CSCE 481: Seminar

Spring 2017

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Culture Assignments

Deadlines

1. Sunday, February 13, 11:59 PM or within one week of the presentation, whichever is earlier - Grader: Aqib Bhat
2. Sunday, March 10, 11:59 PM or within one week of the presentation, whichever is earlier - Grader: Raniero Lara-Garduno
3. Sunday, April 17, 11:59 PM or within one week of the presentation, whichever is earlier - Grader: Vijaya Singh

Description

For each culture assignment, you are to attend a seminar or research presentation within the department of Computer Science and Engineering or Computer Engineering-oriented talks in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. The seminar should be a research-oriented presentation, either presenting new or prior research.

Acceptable seminars include any CSCE department graduate seminar, computer engineering seminar, Master's or Ph.D. defense, faculty job interview talk, or research group oriented presentation (e.g. Parasol seminars, Graphics seminars, etc.). If there is a different research-oriented seminar (e.g. outside the department) that you would like to attend, please check with the instructor ahead of time; several other seminars, even in other departments, might be acceptable. Presentations from alternative sources will not be considered (e.g. You-Tube, etc.) The preferred method is to a attend a seminar. However, if for some reason you believe you will be unable to attend seminars in this way, you may instead read an approved research paper (see list below) and write a culture report on the research paper.

• Dual Marching Cubes: Primal Contouring of Dual Grids. Schaefer S. and Warren J. Proceedings of Pacific Graphics 2004, pages 70-76
• Example-Based Skeleton Extraction. Schaefer S. and Yuksel C. Eurographics Symposium on Geometry Processing 2007, pages 153-162
• Approximating Catmull-Clark Subdivision Surfaces with Bicubic Patches. Loop C. and Schaefer S. ACM Transactions on Graphics, Vol 27, No. 1 (2008), pages 8:1-8:11
• Hair Meshes. Yuksel C., Schaefer S. and Keyser J. ACM Transactions on Graphics (Proceedings of SIGGRAPH Asia), Vol. 28, No. 5 (2009), pages 166:1 - 166:7
• Mesh Denoising via L0 Minimization. He L. and Schaefer S. ACM Transactions on Graphics (Proceedings of SIGGRAPH), Vol. 32, No. 4 (2013), pp. 64:1-64:8
• Bijective Parameterization with Free Boundaries. Smith J. and Schaefer S. ACM Transactions on Graphics (Proceedings of SIGGRAPH), Vol. 34, No. 4, (2015), pp. 70:1-70:9

Each seminar will deal with some research-oriented topic. Some seminars might be presentations of new research, some might be presentations of prior papers/work, and some might be general presentations in which topics of current interest are mentioned. Your culture assignment should focus on this research topic, not on the presentation itself. You are to prepare a one to two page, single-spaced summary of the specific research topic that was addressed in the seminar. You should use good formatting and style in the organization of your report -- excessive white space, no white space, too-small/too-large of fonts, poor organization, etc. are all problems. As an example, using margins of 1 inch on the side and .75 to 1 inch on top and bottom is generally appropriate. Fonts should be 10 to 12 point, except for some headings which might be slightly larger.

Your summary should be written as if you are giving a summary of the topic to a supervisor, group, etc. That is, imagine that you were assigned to attend the talk to find out about what is being done, and need to report back. You want to tell them the most important information to understand what was done, and let them know how they might find out more. Your summary should generally include:

• The name and date of the seminar/presentation you attended, along with the name and affiliation of the speaker, and the title of the seminar, if there was one.
• What is the motivation for this area of research; why are people studying this; why would anyone care about this topic?
• What is the new contribution in the work that was presented? How much of an effect will this have on the state of the art? This should form the bulk of your report. Note that you should be able to describe and summarize the topic/contribution, not just give a report of what the speaker said. The goal is to highlight what the main contribution is. You may include some of the details about how this is done, but only if it is relevant to the contribution of the work.
• Citations to any relevant papers. If a paper was presented, you should give a correct citation to the paper (or multiple citations, if many were discussed). If more general work was presented, you should give citations to a few key papers in that area (usually some will have been mentioned). If a speaker gave a general talk over their own work, a good source for paper citations is often the speaker's webpage where you can find key citations pertaining to the research topic. Citations do not count against the page limits.

Cover Sheet

• Your name: Place this at the top of the page in a large font. Use the format Last name, First name.
• The course number (CSCE 481) and semester (Spring 2017)
• The date you are submitting the assignment
• Which assignment you are turning in (e.g. Culture Report 1...3)
• Which version of the document you are turning in. Your initial version is version 1. Your first revision is version 2.
• The statement: "This work represents my individual work, and I have listed the sources that I have consulted. I have not received assistance that would violate the letter or spirit of the collaboration guidelines for this assignment." or An explanation of why you cannot make the above statement for this work. You should be clear about why you cannot do so.
• A list of any sources you used in the preparation of the report that are not cited in the report bibliography. You do not need to list the instructor or TAs here. Sources can include: other students in the class, other people, printed material, web material (give a URL), anything else...
• Please note that you still must cite references appropriately in the report bibliography itself, and that citing a reference does not mean that it is OK to simply copy/quote material from that reference.

Grading Rubric

Spelling

• High[2]: No spelling errors
• Medium[1]: One or two spelling errors, but not the type to make meaning obscure, and not of basic or common words
• Low[0]: Major misspelling of important or common words, or a number of minor errors that interfere with reading or comprehension

Grammar and Punctuation

• High[3]: Punctuation and grammar are appropriate to the audience and genre and enhance the style. The grammar and punctuation conform to the conventions for edited American English. There are no punctuation or grammar errors.
• Medium[2]: Punctuation and grammar are appropriate to the audience and genre. They conform to the conventions for edited American English. Errors may occur but are few and do not markedly distract the reader.
• Low[0]: Errors occur frequently and mar the writer's intent and the reader's comprehension. Reading is frequently interrupted by error. The writer has not proofread.

Completeness

• High[3]: All completeness criteria items are included and the content is consistent with the lecture/assignment.
• Medium[2]: One completeness criteria item is missing and/or the content is not consistent with the lecture/assignment.
• Low[0]: More than one completeness criteria item is missing and the content is not consistent with the lecture/assignment.

Style

• High[2]: No style criteria item issues and the style is consistent with the lecture/assignment.
• Medium[1]: One style criteria item issue and/or the style is not consistent with the lecture/assignment.
• Low[0]: More than one style criteria item issue and the style is not consistent with the lecture/assignment.

Completeness Criteria Items

1. Seminar Info
• name and date of seminar/presentation
• name and affiliation of speaker
• title of seminar (if any)
2. Motivation
• motivation for this area of research
• why people are studying this
• why people should care about this topic
3. Contribution (the bulk of the report)
• what is the new contribution of the work(s)
• how much of an effect will this have on the state of the art
• describes and summarizes topic/contribution (not just a report of what the speaker/papers said)
• highlights main contribution from seminar
4. Citations
• single paper: correct citation of that paper
• multiple papers: correct citations of the papers
• more general work: citations of a few key papers
• speaker's general work: speaker's key paper citations related to the work presented (NOT the URL of speaker's webpage)

Style Criteria Items

1. Formatting Style
• use single space
• appropriate use of white space (not excessive or under utilized)
• 1-inch side margins and 0.75- to 1-inch top and bottom margins
• 10-12 point font of standard fonts
2. Organization Style
• appropriate use of section headings
• appropriate use of bullets
• 1-2 full pages