CMSC 898/899/799/798
Expectations
At the start of the semester, we need to agree on research goals / project. This is your responsibility for completing on time, and nobody can do it for you. Please manage your time (and me) to make sure it gets done.
Once the semester starts, you need to send weekly snippets with your progress, attend our weekly research meetings and talk through issues that you're having, show the ability to do independent research (e.g., identify and debug problems), and then summarize your accomplishments as a contribution to a publication at the end of the semester. Your grade will depend on the progress you've made over the course of the semester.
Make sure you're on the relevant mailing lists so that you can provide your weekly snippets.
Grading
You will not have regular exams: the grade is based entirely on: communication via snippets, participation in group and individual meetings, and the final output of the semester.
Not everyone will get an A. In particular, if you do not meet the above expectations or make progress on the project goals over the course of the semester you may not get an A. If this is a problem, please find someone else to work with.
Schedule
| Date | In-Class Topic | Assignment Due | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday, 05. September 2025 | Homework Due | Set Goals / Targets | |
| Friday, 26. September 2025 | Homework Due | Paper Draft without Experiments | |
| Monday, 13. October 2025 [Succos] | Fall Break | ||
| Friday, 31. October 2025 | Homework Due | Paper Draft with Experiments | |
| Friday, 12. December 2025 | Homework Due | Paper Draft Revision |