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Course Schedule |
Evaluations
should be emailed to me with a subject line ECE 299.?? Evaluation
<Date>, where Date is the class date, e.g., Jan 19. Please
send only one email for
each class containing all TEXT evaluations for the appropriate
class (no attachments, please). Do not submit evaluations if you are auditing the
class.
The evaluations must be completed before each class begins. The paper evaluations are to ensure active participation by all students and to test for understanding of material. It is also important to develop the ability to critique other research.
Each evaluation will be a maximum of 1/2 page (two to three paragraphs) and should conatin 1) the three most important things the paper says, 2) the biggest problem or weakness of the paper, and 3) a conclusion you draw from the work with respect to the overall course. You may end up with different answers at the end of class, which is fine and expected.
Evaluation scores
will
range from 0-3. Late homework will not receive credit for any reason.
The evaluations/summaries
should reflect your understanding of the paper. It is not acceptable to
turn in a summary if you
have not made an honest effort to read the paper. That is, do not
simply submit the papers
abstract, introduction, or conclusion.
You may skip up to 1/4 of the evaluations and still
receive full credit if all other evaluations are completed to my
satisfaction.
The class presentations should cover 1 to 3 papers on a single topic. I will provide a set of topic areas and a schedule for you to present. Some topics will span more than one class/student. I will provide initial pointers to get you started, but each student should research the topic and identify any additional or replacement papers to discuss. I am perfectly happy to see topics covered that are of interest to the students, but that I may not have listed. These topics must however fall under the broad umbrella of nanocomputing.
Each presentation will be graded on a score of 0-5. The presentation should focus on encouraging class discussion and should include the following:
1. Problem statement,
2. Related work,
3. Methodolgy,
4. Results and interpretation of results,
5.
Contributions of work,
6. Weakness of work,
7. General conclusions to draw from the
work.
The major portion
of this course will consist of a term research
project performed in groups of two- or individually.
At the end of the semester each group
will present their research in a talk and a paper. See me if you want
to work in a different
size group.
Some project ideas will be provided as starting points, but I encourage you to define your own projects as long as it is related to the course. Be sure you are excited and passionate about your project, that is one of the most important aspects of choosing a project.