PROJECT TITLE
AUTHOR NAME
Third Quarter


  • 2003-2004 Student Portfolios
    Summary of Assignments for third quarter:
    1. 3rd Quarter detailed plan (Feb. 9)
      Examples (note the amount of DETAIL):

    2. Research paper reading - Oral report + online synopsis (Feb. 20)
      Examples:

    3. Phase 1 accomplishment of 3rd quarter plan (Feb. 23) - What you've actually accomplished
      Examples:

    4. Phase 2 accomplishment of 3rd quarter plan (April 1) - What you've actually accomplished for 3rd quarter
      Examples:

    5. Research Paper - 15-20 pages + appendices (code)
      in LaTex, HTML ("latex2html"), and PDF ("dvipdf", read pdf files with "gv")
      Examples:

    6. D. Logs kept updated and current
      Examples:

    MORE DETAILS ON YOUR PAPER:

    1. Title Page
    2. Abstract, 1/3 - 1/2 page, ~75-150 words
    3. Introduction, 2 - 3 pages, 500-750 words
      • Purpose, subject of the project, goals of the project, why is the this worth
        doing, who will be interested in the results, how can the results be applied?
      • Scope of your study and project, the overall bounds of the work that
        will be involved, e.g., the research or data that will be required,
        and the relationships and variables that will need to be programmed,
        the expected results. You may have to narrow down your research/project objectives.
      • Be specific about what you want to develop. You may have to select a portion of
        your original project idea
    4. Background, 2 - 3 pages, 500-750 words
      • Background and review of current literature/research in this area.
      • Demonstrate that you know the background of your topic.
      • What kinds of research have been done before in this area?
      • How have others gone about trying to solve similar problems you are dealing with?
      • Where is the "state of the art" today?
      • In what ways may your approach build on and vary from previous work
        that has been done in your project area?
    5. Development sections, theory and procedures you're using, analysis: 7 - 10 pages,
      2000-3000 words
      Draft version due Fri. Apr. 2, 2004
      • Hypothesis, explain how you think your project can demonstrate your purpose.
      • Procedure and methods you're using.
      • Show you followed a time plan
      • Demonstrate your research, design, programming, sub-testing and testing
        phases of your project. Show you identified resources that you needed.
      • Tasks and sub-tasks that accomplished to meet your objectives
      • Materials and programming language(s)/tools that were necessary, graphics tools that
        were needed?
      • Describe your algorithms in detail, where did you learn these algorithms
        (methods, processes)
      • Was any data needed, how was this data collected?
      • Methods or processes will be used to test and analyze the data?
      • What error analyses will be performed on the gathered data?
    6. Results, analysis, and conclusions: 3 - 5 pages, 750-1250 words
      Draft version due Fri. Apr. 2, 2004
      • Present your final results and analysis - include visuals such as graphs and charts
      • What contributions can these results give to future researchers?
      • Observations/Data/Results, describe your detailed journal of observations, data, and results
      • Analysis (think about how your testing relates to the goal/direction of your project.
        Explain your observations, data, and results, give a summary of what your data has shown you.
      • Describe the main points that you have learned, how about your original hypotheses?
      • Conclusions? Look at your original problem statement. What does it (your project) all
        add up to? What is the value of your project?
      • What further study do you recommend given the results of your experiment?
        What would be the next question to ask?
      • If you repeated this project, what would you change?
    7. References, so far (10 or more required)
      you need 10 references DUE Fri. Apr. 2, 2004
    8. Appendix section(s) - commented Code listings so far
      15-20 pages total of code 3rd quarter DUE Fri. Apr. 2, 2004
      (20+ pages code needed for final version)
      • Code and Development, Research Elements (include your Scientific Method)
      • Screenshots, Output samples, Analysis
      • What levels did your programming go into?
        Do you have only 1 type of task, or do you
        use multiple levels of programming problems/tasks/algorithms.
      • What sort of algorithms did you need to develop?
        Comment about this in your code.

    9. Code and code development,
      15-20 pages total for 3rd quarter DUE Fri. Apr. 2, 2004
      WITH TESTING AND ANALYSIS OF TESTS
      - See the Appendix section above for details

    MORE THINGS TO CONSIDER:
  • User(s)/Mentor(s): Has anyone else tested, commented on, given you advice with your project?

  • EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY: Supercomputer or Internet2 Application Area
  • MORE EXTRA CREDIT:
  • More to look forward to (coming in the 4th quarter):
  • Project Description , a one page summary of your project

  • Have you made a tutorial for other students on an area of your expertise?

  • Next year: If you have an idea of where you'll be next year - what college
    do expect to attend, what program?
    Can you find any coursework that could apply to your project?

  • Permanent Archive of your portfolio (use "tar")