COMPUTER SYSTEMS SENIOR RESEARCH
Fall/Spring 2009 - 2010 2nd quarter
- TJStar research symposium site, and
agenda for the day May 28, 2009 (last year's),
our schedule from May 2009 of sessions and presentations,
- New improved version of this site
- Course syllabus, syllabus with links
-
Academic Integrity (
.doc)
- Portfolio requirements and Calendar
- Student Projects:
2008-09,
Categorized 2008-09,
2007-08,
2006-07, 2005-06,
(also see the summary 07-08 posters by research category)
- Research areas here at TJ
- Research areas at various universities
- Examples of previous years' projects:
- Online courses, Stanford, MIT
- Cornell University Library research papersdatabase
- 2nd Quarter
- Assignments by week:
- Week 1, Nov. 5-7: Logs 9,
Project Estimate for 2nd quarter, Project estimate timeline #1 2nd quarter, send to me your portfolio for posting
- Week 2, Nov. 10-14: Logs 10A,
Logs 10B,
Project Estimate for 2nd quarter, Project estimate timeline #1 2nd quarter, send me your portfolio from 1st quarter for posting,
summary of what's due this week
- Week 3, Nov. 17-21: Focus on your project Logs 11A,
Logs 11B,
summary of what's due this week
- Weeks 4 and 5: Nov 24-Dec 5,
Logs 12A,
Logs 12B,
Logs 12C, Lit review 1, 2nd quarter, and
summary of what's due these 2 weeks
- Week 6: Dec 8 - 12,
Logs 13A,
Logs 13B,
Lit review 1, 2nd quarter
summary of what's due
- Week 7: Dec 15 - 19,
Logs 14A,
Logs 14B,
Lit review 2, 2nd quarter
summary of what's due
- Week 7.5: Dec 22 - 23,
Log 15A,
Lit review 2, 2nd quarter
summary of what's due
- Week 8: Jan 5 - 9,
Log 16A,
Log 16B,
Lit review 3, 2nd quarter
summary of what's due
- Week 9: Jan 12 - 16,
oral presentation and slides,
Lit review 3, 2nd quarter portfolio write ups,
summary of what's due
- Weekly Logs
- Nov 4-6,
Logs 8
- Nov 9-13,
Logs 9A,
Logs 9B
- Nov 16-20,
Logs 10A
Logs 10B
- Nov 23-Dec 4,
Logs 11A,
Logs 11B,
- Dec 7-11,
Logs 12A,
Logs 12B
- Dec 14-18,
Logs 13A,
Logs 13B
- Dec 23-Jan 8,
Log 14A
- Jan 11-15,
Logs 15A
Logs 15B
- Jan 18-22,
Logs 16A,
Logs 16B
- What's due:
summary of grading
(.doc)
- 2nd Quarter Summary Writeup,
(.doc),
alternate format:
2nd Quarter Updates
(.doc) - a summary of what you accomplished 2nd quarter different from 1st quarter
- 2nd Quarter presentation
- Schedule your presentation for January
- informal presentation (approx. 5 min)
- Project estimates
- Literature reviews:
- Oral presentation, 2nd quarter
- Dec 8 - Jan 16, schedule an oral presentation of your project's 1st semester version, use
presentation slides.
- Your portfolio, 2nd quarter, first semester version - Note that each needs to demonstrate your project's evolution and growth for 2nd quarter, ie in comparison with your
1st quarter version.
- Posting your written work, send to rdlatimer@fcps.edu -
Check here that your 1st quarter versions are posted correctly
- Final project proposal, 1st quarter, .pdf version
- Research paper draft, 1st quarter, .pdf version
- Poster, 1st quarter, .pdf or .ppt version
- Presentation slides, 1st quarter, .ppt version
- Code summary, any version that's convenient for me to post
- Checklist for what you need for 2nd quarter/semester grades:
| Significant project program devel. |
Oral presentation for 2nd quarter |
Slides for presentation |
Poster for 2nd quarter |
Research paper for 2nd quarter |
Logs for 2nd quarter |
Two literature reviews |
Timelines for 2nd quarter |
Summary of 2nd quarter updates |
- Checklist for what you need for your research paper components:
| LaTeX and pdf? (less for .doc) |
Significant project devel. from 1st Q |
Title, Your Name, Date |
Abstract |
Introduction, Background sections |
Development - multiple sections, detailed, analysis, several pages |
Visuals - screenshots, charts, flowcharts,... |
Results, conclusions for 2nd quarter |
Literature references, 5 or more |
Appendix needed? - code examples, other sample runs |
- 1st Quarter
- What's due 1st quarter
- 2008-2009 list of 2008-09 student research projects
- 1st quarter assignments
- Research areas for your project this year.
- What's due 1st quarter),
- Weekly Logs, 1st quarter,
- Project Proposals
- Project Experiments
- Program code and a code writeup of how your program actually runs, 1st quarter version
- Literature reviews
- Interim grade 1st quarter
- 1st quarter - What is due for your portfolio, Oct 28
(Summary .doc):
- Summary: What's due 1st quarter
(.doc)
- Final Project Proposal in LaTeX - Oct. 30 use this general format - 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
- Experiment 1 for 1st quarter
- Research paper
(.doc), 1st quarter version.
LaTeX and pdf; also
this link for more info;
example research papers
- Project poster, 1st quarter version
- Oral presentation, slide presentation, 1st quarter version
- Program code and a
code writeup of how your program actually runs, 1st quarter version
- Daily/Weekly Logs 1-8 parts A/B for each week (see above)
- Literature reviews (2 for this quarter).
Oct. 26
Literature review.doc - example
Research links