Requirements For Project Proposal

(20 points, 20% of the project)

Each group must submit a project proposal, which must have a title page, main content, and references. The proposal should be single-column, 1 inch margins, 11-point size. The proposal should be at most 5 pages (excluding title page and references). It is due in class on 10/18/04. 

The title page should include

• the title of the paper or project
• group member name(s) and email address(es)
• course name, number, and instructor's name
• a maximum 300-word abstract
• three to five keywords.

For research papers, the main content of the proposal should include the following:

• (4 points) A summary of the research problem you plan to study.
• (3 points) Motivation of the proposed problem (i.e., why do you study this problem).
• (3 points) A summary of the possible techniques you plan to use to address the problem.
• (4 points) Justification about why you believe you can solve the problem.
• (4 points) Expected result and a plan for validation..
• (2 points) A reference list with at least 5 relevant papers.

For survey papers, the main content should include the following:

• (4 points) A summary of the research field you plan to survey.
• (2 points) Justification about why do plan to survey this field.
• (4 points) A classification scheme of the techniques in your selected field.
• (4 points) A classification of the techniques in your reference list with your classification scheme. You need to map each paper you cite to one of the classes.
• (4 points) A summary of the trends in your selected field. Give evidences for your decision.
• (2 points) A reference list with at least 20 references.

For implementation oriented project, the main content should include the following:

• (4 points) A summary of the system, algorithm, or protocol you want to implement.
• (2 points) Justification about why you want to implement it.
• (4 points) The architecture of your implementation.
• (4 points) Your implementation plan, including milestones (or check points) and deliverables.
• (4 points) Your plan for demonstrating your implementation. You may have to write additional programs to demonstrate implementation. In this case, you should explicitly identify what these additional programs are.
• (2 points) A reference list with at least 5 references.