DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
CSE 254 SPRING 2002

Grading Form


                                    Title:

                                    Author:
 

criterion max score
abstract informative about methods and results 3
introduction insightful on background and motivation
3
exciting and important topic and approach
3
well-chosen starting point for new research (e.g. existing algorithm)
3
clear and sensible motivation for new approach (e.g. new algorithm) 3
well-designed new approach (avoiding arbitrary heuristics)
3
precise and reproducible description of new approach
3
sensible implementation decisions (code reuse, choice of PL, etc.)
2
sufficiently conclusive experiments (large datasets, lesion studies, etc.)
3
well-designed, well-described, reproducible experiments
3
understandable presentation of results, preferably graphical
3
clear, correct analysis of the statistical significance of results
3
insightful discussion of all major experimental results
3
exciting and useful results with general applicability
3
appropriate organization and rhetorical style 
3
correct spelling, grammar, and vocabulary
3
citations in all necessary places with full bibliographic data
3
total
50

Letter grades for CSE 254 have the following meanings:

Revised June 21, 2002.