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COURSE
SYLLABUS |
Prerequisites:
You should be a graduate student.
Class Schedule:
Activity Day Time Location Lecture TR 9:30 am - 10:45 am LOV 101
Contact Information:
Instructor: Ashok Srinivasan Office hours: Mon 9:15 am - 10:15 am, Wednesday 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm. I am also usually available in my office, and you can feel free to meet me except before class. Alternatively, you may schedule an appointment, either by email or by phone. Office: 169, Love Building Phone: 644-0559 Email: asriniva AT cs.fsu.edu
Course Material:
Required Text
- None.
Course Rationale:
This course introduces you to the research done by the Computer Science faculty, which will help you in choosing an adviser and a topic for your PhD dissertation, MS thesis, or MS project.
Course Description:
You will primarily listen to faculty talk about their research. You will submit written summaries of these talks, and also write more detailed reports on the research of at least one faculty.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of this course, you should be able to accomplish the objectives given below.
- Briefly summarize the research carried out by different faculty members in the Computer Science department.
- Explain in detail the research carried out by two faculty members, chosen by you.
Your Responsibilities:
Deadlines and InstructionsFollowing the same professional guidelines that you will encounter at work, there are strict deadlines, and instructions that must be followed. Please read instructions carefully, and schedule your activities so that you submit assignments on time. You should check your FSU email account and the class web page regularly, and note other announcements, on-line and in class. Any mail you send me should have subject that starts with CIS5935:.
Class Participation
You should be in class on time, and leave only after it is over. Otherwise, you will be marked absent. You should also pay attention to the talks presented by faculty, and instructions given by me. You should not disturb the class in any manner, such as by talking to others while the class is going on.
Assignments
You will have two types of assignments in this course. Formatting instructions are available at www.cs.fsu.edu/~asriniva/courses/intres16/format.html.
- Summaries: You should write a one-page summary of the talk given by each faculty member. You may supplement the material presented at the talk with on-line material from that faculty's web page, if you wish to. Your written report will be judged both on content and on presentation. In particular, you should have no typographical errors. If I mark two of your reports as
good, then you need not write any more summaries, for this category of assignments. Hardcopies of the summaries are due at the beginning of the next lecture. If no talk is scheduled for the next lecture, then please place your homework under my office door.- Detailed reports: You should look at the web pages of all faculty and choose one on whose research you want to write a more detailed five-page report. This report should also include information on one or two recent or current research grants obtained by that faculty, its source, and amount. You should also give two of the most cited articles of that faculty using data from Scholar Google. A hardcopy of the report is due on the date mentioned in the course calendar. You should hand it over to me at the begining of class on the due date. This report too will be judged both on content and on presentation. If a report is not satisfactory, then you will need to write reports on additional faculty members, until you produce a good one.
Course Calendar:
Week Lecture Speaker Assignment 1 30 Aug Ashok Srinivasan -- Introduction to the course 1 Sep Ashok Srinivasan -- Tips on writing 2 6 Sep Summary due Sep 8 8 Sep Adrian Nistor 3 13 Sep Zhenhai Duan Summary due Sep 13
Summary due Sep 1515 Sep Ashok Srinivasan 4 20 Sep Summary due Sep 22 22 Sep Sonia Haiduc 5 27 Sep Summary due Sep 27 (submit in my office) 29 Sep 6 4 Oct Nancy Kellett (in DSL 208, Instruction Lab) 6 Oct Nancy Kellett (in DSL 208, Instruction Lab) 7 11 Oct Xiuwen Liu First detailed report due Oct 11
Summary due Oct 1113 Oct 8 18 Oct Michael Mascagni Summary due Oct 18
Summary due Oct 2020 Oct Xin Yuan 9 25 Oct Viet Tung Hoang Summary due Oct 25
Summary due Oct 2727 Oct Zhi Wang 10 1 Nov Piyush Kumar Summary due Nov 1
Summary due Nov 33 Nov Robert van Engelen 11 8 Nov Jie Yang Summary and second detailed report (if needed) due Nov 8
Summary due Nov 1010 Nov David Whalley 12 15 Nov Summary due Nov 15
Summary due Nov 1717 Nov Sudhir Aggarwal 13 22 Nov Dan Schwartz Summary due Nov 22 24 Nov Thanksgiving -- no class 14 29 Nov Zhenghao Zhang Summary due Nov 29
Summary due Dec 11 Dec Andy Wang 15 6 Dec Summary due Dec 6 (in my office) 8 Dec
Grading Criteria:
The grade will be S/U only. You will need to perform satisfactorily in each of the following criteria in order to pass the course.
- Attendance and participation in the talks given by the faculty: Attendance will be taken when class begins, and so you will be marked absent if you come late. You will also be marked absent if you leave before class ends! You should also participate in the class by paying attention to the talk. You should not disturb the class, such as by talking with others when the speaker is making a presentation. You may have at most three lectures with unsatisfactory performance in this category in order to pass the course. For example, if you miss two classes, and talk with your friends in two lectures, then you will have four lectures with unsatisfactory performances, and so you will get a
Ugrade for the course.- Summaries of talks: You should give summaries of the talks presented by the faculty, as noted earlier.
- Detailed reports: You should give detailed reports on faculty research, as noted earlier.
Course Policies:
Attendance Policy
The university requires attendance in all classes, and it is also important to your learning. Your attendance record may be provided to deans who request it. You may have at most three unexcused absences, if you wish to get a passing grade. In rare cases, such as medical needs or jury duty, absences may be excused with appropriate documentation. You should let me know in advance, when possible, and submit the documentation I seek.
Late Assignment Policy
We have the following policy regarding submission of late assignments, in order to encourage you to submit them on time.
- An assignment that is turned in late will receive a score of zero, although we will review it and comment on it.
Professional Ethics
You may not copy material from any source. Furthermore, you should take steps to ensure that others cannot copy work. For example, you should have all permissions on assignment files and directories set off for others. Honor Code: The Florida State University Academic Honor Policy outlines the University's expectations for the integrity of students' academic work, the procedures for resolving alleged violations of those expectations, and the rights and responsibilities of students and faculty members throughout the process. Students are responsible for reading the Academic Honor Policy and for living up to their pledge to be honest and truthful and [to] strive for personal and institutional integrity at Florida State University. (Florida State University Academic Honor Policy can be found at http://fda.fsu.edu/content/download/21140/136629/AHPFinal2014.pdf .)Plagiarism:
- Plagiarism is "representing another's work or any part thereof, be it published or unpublished, as ones own. For example, plagiarism includes failure to use quotation marks or other conventional markings around material quoted from any source" (Florida State University General Bulletin 1998-1999, p. 69). Failure to document material properly, that is, to indicate that the material came from another source, is also considered a form of plagiarism. Copying someone else's program, and turning it in as if it were your own work, is also considered plagiarism.
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ADA
Students with disabilities needing academic accommodation should: (1) register with and provide documentation to the Student Disability Center, and (2) bring a letter to the instructor indicating the need for accommodation and what type. This syllabus and other class materials are available in alternative format upon request. For more information about services available to FSU students with disabilities, contact:
Student Disability Resource Center
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Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL 32306-4167
(850) 644-9566 (voice)
(850) 644-8504 (TDD)
sdrc@admin.fsu.edu
http://www.disabilitycenter.fsu.edu
This syllabus and other class materials will be made available in alternative format upon request.
SYLLABUS CHANGE POLICY:
This syllabus is a guide for the course and is subject to change with advanced notice.
Last modified: 6 Nov 2016