EEL6503: Course Projects
The course project is an individual simulation study of systems and algorithms related to the material presented in class. You can conduct your simulation study based on one (or more) of the papers in the list below. Alternatively you can select your own reference papers, provided that we mutually agree on the selection. You have to understand the material in the paper and write your own MATLAB (or C, C++, Fortran, etc) programs to implement and test the algorithms described in the paper. Create your own test scenarios, don't just repeat what are done in the paper. Feel free to modifiy, improve, or extend the original alogrithms and scenarios described in the paper. A ground-breaking research topic is excellent, but not needed. However, you are expected to show a substantial effort in your project.
You should hand in a written report on your project and make the report publishable on the Internet. If you have any problem setting up a homepage for your project report, please contact the instructor. The NCSA HTML Resources is a good starting point to learn how to make your report publishable on the Internet.
You are welcome to discuss your project with me or your fellow students in class. However, you should follow the academic honesty guideline set forth by the University of Florida. A formal academic dishonesty process will be carried out if palgiarism is suspected. Once verified, students involved will automatically receive the failing grade. Further disciplinary actions may also result.
If your project is the continuation of one that you have submitted for another course, you have to clearly state your additional contributions. Otherwise, I will treat this as plagiarism. I strongly encourage you to discuss with me before you select your topic in this case. With my permission, two of you can work on a joint project. However, the collaboration must be a shared effort. Each of you should hand in your individual report indicating your contributions to the joint project. It is not acceptable that one student works on the simulation and the other student writes the report. Both of you have to work on all aspects of the project. If I receive two identical (or very similar) reports, I will treat this as palgiarism.
I believe the best way to learn a subject is by working on a project. First, you have to select a topic. In the process, you have to review the class material. You have to learn how to search and select useful information from research papers. The next step is to develop your ideas and work them out. This step helps you to review, consolidate, and practice the knowledge you learn in class. The final step is to write a report on your findings. To do so, you need to organize your ideas and results in a clear and logical manner so that they can be understood by the readers of your report. I believe a well-written report is as important as a good idea. There is no point in doing research if no other person can understand and use the result.
Each student is required to submit the following items for his/her project and each of the items will be counted toward the final project grade according to the table below:
| Project proposal: | 20% |
| Final written report: | 50% |
| Project web page: | 10% |
| Peer evaluation: | 10% |
| Reviewing other projects: | 2% per project reviewed, max 20% |
The project proposal and the final written report are self-explanatory. For a good guideline of how to write them, please refer to Dr. Shea's project page for EEL6509. Your final report should include a brief summary of the algorithms in the reference paper. A significant majority of your report should be on the simulation study you conduct.
A list of all the projects will be included on this page. You can provide me the URL of your project homepage any time before the report due date. You can put whatever you feel appropriate on your project homepage. All students are expected to check the list of the projects and make appropiate comments and suggestions to the authors. Therefore, if you want suggestions and comments from me and your classmates, set up your project page as early as you can. The grading period will start one day after the report due date and will last for one week. You are responsible for reviewing and evaluating your classmates' projects. A standard evaluation form will be provided. Ten percents of your project grade will be based on the peer reviews of your project. Therefore please be as constructive as possible when you evaluate and comment on your fellow classmates' projects. In addition, for each constructive review you submit, 2 bonus points will be added toward your project grade.
Any draft work presented before the grading period will not be counted. So don't worry to put some rough drafts up for comments and suggestions. By setting up the peer review scheme, I hope all of us (not just me) can learn and benefit from all of the projects. Remember that your emphasis should not be on the design of your project homepage, but on the contents of your project.
(More to come ...)
Evaluator:
Project Title:
Author:
Summary of the project (use no more than 100 words):
Evaluate the above project on a scale of 1 to 10 (the best):
1. How would you describe the technical quality of the project?
2. How would you rate the organization of the project report?
3. Is the project report easy to understand?
4. Do you find the topic of the project interesting?
5. Relative to its technical content, is the length of the report adequate?
6. After reading the project report, do you feel that you learn
something new?
7. Overall, how would you rate the project?
Comments and suggestions (things that you like and dislike):
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