| 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 (desJardins) ▪ Helpful Feedback (Damian/Way) |
| 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 |
| Oct. 1 | Annotated Bibliography | ▪ How To |
| Oct. 8 | Revised Annotated Bibliography | |
| Oct. 29 | Literature Survey | |
| Nov. 5 | Revised Literature Survey | |
| Nov. 19 | Completed Literature Survey paper including Abstract and Future Work section | |
| Dec. 1 Dec. 3 | In-class Final Research Pesentations | |
| Dec. 8 | In-class Final Research Presentations Completed Posters due | |
| Dec. 10 | Poster Presentations | |
| Date | Topic, Activities | References & Description |
| Week 1 - Aug. 25, 27 | Overview. Plagiarism. Research Topics. |
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What Is ▪ Examples ▪ NLP & Compilers topics (ppt) |
| Week 2 - Sept. 1, 3 | Literature Survey. Topic Selection. |
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Literature
Review (Wikipedia) ▪ Tips for writing technical papers ▪ Top 10 tips for writing a paper |
| Week 3 - Sept. 8, 10 | Survey Analysis and Critique. | |
| 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 |
| Week 7 - Oct. 6, 8 |
Research Topic Presentations Literature Survey |
Student Schedule |
| Week 8 - Oct. 13, 15 | Fall Break, no class meetings | |
| Week 9 - Oct. 20, 22 | Research Topic Presentations (cont'd) |
Student Schedule |
| Week 10 - Oct. 27, 29 | Research Topic Presentations (cont'd) |
Student Schedule |
| Week 11 - Nov. 3, 5 | Research Topic Presentations (cont'd) |
Student Schedule |
| Week 12 - Nov. 10, 12 | 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 | Creating a Poster Discussion & Refinements No class meeting on Wed. 11/26 for Thanksgiving |
Poster tutorial Conference organization Running a Conference |
| Week 15 - Dec. 1, 3 | Final Research Presentations | Conference presentations: 10+5 max |
| Week 16 - Dec. 8, 10 | Final Research Presentations | (Note that there is no final exam, but we may need the final exam time for remaining poster presentations) |
Presentations
Online Resources
Fall 2007:
Updated 08/19/08