CSCI 5582

Projects

Final Report Format

• 4 to 6 pages plus appendices
• The final report will be graded based on relevance, creativity, appropriateness, completeness and clarity. Please check for typographic/spelling errors.

Final Report Content

The final report must include the following sections:

• Statement of the Problem:
  describes how your understanding of the problem has changed while you have worked on it over the period of the course
• Rationale:
  explains why the problem is interesting or important. Relate the problem to the other contents of the course, other systems and the literature. Why should someone else be interested in the problem chosen by you? i.e., tell about the contribution it makes to the knowledge of a community.
• Technical approach:
  discusses the impact of the tools (which you have selected) on the problem solution. If relevant: contrast your approach with other approaches to similar problems described in the literature.
• Description of the program / system - structure:
  describes the structure of your program in sufficiently abstract terms (so that the reader does not get lost in technical details).
• Description of the program / system - behavior:
  what does the program do? This section should describe a sample run of your system, without getting lost in details. Include the output of your actual sample run as an appendix (see below).
• Evaluation of the program / system:
  should address questions such as: how well does it work? what are the shortcomings and limitations? which theoretical issues does it clarify?
• Potential further developments of your program /system:
  assuming you would have another year to work on your project, what would you do?
• References:
  List the key references, other systems, previous projects on which your work will be based.
• Appendices:
  Two pages: Page 1 -- document the most important procedure of your program. Page 2 -- show a sample run of your program

Here's a listing of the projects going on in the class -- be encouraged to discuss your projects with each other.