CSC2228 Topics in Mobile and Pervasive Computing

Course Requirements

Paper presentation

The research paper presentations will give you the experience of reading, synthesizing, and presenting other people's research. You will present at least one research publication over the semester. However, depending on the size of the class you may be asked to present more than once. Your presentation should last at most 30 minutes, after which you will be in charge a leading a 20 minutes open discussion. You should prepare in advance a list of issues or questions that you would like to address over the discussion period. I will be very strict regarding timing and will interrupt you after the 30 minutes mark.

Paper summaries

The intent of the research summaries is to familiarize you with the process of reviewing manuscripts. For those papers that you are not presenting yourself (including the ones presented by the instructor), you will assume the role of conference reviewer, and write a 3 paragraph critical review of the paper. Briefly summarize the paper in the first paragraph. In the second and third paragraphs, provide at least one argument for accepting and rejecting the paper, respectively.

Project

The purpose of the project is to gain experience doing original systems research, synthesizing you results in written form, and presenting them in public. You are required to develop a group project (groups can include up to 3 people) in an area related to mobile or pervasive computing. The results of this project should be reported in a 5 page long manuscript following conference style guidelines (single space, double column, 8.5 X 11 inch paper). The project will also be presented to the class in a workshop-like session at the end of the semester. A list of suggested research projects will be posted soon.

The following table describes the project requirements in more detail:

Milestone	Date	Project breakdown (project accounts for 50% of overall grade)
Form groups Email me a list of group members	Sep 27
Web page Create a web page for your project. The page should contain a brief description of your project and a link to your proposal. As the semester progresses, please add links to the intermediate and final reports, as well as the slides for your class presentation.	Oct 4
Proposal In 1 page briefly describe your project's goals and provide a time-line for achieving these goals. You should include at least two references to related research. Remember to add a link to your proposal in your web page.	Oct 4
First progress report Describe in 1 page what you have accomplished so far, and what is still left to do. Descibe any unexpected problems and how you plan to solve them.	Nov 1
Second progress report Describe in 1 page what you have accomplished so far, and what is still left to do. Describe any unexpected problems and how you plan to solve them.	Nov 22
Class presentation You will have 20 minutes to present your work followed by 5 minutes for questions.	Dec 6	10%
Final report Describe your project results in 5 pages following standard conference proceedings format (single space, double column, 10pt font). The paper should include at least the following sections: an introduction describing the problem and your approach; a result section detailing your experiments; a related work section comparing your work to previous research efforts; and a conclusions and future work section.	Dec 15	40%