COMPUTER SYSTEMS SENIOR RESEARCH
Mentorship Portfolio
Fall 2007
Portfolio Requirements
Computer Systems Research 2007 - 2008
Syllabus and
Academic Integrity (
.doc)
Portfolio:
- 2007-2008 Mentorship student projects
- Course website for assignments
- Project Proposal (summer mentorship students have completed this) (example formats:
concise version,
detailed version - Project definition, purpose, background, computer language and software, algorithms and methods you will research, testing and analysis, scope of your research, and results you expect to achieve
- Iteration reports: repetitive use of this cycle - planning, design, coding, testing and re-evaluation;
project design:
UML (Unified Modeling Language)
- Periodic testing and analysis of your project for correctness, validity, directions for development
- Timelines for your project development
- Logs
(.doc) and record keeping periodically documenting your progress
- Oral presentation with slides - .ppt; oral presentation 8-10 minutes, slides and program demonstration
- Poster - visual presentation of research project, .ppt or .pdf and oodraw
- Project Abstract, one page summary of your project including project background and project description
- Program code (optional for mentorship students) and a
running description of how your program actually works
- Research paper in
LaTeX and pdf; also
this link for more info;
example research papers;
tips on good technical writing
- Submission to competitions:
TJ science fair, Intel Science talent search, Siemen's Competition, TJ Teknos publication
- Projects: 2006-2007;
2005-2006
Calendar
- 1st Quarter:
- Draft versions of you research paper, poster, ppt slides
- Iteration reports (2-3)
- timelines (Sept., Oct.)
- Testing report - describe in detail how your project was tested and analyzed
- Submission to Intel Science talent search(?)
- 2nd Quarter
- Final versions of your research paper, poster, slides
- Iteration reports (2)
- timelines (Nov. - Jan.)
- Oral presentation
- Project Abstract (one page summary of your project - Background, Description)
- Submission to TJHSST Science Fair