Class discussions will cover research methodology and the class projects. Students will be presenting regular progress reports on their projects and will be giving advice on one another's projects. The goal of the course is to follow a research project through to results and write a conference style paper on the project. Hopefully, your paper will be publishable!
The format of most of the course will be similar to a large research group. Once each week, we will meet as a group: first, everyone will give informal reports of their progress, then one student will give a formal presentation of their project's status. Occasionally, we will discuss topics or papers related to research in AI in lieu of the formal progress reports. The other class meeting will be devoted to one on one meetings between the instructor and individual students, two students each week for half hour each.
| When: | TH 9:30-10:20 |
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| Where: | Oldehoeft Conf room |
| Instructor: | Adele Howe |
| 491-4192 | |
| howe at cs.colostate.edu | |
| Office Hours: | TBD |
| Deliverable | % |
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| Final project paper | 30% |
| Formal progress reports | 20% |
| Final group presentation | 10% |
| Updated proposal | 10% |
| Detailed evaluation plan | 15% |
| Participation in class, including informal progress reports and one-on-one meetings | 15% |
Each assignment must be submitted at the beginning of class on the given deadline for that assignment; late period will be two days after the due date and will incur a penalty of 10%. As in CS640, class participation and informal progress reports count; to allow for occasional unavoidable absences (please don't come to class if you are sick), you are allowed two absences without explanation.
Please read the departmental policy statement regarding incompletes, cheating, and class attendance. This policy statement is in the file ~info/csu/student-info.
| Date | Topic |
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| 1/18 | Overview. Class requirements. First informal progress report to remind everyone of your project. |
| 1/20 | Meetings I:
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| 1/25 | Howe: Experimental Methodology |
| 1/27 | Meetings I:
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| 2/1 | Howe: Experimental Methodology (cont.) |
| 2/3 | Meetings I,II:
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| 2/8 | Progress Report Ia: Jake |
| 2/10 | Meetings II:
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| 2/15 | Progress Reports Ib: Zach |
| 2/17 | Meetings II:
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| 2/22 | Progress Reports Ic: Fayyaz |
| 2/24 | Meetings III:
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| 3/1 | Progress Reports Id: Nathan |
| 3/3 | Meetings III:
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| 3/8 | Progress Reports Ie: Mike |
| 3/10 | Meetings III:
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| 3/15,17 | Spring Break! |
| 3/22 | Progress Reports IIa: Fayyaz |
| 3/24 | Meetings IV:
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| 3/29 | Progress Reports IIb: Zach |
| 3/31 | Meetings IV:
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| 4/5 | Progress Reports IIc: Jake |
| 4/7 | Meetings IV, V:
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| 4/12 | Progress Reports IId: Mike |
| 4/14 | Meetings V:
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| 4/19 | Progress Reports IIe: Nathan |
| 4/21 | Out of town |
| 4/26 | Howe: giving oral presentations Mark Hill, Oral Presentation Advice Peyton-Jones et al., How to Give a Good Research Talk Patterson, How to Have a Bad Career in Research/Academia" |
| 4/28 | Meetings V:
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| 5/3 9-10:30AM | Final Oral
Presentations: Fayyaz, Mike, Zach |
| 5/5 | Final Oral Presentations: Nathan, Jake |