Short Paper Assignments

CS E6998-5: Content Networking
Spring 2007

Important Dates

Below the important dates and deadlines for our short paper assignments. All times are New York time.

Date	Action
Sunday, 2/25/07, 11:59pm	Deadline for submitting proposals. Submission of proposals is optional. You can always pick from the list of suggested topics. For the grade, it does not matter if you propose your own topic or not. Optional proposals must be submitted to markus@mhof.com. Reception of proposals will be acknowledged via email. Proposals are made in form of a few sentences, describing the topic area. Please send them in email - do not prepare any long documents or such like. Preparing a short proposal should be a matter of 10-15 minutes - not more!
Monday, 2/26/07, 12:00pm	Notification of acceptance for submitted proposals (via email).
Monday, 2/26/07, afternoon	Link to Web page with suggested topics will be published at the homepage.
Wednesday, 2/28/07, 5:00pm	Submission due for ordered list of at least eight choices; submission via email to lecture@mhof.com. Reception of submissions will be acknowledged via email.
Friday, 3/2/07, evening	Notification of assignments.
Friday, 4/6/07, 5:00pm	Deadline for submitting short papers; short papers will have to be submitted in PDF format via email to lecture@mhof.com. Reception of short papers will be acknowledged via email.
Wednesday, 4/11/07, 5:00pm	Deadline for submitting presentations; presentations will have to be submitted in PowerPoint format or PDF format via email to lecture@mhof.com. Reception of presentations will be acknowledged via email.
Thursday, 4/12/07	Having fun with presentations. Details to be announced.
Thursday 4/19/07	Having fun with presentations. Details to be announced.

Each student will have to produce a two page statement paper about a topic of choice related to the content of this course. This can be done in form of a conference-like review of a research paper (e.g. a discussion of the problem solved in the paper, issues not addressed in the paper, a critical summary of the approach presented in the paper, possible extensions and improvements, etc.) or a free discussion of a selected topic in content networking - see instructions and deadlines above. Each student will also have to give a short presentation about the statement paper. The length of the presentation will be limited to eight minutes.

Page limit and time limit will be strictly enforced - no exceptions!

Guidelines for Short Papers

	Each short paper must be two pages long, including title, name of the author, and (possibly) figures.
	References and literature are to be listed on a separate third page.
	The paper must have margins of 1" (top, bottom, left, right), must use a font size of 12pt and be single-spaced.
	Each paper must be clearly structured, e.g.

Crisp and clear problem statement (i.e. what problem is to be solved and why is it of interest/importance),
Discussion of techniques and results (i.e. how does the paper solve the problem),
Evaluation of major contributions of the paper (i.e. what is really new, what is missing, what is good, what is bad),
Conclusions.

	The paper must be submitted in PDF format.
	Papers summarizing a topic from the short paper category must cover all the papers listed under this topic.

Guidelines for Presentations

	The presentation has to be submitted in PowerPoint format (preferred) or in PDF format.
	The presentations must be submitted per instructions above, so that they can be loaded onto a single notebook by the TA. Since we are on a tight schedule during the presentations, there will be no time to switch between individual notebooks.
	Each presentation must be clearly structured, e.g.

Crisp and clear problem statement (i.e. what problem is to be solved and why is it of interest/importance),
Discussion of techniques and results (i.e. how does the paper solve the problem),
Evaluation of major contributions of the paper (i.e. what is really new, what is missing, what is good, what is bad),
Conclusions.

	Each student has eight minutes to present, which typically translates into 4-8 slides depending on your presentation style. This is a hard time limit - no exceptions. The time limit will be strictly enforced during the sessions.
	Please practice your presentation in advance several times! Eight minutes are extremely short and it is challenging to stay within this time limit. If you find yourself exceeding the time limit during practice, please reorganize your presentation and cut it down.

Presentation Logistics

Overall, we have 34 students registered for the class. Detailed logistics for the presentations are being worked out. Given the large number of students, we will eventually have to hold an additional session. Details to be announced.

Maintained by Markus Hofmann
Last modified: Tuesday, April 10, 2007