Grading
Your grade in this course will be determined as follows:
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Undergraduate section (CSCI 4550)
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Graduate section (CSCI 6550)
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The final grade for students in CSCI 6560 will have greater emphasis
on the final project. Graduate
students are strongly encouraged to select a final project
topic that is related to or complementary to their graduate thesis or
project. The final project report for students in CSCI 6560 should be
appropriately formatted for submission to a relevant conference or
journal.
All components of the class are graded on a curve. What does
this mean? The homeworks will contain challenging problems and
the grade breakdown will likely be lower than the typical 90%=A,
80%=B, etc. We will give approximate grade breakdowns for the each
assignment as the course progresses so you may gauge your performance.
Grades will be posted on Submitty.
Note: You must have a passing average on each separate
component (homeworks, final project, quizzes, readings, and lecture worksheets & participation)
in order to pass the course. This course counts as "communications
intensive" for undergraduates. As such, you must satisfactorily
complete all presentation and project reports to pass the course.
As this is an elective (not required) course, I expect to grade this
course: 'A', 'A-', 'B+', 'B', 'B-', or 'F'. Don't expect consistent C
or D level work to earn a "pass" if you choose to take this course
"pass/no credit". Note also that by RPI rules, the grade of 'D' is
not available for graduate students or students in 6000 level courses.
Final Project
See additional Final Project infomation.
Quizzes
We will have 2 in-class quizzes covering the lecture material and
assigned textbook and paper readings.
Worksheets
Approximately once per week, we will have a short in-class worksheet
to review recent lecture material, completed with a partner (team of
two).
Lecture Participation
Attendance and participation in lecture is an important component of
the course. You are expected to regularly attend lecture, ask
questions, and join in the in-class and offline Submitty discussions.
Laptop / Tablet / Smart Phone Policy
Laptops, tablet computers, smart phones, and other internet-connected
devices are not allowed to be used in lecture. The lectures are
intended to be discussion-intensive and students who have their head
stuck in a laptop -- reading email, checking social media, other
non-course-related websurfing, coding (even if it is homework for this course!),
or playing games -- are not sufficiently engaged in lecture. An
exception to this policy is during the discussion of the day's
assigned paper: Students may use their laptop/tablet to view an
electronic version of the paper. Other exceptions to this policy are
negotiable; please see the instructor in office hours.