Section Report

Due
Motivation: Tuesday, March 5 @ 8:00 AM
Evaluation: Tuesday, March 19 @ 8:00 AM
Prior Work: Tuesday, March 26 @ 8:00 AM
Implementation: Tuesday, April 2 @ 8:00 AM
Future Work: Tuesday, April 16 @ 8:00 AM
Abstract & Conclusion: Tuesday, April 23 @ 8:00 AM

Description
In order to better prepare you to write your final paper, your project team will be periodically submitting milestone section reports consisting of each of the expected sections for the final paper.

Instructions
As you write your section report, carefully consider some of the guidelines for the respective section reports.

Motivation


  • Introduce the area.
  • Describe the problem you are trying to solve.
  • Why this problem is important.
  • Provide any background information necessary to understand the problem.
  • Any intelligent person should be able to understand -- and be motivated by -- your problem.


Evaluation
  • Results
    • What was the outcome of you work?
    • What statistical test did you use to determine these results?
    • Graphs and tables.
    • Make sure there is some way to measure what you have done.
  • Discussion
    • Analysis of the results.
    • What worked.
    • What didn’t work.
    • Why do you think things worked.
    • Why do you think things didn’t work.
Prior Work
  • Literature Survey
    • Aim for listing the most related work in the field.
    • Describe how your work differs from theirs (i.e. why their work does not solve the problem you are trying to solve).
    • Does your prior work appropriately set the stage for your work?
    • Does it tell a story?
  • Bibliography
    • References are properly cited.
    • References consist primarily of archival publications, as opposed to websites.
Implementation
  • Introduce the area.
  • Describe the problem you are trying to solve.
  • Why this problem is important?
  • Provide any background information necessary to understand the problem.
  • Any intelligent person should be able to understand -- and be motivated by -- your problem.
Future Work
  • If you had more time to work on this, what would you do next give the results of your paper? Why?
Abstract & Conclusion
  • Abstract
    • One-paragraph summary of your paper.
    • One sentence motivation.
    • One sentence what you did.
    • One sentence results.
    • Do not make this a story.
    • People should be able to *only* read your abstract and know exactly what you did.
  • Conclusion
    • Summarize what you told them.
    • What were the key findings.
    • Similar to abstract, but you can assume people have read the paper.
    • What did you want people to get out of the paper?
    • What should they walk away remembering?