CS 7123 Research Seminar
Fall 2006
Descriptions
3 hours. 6 hours are required for Ph.D. in Computer Science. Presentation and analysis of literature in a selected area of research. May be repeated, but only 6 hours will count toward the Ph.D. requirements.
Objectives
Review, present and critique the state-of-the-art research in areas of interest to the Computer Science Department. Learning research methods, presentation and communication skills.
Instructor
Dr. Qi Tian
Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science
SB 3.02.13
Tel: 458-5165
URL: http://www.cs.utsa.edu/~qitian/
Time and Place
TR 2:00 - 3:15 pm, HSS 3.02.24 or elsewhere notified.
Textbook
N/A
Implementation
(1) Faculty presentation. Several CS faculty members will present their research topics at the beginning of the semester.
(2) Student presentation. Each student will take turns to make one-hour presentation. Depending on the number of students, students may give more than one presentation during the semester. In most cases, it is no more than two. Student participations including both class attendance and active involvement in presentation are important factors for assigning grades. Students are required to submit their topics and schedules as soon as possible, but no later than September 15th. The first student presentation starts on September 21st. Early participation is encouraged.
E-mailing the slides and abstract in ppt to the instructor at least one day before the class.
(3) Outside speakers. Class schedule may vary to accommodate the schedule of outside speakers. In this case, class will not meet at regular schedules unless elsewhere notified.
Grading and Policies
The final grades consist of three components: class attendance (35%), presentation (slides) (40%) and participation (25%) . Students are required to sign in every class except for university-sanctioned absences. Student participation after each presentation is strongly encouraged and counted in the final grades.
Being late (more than 5 minutes) or early leave without proper excuses are considered inactive participation.
The class attendance will be calculated based on the formula: class attendance component = 35 - (number of absences)^3. The points to grade ration is as follows:
A: 90-100
B: 70-89
C: 60-69
F: otherwise.
Resources
(1) How to choose a topic?
Consult with your thesis advisor or the course instructor to determine a topic as soon as possible.
Typically, a research paper will be selected from IEEE or ACM digital libraries published in last 3 years (2004-2006). The paper has to be full-length, i.e., more than 6 pages, not abstract or extended abstract. Finding papers is never be easier. Follow the link, http://www.lib.utsa.edu/, and click on "Databases A-Z". For ACM, click on "ACM Digital Library"; for IEEE, click on "IEEE Xplore/IEE Electronic Library Online (IEL)." Students should discuss with the instructor if there is difficulty in finding a topic. Once a paper is identified, carefully read it through several times. Identify key issues depicted in the paper and refer to other papers through references if some concepts are not clear. Through cross reference, the idea described in the paper would be fully understood. PowerPoint slides can then be made to address key items as follows:
Motivation: Why bother?
Key issues: What are the problems?
Solutions: What are the new proposed solutions and their technical details?
Comparisons: What are other solutions out there and what's good/bad about it?
Possible improvement: Where in the proposed solution can be improved?
(2) How to make presentations?
Presentation tips on PowerPoint Presentation techniques.
Advices on Research and Writing
(3) Questions?
Always consult with the course instructor for questions and help. E-mail is the best way to reach the instructor.
Comments and suggestions on research seminar are always welcome and are considered active participation.
Schedule
|
Date |
Speaker |
Title |
Room |
|
08/24 |
Conference attending |
will not meet |
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08/29 |
Dr. Qi Tian |
Introduction, Course Policy, Schedule |
HSS 3.02.24 |
|
08/31 |
Dr. Greg White |
Research in Intrusion Detection:
More than just a network |
HSS 3.02.24 |
|
09/05 |
Dr. Dan Lo |
Bring Reconfigurable Computing to
attack real |
HSS 3.02.24 |
|
09/07 |
Dr. William Winsborough |
HSS 3.02.24 |
|
|
09/12 |
William Longabaugh(Host: Dr. Kay Robbins) |
Challenges in Modeling and
Visualizing Developmental Genetic |
Loeffler Room, BSB 3.03.02 (Room Change)
|
|
09/14 |
Dr. Qing Yi |
HSS 3.02.24 |
|
|
09/19 |
Dr. Ali Tosun |
HSS 3.02.24 |
|
|
09/21 |
Mark G. Reith |
Verifying Properties of RT Security Policies Through Model Checking |
HSS 3.02.24 |
|
09/26 |
Dr. Stephen Kwek |
move to Oct. 26, 2006 |
HSS 3.02.24 |
|
09/28 |
Timothy P. Parker |
Towards |
HSS 3.02.24 |
|
10/03 |
Dr. Daikai Zhu |
HSS 3.02.24 |
|
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10/05 |
Dr. Rajendra V Boppana |
HSS 3.02.24 |
|
|
10/10 |
Dragana Veljkovic |
|
HSS 3.02.24 |
|
10/12 |
Xuan Qi |
HSS 3.02.24 |
|
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10/17 |
Dr. Jianwei Niu |
HSS 3.02.24 |
|
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10/19 |
Dr. Borries Demeler |
HSS 3.02.24 |
|
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10/24 |
Dr. Stephen Kwek |
HSS 3.02.24 | |
|
10/26 |
Dr. Carola Wenk |
|
|
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10/31 |
Pengjun Pan |
HSS 3.02.24 |
|
|
11/02 |
Xu (Kevin) Su |
Design
and Analysis of Secure On Demand Routing Techniques |
HSS 3.02.24 |
|
11/07 |
Yi-Gang Tai |
HSS 3.02.24 |
|
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11/09 |
Atlas F. Cook |
HSS 3.02.24 |
|
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11/14 |
Humayun Zafar |
HSS 3.02.24 |
|
|
11/16 |
Kihoon Yoon |
A
computational study of |
HSS 3.02.24 |
|
11/21 |
Amitava Karmaker |
HSS 3.02.24 |
|
|
11/28 |
Mike Stiles |
An Empirical Evaluation of Chains of Recurrences for Array Dependence Testing |
HSS 3.02.24 |
|
11/30 |
Mark Doderer |
HSS 3.02.24 |