CSE571 Project Guidelines Raj Jain Washington University in Saint Louis Saint Louis MO 63130 Jain cse wustl edu These slides are available on line at http www cse wustl edu jain cse571 09 Washington University in St Louis CSE571S 2P 1 2009 Raj Jain Overview Project Requirements End Goal Writing Style Organization List of Acronyms References HTML Style Guidelines Submission Washington University in St Louis CSE571S 2P 2 2009 Raj Jain Projects If you are doing a survey make sure your report produces a good summary of key current issues and recent developments Topics that are 5 years old should be mentioned only briefly with references to books for further information Hands on projects should talk about the concepts theory used in the project and include the details of the design and use of the software The software should be well documented in the report and code so that others can use it or improve upon it Washington University in St Louis CSE571S 2P 3 2009 Raj Jain Project Requirements Comprehensive Survey or hands on projects Technical Papers Industry Standards Products Will be published on my website Better ones may be submitted to magazines or journals No copyright violations You need to re draw all figures You need to summarize all ideas in your own words Cannot copy any part of text or figure unmodified Short quotes ok Any unmodified figures need permissions Any infringement will result in forfeiture of grades even after graduation See papers in previous courses e g http www cse wustl edu jain cse574 06 index html http www cse wustl edu jain cse567 06 index html Washington University in St Louis CSE571S 2P 4 2009 Raj Jain End Goal Paper that can be published as a survey paper in any magazine journal conference Washington University in St Louis CSE571S 2P 5 2009 Raj Jain Literature Search Finding references Use Google advanced search options Location 802 11 filetype pdf site com Conduct searches in two phases In the first phase use the title words of your project After reading these conduct another more comprehensive search Remove articles that are not useful No limit to the number of references Follow the references in references Washington University in St Louis CSE571S 2P 6 2009 Raj Jain Writing Style Readers want to get to the information fast Keep the nonessential stuff at the end Check thoroughly for grammar and spelling Avoid excessive use of abbreviations Be consistent in case and usage MOBILE Mobile mobile Washington University in St Louis CSE571S 2P 7 2009 Raj Jain Diamond Writing Style Each paper should start with an introduction and end with a summary Each section should start with a short introduction and end with a summary with a lead in to the next section The same applies to subsections All subsections should be of comparable length Add an appendix with all abbreviations Add a list or discussion of related products Washington University in St Louis CSE571S 2P 8 2009 Raj Jain Organization Every paper should have an introduction and a summary Divide paper in to sections Every section should have a lead in paragraph Header level should correspond to the level in table of contents Keep all internal references relative Absolute http www cse wustl edu jain papers x ps Relative papers x ps Try to keep the whole paper in one file index html with figures in fign gif in the same directory No Subdirectories All files names should have eight characters or less for name and 3 characters or less for extension MS DOS compatible The only exception is index html Washington University in St Louis CSE571S 2P 9 2009 Raj Jain Organization Cont Title Author Abstract Keywords Table of Contents Introduction Other Sections Summary References List of Acronyms Date Last Modified Note This paper is available on line at http www cse wustl edu jain cse57107 ftp directory index html Washington University in St Louis CSE571S 2P 10 2009 Raj Jain Organization Cont File name Index html fig1 gif fig2 gif fig ppt Keep PowerPoint figure source files in the same directory although these may not be referenced in the paper Table of Contents Sections and subsections Numbering n n 3 7 subsections per section 3 7 sections per paper No page numbers All local links should be lower case All filenames in lower case Washington University in St Louis CSE571S 2P 11 2009 Raj Jain Title Keywords Abstract Title Based on Table of contents Searchable Key Search words Based on Table of contents Acronyms and full names Abstract Based on Table of Contents 3 7 sentences Description One line based on ToC and Abstract Washington University in St Louis CSE571S 2P 12 2009 Raj Jain Organization Cont See Also Search our web site for the topic Look at other current reports on related topics Introduction Explain what the topic is about Washington University in St Louis CSE571S 2P 13 2009 Raj Jain Other Sections Each section less than 3 pages Each section needs at least one introductory paragraph Do not start with a subsection Each subsection at least 1 paragraph Back to Table of Contents at the end of each section All sections subsections should be numbered n n n If you borrowed several sentences from some source italicize the text and indicate the source Washington University in St Louis CSE571S 2P 14 2009 Raj Jain Summary One or more sentences about each issue Based on Table of Contents Key lessons Washington University in St Louis CSE571S 2P 15 2009 Raj Jain References Style of References Author s Title Source date pages url The URL should show up as well as have a link All references should be annotated and have links Order in the most important first and indicate so In the text point to the end In the end point to actual URL Provide URL Find URL for published papers Remove references that are useless Authoryy notation Exception Standards company documents RFCs Washington University in St Louis CSE571S 2P 16 2009 Raj Jain List of Acronyms Search the text Define on first use Avoid multiple uses if used less than 5 times Exception Commonly used acronyms e g CPU I O Washington University in St Louis CSE571S 2P 17 2009 Raj Jain Figures Tables All figures should be numbered 1 2 All tables should be numbered 1 2 All figures should have a title below the figure All tables should have a title above the table All figures tables should be referenced in the text and explained Should be placed close to their references To prepare figures use blank slides in PowerPoint and save them as gif files Use Microsoft image editor to crop the