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"There are lies and there are damned lies...And then there
are statistics."
Objectives
Upon successful completion of the course, each student will be able to:
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Disabilities--Americans with Disabilities Act
Compliance
Students with disabilities who believe that they may need accommodations in this class are encouraged to contact the counselor working with disabilities at (770) 528-7226 as soon as possible to better ensure that such accommodations are implemented in a timely fashion.
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Schedule and Registration
If you are majoring in Computer Science and have questions about your schedule or you are having registration problems, please contact the CSE Student Services office located at J 393 or call (770)528-7406 and ask for an appointment.
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Three homework papers and a final project (requiring submission
of both a proposal and a project report) are required for the
course. Participation in and contribution to class discussion
is required. Thus, in addition to participating and contributing
in the class,
you will be required to hand-in five papers:
Note: All written work must be typed, preferable
using a wordprocessor and spell-checker. Deductions will be taken
for persistent misspellings, etc.
Note:
A survey report assignment handed in on time that is evaluated as
a B+ or lower
might be re-written for potential grade improvement.
If this
assignment is handed in after the due date, it may not be
re-written for potential grade improvement.
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On Tuesdays, we will have lectures and extended office hours.
On Thurdays, we will have labs and recitations. During recitations, we
will have a round-robin allowing everyone to contribute to class
through a planned exercise. Some recitation
exercises will be announced at the
beginning of the class. Some will be announced at a prior class.
Although participation in the round-robin will be optional, it is
highly encouraged with the incentive of adding to a higher class contribution
grade. For full credit, all students are expected to state their name
clearly at the beginning of each day's first turn taken at recitation.
Keeping a journal is highly recommended for this course. Include
in it descriptions of your readings, your reviews of your readings,
tips and techniques for doing research, the results of your research,
logs of, e.g., Internet activity, etc.
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Class participation and contribution will account for a significant portion
of your grade. Since one cannot contribute to and participate
in the class without attending, attendance is recommended. Regardless
of attendance, each student is responsible for keeping up with
materials and information from each class period. This means
it is up to the student to arrange with another class member,
obtaining notes, handouts, etc., from any class meeting, or portion
thereof, missed.
NOTE: All students are expected to attend the final
presentation sessions in their entirety. Any un-excused absences
during this period will result in the loss of a whole letter grade
from your final course grade. If you're going to miss either
of those classes, let me know ahead of time!!!
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Note that you will be leaving the Southern Polytechnic website by
taking these links, and neither Southern Polytechnic nor Richard
Halstead-Nussloch has control over what you will encounter.
Projects Assignments and Graded Work
Lecture Notes Available
Useful Documents and Handouts
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Class Schedule
Week Beginning
What is to be covered
13 August
Introduction to CS6023, Introduction to each other,
Information Goals,
Final Research Project Requirements,
Two Research Article Comparison Assignment.
20 August
Text Chapter 1,
Presentations of Two Research Article Comparisons begin.
27 August
Text Chapter 2,
Presentations of Two Research Article Comparisons continue.
3 September
Two article comparison presentations conclude,
Two Research Article Comparison Report Due,
Text Chapter 3.
10 September
Feedback on two article comparisons,
Final Project Proposal Open,
Text Chapter 4.
17 September
Survey Assignment open,
Text Chapter 5, Class develops survey study plan.
24 September
Role of empirical research in computer science,
Text Chapter 6,
Quick and Efficient Empirical Research Assignment
Open,
Survey Study continues,
Final Project Proposal Due.
1 October
Text Chapter 7.
8 October
LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW 8/9/01.
Text Chapter 8.
15 October
Text Chapter 9.
22 October
Text Chapter 10.
29 October
Survey Study report due.
Course and book review.
Project workshop.
5 November
Project Workshop.
12 November
Project Workshop.
19 November
Quick and Efficient Empirical Research Project Reports Due.
Project Workshop.
NO CLASS 22 November (Thanksgiving).
26 November
Research methodology review,
Project Presentations - Mandatory
Class.
Course evaluation,
Book evaluation.
3 December
4 December only meeting--Project Presentations - Mandatory
Class.
10 December
Final Project Reports (and all oustanding work) Due
4:30 PM on Monday 10 December 2001.
NOTE: The professor reserves the right to adjust the schedule to
meet the needs of the class.
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Journal
Class Attendance
Policies
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Useful Hyperlinks
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