Syllabus
CS 69191
Masters Seminar
CS 89191
Doctoral Seminar
Term: Fall 2007
Instructor: Dr. C. C. Lu
Credit hours: 1-2, repeat enrollment
allowed
Prerequisites: Admission to graduate
program.
Meeting Time: MWF 3:45-5:00pm
(see
schedule) in 228
MSB
Description
This is a Seminar for
Master’s and Doctoral students to present and discuss computer science related
research and academics. Master’s students are required to take at least
two credit hours for completion of degree and make at least one presentation of
project work or research. Doctoral students are required
to take at least three credit hours for completion of degree and make at least
two presentations of project work or research. The
presentation(s) must take place at least one term before graduation. A
student's Thesis/Dissertation defense can NOT be counted to fulfill this degree
requirement.
The course will consist of a number of lectures on
conducting research and pursuing a graduate degree will be made along with a
number of invited research talks and colloquium. Additionally, the
student will give a presentation regarding their current work.
This course may be taken
multiple times but only three credit hours count toward the Doctoral degree and
two credits for the Masters degree.
Grading
There are two grading options for this
course
- Letter Grading (A, B, C, D,
F)
- This is the normal option
to meet the degree requirements.
- Students will be graded
on attendance, a presentation, and a short paper as described
below.
- S/U Grading
- This is an option ONLY
for repeat enrollment in the seminar. If you have already completed
the 2 or 3 credit hours required for the degree program only then can you
take the course for an S/U grade.
- Students will be graded
on attendance as described below.
Attendance
Students MUST attend all scheduled lectures and
events. Attendance will be taken at every meeting (make sure you
sign-in). The schedule is posted on this web page (schedule)
and will be regularly updated. It is the student's responsibility to keep
track of the event schedule. Lectures will include topics such
as: writing CS research papers, publishing venues, library skills, teaching
skills, along with regular research presentations and invited speakers
(colloquium).
Students who miss more than two of the
scheduled events will have their grade severely penalized. The instructor
must be notified of absences before the scheduled event. Students with
more than two excused absences will receive a one grade penalty. Four or
more absences will result in an F or U grade.
Presentation
Both Masters and Doctoral programs have a
degree requirement to complete a presentation(s) at least one term before the
term you graduate. A thesis defense, prospectus/candidacy
presentation, or dissertation defense can NOT be counted as one of the
presentations. These presentation must take place during the
Masters/Doctoral Seminar.
As such students must make at least one
presentation during the term. A proposal of the presentation must be submitted to the instructor at least
one week before the date of the talk. Also, all students must submit a proposal on or before November
3rd.
The presentation should be on your current research. This
includes work you are conducting for your thesis/dissertation, investigations
with your advisor, recent publications you have been involved with, or a summary
of related work with respect to your research area/topic. Talks are
to be 30 minutes including questions. You will be graded on the content
and presentation style. A lecture on how to give a good presentation will
be given early in the term.
For presentations to be counted towards the
degree requirement the students must download and fill out
the "Master/Doctoral Seminar Presentation Form". This form must be
submitted to the Seminar instructor at the time of the talk, along with the
abstract and a copy of the presentation.
Paper
Students must submit a short paper
(4-6 pages in IEEE proceedings format) by Friday December 1st, 2006. This paper
should summarize the current research you are conducting towards your thesis,
address related work of your topic, or be related to recent work you are
conducting with your advisor. You MUST use proper formats for citations
and references. A lecture on the organization of research papers and one
on developing proper bibliographies will be given early in the
term.
Instructions for the IEEE 2 column format are found here in pdf
and a template in Word.
Last Updated: August 27th,
2007