About the Project Report

• Due 3/8 (11:59PM by email to tbansal at cs dot umass dot edu):
  • Abstract (4-5 Sentences): Describe the problem succinctly and motivate your proposed approach.
  • Methods (1-2 Pages): Describe in detail the methods that you are proposing to use in the project
  • Evaluation (0.5 - 1 Page): Describe the proposed evaluation approach.
• Due 4/12 (11:59PM by email to tbansal at cs dot umass dot edu):
  • Abstract (4-6 sentences): Updated from previous report.
  • Introduction (1 Page): Describe and motivate your problem and your approach.
  • Related Work (~0.5-1 Page): Describe relevant related work (not already described in modeling), draw connections to related subject areas, describe how your work differs from past work.
  • Problem Definition (5-6 sentences): Describe the problem formally, introducing notations you will be using though the rest of the paper. For most cases, this should consist of a description of input, output and supervision for your models.
  • Methods (1-2 pages): Update your methods sections with new methods if any. This section should have a clear description of the methods used as well as how you train your models.
  • Experiments & Evaluation (1-2 pages): Describe in detail: (1) Datasets used (2) Baselines considered (3) Evaluation metrics (4) Experimental results obtained so far (5) Discussion of results obtained so far.
  • Page limit is a maximum of 5 pages, not counting references (you will not be penalized for less pages as long as you cover all the relevant points above)
• Due 5/9 (5:00PM by email to tbansal at cs dot umass dot edu):
  • NEW: Conclusion & Future Work (~0.5 Page): Describe key take aways from your project this semester. Mention future work for your project.
  • UPDATED: Sections from Previous Reports: Update any relevant methods / experiments / other sections from your previous reports
  • Page limit is a maximum of 5 and half pages, not counting references (you will not be penalized for less pages as long as you cover all the relevant points above)