Your grade will be based on in class presentations and the course project.
Each student is required to present two papers in class (possibly on different dates), and to lead the discussion. These presentations will last approximately 40 minutes. Be prepared to ask questions (If you are in the audience, be prepared to answer those questions).
A project may be done individually or in teams of two, and 8 weeks should be allowed to complete it. I will discuss projects during Week 2. The project includes various milestones:
Though I don’t expect there to be a problem in a graduate course, Academic Integrity will be strictly enforced. Anyone found plagiarizing another’s work, or making their own work available to others, will receive a zero grade for the work in question and face other possible consequences. You are assumed to be familiar with the Academic Honestly Policies for this course, as described in the following document, which also discusses code usage.
I encourage you to discuss labs and projects with your classmates. However, the work done by your team must be independent of others’. If you take written notes while discussing someone else’s work, or anytime afterwords, then I cannot consider your work to be independent. You must not use someone else’s code, nor code you wrote for another course, unless I authorize it. In some cases it may be appropriate for you to use code you've previously authored. The general criteria I'll apply to considering such code is whether or not it functions in a support role for further exploration, but doesn't replace the assignment or significantly reduce the learning experience. See me if you have code you'd like to re-use; for code written jointly with others, you must obtain their permission.
If you aren’t sure about this policy be sure and see me. Academic Integrity policies apply to teams as well as individuals.
I'll consider any reasonable request for a delayed turnin, but generally you must turn in the assignment on time to receive full credit. I'll accept regrade requests for one week after the graded work has been returned. After that, the grading decision is final.
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