MSc Computing Student work - University of Northampton

The dissertation is an important element of the MSc courses. The range and nature of the dissertations on MSc Computing  varies, below are some links to blog postings that I hope give a flavour some of the topics MSc students have  investigated:

• Web Analytics
• Analytics enhancements using rankings
• Comparative Statistical Analysis of Multiple Web Analytics Tools
• IT in developing countries
• ADOPTION OF IT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: THE CASE OF NEPAL
• Hospital Management in Rural Pakistan
•  Augmented reality
• Development of an Augmented Reality (AR) application for android mobiles
•   Internet Technologies
• HTTP Push in browser based Web Applications
• Generic Google Maps Project
• Interactive TV applied to internet broadcast media
• Tool for web application vulnerability scanning

• Cloud Computing Infrastructure

  
  

One ex-student has turned his dissertation into a book.

Computing Courses

BSc and HND Computing Provision (click on the links below for more details of the courses)

• BEng/MEng Computing (Computer Networks Engineering)
• BEng/MEng Computing (Computer Systems Engineering) 

• BSc (Hons) Computing (also available part-time)
• BSc (Hons) Computing (Graphics and Visualisation)
• BSc (Hons) Computing (Internet Technology and Security)
• BSc (Hons) Computing (Mobile Computing)
• BSc (Hons) Computing (Software Engineering)
• BSc (Hons) Computing - One Year Top-Up 
• BSc  Computer Games Development
• HND Computing (Compute​r Net​works Engineering)
• HND Computing (Computer Systems Engineering)
• HND Computing (Graphics and Visualisation)
• HND Computing (Internet Tech​nolog​y and Security)
• HND Computing (Mobile Computing)
• HND Computing (Software Engine​ering) 
• HND Com​puting

The University of Northampton's, Department of Computing and Immersive Technologies offers five courses within the MSc Computing postgraduate provision (shown below) all available either part-time or full-time. 

• MSc Computing
• MSc Computing (Internet Technology and Security)
• MSc Computing (Computer Networks Engineering)
• MSc Computing (Software Engineering)
• MSc Computing (Immersive Technologies)

The contents are the opinion of the author(s) and not necessarily the view of the University of Northampton.

BCS Northampton Careers Event

On 17th May 2012, the Northampton Branch of the BCS is running a Careers event aimed mainly (but not exclusively) at young professionals in computing in Northamptonshire, Milton Keynes and surrounding areas.This builds on last years successful IT Skills for the Recession/Recovery event.

Questions you might want to use this session to help you with:
How do you know what skills are needed to strengthen your value to industry? 

How do you prepare for a job search?
How do you set yourselves apart from your peers?

Provisional Timetable

Venue: University of Northampton, Avenue Campus (room to be confirmed)

6:30 - 7:00 Tea/coffee, students to visit stalls

7:00 - 7:20 First speaker : FDM (finding grad/placement schemes etc)

7:20 - 7:40 Second speaker : The Graduate (preparing for interviews/CV)

7:40 - 8:00 Third speaker : Network Rail (Assessment centres)

8:00 - 8:15 Refreshments

8:15 - 8:45 (may go on till 9:00) Panel

Alongside these speakers other potential employers are aiming to attend. More details about this event will follow.

This event is open to BCS and non-BCS members. 

ADOPTION OF IT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: THE CASE OF NEPAL

A recent MSc student project by Prabin Gautam looked at the efficacious adoption of IT in developing countries, with a particular focus on Nepal.


Abstract:Information Technology (IT) is the essential tool for development of the country. The use of IT as a tool for delivering various services and its adoption as a sustainable industry which contribute to the national economy are accepted by every country. The effective use and adoption of IT has the potential to deliver significant benefits to the developing countries. Despite of low level economic development, lack of infrastructure and long political instability, Nepal has been trying to prove its capability and aims to place itself in global IT map. Widened digital divide, brain drain, cost of IT infrastructure, power outage and insufficient connectivity infrastructures has always been felt as the challenges in IT adoption in the country. Beside that, increasing software piracy, lack of systematic framework for IT adoption leads to chaotic and uneven distribution of IT infrastructure in the country.

Developing countries like Nepal are in urgent need to adopt effective framework and strategies effectively managing the IT assets, reducing Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of software solutions and building mechanism to tackle software piracy. Open Technologies like Open Source Software, Open Standards and Open Contents offers compelling prospects for addressing the issues mentioned above.

This dissertation is based on the study and evaluation of IT scenario and adoption frameworks from various countries. The data collection form IT stakeholders in Nepal and relevant literatures and reports delivers the clear picture of Nepal present IT status. Questionnaire survey, based on purposive sampling, has been carried out with 46 participants representing IT stakeholders of Nepal. To further validate the questionnaire finding and obtain more data, Interview with few stakeholders were conducted. The data collection combined with the overall literature has been analysed. Based on the key outcome of this analysis, the framework has been developed and evaluated.

This report delivers the framework for efficacious IT adoption in countries like Nepal with the implementation of Open Technologies. Beside that, the report also suggests the roles and activities that must be carried out for making the investment in IT fruitful. The building up of local expert pool and knowledgebase will help the country to be self reliable and reduces dependency on foreign proprietary software.