Requirements For Project Proposal

(100 points, 20% of the project)

Each student must submit a project proposal, which must have a title page, main content, and references. The proposal should be single-column, 1 inch margins, 11-point size, double-spaced. The proposal should be at most 3 pages (excluding title page and references). The report is due on 03/24/2016.

The title page should include

• the title of the paper or project
• student name and email address
• course name, number, and instructor's name
• a maximum 300-word abstract
• three to five keywords.

For research papers, the main content of the proposal should include the following:

• (20 points) A summary of the research problem you plan to study.
• (15 points) Motivation of the proposed problem (i.e., why do you study this problem).
• (15 points) A summary of the possible techniques you plan to use to address the problem.
• (20 points) Justification about why you believe you can solve the problem.
• (20 points) Expected result and a plan for validation..
• (10 points) A reference list with at least 5 relevant papers.

For survey papers, the main content should include the following:

• (20 points) A summary of the research field you plan to survey.
• (10 points) Justification about why do plan to survey this field.
• (20 points) A classification scheme of the techniques in your selected field.
• (20 points) A classification of the techniques in your reference list with your classification scheme. You need to map each paper you cite to one of the classes.
• (20 points) A summary of the trends in your selected field. Give evidences for your decision.
• (10 points) A reference list with at least 20 references.