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- There must be clear novel, future-proof and useful contributions to the evolution of the field, which solve a relevant problem and/or target a relevant application, e.g. a patent, new original ideas that has been sufficiently proven to be needed and realistic;
- The contributions should be with clear prospects for utilization, potential for a research/design project funding application;
- The work proposes a new piece of theory with relevant utilization perspectives;
- There should be clear indications for a breakthrough;
- The work shows rich imagination, proposes creative ideas and inspires others;
- The societal relevance for the work should be high;
- There are inspiring design decisions that are argued to make the progress the SOTA and SOP;
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- There must be clear and novel, useful contributions to the advancement of the field, which solve a relevant problem and/or target a relevant application;
- The process of solution synthesis is systematic and logical;
- A new piece of theory is proposed;
- There must be novelties that are argued to be useful.
- The novelties should be explicitly listed;
- There are unorthodox and innovative design decisions that are argued to make the difference with the SOTA;
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- There must be clear quantifiable useful deliverables/contributions;
- There must be multiple innovative own contribution and deliverables in the project;
- All relevant design decisions are properly argued;
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- There must be clear quantifiable deliverables/contributions;
- There must be at least one innovative own contribution of the student and at least one deliverable in the project;
- The major design decisions are explicit and argued;
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- There must be at least one own contribution/deliverable of the student.
- The major design decisions are implicit;