Course Policies

Course format

Paper reviews are due at 2 pm PT on the day of the lecture. 

All communications regarding this course, including private messages to the instructor, will be via Ed discussions. Please create private notes to communicate with the instructor.

Paper Reviews

In each class, students are assigned 1 paper for review. The reviews will be collected through Gradescope. The review will include three parts: summary (5-10 sentences on high-level ideas in the paper), strengths (2-5 key contributions in the paper and their implications), and scope for improvement/future directions (2-5 key concerns that were not addressed in the paper or your ideas for future work). Paper reviews are expected to be short and concise. Of the 16 assigned papers, only the best 12 scores will be used for grading.

Project

You are expected to do a project for the course in groups of 1-3 students. The project will have four checkpoints: initial plan, checkpoint 1, checkpoint 2, and final. In the second week, you are required to submit the title of your project and a high-level plan (key milestones and approximate timeline). You are free to choose a project related to your primary PhD/MS research project. In that case, please clearly define the portion that will be used for the class project. The first checkpoint will be based on a 5-10 minute recorded presentation and a report that covers introduction, motivation, and related work (1-2 pages that can eventually be used in the final report). The second checkpoint will be the report with design and initial results added to the previous checkpoint (3-4 pages). There will be in an in-class presentation of ~10 minutes. The final submission will be a 5-6 page project report. 

Grading

Paper Summaries: 40%

Project: 60% 

(Title and plan: 5%

Checkpoint 1 (Report + Recorded presentation): 15%

Checkpoint 2 (Report): 10%

Presentation: 15%

Final report: 15%)