COMPSCI 705 - SOFTENG 702: Seminars :

This assessment is 30% of your final grade. There are four components: interim report(5%) final report (15%)presentation slides (4%) and presentation (6%) . Deadlines are announced on the assignment page of the course webpage. Please take all further announcements and advice during the course of the project into consideration.

Document Format write your interim and final report in CHI "HCI Archive format" also use this format for the references - there are examples in the word doc

References Correct references are a critical part of academic writing. Provide a full reference in Chi style for each of your publications. This Referencite web site has useful instructions on how to reference and cite work - but unfortunately not Chi Style. If you are using EndNote (recommended) you can import citations directly from the libraries (saves a lot of time and errors). However Chi style is not one of the EndNote styles - it is close to Numbered - you can modify Numbered, so that it includes the page numbers etc. In addition provide an electronic link to each of your papers - ie acm digital library, authors webpage - we should be able to click directly to the paper

Title, Author etc as per document format
Abstract - introduce and scope your topic (200 words)
Summaries of 3 related research publications by different authors. These must be peer refereed research papers. Anything from the IEEE Explore, ACM Digital library or Lecture notes in Computer Science (all available through library e databases) is acceptable, as are other Journal and conference publications

For each publication you must
1 summarize the paper in 200 words
2 describe how it relates to the topic
3 provide a full reference in chi style as per the document format
4 provide an electronic link to the paper

Use the chi style for your report. Your word count should be between 3000 and 4000 words (excluding references) The page limit including pictures and references is 7 pages

Suggested structure

• Abstract - Introduce and scope your topic (200 words)
• Introduction
• Body - Your report should demonstrate that you have an integrated understanding of the literature. It should discuss the following points as appropriate: problem and sub problems, approaches, findings, methodologies. We expect that you will have extended your review to at least six different research groups/authors. These must be peer refereed research papers. Anything from the IEEE Explore, ACM Digital library or Lecture notes in Computer Science (all available through library e databases) is acceptable, as are other Journal and conference publications
• Summary - very brief conclusions
• Future work - identify gaps and shortcomings for topic

Maximum of 10 slides plus one of references in Chi format (.pptx or pdf please) - suggested structure same as main report below

~10 minutes + 5 minutes questions (dependent on number of students in the class, will be scheduled later).
The presentation schedule will be posted on the course page.

One of the difficult skills you must master with this work is learing to summarize other people's work in your own words. Copying word-for-word is not acceptable! - with a very few exceptions, like a definition. We will submit your assignments to turnitin.