Due Oct 21st
Guidelines
Please submit your project proposal as a PDF using this Canvas link.
The proposal document should be no more than 2 pages using 11 pt font, not including references. Contents must include:
1. Introduction: Broad question or problem your project is addressing. Discuss and cite related work to provide background and context.
2. Approach: The steps you will take to implement your project. You should describe the methods or algorithms you will compare, the criteria and metrics you will use to compare these methods, and the datasets that you will apply these methods to. Include appropriate citations. State whether you already have access to any required software, hardware, or datasets.
3. Significance: Why is this is an interesting and important project? Once your project is completed what results do you expect to obtain and what questions will you be able to answer? What lessons will the research community learn from your project?
4. References: Cite related work, datasets and algorithms you will use, and other relevant papers. This is not counted as part of the 2 page limit.
Your proposal will be graded almost entirely based on the above criteria as well as overall clarity in both writing and the plan of your project.
You are encouraged to discuss your project ideas, algorithms, and datasets with Professor Roy or Professor Gitter before writing the proposal via email or in office hours. If there is any overlap between your proposed project and your research outside of class, briefly describe that overlap in the Approach.
Examples and ideas
See example_projects for project ideas and example1 and example2 for example project proposals. Note these proposals followed slightly different guidelines from those listed above.