11P-1©2006 Raj JainCSE567sWashington University in St. LouisCSE567MCSE567MProject GuidelinesProject GuidelinesRaj Jain Washington University in Saint LouisSaint Louis, MO [email protected] slides are available on-line at:http://www.cse.wustl.edu/~jain/cse567-06/1P-2©2006 Raj JainCSE567sWashington University in St. LouisOverviewOverview Project Requirements, End-Goal Literature Search Preparation Process, Mind Maps Writing Style Organization List of Acronyms References HTML Style Guidelines Submission21P-3©2006 Raj JainCSE567sWashington University in St. LouisProject AnnouncementsProject Announcements If you are doing a case study or a survey of performance analysis of xxxx, make sure your report emphasizes the performance concepts and techniques learnt in this course. In surveys, if you come across misuse of statistics or mistakes, please include it in the report.1P-4©2006 Raj JainCSE567sWashington University in St. LouisRevised Project ScheduleRevised Project ScheduleThu 10/26/06 Topic SelectionWed 11/01/06 References Due Mon 11/13/06 Outline Due Mon 11/20/06 First Draft Due Mon 11/27/06 Reviews ReturnedWed 11/29/06 Final Report Due31P-5©2006 Raj JainCSE567sWashington University in St. LouisProject RequirementsProject Requirements Comprehensive Survey: 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 permissionsAny infringement will result in forfeiture of grades even aftergraduation. See papers in previous courses, e.g., http://www.cse.wustl.edu/~jain/cis574-06/ftp/wimax/index.html1P-6©2006 Raj JainCSE567sWashington University in St. LouisEndEnd--GoalGoal Paper that can be published as a survey paper in any magazine, journal, conference41P-7©2006 Raj JainCSE567sWashington University in St. LouisPreparation ProcessPreparation Process Read abstract and stop if irrelevant Underline the key points in the paper Write the key summary on the first page of the paper Prepare a text document with the key ideas Keep adding to this text document document from different papers with [refs, page, paragraph] Import the text document in Powerpoint Add figures and clean up the outline Like getting ready to make a presentation to the class1P-8©2006 Raj JainCSE567sWashington University in St. LouisMind MapsMind Maps51P-9©2006 Raj JainCSE567sWashington University in St. LouisMind Maps (cont)Mind Maps (cont)1P-10©2006 Raj JainCSE567sWashington University in St. LouisLiterature SearchLiterature Search Finding references: Use Google advanced search options¾ 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 references61P-11©2006 Raj JainCSE567sWashington University in St. LouisWriting StyleWriting 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, mobile1P-12©2006 Raj JainCSE567sWashington University in St. LouisDiamond Writing StyleDiamond 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 products71P-13©2006 Raj JainCSE567sWashington University in St. LouisOrganizationOrganization 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 references relative. Absolute: http://www.cse.wustl.edu/~jain/papers/x.psRelative: 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.html1P-14©2006 Raj JainCSE567sWashington University in St. LouisOrganization (Cont)Organization (Cont) Title Author Abstract See Also:, References to Other Reports 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/cse567-06/ftp/%directory%/index.html81P-15©2006 Raj JainCSE567sWashington University in St. LouisOrganization (Cont)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 Contents¾ Sections and subsections¾ Numbering n.n¾ 3-7 subsections per section¾ 3-7 sections per paper¾ No page numbers1P-16©2006 Raj JainCSE567sWashington University in St. LouisTitle/Keywords/AbstractTitle/Keywords/Abstract Title¾ Based on Table of contents¾ Searchable Key Search words¾ Based on Table of contents¾ Acronyms and full names Abstract¾ Based on Table of Contents¾ 3-7 sentences Description:¾ One line based on ToC and Abstract91P-17©2006 Raj JainCSE567sWashington University in St. LouisOrganization (Cont)Organization (Cont) See Also:¾ Search our web site for the topic.¾ Look at other current reports on related topics Introduction¾ Explain what the topic is about.1P-18©2006 Raj JainCSE567sWashington University in St. LouisOther SectionsOther 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
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