| Instructor | Hao-Wen Dong (ude.hcimu@gnodwh) |
| Room | Music 378 (Music Tech Lab) or Zoom |
| Days & times | 11:30am–1pm, Mondays & Wednesdays |
| Office hours | By appointment |
In this workshop-style course, students will be working on a term project relevant to their own research or creative interests. Students will also gain hands-on experience on how to read, write and review a research paper.
| Week | Date | Meeting | Assignment | Project | Reading (before class) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jan 8 | Introduction | |||
| 2 | Jan 13 | Discussion: How to read a paper? | D1, D2 & D3 | ||
| Jan 15 | Project consultation | ||||
| 3 | Jan 20 | ||||
| Jan 22 | Discussion: How to write a paper? | W1 | |||
| 4 | Jan 27 | Discussion: How to review a paper? | R1 & R2 | ||
| Jan 29 | Project pitch | Assignment 1 | Pitch | ||
| 5 | Feb 3 | Peer review (writing samples) | └ due | TBD | |
| Feb 5 | Peer review (writing samples) | TBD | |||
| 6 | Feb 10 | Peer review (writing samples) | TBD | ||
| Feb 12 | Peer review (writing samples) | TBD | |||
| 7 | Feb 17 | Paper discussion 1 (best papers) | TBD | ||
| Feb 19 | Paper discussion 1 (best papers) | TBD | |||
| 8 | Feb 24 | Paper discussion 1 (best papers) | TBD | ||
| Feb 26 | Paper discussion 1 (best papers) | Check-in | TBD | ||
| 9 | Mar 3 | M1 | |||
| Mar 5 | |||||
| 10 | Mar 10 | Paper discussion 2 (related work) | Assignment 2 | TBD | |
| Mar 12 | Paper discussion 2 (related work) | │ | TBD | ||
| 11 | Mar 17 | Paper discussion 2 (related work) | │ | TBD | |
| Mar 19 | Paper discussion 2 (related work) | └ due | TBD | ||
| 12 | Mar 24 | Paper discussion 3 (related work) | Assignment 3 | TBD | |
| Mar 26 | Paper discussion 3 (related work) | │ | Check-in | TBD | |
| 13 | Mar 31 | Paper discussion 3 (related work) | │ | TBD | |
| Apr 2 | Paper discussion 3 (related work) | └ due | Report draft | TBD | |
| 14 | Apr 7 | Assignment 4 | M2 | ||
| Apr 9 | │ | ||||
| 15 | Apr 14 | Project presentation | └ due | Presentation | |
| Apr 16 | Peer review (report drafts) | ||||
| 16 | Apr 21 | Peer review (report drafts) | Final report |
| Content (tentative) | Out | Due on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assignment 1 | Peer review (writing samples) | TBD | TBD |
| Assignment 2 | Paper review | TBD | TBD |
| Assignment 3 | Paper review | TBD | TBD |
| Assignment 4 | Peer review (report drafts) | TBD | TBD |
| Due on (tentative) | |
|---|---|
| Pitch | Jan 29 |
| Report draft | Apr 2 |
| Presentation | Apr 14 |
| Final report | Apr 28 |
All grading and regrade requests will be handled on Gradescope.
| Assignments | 40% | Project | 60% |
|---|---|---|---|
| ├ Peer review (writing samples) | 15% | ├ Presentation | 10% |
| ├ Paper review | 5% | ├ Results | 25% |
| ├ Paper review | 5% | └ Final report | 25% |
| └ Peer review (final reports) | 15% |
The final grading scale is as follows.
| A+ | >96 | B+ | 87–89 | C+ | 77–79 | D+ | 67–69 | F | <60 |
| A | 93–96 | B | 83–86 | C | 73–76 | D | 63–66 | ||
| A− | 90–92 | B− | 80–82 | C− | 70–72 | D− | 60–62 |
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