The Computer Science Seminar provides a forum for graduate students and faculty members to learn current research and development activities in academia as well as in the industry. Each week the seminar features a speaker discussing various research and development projects in computer science.

Syllabus

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Assignments

• for each talk, a summary is due in one week at 12noon, Friday.
• PDF file submission on Canvas
• 1-2 pages, single-spaced, 12-pt font, 1-in margins. Use one of the templates:
  • Word
  • Google Doc (view only, make a copy before editing)
  • Latex
• Outline of sections:
  1. What is the problem?
  2. Why is the problem important (motivation)?
  3. How is the problem solved (approach)?
  4. How well does the approach solve the problem (evaluation)?
  5. What are the limitations and possible improvements?
  6. What is a question you would like to ask the speaker?
• grading scale: good (3), ok (2), poor (1), missing/late (0)

• present (1) or absent (0) near the beginning of the seminar