CPSC 689-601: Term Project

• The term project paper/topic selection deadline is 3/6 Thursday.
  1. Project partner (if you're doing a team project).
  2. Main paper to present/extend.
  3. Preferred paper presentation date (see the Weekly Schedule, week 9--11).
• There are two options regarding the term project:
  1. Individual project (term paper)
     • Pick an open-ended subject (pick one paper).
     • Do a critical literature review (Cite Seer is a good place to start).
     • Find an idea not yet explored or problem(s) in existing approaches not yet mentioned.
     • Think about what is the essence/core of the idea/problem you just identified, and propose a concrete problem specification, and sketch a potential direction/solution.
  2. Team project (term project and term paper)
     • Pick a concrete, pre-specified subject (pick a paper).
     • Borrow existing code if possible.
     • Find an easy to do but also meaningful extension of the existing problem.
     • Conduct experiments and gather and analyse the results.
     • Write a brief report.
• Picking a paper
  1. Start looking from the Class Reading List and/or my Lab's Reading List.
  2. Also check out the online resources section in the general reading list.
  3. Choose a paper which is not too long but with significant, meaningful content, with some computational flavor.
  4. Think about which category the paper falls in, from the list in slide11, page 21. Also see the page for topic selection.