1 Course Schedule Spring 2006 Exam 1 February 2006 Project Introduction(5pages)3/24/06 Project Testing 3/24-4/15 Exam 2 4/11/06 Presentation instructions: 4/13/06 Student presentations and Project demo: 4/20/06 4/25/06 4/27/06 4/27/06 Preliminary Final Write-up Due 4/18/06 (should include all section except analysis/conclusions, but please include if you are ahead of schedule) (should include all section except analysis/conclusions, but please include if you are ahead of schedule) Final Write-up Due 4/30/06 If rewrite is necessary, All work must be completed by day of final: 5/5/06 If rewrite is necessary, All work must be completed by day of final: 5/5/06

2 Literature Review Assignment: Details Papers (pdf) and review instructions will be put up on the course web site by April 3 rd. You will be assigned a paper to read and have to perform a literature review of the paper. Literature Review Assignments are due (via ) on or before Tuesday April 20.

3 Project Literature Survey Report How to reference a citation: Use a consistent style for citations Use a consistent style for citations e.g. [2], (smith & lankgord, 1993) etc. Use a consistent style for references Use a consistent style for references References must be as complete as possible References must be as complete as possible all author names publication year title name of conference or journal, or type: tech. report, thesis, etc. page numbers, volume number, names of editors if a chapter in a book, etc.

4 Project: Design and Evaluation Design & Evaluation. A selection of projects, links to resources, grading criteria, and schedule will be put up on the course web site March 3. A selection of projects, links to resources, grading criteria, and schedule will be put up on the course web site March 3. Stages with deadlines: Stages with deadlines: 2-4 person group formation (Feb 28). your choice. You may pick from the above or propose your own. To avoid duplication, me the choice and I will assign on a first-come-first-serve basis and update the web site. In case of duplicate selection, the second person will have to choose another. We will resolve conflicts in by March 8. You may pick from the above or propose your own. To avoid duplication, me the choice and I will assign on a first-come-first-serve basis and update the web site. In case of duplicate selection, the second person will have to choose another. We will resolve conflicts in by March 8.

5 Project Schedules Intermediate stages with deliverables (not all applicable to every project): Problem/task description, analysis and representation. Problem/task description, analysis and representation. part 1 of your project report. Learning the tools. Learning the tools. Initial design and prototype. Initial design and prototype. Evaluate the prototype. Evaluate the prototype. part 2: prototype description, pictures, evaluation & its results’ description. Experiment design. Experiment design. part 3: explain experiment design, data collection and analysis. Conduct the evaluation experiment and report the results. Conduct the evaluation experiment and report the results. part 3: results and discussion of the evaluation. Implications of your findings. Implications of your findings. part 4: describe if and how your design needs to be changed in future. Final demo (Apr25/27). Final demo (Apr25/27).