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--- assessment [2008/09/09 14:46] – aeckford
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 ===== Survey Paper =====
-Students will submit a paper surveying recent research on a topic of their choice.  Students are required to submit a proposal several weeks before the paper's due date, giving the desired topic and a brief outline of the paper contents.  The final paper is expected to be 10-12 pages long (12 pt, 1.5 spaced), with 15-20 references.
+Students will submit a paper surveying recent research on a topic of current interest in information theory.  For example, the survey paper may be on topics that are regularly covered in the IEEE Transactions on Information Theory.  Students are required to submit a proposal several weeks before the paper's due date, giving the desired topic and a brief outline of the paper contents.  The final paper is expected to be 10-12 pages long (12 pt, 1.5 spaced), with 15-20 references.
 The survey paper grade is broken down as follows:
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   * Quality of source code (readability, comments, etc.): 20%
+The project description may be found {{:project.pdf|here}}.