LING525
Project
Throughout this course, you should be working on a project of your own. This might be the development and testing of a completely new algorithm, though it is more likely to be an extension of an existing method, or the application of an existing method to a new problem. You can also just re-implement an existing method in order to improve your understanding -- but as long as you're doing the work, why not go a bit further? Then you might be able to submit your work (perhaps in an appropriately modified or extended format) as a conference or journal paper.
You'll develop your project through a series of stages, resulting in a final project report.
The process includes a series of Project Notes -- you'll submit an updated set of notes each week during the remainder of the course.
1. The first set of notes should start with brief descriptions of
- the methods that you mean to explore or create, and the issues that you mean to apply them to;
- (the beginning of) an annotated bibliography of relevant papers, software libraries/packages/modules, dataset descriptions, etc.
It's fine to use this opportunity to continue work that you're already engaged in, but you should try to find a new (to you) aspect or extension. A completely new (to you) topic is also fine.
And it's OK if the questions, data, and methods evolve or even change completely over the course of the semester. In fact this is expected.
Each item in the "annotated bibliography" should include
- a reference with links -- use whatever format you please, as long as it's clear how to get to the referent;
- a brief summary of the content -- it will often work to cut and paste the abstract or similar introduction from the work itself;
- a few sentences of your own, evaluating the work, describing its relevance to your topic, etc.
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