Computer Science 598d
Course Project Progress Resports
Written Proposals (due April 23):
Each student should submit a two- to four-page written project progress
report. The progress report can be an expanded version of your project
proposal, retaining the descriptions of the goals and challenges of your
project. You should include detailed descriptions of the approach
you've chosen, the features you've implemented, and any initial results
you've generated. Please do not be vague in your written descriptions.
Following is a brief outline you might follow ...
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Goal
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What am I going to do?
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Who would benefit?
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Problem Statement
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Why is it hard?
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How hard is it?
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Previous Work
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Approach
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What approach am I going to try?
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Why do I think it will work well?
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Methodology
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What steps (task list) are required?
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What steps have I done? <== Include detailed descriptions
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What steps remain?
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Results
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How am I measuring success?
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What experiments have I executed so far?
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What do my initial results indicate?
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Summary
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What will I learn by doing this project?
Class Presentations (during class on April 23):
In addition, each student will give a short talk during class on April
23 (with overhead transparencies, slides, videos, and/or other props) to
report on the progress made so far in his/her course project. As
with the project proposal talks, EACH TALK WILL BE LIMITED TO FIVE MINUTES.
Please give a short introduction, reminding us of your project goals and
challenges (30 seconds), and then give some details what you have done
so far (4 minutes), and summarize what you plan to accomplish before the
end of the semester (30 seconds). You probably want to use between
three and five slides. For instance, ...
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Problem description (30 seconds - 1 minute)
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What am I going to do?
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Who would benefit?
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What approach am I going to take?
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Why do I think it will work well?
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Methodology (2 minutes)
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Give an overview of all the steps (tasks) required to accomplish your goal.
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Describe in detail the most important/challenging/interesting one (or two)
step(s) of your project you've already finished.
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Describe your initial results, and what you've learned from them.
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Describe the remaining steps for the rest of the semester.
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Summary (30 seconds)
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Say it all again so everybody gets it
As with the project proposals, each audience member will be given big bucks
to invest in the course projects. So, be sure to convince us that
you are attacking an important problem and you are making real progress.
Good luck!