All students in this course will be required to complete a class project throughout the semester. Students can work in groups of two to three students (more maybe allowed after discussing with the instructor). The scope of the project will scale with the size of the group.

Schedule

Deadline Assignment
08/22 (extended) Project selection due
08/24 (extended) Project assignment discussed in class
08/31 (extended) Project proposal (10 points)
10/06 Project progress report (30 points)
11/16 Final report (60 points)

The various project assignments are designed to make sure you make proper progress on your class projects. These assignments will enable you to obtain early feedback on your ongoing work. All project-related assignments will be graded within one week if they are submitted on time. No late assignments will be accepted, except for legitimate reasons. Students may also submit these assignments early for early feedback.

Deliverables

Submission Format

One submission per group. After title mention the team member names and unity IDs. Submission should be in PDF. Final report should contain link to GitHub or Google drive for relevant code and data.

Use Latex with font size 11pt and single space. The final report should be at least 8 pages excluding references (progress report can be shorter). Use the ACM Latex style file available here ACM_LATEX. Use the sample-sigconf.tex sample and change the font size to 11pt [\documentclass[sigconf,11pt]{acmart}]. Submissions not following this format will be penalized.

Project Selection

You are expected to either submit your own project idea (i.e., a small paragraph describing the problem you want to work on). Please submiit two to three ideas. You can propose to work in groups of two to three students.

Project Proposal

Please submit a description of the project you intend to complete. If you want early feedback or help deciding between a few projects, please discuss with the instructor. Only one submission per group is required. The proposal should be no more than three pages.

The project proposal should include:

In preparing the proposal you should conduct a literature review so that you are aware of what other work has already been done in this area and how your work further contributes to the area. The project proposal is intended to help you better organize your thoughts about how to best proceed with the semester project and communicate them to your instructor. You will receive feedback on your proposal that may result in some changes to your project plans.

Writing quality (grammar, spelling, clarity, etc.) will be considered in grading reports.

Please submit your project proposal in PDF format. Only one submission per group is required.

Grading rubric
Criteria Weight
Problem Statement 20%
Brief summary of related work (what has and hasn't been done) 20%
Your proposed approach 30%
Evaluation plans 20%
Milestone and Timeline 10%

Final/Progress Report

Your project report should document all the work you have done on your project. It should include a detailed literature review and motivation for your project. If you have developed software or created something as part of the project, please provide screen shots, a link to a demo, and source code for review as well (preferably in github). The report should include descriptions of what obstacles you encountered, how you carried out data collection and evaluation, etc., as appropriate. Please consult with the instructor about what should be included in your report if you have any doubts.

Here are some things we will be looking for in most papers:

Please submit your final paper in PDF format. Only one submission per group is required.

Grading rubric
Criteria Weight
Problem motivation 10%
Related work (what has and hasn't been done) 20%
Your proposed approach 20%
Evaluations 30%
Limitations and/or future work 10%
Individual contributions 5%
Properly formatted references 5%