Rules for Undergraduate Students
Regarding CSc 4999 (3999) Advanced
Independent Undergraduate Research
(Independent Undergraduate Research)
Some
rules have been established in order to enforce a higher standard of quality in
these courses.
First, and foremost, after you
initially sign up for CSc 4999 (3999), a written statement of your
intended research and term project is needed, to be turned in within three
weeks after the semester in which you are taking CSc 4999 (3999) under
me commences. This statement can be a
short (a page or less) statement, and it is not a contract in that it can be
expanded, modified, and changed over time (with the instructor's
permission). This statement must
also include your email address so the instructor can get in touch with you if
need be; and you are expected to check your email regularly to see if you have
been sent any messages.
Second, in terms of quality, there
is the originality of your term project.
This instructor is interested in fuzzy sets, in information retrieval
(especially textual, but am willing to consider images and other media), in
genetic algorithms (especially as applied to retrieval), and in rough sets
(especially when fuzzy and as applied to retrieval). This instructor is also willing to consider other related topics
such as hypermedia, data mining, and web search engines. While this instructor is hopeful that you
will concentrate on such topics; this issue of your project can be discussed
and negotiated, at least to some extent.
Incidentally,
there are all sorts of wonderful ideas for projects running around that this
instructor will easily accept. These
include making a database out of some very large text files for use in
information retrieval or modifying some fuzzy clustering algorithms to work on
such files; visualization for retrieval systems; adding intelligence (e.g.,
data mining via rough sets) for retrieval based on knowledge of the users; data
encryption or data compression; neural nets for retrieval; natural language
processing for indexing and/or query processing; retrieval applied to software
reuse; web retrieval and applying bibliometric laws to retrieval.
Third, you are required to contact
your instructor at least once every month during the
semester, and to tell me of your progress to date. You should also be prepared to discuss any problems that you are
experiencing (especially in terms of your research and term project) and/or any
ideas for expanding or modifying your research and term project.
Fourth, when your research and term
project is completed, you must turn in a written report. In addition, you may need to do a
demonstration of your project. Both the
demonstration, if needed, and the final report are due by the last day of
classes in the semester in which you are taking this course.
Finally, failure to adhere to all of
the rules outlined above, as well as any rules of the Department of Computer
Science, the College of Basic Sciences, and LSU, can have serious adverse
effects upon your final grade in this course.
If you have any questions or
concerns over this matter, please feel free to contact your instructor.
Donald H. Kraft | Professor
Department of Computer
Science | Phone: (225) 578-2253
298 Coates Hall | Fax: (225) 578-1465
Louisiana State University | Email:
kraft@bit.csc.lsu.edu
Baton Rouge, LA
70803-4020 USA | URL:
http://bit.csc.lsu.edu/~kraft