Citing myself on my CS Final Year Project? Is it as weird as it sounds [to me]?

Answer 1

I don't think so. If what you've written earlier is useful in the context of what you're writing then cite it. In fact, not doing so and re-iterating the same point in the publication again is probably a waste of time and paper for both you and the reader. Simply saying “I did that before” and not telling where isn't good practice either.

Many researchers cite earlier works of themselves, especially if they improve on it or thinking ideas further. And those are for the most part also rather small names amidst the people they cite as well.

Just imagine you would have to leave almost every other name out from your bibliography just because you cite a work by Knuth. I don't think it works that way.

Answer 2

No, I don't think so.

Imagine that you quoted other people that were not well known, you wouldn't divide the bibliography into famous and un-famous persons. It's just a list of your sources, it's up to the reader to evaluate how trustworthy the sources are.

Answer 3

It's not weird, and happens a lot, even with "famous" people.

Check out how many times Jensen cites himself (sometimes himself alone, sometimes with other authors) in this paper. Especially when you're improving on previous results it is completely normal.