INF 723: Proseminar in Information Science (Info. Theory)
Coursework
PAPER RELATED TO CLASS TOPICS
A short paper (5-10 double-spaced pages) and a long paper (15-25 double-spaced) are due on May 12, 2008. The topics should come from any two of the three areas covered in teh course: Information Theory / Entropy, Coding Theory/Bayesian Decision Theory, and Logic & Information/Algorithms & Complexity. Total Points: 100General criteria that will be used in the evaluation of the papers:
- Clarity of thoughts and validity of arguments
- Relevance to the class material
- Significance of work
- Originality and Innovation
- Proper citations for any referred work (Scholarly References)
- Spelling/Grammar
| Section | Questions to Address |
|---|---|
| Abstract | Good summary of the paper |
| Introduction (Motivation) | What is the problem? Why it is interesting/important/relevant? What do you plan to do? |
| Literature Review | What have other people done about it? Why is that insufficient, how you fill the gap? |
| Model/Theory/Philosophy | What you propose? How is it better than what is in the literature? |
| Methodology (tools & techniques) | Detailed analytic techniques for your research What is the scope of your model? What are the limitations of your technique? |
| Data, Analysis & Validation | What data will you use? How will you collect the data? What are the uncertainties in the data? |
| Results | (For Completed Work) What the results say (Charts, analysis and observations) |
| Conclusions & Future Work | What did you conclude? How did your conclusions compare to hypotheses? What needs to be done next? |