CURRENT QUOTATION

In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite -- Paul Dirac

DEADLINES

• Tuesday, October 10 , 5:30P: Project Proposal (hardcopy, about 6 single-spaced pages, should include references)
• Tuesday, October 31 , 5:30P: Project Progress Report I (1-page hardcopy)
• Tuesday, November 16, 5:30P: Project Progress Report II (1-page hardcopy)
• Tuesday, December 5, 5:30P: Project Progress Report III (1-page hardcopy)
• Monday, December 18, 4:00P: Project Final Report (hardcopy and softcopy, softcopy should include all work, report in conference paper format)
• Tuesday, December 19: Project Project Presenations

CURRENT ANNOUNCEMENTS

• [12/12/06, 11:05P] Here is the schedule for Final Project Presenations, Demos, and Discussions on Tuesday, December 19. All will be in my office (3109 Engineering). Make sure the presenation and demo do not exceed 10 minutes. This is like a final exam, so you must come on time.
  • Madhuri and Mohan: 5:15 - 5:30P
  • Balaji and Annamalai: 5:30 - 5:45P
  • Krishna and Viral: 5:45 - 6:00P
  • Joseph and Qiang Xu: 6:00 - 6:15P
  • Sophia and Mark: 6:15- 6:30P
  • Roop and Vani: 6:30 - 6:45P
  • Karthik and Jibu: 6:45- 7:00P
  • Mitesh: 7:00-7:15P
  • Michael: 7:15-7:30P
  • Rina: 7:30-7:45P

• Requirements for Project Final Reports:
  • Both a hardcopy and a softcopy are required by 4:00 PM on Monday, December 18.
  • The hardcopy is to be handed to me or slided under my office door.
  • As for the softcopy, please, e-mail me with a zip file (or give me a CD) containing all your work (source code, executables, etc), including the report by that deadline.
  • The code must be well-documented and the changes be identified (in the code itself).
  • The report must be written and formatted professionally.
  • The report must contain a brief discussion of the used software/tools (Darwin Server, etc.) and a detailed discussion about how the changes have been made (to which module and how, and which new modules are designed, etc.).
  • The final report must include the code, or at least all changes made. All changes must be highlighted and well-documented.
  • The final report must also contain all necessary evaluation results that show that your code is functional and that the used technique(s) perform(s) well (i.e., the system is better with it/them).
  • Generally, final reports range from 12 to 20 pages.

• Requirements for Project Presentations:
  • Basically, you need to make a power-point presentation that demonstrates that you did a great job.
  • Again, you need to discuss the used software/tools (Darwin Server, etc.) and the changes have been made (to which module and how, and which new modules are designed, etc.).
  • Include some slides of the new/modified code.
  • Also please bring with you a working version of the code to demonstrate the changes, how to run the program, and how the evaluation results were produced.
  • Presentations and discussions will be done individually with each team in my office (3109 ENG).

• [12/05/06, 8:00P] The classroom for ECE 7995 has been changed to 2359 Engineering, starting this Thursday. The change is based on a request by the college.

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OLD ANNOUNCEMENTS

• [10/30/06, 2:35P] Here is the schedule for the progess reports discussions. All will be in my office (3109 Engineering). Please come on time.
  • Krishna and Viral: 5:30 - 5:40P
  • Balaji and Annamalai: 5:40 - 5:50P
  • Joseph and Qiang Xu: 5:50 - 6:00P
  • Madhuri and Mohan: 6:00 - 6:10P
  • Roop and Vani: 6:10 - 6:20P
  • Sophia and Mark: 6:20- 6:40P
  • Karthik and Jibu: 6:40- 6:50P
  • Mitesh: 6:50-7:00P
  • Rina: 7:00-7:10P
  • Michael: 7:10-7:20P

• The Progress Reports must include what have been done so far, the past contribution of each member, and the current plan of work to complete the project with the responsibilities of each member.

• [9/14/06, 11:22P] The topic assignment has been posted. Some of you currently assigned two papers might get assigned only one of the two papers later on as new students join the class.

• Notes about the Presentations:
  • The calendar has been posted. Please e-mail me with your preferences soon: 4-5 topics in decreasing order of preference.
  • A presentation is like an exam. So please prepare well and take it seriously.
  • The presentation and discussions should take the entire class time.
  • I'll give some presenters some additional material that help them prepare their presentations.

• Hints for Project Proposals:
  • You should start looking for a suitable topic this week. Don't Delay!
  • You can generally choose any topic on Multimedia, but it is highly recommended that you choose something that best fits your interests and background.
  • In addition to the presentations' topics, you can choose from the following topics: I/O Support for Multimedia, Multimedia Proxy Servers and Internet QoS.
  • Go quickly through the reference material. If they look interesting, then read them more and carefully. You may need to read some of their cited papers if they seem interesting.
  • Search for other and possibly newer papers on your selected topic(s) in Citeseer, ACM, and IEEE.
  • Go quickly through these papers and identify a few helpful ones among them for careful (thorough) reading.
  • Now examine your options as to what you can do. Do you think of any new ideas to solve an important problem? Do you think there is an opportunity to enhance some proposed algorithms/techniques? Can you expand on some existing and important paper? etc.

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