CS598CZ Projects

Projects should be done nominally in groups of 2-3, but I will consider larger group sizes for especially ambitious projects. With final project, group will submit a document indicating the contributions of each team member.

Deadlines: (subject to change)

You will prepare a brief (3-4 pages) proposal of your project. This will be an expanded description of your project. It must be long enough to convince me that you have a reasonable and achievable project (i.e, not trivial and not too large). You may have to revise your description before it will be acceptable. The project description should describe the problem that you are addressing, how you will go about working on this project (the steps you will take), what results you expect and what you expect to produce, what resources you will need, and a brief schedule for your project.

The project report format is very much like a conference paper submission, in scope and organization. The report should be no longer than 20 pages (somewhere in the range of 6,000-10,000 words). Before submitting to me the final draft, you will distribute a draft of your paper to other members in the class for referee'ing. Each class member will referee one paper (using a form I provide). Comments from reviews should be addressed in the final version; the reviews will be submitted along with the final version.

Here is the referee form and a filled out example.

Outside of class meetings:

Your group must meet with me outside of class at least once before turning in proposal. In addition, between the proposal due date and the last day of class, each group will meet with me about every two weeks for 15-30 minutes to discuss progress and brainstorm. Additional meetings are welcome.