Internet of Things(IoT) Research Report 4000 words

 
Choose one of the topics given below and submit a research project, which should not exceed 4000 words. 
Topics to select from but not limited to:
IoT Smart City
IoT Mining Industry
IoT Health Care
IoT in Farming
IoT for Independent Living of the Older Generation
IoT for Reducing Food Wastage in Australia
IoT in Finance Industry and Security Challenges
Business Intelligence in IoT
Future of the Fog Domain 
IoT and Data Analytics
IoT in Intelligent Transport Systems
Big Data challenges in IoT and Cloud
Machine Learning for Intelligent Decision Making in IoT
Common Currency for IoT 
Utilising block chain technology in IoT
If you think of any other related topics please talk to your lecturer before deciding.

1. Analyse the Task (Milestone 1)
Analyse what is expected of you. This includes careful reading of the assignment task as specified in the Subject Outline. The executive summary of the research project is to be written as an Abstract. 
For Analysis:
What is the purpose of this report?
What is the topic you have chosen for your report? (The topic can be one specified as above, but you can come up with new ideas and topics of your choice in IoT)
What is the expected format of the report? (Refer to the format on  Assignment 3 Help file).
Come up with a Problem Statement based on your topic, note it down and discuss it with your lecturer.
Write a small executive summary as an abstract 

2. Introduce the Problem or Challenges (Milestone 2)
Write the Introduction to the problem and domain.
Structure of the report including which section covers what.

3. Do the Research: Literature Review and Annotated Bibliography (Milestone 3)
 This is the main part of the research project and could take more time. 
Review of Literature based on past and current work in your topic (download from conference proceedings, journal articles - use Primo search to access more articles and journals - Minimum 10 journals or articles)
Structure in chronological order and start summarising. 

Annotated Bibliography of minimum 5 papers from journals or articles: (Attached)
Based on the literature, list the requirements for your Project, then choose one or more requirements to work with.
Now you can modify your Problem Statement based on the requirements chosen for your project.
Write the current and past techniques or technologies used to solve your problem, the requirements and Literature Review

4. Final Report (Milestone 4)
Start writing your draft, as you do your research project. (Put it all together)
Write an executive summary of the report (Purpose, Scope, Technologies, Annotated Bibliography, Recommendations, Future Research and Conclusion)

Write the Introduction from Milestone 2

Write a Review of Literature based on past and current work in your topic (no more than 3 pages)  
Briefly explain each technique/solution/issue used in the past and present (5 or more)
Explain the technology/technique/solution which best suits your application/problem, based on various factors with proper justifications. This literature review can be one of the above technologies or applications or Issues or a combination of more than one.
Annotated Bibliography of a minimum of 5 papers from journals or articles (see annotate1.pdf for guidelines)
Include tables and graphs to support your justification and argument.
Discuss your research findings with a conclusion.
Referencing must be in CSU APA6 format.

Rationale
This assessment task will assess the following learning outcome/s:
be able to explain and demonstrate various components of Internet of Things (IoT).
be able to analyse the role and importance of IoT in the modern world.
be able to investigate and propose various requirements of IoT for real world applications.
be able to evaluate a variety of existing and developing architecture technologies for IoT.
be able to describe and evaluate different applications of the IoT.