GUIDELINES FOR HONOR PROJECTS
EVANGELOS KRANAKIS
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Honors Students/Projects
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SCS Guidelines for Honors' Projects
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Scholarships for Students with High Academic Standing
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RULES AND REGULATIONS
SCS Guidelines for Honors Project COMP 4905
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PROJECT-PROPOSAL GUIDELINES
Before you select the topic:
- You can propose your own topic, or
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You can ask me for a topic.
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It is a good idea to base your honors project on
a very recent research paper.
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In either case, you must make an appointment and
come to my office during
my office hours.
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I would also need to know your GPA (both CS and overall).
After you select the topic:
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You must conduct preliminary research,
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You must write a short
proposal (about two pages long) in which you include
- Title
- Abstract
- Sources to be used
- Completion Timeline
After you write the project-proposal:
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Your project proposal must be approved and signed by me,
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You must hand in the
approved and signed project-proposal to the SCS main office
on time.
Graduation Deadlines:
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You are responsible for progress on the project
and for keeping in touch with me.
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I do not mind in which term you want to graduate:
You decide!
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Do not delay! You have a tight schedule on a very fast moving
field. If completion takes too long
your topic may become obsolete!
Timely Graduation:
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You are responsible for maintaining deadlines
in order to guarantee your graduation.
I do not keep track of submission deadlines.
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By the specified date submit to me all necessary material
(project, diskette with program, etc).
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WHAT IS A PROJECT
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A typical project consists of about 40 to 60 pages.
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It may well describe a single research theme of
current interest, be a survey on a single theme,
an implementation, or a combination of the above.
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Emphasis is not on length but rather on quality of
the final "product".
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Some type of programming related to the topic will
strengthen your grade; in addition, you must demo
this part of your work to me.
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PROJECT CONTENTS
Your final project report must include the following
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Title
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Abstract (Usually a page or two)
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Acknowledgements
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Introduction (Background material, position
your project in existing literature, discuss scope and
limitations).
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Main Body (Discussion, Results, Experiments, Proofs,
Theorems, Methodology, Figures, Tables,
Diagrams, etc)
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Conclusions (Recommendations, Future work, Unsolved Problems).
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References (Author(s), Conference, Journal, Year,
Page Numbers, http address, etc).
- In case of programming, diskette with software written
as well as documentation.
In addition, include sufficient information
(e-mail could be sufficient) in case I need to contact you.
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WHERE TO HAND-IN THE FINAL PROJECT
When done
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Hand in the required number of identical copies to the main
SCS office.
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E-mail submissions will not be acceptet!
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GRADE
The grade for the project
will depend on a combination of the
following factors:
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Originality of research topic.
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Difficulty in executing and completing the chosen task.
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Quality of the writing and resulting synthesis.
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Proper citing and acknowledging of sources used.
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Some programming is desirable.
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It would be wonderful if the project provided original, publishable
research! But this is not necessary!
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PLAGIARISM IS A CRIME
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What is plagiarism and how to avoid it.
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You are not allowed to copy somebody else's work without proper
acknowledgement.
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You must acknowledge your sources for all
library material and/or
software sources used.
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You must write the project and perform
the experiments on your own.
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Plagiarizing will have very severe reprecussions for
the student!
- RESEARCH SOURCES
There are numerous sources ranging from libraries to the web.