Project

Proposal §1.1

Before starting on the project, you have to hand in a project proposal. The project proposal is ~2 pages and correspond roughly to the introduction of your final paper. It should formatted using the ACM small format (see template), and will be evaluated according to the CGIE model, and graded 1-4:

• Context: what is the problem?

• Gap: why does the current techniques not work?

• Innovation: what is your proposed solution?

• Evaluation: when have you solved the problem?

• Plan: what is the plan?

• Presentation: is the proposal formatted correctly and presented nicely?

As an appendix to the proposal, please also submit a table of Technical Contributions (§3), as described in Project Overview Sheet (§2.2). Remember to fill in the maximal grade for each student.

You need to score at least 12 points and none of the parameters can be 1. If your proposal are rejected you have to resubmit (even after the deadline). The proposals are graded as you submit them, so you do not have to wait to the last day.

Mandatory Assignments §2.1

You cannot attend the exam before you have passed all mandatory assignments.

Project Overview Sheet §2.2

Technical contributions are an advisory grade, the goal of which is to set the expectations of the course. On the exam, your grade might be higher or lower than your calculated grade, depending on the outcome of the project as a whole.

In addition to the Paper (§2.3), your project group must also hand in a single A4 page, containing the name, student number, the feedback group and the images of each of the students in the group. Finally you should also create a table summarizing the technical contributions of each of the group members.

The table should have a row for each technical contribution. It should contain the contribution, the points it is worth, and how the points should be distributed between the students.

Finally, the numbers are tallied up and used to calculate a maximal grade, each individual student can get. The grades are calculated from this table (subject to change):

Paper §2.3

The paper should be at most 10 pages, excluding the appendix. It must be formatted using the ACM format in acmsmall mode.

Before you write the paper, consider the advice in this lecture, by Simon Peyton Jones.

The final paper should contain the following sections (approximate page numbers in parentheses):

• An abstract, describing the paper.

• An introduction (1-2 pages), with

  • a good motivation and description of the problem you are trying to solve (consider using examples),

  • the problem stated as a research question,

  • a short description of your solution, and

  • a list of contributions with forward references, like the one described in the lecture by Simon P. Jones.

• An example illustrating your approach (1-2 pages).

• An approach and theory section: a high-level description of the technique used to analyze (2-3 pages), with

  • a formal description of the approach;

  • a walkthrough of the theory needed to understand the technique; and

  • any theoretical guarantees of the approach.

• An evaluation section, describing the evaluation and the results (2-3 pages), with

  • an empirical evaluation of the approach,

  • compared against at least one other technique (or variations (optimizations) of your technique),

  • an analysis of the results, and

  • a discussion of the threats to validity.

• A related work section, discussion of the technique, and alternative techniques to solve the same problem (1 - 2 pages), with

  • an explanation of why other techniques from the lectures (and potentially the literature) were not used.

• A conclusion (0 - 1/2 page), which is

  • A short recap of the paper.

The paper should contain an appendix, which is not counted towards the 10 pages. The appendix should contain a data availability and AI-use statement, as well as a list of references.

Video Presentation §2.4

The week of the exam (see LEARN), your group has to hand in a video presentation of your project. The video should be formatted like a normal oral presentation. You can (and probably should) use slides, which you record using a screen capture application (fx OBS).

Please include examples and diagrams which we can use to guide the oral exam. If you are using slides, please use slide numbers. That way we can easily navigate your video during the exam.

The video should be no longer than 5 minutes.

Oral Defence §2.5

Finally, the projects are defended orally in a group exam.

The presentation plan is still being worked out. But expect ~30 minutes per group starting with the 5 minutes video presentation, and ending in individual questioning

The questions are to your technical contributions in the project as well as the course material in general, especially the Questions & Feedback Groups (§3.2).

Implementation §3.1

Engineering §3.2

Evaluation §3.3

Theory §3.4

Presentation §3.5