CS 254 Deliverables

Prof. Thomas Cheatham
Consultant: Glenn Holloway

TF: Allyn Dimock
TF: Nadia Shalaby

Assignment #1:

Introduction to E--L. Due on Feb. 14, 1997, at the beginning of class.

Assignment #2:

Literate Programming. Due on Feb. 21, 1997, at the beginning of class.

Assignment #3:

Evaluating E--L. Due on Feb. 21, 1997, at the beginning of class. Please be prepared to participate in a class discussion on evaluatin of E--L based on your findings and analysis. The oral participation is part of the deliverable for this assignment.

Paper Presentation:

Each student is required to present a paper from the list of papers that will be handed out over the course of the next few weeks. If there is another paper that you would like to present from outside this list, that you think is relevant to course and interests you more, please ask Prof. Cheatham and Glenn Holloway for approval. The presentations are to be strictly under 30 minutes. Please budget your time accordingly. Apart from summarzing the paper and explaining it to your colleagues, we expect you to give your own comments on its relevance, utility, scope, competetiveness with rival approaches, etc. Please sign up for a presentation slot by Feb. 21 on the class schedule.

Assignment #4:

Paper Critique: Due at the beginning of the class on which this paper is to be presented. Each student is required to hand in a written critique, one to two pages long, for one of the papers within the handed out list. This is not expected to be a summary of the material in the paper. Rather, we expect you to critique the paper on the importance and applicability of the topic, the approach followed, the techniques resorted to, as well as contrast it with other work and alternative perspectives on the topic.

Course Project:

A final project written report is due on May 9th, 1997, at the beginning of class. Students are to configure themselves into groups of three to five students, and choose a project from the list of final project suggestions to be handed out by Feb. 28. If a group would like to propose its own project, a two page proposal is to be submitted to Prof. Cheatham by Mar. 14 for approval. Each group will have to give a half hour presentation of its work to the class, on May 2 and May 9. Please choose a slot before Spring break.