Instructors: | Mirela Damian | Thomas Way |
Office: | 167A Mendel Hall | 160A Mendel Hall |
Phone: | (610) 519-7414 | (610) 519-5033 |
Office hours: | M 10:30 - 11:30 am | M 12:00 - 1:00 pm |
W 12:00 - 1:00 pm | W 3:00 - 4:00 pm | |
Email: | mirela.damian@villanova.edu | thomas.way@villanova.edu |
Class email: | Fall08-CSC-3990-001@villanova.edu |
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Due Date | What to Turn in | References |
Sept. 1 | Research Web Site | ▪ Samples |
Sept. 8 | Paper Summary |
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Summary
Guidelines ▪ Helpful Feedback (Damian/Way, 2008) |
Sept. 15 | Topic Selection |
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Sample ▪ Suggestions |
Sept. 17 | Revised Paper Summary | |
Sept. 22 | Broad Bibliography |
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IEEE Citation Style (1) ▪ IEEE Citation Style (2) ▪ Real Bad Examples ▪ Sample |
Oct. 3 | Annotated Bibliography |
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How To ▪ Sample |
Oct. 10 | Revised Annotated Bibliography | |
Oct. 29 | Literature Survey |
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Example
▪ Sample (no abstract at this point) |
Nov. 10 | Revised Literature Survey | |
Nov. 24 | Proposal Section Note updated due date | ▪ Specifications ▪ Examples of Successful Proposals |
Dec. 8 | Final Proposal with Abstract and Conclusions | |
Dec. 10 | Completed Posters due |
Date | Topic, Activities | References & Description |
Week 1 - Aug. 25, 27 | Overview. Research Topics. |
▪ NLP & Image Processing topics (ppt) ▪ Wireless Network topics (ppt) ▪ CSRS 2007 conference |
Week 2 - Sept. 3 | Plagiarism. Topic Selection. |
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What Is ▪ Examples ▪ Interactive Quiz |
Week 3 - Sept. 8, 10 | Technical Writing. Literature Survey. |
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Writing a Paper
▪ Writing Style (ppt) ▪ Tips for writing technical papers ▪ Top 10 tips for writing a paper |
Week 4 - Sept. 15, 17 | Research Approaches & Student Topic Discussion |
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Week 5 - Sept. 22, 24 | Approaches & Discussion (cont'd) | |
Week 6 - Sept. 29, Oct. 1 | How to Give a Good Presentation |
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Marie desJardins 
slides ▪ Simon Peyton  slides ▪ Presentation Feedback Form ▪ How to Give a Good Research Talk ▪File naming conventions |
Week 7 - Oct. 6, 8 | Literature Survey | |
Week 8 - Oct. 13, 15 | Fall Break, no class meetings | |
Week 9 - Oct. 20, 22 | Literature Survey (cont'd) Research Topic Presentations |
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Week 10 - Oct. 27, 29 | Research Topic Present's. (cont'd) |
Mon 10/27 - AJ & Helen |
Week 11 - Nov. 3, 5 | Research Topic Present's. (cont'd) |
Mon 11/03 - Elliot |
Week 12 - Nov. 10, 12 | Research Topic Present's. (cont'd) Writing Report Abstracts Literature Survey Evaluation |
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Week 13 - Nov. 17, 19 | Literature Survey Polishing Future Work & Conclusions |
Example proposals: |
Week 14 - Nov. 24 | CATS Discussion & Refinements How to run a conference No class meeting on Wed. 11/26 due to Thanksgiving break |
Poster tutorial Conference organization Running a Conference |
Week 15 Mon. Dec. 1 |
Final Planning Day No formal class meeting Professors available by appointment | Students may opt to meet to have their presentations and final work reviewed by the professors. |
Wed. Dec. 3 | Final Research Presentations Conference-style: 10+5 max | 1:30-1:45 Tara Srihari 1:45-2:00 AJ Palkovic 2:00-2:15 Elliot Whaley 2:15-2:30 Vince Vuono 2:30-2:45 open |
Week 16 Mon. Dec. 8 |
Final Research Presentations Conference-style: 10+5 max | 1:30-1:45 Michael Hercenberg 1:45-2:00 Tom Bryan 2:00-2:15 Joe Charpentier 2:15-2:30 open 2:30-2:45 open |
Wed. Dec. 10 | Final Research Presentations (cont'd) (Note that there is no final exam, but we may need the final exam time for remaining presentations) | 1:30-1:45 Stephen Walter 1:45-2:00 Nate Hower 2:00-2:15 Helen Magobet 2:15-2:30 Armin Mobasseri 2:30-2:45 Kristen Scudder |
Road Trip on Dec 8? University of Delaware Computer Science Research Day | Possible road trip if enough students are interested, and can safely miss other classes. If we did this we would have to reschedule talks from that day to the final exam day (Tues. 12/16 @ 8:00-10:30am) |
Paper Refereeing
Presentations
Online Resources
Having Fun with Technical Writing
Fall 2007: CSRS 2007 conference
Updated 12/23/08