Final Year Project Defense

This race started some years back and it feels like yesterday. This is the time to defend my final year project after 5yrs in Computer Science - University of Lagos, Nigeria. A tough journey towards sealing my BSc. deal. That particular semester was really hectic for me considering all the stuff I engaged in both ethical and unethical. My project supervisor Prof. Abs and my sub-supervisor Mr. Luck made sure I dotted every i and crossed all t's and ensured I was set for the coming day.

On the defense day our dress-code was to - Murder The Defense. Appearance carries mark and I didn't waste that golden opportunity >> Black suit, White shirt, Black tie, Black Belt, Black Shoes, Accessories etc.  and it looked like I was entering The Matrix .

As we graced into the faculty, heads where rolling and everyone were feeling the baddest computer scientists marching to their Doom or should i say The Dragons Den. Well I was time to get serious as the first student (Sir Kayo) kicks off the defense setting the bar/records for others. I was either the 9th or 10th on the list and kept rehearsing my slides till it was my turn. Tension was in the air and I was feeling it too. Suddenly it's now my turn and I carried my laptop to the front to present.

I started off strong with my catchy presentation slides and in seconds I forgot I was talking to my lecturers. It was as if I was actually presenting to real clients and potential investors who are going to be interested in my software >> I was literally in the "ZONE" >> with all the confidence in this world, going non-stop, bursting through their brains like an Unstoppable Train. Soon my time was up and next part was to to demonstrate or run the application I developed to the panel.

My Presentation Slides

I didn't disappoint at all as I ran my application Generic Electronic Voting/Polling Management System - vPoll  and the Metro user interface was the first thing everyone liked - I could see it in their facial expressions. It was like Fireworks switching interfaces with all the fancy effects yet a very functional and robust application.

The only question raised was whether I used any RAD or CMS tool in implementation because it looked to sophisticated to be done manually, and I did not use any of those tools - the system was built using an Imperative Paradigm and I virtually wrote all the codes. The panel commended my presentation and endorsed my documentation especially my Harvard Referencing and also made some suggestions to make it system better.

With my performance I was very confident about my grade so I spent the rest time taking pictures and saving lives too. In the end I had an 'A' in the 6 unit course and it was worth it in the end.