Computer Systems Techlab
Project Requirements 2003-2004

Grading First Quarter requirements, also see Updated Grade requirements for 1st quarter (Oct. 21)

Student Portfolios 2003-04
Webpage portfolio, initial version. (Due 9/11/03) See: Starting a web page
- Title page including title, abstract, author (you)
  - at this point these are "draft" versions
  - inside "web-docs/techlab/index.html"
- Beginning links to the assignments for the quarter
Link for Brainstorming Ideas (optional):
- Computer Science Sample Topic Links and information
- Google Computer Science Listing and research sites
- List of Linux educational tools, also here
  You may want to use some of these resources in your project
- MIT: AI research at MIT for sample projects and research abstracts
Link1 - Project proposal (patterned after your project brief)
- link to preliminary version Due 9/11/03>
LaTeX, HTML, PDF versions (also Postscript if you want)
HAND IN A HARD COPY by 9/11/03
Daily logs/Weekly goals for 1st Quarter - Started by 9/11/03
Project Code, tests, analysis create the link(s) even if there is
nothing at this point. Link due 9/11/03
Coding Practice problems - usaco.org
- go to "Training" and create a username and password
"Your Ride is Here", "Greedy Gift Givers", "Broken Necklace",
"Prime Palindrome"
Begin these by week of 9/15/03

Grading by each quarter:

First Quarter Summary, Details
Second Quarter Summary, Details
Third Quarter Summary, Details
Fourth Quarter Summary, Details
Good examples of papers from student projects, 2002-2003:
Immanuel Buder
Ryan Landoll
Summary of Requirements for the entire school year 2003-2004:
1. Research Paper: 15-20 pages, 4000(or more) words
  also see what you need to complete and detailed summary of a research paper
  Typed in LaTeX , with an online version in PDF ("dvipdf file.dvi")
  and optionally also HTML ("latex2html file.tex") versions
2. 10 references - Use your Technical Reading for references and content
  - Technical Paper Reading Assignments - 2 papers each quarter
3. Use a Scientific Method in your research
4. Appendices with CODE, Sample Tests, Runs, Screenshots
5. Code, Testing, Analysis: 20 (or more) pages,
  --Working version! DEMONSTRATE YOUR PROJECT WORKS
6. Project Proposal (1st quarter)
  - Examples: MIT AI Research and Current Research Abstracts +
    lists of Projects by Abstracts
7. Project Description (from 3rd quarter)
8. Project Poster
9. Oral reports, presentations of project progress
10. Daily Logs, Weekly Goals, Iteration Reports, Gantt Charts
11. Research: Scientific Method
12. Tutorial(s) for future students
13. Suggested Web Portfolio Final Format, also see Starting a webpage
14. Permanent Archive of your portfolio (use "tar")
  (So your work can be stored after your account may be DELETED next year, Sorry!)
  - Create an Archive of all the important elements of your project to save
  - Use "tar"
  - See Ten USEFUL UNIX Commands (scroll down)
  - Create a "username03" directory
  - Put all your important work to save in here:
    Research paper (all formats), Screenshots, Code, Tutorials, etc. that you want to save
  - "tar -cf username03.tar username03" - This "archives" everything in the folder
  - This archived folder can be saved in a permanent location
15. Where will you be next year?
  What college do expect to attend, what program?
  Can you find any coursework that could apply to your project?

Computer Systems Techlab Project Requirements 2003-2004

Computer Systems Techlab
Project Requirements 2003-2004