CS1900/1950

Your responsibilities

You must fulfill all of these responsibilities to get a satisfactory grade:

Attend each class synchronously. See Attendance.
Give a presentation on your work. See Presentation organization.
Write a final paper. See Final paper organization.
Fill out peer reviews for each presentation on TopHat. See Peer review organization
(CS 1950 students only) send regular progress reports. See Progress report organization.

Failure to fulfill any of the above responsibilities may result in a “Not Complete” grade or a penalty on your letter grade.

TopHat attendance will be taken for each class.
Per university policy, online attendance via Zoom will be permitted only for the duration of 8/27 ~ 9/10. There will be Zoom links posted for subsequent classes, but the link are to be used only by students with extenuating circumstances who got prior permission.
NOTE: You may miss 2 classes in the entire semester without providing a reason. Additional missed classes must be due to an extenuating circumstance supported by documentation (such as a medical or family emergency).

Here is the finalized Presentation Schedule. Please check that your name is there!
Each student is expected to present for 5 minutes. Q&A will happen online over TopHat. There will be a folder in TopHat for each presenter, and under it, a Q&A discussion section.
Please review the [Lecture on Presentations] (to be linked) and the [Lecture on Assertion Evidence Format] (to be linked) before giving your presentation.
Presenters must submit their presentation slides to the “Presentation Slides” assignment on Canvas the day before, by Thursday midnight. The slides will be uploaded to TopHat so that they can be reviewed by your classmates. The preferred format is PDF or Powerpoint.
NOTE: If your presentation is not satisfactory, you will be asked to present once more with your instructor one-on-one outside of class hours. This will be your final chance to give a satisfactory presentation.

Write a 8 - 12 page paper on your internship experience. For details, see the Final Paper Instructions. PDF format is preferred. The paper should be submitted to Canvas by midnight of December 3. Please consider submitting the paper earlier to get feedback.
NOTE: If you submit your final paper at least one week before the deadline, you will be provided feedback and given a chance to resubmit if your paper is not satisfactory. Otherwise, your paper will be considered as-is.

For each presenter, there will be a folder in TopHat containing the slides for the presentation and a few peer review questions. The TopHat questions should be submitted to TopHat by Sunday midnight of the week of the presentation.
Please review tips for writing a good review. Be specific about what you liked and disliked.
The peer reviews will be anonymized and then provided to the presenter. Note that the peer reviews will not impact the presenter’s grade. You can give honest feedback and scores without feeling guilty about lowering your friend’s grade. The instructor will make the final determination on the quality of the presentation.

This section is only for CS 1950 students.

Please send regular progress reports to both your instructor (me) and research advisor by email, before each weekly or bi-weekly meeting.
The report allows your research advisor to get a summary update of your progress before starting each meeting. It also allows your instructor to monitor your progress and spot communication problems before they become a major issue.
The progress reports are meant to help you, not burden you. The main consumer of the report is your research advisor, so you can use whatever format conveys the information best to your advisor.
Your advisor will “Approve” your report if your progress is satisfactory — otherwise feedback will be given.