
T	Wrong interpretation of the content information due to lack of knowledge	3	4	55	Error flag after second evaluation	Ask the supervisor for help	During research
F	Financial risk	0	0	0	NA	NA	NA
P	People related risk	0	0	0	NA	NA	NA
E	Environmental risk	0	0	0	NA	NA	NA
S	Security risk	0		0	NA	NA	NA

• Journal Article

IEEE – Internet of Things (IOT) do have high impact factor in the domain of Internet of Things. Hence I wish my paper to be published in this journal. Other alternative destinations for publication include, Elsevier – Internet of Things (IOT), International Journal of Hyperconnectity and Internet of things ( IJHIOT),

• Standards of publication in the above target journal

IEEE standard publication will be in the two column format of publication and the paper publication will be presented in the Times new roman font and with style 3 type of font. IEEE type of referencing style is to be employed in the Journal Article.

• Past research and publications relevant to the current research topic

Ben-Daya, M., Hassini, E., & Bahroun, Z. (2019). Internet of things and supply chain management: a literature review. International Journal of Production Research, 57(15-16), 4719-4742.

Chen, J., & Man, Q. (2016). A Critical Review on BIM Research Process and Future Trends at Home and Abroad. Journal of Management in Engineering.

Javed, F., Afzal, M. K., Sharif, M., & Kim, B. S. (2018). Internet of things (IoT) operating Systems support, networking technologies, applications, and challenges: A comparative review. IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, 20(3), 2062-2100.

Silva, B. N., Khan, M., & Han, K. (2018). Internet of things: A comprehensive review of enabling technologies, architecture, and challenges. IETE Technical review, 35(2), 205-220.

Suresh, P., Daniel, J. V., Parthasarathy, V., & Aswathy, R. H. (2014, November). A state of the art review on the Internet of Things (IoT) history, technology and fields of deployment. In 2014 International conference on science engineering and management research (ICSEMR) (pp. 1-8). IEEE.

3Ethics, Legal, Social, Security and Professional Issues

3.1Ethics Issues

The current project is expected to be completed with maximum compliance with the ethical standards. At no point in the research project

The entire report is to be provided with extensive compliance with the ethical objectives. No where the information collected from the journals and other resources will be employed for misuse or for tampering the image of the respective organization or the members who rendered the information. There will not be any sought of ethical breaches in making out the reports from the evidential information available for reporting. Ethical codes of conduct like keeping up the social good, taking priority for social interests rather than individual interests, integrity in actions etc will be ensured during the performance of the activities using these compliances.

4.2Legal Issues

No breach of the legal aspects at any time during the research planning, data collection and subsequent execution of the same. Mandatorily it is necessary for legal compliance during the project. This will be ensured too. During the plan approval and in the after math of the same as well, the project compliance with the legal aspects will be taken care of.

4.3Social Issues

Working out for freedom of thought, working without any harm to the fundamental rights of the other people of society, either by direct or indirect implications and inferences from the research will be refrained. No suppression of the data, modification of the information, freedom of speech etc will not be compromised. No tolerance for protocols breach and opinions and information expressed will be managed to keep their validity as per author interest and so forth, to avoid bias in interpretations. Exclusive care will be taken to avoid bias in inferences drawing and data representations. No scope will be provided for personal stands to overtake the inferences on broad perspective on the research objectives.

3.2Security Issues

The security of the entire data collected during the project will be managed. Integrity of the project data security, security of the information processing procedures, storage of the data and the privacy of the critical contributors (Any if applicable) will be ensured by enabling secured provisions for data integrity management. Complete integrity of the project and the project information outcomes and the inferences will be managed for security compliance at all milestones of the project progression. If there are any security vulnerabilities in the data collection, processing of the information as well as the storage of key information, they will be effectively managed at the outset for security compliance requirements.

3.3Professionalism

The entire report will be ensured to be in compliant with the professional integrity. Professional ethics as well as the professional competency will be adhered to in making up the final shape of the findings from the project. Both directly and indirectly, the professional interests of the project will not be compromised. The ultimate objective of the project has no implications to damage the public or private interests of the society. The social integrity, professional integrity aspects will be retained for the sake of project progression. As part of the project progression, the quality of the project outcomes and the standards of the contemporary research work will be maintained. A professional competency will also be reflected to ensure what is right? What is wrong? as well to make sure that the project work is performed with all the necessary accuracy, if there any deviation or concern observed in this regard, professional judgement will be applied to ensure that the work is performed with all the necessary compliance with the professional standards.

4Schedule of Activities

The entire research project is expected to complete within a time span of about 4 to 4.5 months of time duration. Once the project work is initiated, each of the project tasks is performed with utmost consideration to the due time and the actual deliverables possible. The following is the schedule of the activities as presented on Gantt chart along with time line of activities.

6.1 Gantt Chart

6.2 Work Break Down Structure (WBS)

The following is the list of activities expected to be performed through the set of

1. To collect all the plan, sources of the information and other pertaining information for the sake of completion of the project report.
2. Collection of the plan, approval of the same and initiating the work as per the actual project and working for evaluation of the data from the references available.
3. Collection of the ways and the patterns in which IOT is being employed in industry and the domestic domains. Working for identification of both the sectors and the specific applications where it is being used for.
4. Insights collection in the actual domains where IOT is being used for the maximum advantage and for optimizing the processes
5. Extension of IOT for new domains, working out to find insights into the same. This need to be based on the actual expertise gained from the study of other relevant sources of evidential usage of IOT from literature.
6. To find both the challenges and the remedial actions for the sake of rectifying the IOT usage in the specified applications.

7.0 Reference List

Al-Fuqaha, A., Guizani, M., Mohammadi, M., Aledhari, M., & Ayyash, M. (2015). Internet of things: A survey on enabling technologies, protocols, and applications. IEEE communications surveys & tutorials, 17(4), 2347-2376.

Bandyopadhyay, D., & Sen, J. (2011). Internet of things: Applications and challenges in technology and standardization. Wireless personal communications, 58(1), 49-69.

Ben-Daya, M., Hassini, E., & Bahroun, Z. (2019). Internet of things and supply chain management: a literature review. International Journal of Production Research, 57(15-16), 4719-4742.

Chen, J., & Man, Q. (2016). A Critical Review on BIM Research Process and Future Trends at Home and Abroad. Journal of Management in Engineering.

Da Xu, L., He, W., & Li, S. (2014). Internet of things in industries: A survey. IEEE Transactions on industrial informatics, 10(4), 2233-2243.

Fantana, N. L., Riedel, T., Schlick, J., Ferber, S., Hupp, J., Miles, S., … & Svensson, S. (2013). IoT applications–value creation for industry. Internet of things: Converging technologies for smart environments and integrated ecosystems, 153.

Javed, F., Afzal, M. K., Sharif, M., & Kim, B. S. (2018). Internet of things (IoT) operating Systems support, networking technologies, applications, and challenges: A comparative review. IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, 20(3), 2062-2100.

Silva, B. N., Khan, M., & Han, K. (2018). Internet of things: A comprehensive review of enabling technologies, architecture, and challenges. IETE Technical review, 35(2), 205-220.

Suresh, P., Daniel, J. V., Parthasarathy, V., & Aswathy, R. H. (2014, November). A state of the art review on the Internet of Things (IoT) history, technology and fields of deployment. In 2014 International conference on science engineering and management research (ICSEMR) (pp. 1-8). IEEE.

Talavera, J. M., Tobón, L. E., Gómez, J. A., Culman, M. A., Aranda, J. M., Parra, D. T., … & Garreta, L. E. (2017). Review of IoT applications in agro-industrial and environmental fields. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 142, 283-297.

8.0 Appendix A

Draft Ethics PDF Form:

Red
Amber
Green

[Complete after approval]

Department of Computer and Information Sciences

STUDENT PROJECT: ETHICS REGISTRATION AND APPROVAL FORM

SectionOne: Registration [To be completedby

student]

Title of project	Evaluation of IOT applicability in domestic and industrial applications and study of possible extension of benefits of the same
Researcher’s name
Programme of study
	MSc computer science
Academic Year
Module code	KF7028
Supervisor’s name
Second Marker’s name
Start date of project	13/3/2020

The study is secondary research. The research work consists in exhaustive collection of literature from range of sources for the sake of study of IOT applicability in the organizations both domestic as well as the industrial applications. Based on inferences drawn from these studies, a detailed study is made regarding the possible avenues of using IOT for optimization of the process as well as to improve the time it takes, the savings it makes in terms of money, time etc. A broad insights into the domains and patterns where IOT is being used will be studied here in. Further the research work is extended to find the possible domains where IOT applications can be further extended. The entire project is done using only secondary research using evidential data in the research work.

The I will evaluate existing blood vessel segmentation techniques and develop and effective a more effective and efficient approach.

The methods are:

Image process techniques Features

10. If yes [to 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 above] have you identified steps to address the issues?

Statement by researcher

This statement should explain how any issues identified in the answers to the above questions will be addressed and what steps will be taken to mitigate such risks or adverse impact

The project will not carry out any kind issues.

Name of the Researcher

Section Two: Approval

[The form is reviewed by the supervisor and second marker. Approval maybe given by either for green projects; amber projects must be approved by the second marker. Red projects must be referred to the Faculty Research Ethics Committee.]

Red: Vulnerable participants, sensitive data, risks to participants or researchers, NHS, etc. Amber: Human participants, environmental issues, commercially sensitive information, etc. Green: No participants involved, no sensitive data, etc.

For full definitions see section on Risk Categories in the Engineering and Environment Ethics Procedures.

Ethical approval

[Please tick as appropriate]

Green – Ethical approval is given without conditions
Amber – Ethical approval is given with the following conditions Information to be provided to all participants Participant consent to be obtained using the standard Research Participant Consent Form or otherwise in accordance with Faculty procedures Data to be stored and destroyed securely in accordance with University guidelines Adherence to Data Protection Act Anonymity to be provided to participants Commercial confidentiality to be provided to organizations(s) Other (please state):
Red – Project is referred to FREC for approval

Name of Approver	……………………………………….
Signature	……………………………………….
Date	……………………………………….

Outcome of FREC referral – Decision, minute and date of meeting, or signatures of two signatories, one of whom is a member of FREC.

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