EECS 395 / EECS 495

Reading Writeup (revised on 2-2-10)

All the papers that you will read will involve a writeup. This writeup involves answering the following things 12 questions:

1. Summary of Paper and Contributions (at least 150 words)

2.  Paper Strengths (at least 1 topic)

3.  Paper Weaknesses (at least 1 topic)

4.  Recommendations on Improvements/Extensions (at least 1 topic)

5.  Relevance to course (Poor, Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent)

6.  Technically Soundness (Poor, Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent)

7.  Work Importance (Poor, Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent)

8.  Originality (Poor, Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent)

9.  Presentation (Poor, Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent)

10. Rate Paper Overall (Poor, Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent)

11.  Confidence (Poor, Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent)

12.  Your Expertise (Poor, Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent)

The writeup should be submitted in an email to iraicu@eecs.northwestern.edu by midnight prior to the lecture that we will discuss the papers. For example, the first writeup that was handed out on 1-5-10 will be due at 11:59PM on 1-6-10, so we can discuss the papers on 1-7-10.