1. The Outline

2. Introduction Outline 1 Introduction 1.1 Problem Statement 1.2 Motivation 1.3 Approach 1.4 Societal Implications 1.4.1 Ethics 1.4.2 Safety

3. Thesis proposals Need… 2. Historical Review 2.1 Review about 45 papers 2.2 Ans questions like: How does this related to my contribution? What did they contribute? Why is this paper important to my work? What are they claiming? Are these claims valid?

4. Contributions Theory or background, as needed 4.Validation 4.Experimental Results Expected 1.Preliminary theories to be tested 2.Preliminary design of the experiments 3.How results will be summarized. 5. Milestones (project time line)

5. How many pages? Midterm is typically more than 6 pages long. 22.5 papers, on avg being reviewed. Write 1.5 paras on each one…So this is about 33 paras..That is 3 or 4 pages (min) right there. TOC + PS, you will needs at least 6 pages to complete, more likely you will need about 12 or more.

6. What can I have in the midterm? Preliminary thesis proposal. Sell your idea. Package IT! Correct Formatting Good grammar Refined outline Proper style for bib. Try to make it blemish free. Proof read!

7. When can I submit? Submit early, submit often! Progress reports, from midterm on, are the full thesis proposals with additions, pointed out. The goal of the READING course is to create a thesis proposal as an outcome that is acceptable!

8. What is an acceptable thesis proposal? It can’t be trivial! It must be doable in the given time! Plan for failure! Research is a speculative activity! You WILL not be productive every week. It is all due the Wednesday the week before thanksgiving (in two weeks)

9. Conclusion 6. Related Results (in final phase of thesis) 7. Conclusion Future work (after the thesis is done) 8. Literature Cited (30-45 papers)

10. How do I organize the lit? 3D Range Finders –Passive Rangefinders Binocular vision Diffraction –Active Rangefinders Sound –Ultrasonic ping EMF –RF Ping Diffraction Triangulation

11. Acceleration of Java HP APIs (Native) Vectorization Asm Distributed Computing

12. How did they design it? Simulation (if simulation is good enough, then you can design fast). Build prototypes!