Your project paper will be evaluated based on a conference paper review form, except that numeric weights are assigned to the parts. ====================================================================== Paper writeup [100 points] Appropriateness for DL course [10 points] 5: Definitely 4: Probably 3: Uncertain 2: Probably not 1: Certainly not Correctness: Does the paper appear to be flawed technically and/or methodologically [10 points]? 5: Impeccable (12 points) 4: The paper is OK (10 points) 3: Only trivial flaws (9 points) 2: Minor flaws that must be corrected (8 points) 1: Major flaws that make the paper unsound/inconsistent (2 points) Check Technical Details [8 points]: Writing style [7 points]: Significance: How important is the work [10 points]? 5: Will change the future (14 points) 4: People will read and cite this paper (10 points) 3: Restricted interest (9 points) 2: Not of compelling interest (7 points) 1: Will have no impact on the field (3 points) Originality: How novel is the approach [15 points]? 5: A radically new approach (18 points) 4: An innovative use (15 points) 3: A new application of well known techniques (12 points) 2: Yet another application of well worn techniques (10 points) 1: Entirely derivative (7 points) Evaluation: Does this paper contain information about evaluation [15 points]? Excellent (15 points) Good (12 points) OK (10 points) Lack (Should have contained some evaluation, but it didn't; or it did but the evaluation was bogus) (8 points) Not Apply (12 points) No evaluation, but there should have been (5 points) Clarity: Is it clear what was done [15 points]? 5: Presentation is very clear (15 points) 4: Difficult, but understandable (12 points) 3: Some parts were not clear to me (10 points) 2: Most of the paper is unclear (8 points) 1: Presentation is very confusing (6 points) References: Is the bibliography relevant and exhaustive [10 points] 5: Thorough (10 points) 4: Pretty good, but a few missing (9 points) 3: Some citations, but some missing (8 points) 2: Scrappy citations; a lot missing (5 points) 1: Virtually no relevant references cited (2 points) ================================================================================================= Project Presentation [100 points] Oral presentation quality [70 points] Slide Quality [20 points] Questions asked/answered during presentation [10 points] ================================================================================================= Acknowlegement to Min-Yen Kan: http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~kanmy/courses/5244_2005/projectRubric.txt