1. Copyright 1999, S.D. Personick. All Rights Reserved. Telecommunications II Your Term Paper

2. Copyright 1999, S.D. Personick. All Rights Reserved. Term Paper Tips: Pick your topic early, and get it approved by SDP. Pick a topic that you are interested in. No collaboration with classmates or colleagues. Your topic should be some aspect of emerging telecommunications technology, applications, or research Writing a 2-page term paper is harder than writing a 5-page term paper

3. Copyright 1999, S.D. Personick. All Rights Reserved. Term Paper Tips: Don’t wait until the last minute to write your term paper…you will almost surely do poorly on what represents 33% of the raw score that will be used to calculate your grade You are expected to do research (reading) to support your term paper; and you must provide a list of references that you have thoroughly read and thought about (not included in the 2-page limit)

4. Copyright 1999, S.D. Personick. All Rights Reserved. Term Paper Tips: You may submit one 2-page draft of your term paper to SDP for comments. This is optional Consider writing your paper without worrying about the page limit; and then extracting the most important messages to include in the 2-page version Microsoft Word, font size 12, single spaced, 1” margins. Get help, if needed, on grammar! Check your spelling.

5. Copyright 1999, S.D. Personick. All Rights Reserved. Term Paper Tips: Contents: -What is the opportunity or problem that this term paper is focused on? -What is the current practice (I.e., how is this opportunity or problem addressed with current products, services, technologies…) -What new ideas, technologies, and/or services are being pursued by engineers and scientists to address this opportunity or problem?

6. Copyright 1999, S.D. Personick. All Rights Reserved. Term Paper Tips: Contents: -What is the prognosis? (What is likely to happen, and when, as a result of these initiatives?) -What impact might all of this have on people and organizations?