| Date | Topic | Reading | Handouts/Links | Assignments Due |
| 1/30 | Overview. Plagiarism. LaTeX. | Survey Grading policies LaTeX sample input file and output file LaTeX tutorial input file and output file Plagiarism exercise Paraphrasing guidelines Paper summary guidelines ICML-03 reviewing form Sample topics Newman paper Summary of Newman paper |
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| 2/1 | Library resources. The reviewing process. Discussion of Parberry Classification/Analysis. | |
Library exercise | Survey |
| 2/6 | In-depth paper analysis and critique. | |
Discussion questions
Topic guidelines |
Paper summaries for Cohen et al. and Kamishima and Akaho |
| 2/8 | Writing I: Organization, bibliographies. BibTeX. | |
Annotated bibliography guidelines,
LaTeX source, and BibTeX file Oren Patashnik, "BibTeXing" Plain (sorted) and unsorted annotated bibliography BibTeX style files Levin and Rendell, How (and How Not) to Write a Good Systems Paper Chinneck, How to Organize Your Thesis |
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| 2/13 | In-depth survey analysis and critique. | Neville, Rattigan, and Jensen,
Statistical relational learning: Four claims and a survey
Coello, An updated survey of GA-based multiobjective optimization techniques |
Literature survey tips Editing symbols |
Topic paragraph |
| 2/15 | Writing II: Style, common errors. | |
Slides
Outside reader agreement Kajiya, How to Get Your SIGGRAPH Paper Rejected |
Library exercise |
| 2/20 | How to give a good presentation. | |
Slides
Paper presentation feedback form Mark Hill, Oral Presentation Advice Peyton-Jones et al., How to Give a Good Research Talk Winston, Some Lecturing Heuristics Patterson, How to Have a Bad Career in Research/Academia |
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| 2/22 | Research I: Finding a topic and advisor. | |
Slides
Transcript of Hamming, You and Your Research CRA-W Career Mentoring Workshops Booklet (includes Berman's "Building a Research Career") |
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| 2/27 | Research II: Research topics cont. | |
Outside reader form Annotated bibliography |
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| 2/29 | Writing III: Tools. |
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Slides
The Simplified LaTeX beginner's guide and tutorial The LaTeX Wikibook LateX Project home page CTAN: The Comprehensive TeX Archive Network FAQ Peter Flynn's Beginner's LaTeX The AMS Short Math Guide for LaTeX Keith Reckdahl's Using Imported Graphics in LaTeX2e JAIR format AAAI format SIGGRAPH format | |
| 3/6 | Research III: Empirical methodology. |
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Slides
Literature survey review form |
Literature survey outline |
| 3/8 | Student paper presentations (4 @ 15 min.). | (Paper summaries) | ||
| 3/13 | Student paper presentations (4 @ 15 min.) |
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(Paper summaries) |
| 3/15 | Student paper presentations (4 @ 15 min.). |
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Literature survey draft (Paper summaries) |
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| SPRING BREAK |
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| 3/27 | Faculty research presentations: Prof. Sergei Nirenburg; Mahesh Sivakumar (Ph.D. student of Prof. Krishna Sivalingam) | |
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Literature survey review. Dr. desJardins out of town. |
| 3/29 | Faculty research presentations:
Prof. Marc Olano,
Prof. Penny Rheingans |
Dr. desJardins out of town. |
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| 4/3 |
Publicity: CV, networking, website. |
Peters Ch. 13 |
Marie's CV: PDF
and LaTex
source CV samples and guidelines Website samples and guidelines Susan Eggers, Networking and Professional Social Interaction |
Final literature survey |
| 4/5 | Time management; success strategies. |
Peters Ch. 12, 18, 21, 22, 23 |
Research
paper guidelines H. T. Kung, Useful Things to Know About Ph.D. Thesis Research Janice Cuny, Time Management and Family Issues |
Research problem statement |
| 4/10 | Research IV: Statistical methods. Guest lecturer:
Prof. Tim Oates |
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Dr. desJardins out of town. | |
| 4/12 |
Research V: Statistical methods. Guest lecturer:
Prof. Tim Oates |
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Dr. desJardins out of town. | |
| 4/17 | Matlab and related tools. Guest lecturer:
Dr. Matt Gaston
(tentative) |
Research portfolio | ||
| 4/19 | Proposals; time management |
Proposal slides
Time management slides Parberry, How to Present a Paper in Theoretical Computer Science |
Slide/presentation guidelines Presentation feedback form |
Research problem statement revision |
| 4/24 | Research VI: Presenting Your Work | Peters Ch. 17 | Slides | |
| 4/26 | Establishing a web presence. Guest lecturer:
Prof. Tim Finin |
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| 5/1 |
Student project presentations (2 @ 25 min.). |
Paper draft Website |
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| 5/3 |
Student project presentations (2 @ 25 min.). |
Peters Ch. 24 |
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| 5/8 | Student project presentations (2 @ 25 min.). | Paper review | ||
| 5/10 | Student project presentations (3 @ 25 min.). | |||
| 5/15 |
Student project presentations (3 @ 25 min.). |
Final paper | ||
| 5/? | (Final exam slot) |
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