Grading Formula
Entrance Exam (Week 2) — 5%: assesses foundational knowledge necessary for the course.
Paper Presentation — 15%: evaluates understanding of research papers and presentation of key contributions and methodologies.
Weekly Research Participation — 20%: students are expected to submit questions related to the weekly research papers. During the lecture, they should be prepared to orally answer a randomly selected question from the question pool related to the paper. Students are required to read at least one research paper per week.
Midterm (Week 7) — 20%: assesses knowledge related to core NLP concepts covered in week 1-6.
Final Project — 40%: assesses research capabilities, requiring strong coding skills and analytical efforts.
Standard +/- Scale: 90% or higher is the cutoff for an A- (similarly for B,C,D); 87% or higher is the cutoff for a B+ (and so on). 59% or less is an F.
Project (40%)
The deadline for project submission is set for Week 11. Once the project report and code are submitted, you are expected to schedule a short individual meeting with me for the presentation and to orally defend your project. These three components — the report, code, and oral defense — are equally important for your success in this class.