CS591/491: Assignments and Solutions
Assignments, solutions, data sets, and possibly other reference materials will be placed here as they become available through the semester. Be sure to check back periodically to see what's new.
- Quiz 0 (in class, Aug 26; ungraded)
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- Quiz 0 Solution
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- Homework 1 (due Sep 9, 2003)
- PDF| PS| DVI
- Homework 1 Solution
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- Homework 2 (due Sep 30, 2003)
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- Homework 2 Solution
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- Homework 3 (due Oct 14, 2003)
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- Homework 3 Solution
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- Final Project and Proposal
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You can get an example of a fairly strong proposal here and another here (in PS; it's also available in PDF or DVI). The first author was proposing an extension to part of his thesis research -- I don't expect each of you to have as substantial a background work as he provided! What he does do well is establish the problem he's trying to solve, why we should care about it, some of what other people have tried, and what he's going to try in this project. Essentially, he establishes what he's trying to do fairly well and gives us a good idea of why and how, as well as why it's difficult. These are all questions that you should be thinking about as you write your proposals.
The second author also makes a good argument for his proposed work. It's clear what he intends to do and why, though there are some questions that would be good to answer. For example, he does not make clear why he prefers his time-delay neural network (TDNN) method to other available methods or why we should expect it to work well in this case. It would also be good if he provided some way to evaluate the performance of his final method against other methods for the same problem, either by directly testing against other methods or by comparing to published results for this problem that employ other techniques.
Note, though, that I do factor presentation elements like grammar, spelling, and style into grading of formal written work (both of the example proposals, above, could stand improvement in these areas). I encourage you to work hard on correct usage, etc. (It will pay off not only in this class, but in any written work you do in school or in business.) If you feel uncertain about such matters, you may want to ask me or one of your class associates to help you proofread your paper before you hand it in.
