COMPUTER SYSTEMS SENIOR RESEARCH
Portfolio
Fall/Spring 2008 - 2009
Portfolio Requirements
Computer Systems Research 2008 - 2009
Summary of your research portfolio: current 2008-09 projects.
- Project proposal - 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. Example
LaTeX shell
(pdf). Save as .tex and compile with
pdflatex proposal.tex to generate proposal.pdf
- Research paper
(.doc)
LaTeX
and pdf; also
this
link for more info;
example
research papers;
tips
on good technical writing
- Project poster
- Oral
presentation
- Program
code and a
running
description of how your program actually runs, 2nd quarter version
- Project Description/Abstract, one page summary of your project including project background and project description
- Testing and analysis of your project for correctness, validity, directions for development
- Daily logs and iteration reports: planning, design, coding, testing and re-evaluation cycle
- Timelines for your project development
Other items
- Research paper
(.doc) criteria. Also see this shorter form for research paper evaluation. 2nd quarter version, 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, Science and Engineering Apprentice Program (SEAP)<
Office of Naval Research SEAP, TJ Teknos publication
- Projects: 2006-2007;
2005-2006
Calendar
- 1st Quarter:
- Develop the final version of your project proposal
- Begin gathering background materials, references, mentors.
- Start writing programs to support your research. These may be prototype programs, simple programs that serve as a beginning, a first step. What tools and languages are needed?
- Begin writing iteration reports, planning
timelines for project development, learn about
software testing
- Current proposals
- Last year's projects and
2005-06 projects
- Research areas and project ideas to work on
- Begin learning to use
LaTeX for research papers and documents, rather than .doc format
- 2nd Quarter
- Continue refining your project and research.
- Continue testing your software develop for validity.
- Develop computer programs to support your research goals.
- Begin collecting data in order to verify your research.
- Research paper components to be completed: title, draft abstract, introduction and background
- Develop a poster display describing the research project.
- 3rd Quarter
- Begin finalizing computer programs and models
- Begin culminating your software validation, testing, and results. Finalize gathering your data for charts and graphs.
- Draft research paper. (LaTeX, HTML, and PDF):
Title, abstract, intro/background, development sections,
results/conclusions (prelim), appendices, bibliography
- 4th Quarter
- Finalize your research paper, results and conclusions, bibliography
- Diagrams and graphics for your paper written in LaTeX and pdf.
- Document computer code.
- Finalize your presentation slides and poster display.
- Present your portfolio: research paper, oral presentation, poster display, and project abstract