Seminar Course for Information Technology 3rd Year

Course title: Seminar on Current Trends in Information Technology

Course code: ITec3141

Credit hour (ECTS): 5

Academic year: 2012/2020

Semester: II

Course Objectives

 Familiarize Students with the latest and advanced topics in Information Technology and
computing.

 Enhance their ability to summarize and critique papers, writings related to Information
Technology.

 Introduce students with different bodies of knowledge (Technologies, Journals,

Organizations, Standards, Books etc…)

 Boost their knowledge and critical thinking skills.

 Familiarize students with ways of extracting research areas.

 Enabling them to identify and survey researchable topics in IT and Computing.

Compiled by instructor: Obsa Degabas Taye Email: obsi.dego@gmail.com

 Definition of Seminar

A Seminar is a form of academic instruction, either at an academic institution or offered by a

commercial or professional organization.

It has the function of bringing together small groups for recurring meetings, focusing each time
on some particular subject, in which everyone present is requested to participate.

This is often accomplished through an ongoing Socratic dialogue with a seminar leader or
instructor, or through a more formal presentation of research.

It is essentially a place where assigned readings are discussed, questions can be raised
and debates can be conducted.

FORMAT OF SEMINAR REPORT

1. Margins:
Top : 1” (1 inch = 2.54cm) Bottom : 1.15” (2.86cm) Left : 1.5” Right : 0.6”
2. Line Spacing: 1.5 line
3. Headings (Main topics)
First Order Heading: (For example – 1. INTRODUCTION)
Font : Times New Roman (Bold Face)
Size : 16 point
One blank line before the heading (12 points)
Second Order Heading: (For example – 1.1. Evolution)
Font : Times New Roman ( Bold Face)
Size : 14 point
One blank line before the heading (12 points)
Third Order Heading: (for example – 1.1.1. Image Processing)
Font : Times New Roman (Bold Face)
Size : 12 point
One blank line before the heading (12 points)

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4. Text
Font : Times New Roman
Size : 12 point
Line Indent : First line of every paragraph should be indented By 1 cm. (Except first
paragraph *)
* No indent should be applied to first line of first paragraph under any Heading / Sub-
Heading
Alignment : Justified (Full Text)
5. Figures and Tables : Centered placed
Figure or table caption (titles)
Font : Garamond (Bold)
Size : 10 point
Alignment : Centered
Figure Caption must be below the figure and centered, Table caption must be above the
table and centered.
6. Page Numbering
Cover page: Has no page number
Tables of contents, list of figures and list of tables: Roman (i, ii, iii…) (Centered)
For Remaining Pages (i.e. from Introduction -to- References): 1, 2 , …N (Right hand side)
7. References
Line Spacing: 1.5 Line Font: Times New Roman Size: 12 point
Publication details and/or URL must be in Italics.
Format:
[Citation number] Author’s Name, “Article Title”, Journal, Publisher, Location, Year,
Edition/Reprint, PP Page No Start-End.
[Citation number] Author’s Name, “Article Title”, Complete URL of Web Page.
[Citation number] Author’s Name, “Title of the Book”, Publication, Edition, Year of Printing.

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8. Header:
Title – Seminar report

Position- Left hand side

Font - Times New Roman

Size - 12 point

No header and footer should be applied to cover page, tables of contents, List of figures
and tables, and References.
Footer:
Title - Your seminar title
Position - Left hand side (page no is at the right hand side)
Font - Times New Roman
Size - 12 point

COVER PAGE FORMAT

A cover page of your Seminar report has to have the following format.

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 AMBO UNIVERSITY WOLISO CAMPUS
SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATICS

DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

A
Seminar Report
On

SEMINAR TITLE

BY

STUDENT NAME

Woliso, Ethiopia
(Month day, Year)
June 1, 2020

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 Individual Assignment
Dear students, Here is the list of seminar topics related to current trends in Information
Technology. From the following topics you have to select two topics that you desire and you are
expected to write seminar report having the following contents:

1. Cover page
2. Tables of contents
3. List of figures and list of tables (if any)
4. Introduction or Overview of your topic
5. How that technology was developed and who are contributors (who developed it)
6. How it works
7. Protocols used (if any)
8. Advantages or Disadvantages
9. Areas of Applications
10. Summary/Conclusion
11. References

Note: Content number 7 might not be included for all technologies, so you can add this content
whenever it is required for some technologies like Wireless Sensor Network, Ad-hoc Networks,
and etc.

When you select two topics, it means you are going to write two separate seminar
reports.
From the two selected topics, you can select one topic and you can write your seminar
report for the first round and after you complete it, you can write your seminar report for
the second topic at the second round.
Your seminar report for each topic shouldn’t exceed 5 pages, except cover page, table of
contents, list of figures, and list of tables.
Attempt to write clear and concise ideas related to your topics.
Elaborating ideas with figures, diagrams are more necessary for quality of your reports.
References from which you have got ideas have to be cited or added at the last of your
report.

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 IT Seminar Topics

1. 3D Password 23. Deep Learning

2. 5G Mobile Technology 24. Digital Forensics

3. Ad hoc Networks 25. DNA Computing in Security

4. Android Programming 26. E Learning Technology

5. Animatronics 27. E-Agriculture

6. Artificial Intelligence 28. E-Commerce

7. Artificial Neural Network 29. E-Intelligence.

8. Automatic Teller Machine 30. Embedded Web Technology

9. Autopilot 31. Ergonomics

10. Bicmos Technology 32. Evolution of SIM to eSIM

11. Big Data 33. Facial Recognition System

12. Biometric Systems 34. Finger Scan Technology

13. Botnet 35. Firewire

14. Braingate System 36. Futex

15. Cellular Neural Networks 37. Global Positioning System- GPS

16. Cloud computing 38. Google Driver Less Car

17. Cluster Computing 39. Graphic processing Unit

18. Computer Clothing 40. Graphical Password

19. Computer Human Interface (CHI) 41. Green Computing

20. Cryptography 42. GreenDroid

21. Cymascope 43. Grid Computing

22. Data Mining 44. GSM

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45. Hadoop 68. Money pad, the future wallet

46. HashCache 69. Motion Capturing

47. Honeypots 70. Multitouch Technology

48. Human Computer Interface 71. Optical Computing Technology

49. Humanoid Robot 72. Optical Fiber Communication System

50. IDS-Intrusion Detection Systems. 73. Optical Satellite Communication

51. Intelligent Networks 74. Parasitic Computing

52. Intelligent Transportation System 75. Pervasive Computing

53. Internet Access via Cable TV Network 76. Plagiarism Detection Of Images

54. Internet Of Things 77. Plastic Memory

55. Intrusion Detection Systems 78. Poke Yoke

56. Intrusion Detection with Snort 79. Polymer Memory

57. IP Spoofing 80. Protein Memory

58. IPv6 81. Quantum Computing

59. Java Card 82. Quantum Cryptography

60. Java Ring 83. Raid Technology

61. Jini Technology 84. Rainbow Technology

62. M-Commerce 85. Reverse Engineering

63. Middleware Technology 86. Robots

64. Mobile Computing 87. Rover Technology

65. Mobile IP 88. Satellite Radio

66. Mobile Virtual Reality 89. Semantic Web

67. Modular Computing 90. Smart Cards

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 91. Smart Sensors 106. Virtualization

92. Social Engineering 107. Virus & Anti Viruses

93. Soft Computing 108. Voice Browsers

94. Software-Defined Radio 109. VoIP - Voice over Internet Protocol

95. Space Mouse 110. VPN - Virtual Private Networks

96. Speech Recognition 111. Wearable Computers

97. Survivable Networks Systems 112. Web Mining

98. Tele-Immersion 113. Wibree Technology

99. Telepresence 114. Wi-Fi Technology

100. Teleradiology 115. WiMAX

101. Terabit Switching and Routing 116. Wireless Body Area Network

102. Terrahertz Transistor 117. Wireless Sensor Network

103. Tripwire 118. Wireless USB

104. Ubiquitous Networking 119. Zigbee Technology

105. Virtual Keyboard and Typing 120. Zoom Meeting Technology

After you complete seminar report writing, prepare a power point presentation of not more
than 12 slides for each topic independently.
You can read how to present seminar from the slide Overview of seminar.pptx included with
in this course material folder.