You are not limited to projects on the ideas list.
(3 pages; single spaced, one or two columns, 10
point font or larger)
Describe the project idea/application, how
it relates to the course material, what work must be done (suggesting
how it can be partitioned among you) and what resources you will need
(including software systems you already have access to). Concentrate
on convincing us that it will pertain to the course, that you will be
able to complete it, and that we will be able to evaluate it. The
third page should be dedicated to providing an outline of your
intended final paper, identifying the specific experiments to be run
and what questions they will answer.
(2-3 pages + bibliography)
Identify work and results related to
your proposed project. Describe how your project fits within the
context of this previous work, including what your project will add to
existing understanding, what previous results your design will
leverage, and previous/alternate approaches to solving the problem
your system addresses. Cite the relevant published works in your
bibliography.
Please provide a short review (less than 1 paragraph) of your project at the beginning of this document to remind us what you are working on.
(5 pages)
Describe the core ideas in the project and how they
achieve the overall goals of the project. Emphasize the hypothesis you
will be testing and how the test can generate clearly positive or
negative results. Present a detailed description of the software
design, including module decomposition, packages used, partitioning of
work among the group and highlighting the course material
relationships. Report logistical obstacles and your approach to
overcoming them. Construct a detailed sketch of your evaluation plan -
what hypothesis is to be tested, how will you control the test
circumstances, what workloads will you apply, why will this test
enable resolution of the hypothesis, and what and how will specific
metrics be measured. Doing this well will significantly simplify the
rest of the project, specifically the writing of the final report.
(2 pages +)
This should be a status report. All obstacles
should be resolved. The evaluation plan should be finalized. Any major
changes in design should be documented. Initial data collection and
reporting is very strongly encouraged.
(10 pages, max)
This is a complete report. It should report
goals, relationship to the course, related work, hypothesis,
implementation design, evaluation methodology, results and analysis,
discussion of hypothesis outcome, most interesting future work, and a
bibliography.
Present a 7-12 slide talk on the project (15-25 minute presentation) in class.
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