COMPUTER SYSTEMS RESEARCH
2005 - 2006 - Project Presentations, 2nd Period, 4th Quarter

Portfolio Components for 4th quarter
Research Paper LaTeX/PDF Poster PDF/PPT Slides PPT Abstract DOC/PPT Running Descr. Oral Pres. Timeline Software Tests
Y. Chen (Sugarscape Artif. Life World) :LaTeX 7 pgs dsp / Abstr 120 wds / Backgr 4 paragr 2 pgs / The World 3 paragr 1+ pg / Rules 60 wds / Testing 200 wds / Biblio 6 ref. : Abstr 100 wds / Backgr 3 para 160 wds / Testing 3 para 140 wds / Methodology 60 wds / Results 50 wds not finished / Conc. not finished / 1 graph + 2 screenshots; COMPLETED and PRINTED : 8-12 slides some not finished / Abstr, Backgr 1, Backgr2, Backgr3, Methodology, 2D, Testing, Results, Concl, Sources :Completed : : : :
J. Hurley (Modeling of Traffic patterns, agent-based) :LaTeX 3+ pgs ssp / Abstr 70 wds / Intro - Purpose, Scope 130 wds 2 paragr / Backgr and Review of Lit 1 para 70 wds / Procedure Devel 6 para, 6 sect 250 wds / Results 2 para, 2 sect 80 wds / Concl 60 wds : Abstr 60 wds / Backgr 50 wds / Methodology 70 wds / 1 screenshot, 1 structure diagr :7 slides / Abstr, Purpose, Backgr, Methodology, Environ. Characteristics, Individ. Characteristics : : : : :
R. Leith (Sablescape Universe game) : (see R Kappiyoor 5th period) LaTeX 2 pgs ssp / Abstr. 4 paragr 140 wds / Intro 2 paragr, 2 sect. 100 wds / Procedure Methodology 4 paragr 4 sect. 100 wds / Different prototypes 2 paragr 2 sect. 50 wds / Biblio 6 ref. :Abstr 40 wds / Goal 60 wds / Expected results 30 wds / 1 large screenshot :7 slides / Abstr, Purpose, Devel., Results Concl : : : : :
A. Parthum (Software for Multimedia desktop) :Nothing turned in : : : : : : :
A. Richardson (Dialog processing, natural language processing) : .DOC / 4 pgs dsp / Backgr - Supervised and unsupervised neural nets 250 wds, 5 paragr / Research - the node structure 2 paragr 80 wds / The Project, Input and Output, 1 1/2 pages, 4 paragr / 1 diagr. neural net :3 paragr 170 wds / 1 diagr neural net, 1 picture of a neural net :11+ slides: Contents / Backgr - Neural nets, unsupervised neural nets 100 wds / Program mechanisms: Nodes 80 wds; Attributes of nodes 100 wds / Difficulties in Modeling and need for algorithms 40 wds / Program Mechanics: Algorithms 130 wds / Further Research 40 wds / Bibliogr 2 slides 5 url ref. : : : : :
K. Shiells (Natural language processing - Russian-English translator) :LaTeX 10+ pages dsp / Abstr 50 wds / Intro, purpose 3 paragr 160 wds / Scope 130 wds 2 paragr / Backgr, machine trans 50 wds . direct trans 80 wds, Interlingua 100 wds, syntactic transfer 2 paragr 1 pg / Syntactic structures 3 paragr 3 sect 80 wds / Procedures approach, components, expansion 1+ page / Results - word identification, parsing, english generation 1+ page / Conclusions 50 wds / Recommendations 50 wds / Biblio 6 ref :Abstract 60 wds / Syntactic transfer 60 wds / Dependency vs. phrase structure 100 wds / Chart of dependency trees/ Interface COMPLETED and PRINTED 5/23 :15 slides / Purpose / Scope of study / Other research / Old methods / Syntactic transfer / Alternative structures / Dependency trees / Object orientation / Verb typing / Dictionary / Translator / Results - Subject, verb, direct trans; Adjectives matched to nouns; Word order / Conclusions - Part-of-speech guessing; verb typing; word order / Bibliography 6 refs : : :Done : :
G. Tabot (Traffic optimization of traffic lights - agent based) :NOTHING TURNED IN : : : : : : :
R. Udeshi (Modeling Civil Violence - agent based) :NOTHING TURNED IN : : : : : : :
R. Zamani (Modeling of Economic Systems - agent based) :LaTeX 3+ pages ssp / Abstr 40 wds / Intro - 2 sect. Purpose 60 wds; Scope 25 wds / Backgr and Review of Lit. 80 wds / Proc. Dev. 6 sec. - Init: Netlogo, Learning the Lang. 40 wds; Dev: First Model, Char. of Agents, Customization, Testing 120 wds / Results 2 sect., 2nd and 3rd Q 80 wds / Conclusion 60 wds :Abstr 30 wds / Background Laissez-faire, supply side econ 40 wds / Procedure40 wds / hypothesis 20 wds : : : : : :