Editing Final Report/Thesis 2019 (section)

==Introduction==
===Motivation===
The main topic of the project is human identification using software programming and genetic analysis techniques. The project conducts a study on investigating the identification of the victim, Somerton Man, which is one of the most mysterious cases in South Australia until today. On December 1st 1948, a well-dressed male was found dead on Somerton Beach in Adelaide. He was clean-shaven, well dressed in a suit and no belongings of him that could prove his identity. Later the man was called as the Somerton Man. The figure below shows the look of the Somerton Man. 
[[File:SomertonMan.jpg|thumb|300px|center|Figure 1: The Somerton Man]]
After more than half century, the identification of the Somerton Man is still unknown. With the Somerton Man's DNA data extracted from his hair, the project team may be able to conduct several DNA examinations and identify characteristics of the man. Unfortunately, the DNA data is corrupted due to degradation of the hair, but the team of the project will try the best to investigate the data with modern techniques.
In modern society, human identification techniques is useful in multiple aspects, such as criminal investigation or seeking relatives. The most current identification techniques would require high quality DNA samples, but the project focus on investigating identification techniques based on low quality genetic data. Also the project concentrates on using engineering methods and problem solving skills to improve the identification techniques.

===Objectives===
The aim of the project is to investigate the identification of the Somerton Man. To be more specific, the group is aiming to identify any possible relatives, physical characteristics, genetic diseases or ethnicity of the Somerton Man. To achieve these goals, the team used software and genetic analysis techniques to work on the Somerton Man's DNA data.
In addition, the reliability of DNA analysis results from a low quality DNA data would be investigated. This can be approached by degrading several complete DNA data samples into different levels and conduct sets of genetic test on them. The change of test results will be observed and discussed.