COMPUTER SYSTEMS RESEARCH
Research Paper Grading Form


  • 2005 papers for review, Posters 2005
  • See the IEEE template for preparation of papers.

  • Title of Paper --> _______________________________

  • Author --> __________________________________

    Rating: (5: Excellent, 4: Very Good, 3: Good, 2: Fair, 1: Poor)

    1. Appropriate title, clear and specific, author, Computer Systems Research, Year? ___
    2. Abstract, with the following elements:
      • Problem or purpose of the research ___
      • Method of research ___
      • Overall quality of the abstract, a concise summary of the project's purpose, method, and results
    3. Introduction:
      • Does the introduction give the reader a good idea of what to expect? ___
      • State the subject and purpose of the project as clearly as possible ___
      • Define the research being addressed, the approach to the problem/research,
        and why this problem is important ___
      • Define the scope of the research project ___
    4. Background
      • Provide necessary and relevant background information, provide enough
        information to allow the reader to understand the specific research being addressed ___
      • Provide a context for this particular research, describe other examples
        of projects/research that pertain.
        Discuss how these provide a basis for and lead to this project ___
      • How clear is the summary of previous work on the topic ___
      • Discuss background of relevant theory/algorithms ___
    5. Your actual program/project: Research Theory and Design criteria
      • How clearly are this project's methods, theory, and/or algorithms presented? ___, ___ (two marks)
        (for examples see Materials/software tools, hardware apparatus, Procedure, and Workplan)
      • How thorough and clearly are the processes for this project and research explained ___, ___
      • Thoroughness of a research process demonstrated?
        Is the level of difficulty and complexity sufficient? ___, ___
      • Are tests being conducted? How thorough and clearly are these explained and analyzed? ___, ___
    6. Results, Discussion, Conclusion, Recommendations
      • Thoroughness and extensiveness of the analysis done with the results,
        provide a detailed and thorough discussion of results. ___, ___, ___
      • Conclusions, recommendations, what was learned this year? ___, ___
    7. End matter
      • References, significant number of references (10), ___, ___
      • Appendixes Supplementary material, program code, other notes of progress through the year. ___, ___
      • Index (Optional)