CS 6000 RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES: SYLLABUS (Winter 2003)


Instructor: Ted Billard 
Email     : ted.billard@csueastbay.edu
Phone     : 885-3437        Home Page : www.mcs.csueastbay.edu/~billard
Class Time: Th 4-6pm        Office Hrs: Contact by Email (Sc N216)

Summary: This seminar-based course focuses on literature for research in 
computer science. Students read, analyze, present, discuss, and report on 
papers in various research domains.

There are two main parts of the course:

Goal: familiarize students with research papers and discuss in casual setting.

 1. instructor gives an example oral presentation of a conference paper
 2. read selected papers during class and have general discussion
 3. read papers prior to class and divide into smaller groups to discuss/evaluate
 4. library resoures will be examined 

Goal: improve each student's analysis, oral, and writing skills.

 1. literature search for two papers in any computer science domain
 2. 15-20 minute oral presentation of one paper followed by questions/answers
    (give a copy of the paper to the instructor one week in advance)
 3. 3-4 page typed summary/review of another current paper
    (turn-in copy of the research paper that is being reviewed)

Evaluation criteria for a paper (for all discussions/presentations/reports):
 1. point of the paper
 2. summary of the contents
 3. contribution to the field
 4. quality of the technical presentation, technical difficulty
 5. strong points
 6. weak points
 7. open issues

Student Requirements:                                        Grade Percentage
 1. attend class                                                     10%
 2. participate by asking/answering questions                        10%
 3. read selected papers and participate in group discussion         10%
 4. give an oral presentation of a paper                             30%
 5. write a summary/review of a paper due at Final Exam date (3/20)  40%

Text: None.
Exams: None.

Schedule:
    Date  Topic                       
 1 01/09  Introduction, Assign Dates, Sample Discussion Paper
 2 01/16  Group Discussion, Library Tour
 3 01/23  Group Discussion
 4 01/30  Oral Presentations [if needed]
 5 02/06  Oral Presentations
 6 02/13  Oral Presentations
 7 02/20  Oral Presentations  
 8 02/27  Oral Presentations
 9 03/06  Oral Presentations
10 03/13  Oral Presentations
11 03/20  Oral Presentations [if needed]
          Due: All Typeset Reports



Some recommended journals for literature searches:

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering                (QA 76.6 I17)
IEEE Software                                            (QA 76.75 I33)
IEEE Transactions on Computers                           (TK 7885 A1 I2)
IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering      (QA 76.76 E95 I36)
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking                      (TK 5105.5 I3)
IEEE Computer                                            (TK 7885 A1 I5)
IEEE Internet Computing                                  (TK 5105.875 I57 I33)
IEEE Network                                             (TK 5105.5 I324)
IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications                  (T 385 I18)
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (T 385 I188)
IEEE Transactions of Systems, Man, and Cybernetics       (Q 300 I43,432,433)
IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems    (QA 76.58 I44)
ACM Software Engineering Notes                           (QA 75.5 S6)
ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems    (QA 76.7 A779)
ACM Transactions on Software Engineering                 (QA 76.758 A23)
ACM Transactions on Database Systems                     (QA 76.9 D3 A889)
ACM Journal                                              (QA 76 A77)
ACM Communications                                       (QA 76 A772)
ACM Mobile Computing and Communications Review           (QA 76.59 M52)
ACM Operating Systems Review                             (QA 76.6 O65)
ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interactions          (QA 76.9 P75 A35)
Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing            (QA 76.5 J73)

Important URLs:

CS 6000 Home Page for all URLs 
  http://www.mcs.csueastbay.edu/~billard/6000.html
  (includes full listing of all IEEE and ACM journals at CSUH)
CSUH Library Home Page 
  http://www.library.csueastbay.edu
HAYSTAC Library Catalog 
  http://134.154.30.10/
Enter IEEE or ACM at the Periodical Locator 
  http://aphid.csuchico.edu/lso/hayward/search.asp
Subject Guide Computer Science 
  http://www.library.csueastbay.edu/staff/computer_science.htm
Selected Computer Science Library Resources: 
  http://www.library.csueastbay.edu/staff/cs6000.htm
Liason for Computer Science Liz Ginno: 
  http://www.library.csueastbay.edu/staff/eginno.htm