INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF

MANAGEMENT & TECHNOLOGY

NEPAL

FACULTY OF COMPUTING
UNIT TITLE Unit 13: Computing Research Project
UNIT CODE T/615/1639 LEVEL 5 (Core)
STUDENT NAME CREDIT VALUE 30
ASSIGNMENT
Artificial Intelligence WORD COUNT
TITLE
ASSESSOR Saran Karki I.V.
ASSIGNMENT
ASSIGNMENT
January 27, 2025 SUBMISSION --
ISSUE DATE
DATE
ORIGINAL ASSIGNMENT
1/1
SUBMISSION NO.

Submission Due Date

Ethical Form February 27, 2025

Project Proposal Submission March 24, 2025

Proposal Presentation End of the 3rd semester.

Final Report Submission Will be announced in the next semester.

Final Report Presentation End of the 4th semester.

*Unit teacher will inform the schedule of presentations

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA TO BE ASSESSED IN THIS ASSIGNMENT

(Identify all criteria to be assessed in this assignment)

Assignment Criteria P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7
Achieved
Merit Criteria Distinction Criteria

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Assignment Criteria M1 M2 M3 M4 D1 D2 D3
Achieved

Important:

● Read the plagiarism notice and requirements at Page 8

● Accepted Sources: Research Papers (Journal Articles, Conference Proceedings, Thesis),

Text Books, Governmental Data, Websites (only a registered organization, an educational

institution, government agency)

● Information taken from unreliable sources will not be accepted

● Must follow Harvard Reference Style

● Assignment must be submitted through the Plagiarism Detection Tool

Assignment Submission Format

Each student has to submit their assignment as guided in the assignment brief. The students are
guided what sort of information is to produce to meet the criteria targeted. You are required to
make use of headings, paragraphs and subsections as appropriate, and all work must be
supported with research and referenced using the Harvard referencing system.

Purpose of this assignment

The purpose of this assignment is to engage students to conduct research in a specific field of
study. This assignment allows students to demonstrate their capacity and ability to identify a
research topic, to develop research aims, objectives and outcomes, and to present the outcomes
of such research in both written and verbal formats. This also encourages students to reflect on
their engagement in the research process, during which recommendations for future and

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personal development are key learning points.

Students have to choose their own research project based on a theme provided “Big Data”.
The project must be related to their specialist pathway of study. This will enable students to
explore and examine a relevant and current topical aspect of Computing in the context of their
chosen specialist pathway.

Unit Learning Outcomes

● LO1. Examine appropriate research methodologies and approaches as part of the research

process.

● LO2. Conduct and analyze research relevant to a computing research project.

● LO3. Communicate the outcomes of a research project to identified stakeholders.

● LO4. Reflect on the application of research methodologies and concepts.

The course tutor will

● Make sure that project briefs for this unit are based on a proposal defined by the

student.

● Agree and sign off in the research proposal that each student is embarking on their

project. If this requires extra time to agree, this could be addressed through the
student’s tutorial time.

● Make sure that the proposal students develop meets the criteria (given below). This

will form the basis of their project and must be related to their specific pathway, unless

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 the student is on the general Computing pathway.

● Monitor whether all students complete the research project in order to complete their

work for this unit.

● Guides students on how to go about planning, researching, conducting, recording and

reflecting on the research project.

● Be advisable to direct students to appropriate research sources and advice on

qualitative and quantitative methods.

● Will ask students to reflect on the success of their research project and their

performance at the end of the project, with the inclusion of a project evaluation and
recommendations.

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Scenario

You work as a trainee as Research Analyst for a leading IT company. Your job is to perform
research and gather data to help the company market its products.

Artificial intelligence is at the forefront of innovation within Computer Science that uses a
combination of logic, algorithms and large data sets to produce an AI model. The AI model is
created to perform specific tasks or make predictions on supplied sets of input data, for
example identifying patterns in weather data, internet search data or analysis of medical data.
Artificial intelligence is predicted to generate a potential impact to the global economy of $13
– $15 Trillion by 2030, with sales of AI related hardware, software and services predicted to
see a global revenue of $900 billion. It is predicted that AI will boost the GDP of China by a
little over 26% by 2039, and of North America by 14.5%.

While Artificial Intelligence has numerous benefits in the analysis and processing of large data
sets to solve problems, there are some clear risks to the application technology. AI systems
respond to the data fed into the model, and so if this data is not representative of the problem
area under study, there is a likelihood that the output of the AI model will be biased. In
addition, there are security and privacy concerns on the source and storage of the large datasets
used for AI. The rise of the Deepfake image and the manipulation of the human voice is also a
concern because of the spread of misinformation. The wide-ranging effects of these risks mean
that they can only be dealt with by a diverse range of stakeholders, including computer
scientists, law makers, governments, and industry leaders. There are also incidental risks of AI
in business, for example the increasing adoption of AI based systems may increase
unemployment across a range of sectors and workforce demographics. The theme will enable
students to explore some of the topics concerned with Artificial Intelligence from the
standpoint of a prospective computing professional or data scientist.

Your manager has asked you to undertake research on “Artificial Intelligence”. With the help
of this research, you should be able to investigate the applications, benefits and limitations of
Artificial Intelligence while exploring the responsibilities and solutions to the problems it is
being used to solve. You could choose to research on a specific topic covering any of the

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above.

In this project you are expected to show your ability to complete a computing research project
by engaging yourself in a specific field. Your work must demonstrate that you have the ability
to identify a research topic, to develop research aims and objectives and outcomes and to
present the research outcomes to the senior management team both verbally (as a formal
presentation) and in written form.

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Assignment task:

In order to successfully complete a computing research project you have to complete

the following tasks as guided.

Part One – Develop a research proposal

● Define your research problem or question. This can be stated as a research question,
objectives or hypothesis.

● Provide a literature review giving the background and conceptualisation of your

proposed area of study. This would provide existing knowledge and benchmarks by
which your data can be judged.

● Consider and define your research methodology and research process. Demonstrate
understanding of the pitfalls and limitations of the methods chosen and ethical issues
that might arise.

Part Two – carry out the research and prepare a research report

● Conduct your research as outlined in your proposal. Keep track of your findings as
you work.

● Carry out your research and analyze your findings in relation to your original
research question. Draw conclusions.

Part Three - Prepare a presentation using

● Communicate the outcomes of your research project to the identified audience.

Part Four: A written reflection on the success of the research

● Prepare a written document that reflects on the success of your research project and
your performance at the end of the project with the inclusion of a project evaluation
and recommendations.

Milestones and interim feedback to be used by the teacher

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Each student must get approval from the teacher when they have

● Research topic and aims/objectives are agreed.

● Completed the research proposal.

● Developed ethical form.

● Completed all primary research.

● Produced a first draft of findings.

At each milestone, the tutor liaises with the student to check whether it has been achieved.
They may need to redirect the student if necessary.

Guidance for Students

You should read this information before starting to define and work through your
research brief. You should refer to these instructions as you complete work for this unit.

● Consider the development of a methodical and valid research proposal as the

foundation for the project.

● Choose a topic based on the theme released by Pearson Edexcel and also make
sure of personal interest in a specialism. The topic chosen should allow a sufficient
and suitable degree of research through the existence of adequate background
materials.

● A good project proposal title should meet the following criteria:

○ The proposal is one that has an existing body of literature or source

material that can be reviewed.

○ The proposal extends a current line of learning that will lend itself to
further rigorous exploration.

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 ○ Decide on appropriate research methods and select an appropriate sample.

Ensure that your proposal is ethical, reliable and valid. An ethics form must be submitted prior to compl

● Communicate your research outcomes in a manner appropriate to your audience. ∙

You will be asked to reflect on the success of your research project and evaluate
the problems/issues encountered.

● On the following pages, there is an example of a research project brief. ∙ You

must complete the research project in order to complete your work for this unit.

Research Proposal

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Student Name:

Centre Name:

Tutor:

Unit:

Research Topic:

Section One: Title, objective, responsibilities

● Title or working title of research project

● Research project aims and objectives

Section Two: Reasons for choosing this research project

● Reasons for choosing the project (e.g. links to other subjects you are studying, personal
interest, future plans, knowledge/skills you want to improve, why the topic is
important)

Section Three: Literature sources searched

● Use of key literature sources to support your research question, objective or hypothesis

Section Four: Activities and timescales (milestones and target date)

● Activities to be carried out during the research project (e.g. research, development,
analysis of ideas, writing, data collection, numerical analysis, tutor meetings,
production of final outcome, evaluation, writing the report) and likely durations.

Section Five: Research approach and methodologies

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 ● Type of research approach and methodologies you are likely to use and reasons for
your choice:

● What your areas of research will cover:

Comments and agreement from tutor

Comments (optional):

I confirm that the project is not work which has been or will be submitted for another
qualification and is appropriate.

Agreed: ................... (Name)................................. (Date) ........................

Pass Merit Distinction

LO1 Examine appropriate research methodologies D1 Critically evaluate

and approaches as part of the research process research methodologies
and processes in
P1 Produce a research M1 Analyze different application to a computing
proposal that clearly defines research approaches and research project to justify
a research question or methodology and make chosen research methods
hypothesis supported by a justifications for the choice and analysis.
literature review. of methods selected based
on philosophical/theoretical
P2 Examine appropriate
frameworks.
research methods and

approaches to primary
and secondary research.

LO2: Conduct and analyze research relevant for a

computing research project

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 P3 Conduct primary and M2 Discuss merits, limitations
and pitfalls of approaches to
secondary research using data collection and analysis.
appropriate methods for a

computing research project

that considers costs, access
and ethical issues.

P4 Apply appropriate
analytical tools to analyze
research findings and data.

LO3: Communicate the outcomes of a research project

to identified stakeholders

P5 Communicate research M3 Analyze the extent to D2 Evaluate outcomes

outcomes in an appropriate which outcomes meet research and make valid, justified
manner for the intended objectives and communicate recommendations
audience. judgements effectively for the
intended audience.

LO4: Reflect on the application of research methodologies

and concepts

P6 Discuss the effectiveness of M4 Analyze results in

research methods applied for
meeting objectives of the recommended actions for
D4 Demonstrate reflection
computing research project. improvements and future and engagement in the
resource process leading
research considerations. to recommended actions
P7 Discuss alternative research for future improvement.
methodologies and lessons
learnt in view of the outcomes.

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Grades Achieved

Note: Refer the unit details provided in your handbook when responding all the tasks above.
Make sure that you have understood and developed your response that matches the highlighted
key words in each task.

Plagiarism Notice

You are reminded that there exists Academic Misconduct Policy and Regulation concerning
Cheating and Plagiarism.

Extracts from the Policy:

Section 3.4.1: Allowing others to do assignments / copying others assignment is an offence

Section 3.4.2: Plagiarism, using the views, opinion or insights / paraphrasing of another person’s
original phraseology without acknowledgement.

Requirements

● It should be the student’s own work – Plagiarism is unacceptable.

● Clarity of expression and structure are important features.

● Your work should be submitted as a well presented, word-processed document with

headers and footers, and headings and subheadings.
● You are expected to undertake research on this subject using books from the Library, and
resources available on the Internet.

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 ● Any sources of information should be listed as references at the end of your document
and these sources should be referenced within the text of your document using Harvard
Referencing Style
● Your report should be illustrated with screen-prints, images, tables, charts and/or
graphics.
● All assignments must be typed in Times New Roman, font size 12, 11/2 spacing.

The center policy is that you must submit your work within due date to achieve “Merit”
and “Distinction”. Late submission automatically eliminates your chance of achieving
“Merit and Distinction”. Also, 80% attendance is required to validate this assignment.

I declare that all the work submitted for this assignment is my own work and I understand that if
any part of the work submitted for this assignment is found to be plagiarized, none of the work
submitted will be allowed to count towards the assessment of the assignment.

Assignment Prepared By Signature Date

Sheela Paudyal December 18, 2024

Brief Checked By Signature Date

Dhruba Babu Joshi October 23, 2024

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