Description of the Assignment
For this class there will be one major assignment that you work on for the entire time of the block. The assignment is topic-based and consists of three parts:
- a proposal to outline the scope of the lecture, paper, and implementation,
- a lecture on the topic in front of the class (approx. 30 minutes),
- an implementation of (a part of) the topic, investigating some novel aspect, and
- a research paper about the topic and your implementation, about 8–10 pages in IEEE Visualization style; see also the paper writing guidelines
A list of possible topics is available, you can choose your topic by the end of the first week of the lecture. To choose a topic, please e-mail the teacher with your desired choice as well as a possible second and third choice (in case there are two people/groups who want to do the same topic). Please note that if you have presented in this class in previous years you will need to cover a new topic, not the one you presented previously (in order to be fair to those students who did not take the class previously). Topics are assigned on a first-come-first-served basis. During weeks 1–4, you will research your topic, reading papers and looking for additional material, and then present your topic during a slot in weeks 5 or 6. The paper about your topic and implementation is supposed to be a research paper and/or survey in which you explain the details of your material and describe your implementation.
Each student is expected to meet with the instructor to discuss their assignment. One meeting is expected after the topic was approved to discuss the details of the planned research and implementation. Another meeting is expected about one week before the student's lecture to discuss the contents.
To prepare the lecture, paper, and implementation, a 1–2page proposal should be submitted by e-mail on or before January 26 to describe the intended scope and to get feedback.
For the implementations it would be good if they are in a workable state for your lecture, but it can be further improved afterward. The implementations are to be submitted with the papers by March 23, 2014 as an executable demo (Win32 preferred) or a video. The papers are also due on March 23, 2014.
