There are going to be a couple
of assignments during the semester. Each assignment will require an approximately 1
page summary of technical papers and its purpose is for you to demonstrate
an ability to read, with a critical eye, and deeply understand state-of-the-art
publications in subjects we are covering during the lectures. Hence, in each summary
you should also come up with constructive critisism of the ideas of the paper.
A draft outline of your review is as follows;
Definition of the problem
Methods used for problem solution
Your own critical thoughts
Candidate issues to raise include (but are not limited to) the following.
Are you convinced that this is an important problem?
Does it appear technically correct and if not what are the problems?
How do you think you could extend this work?
Are the methods proposed effective and efficient?
Are there any other experiments (or analysis) you think would be worth conducting?
Are the technical ideas still relevant today?
Can you suggest modifications in light of technological developments?