Class conference: Tues May 2 and Thurs May 4 during class. Final report due: Fri May 5 at 5:00pm.

Overall grading rubric:
Milestone 1 10%
Milestone 2 15%
Reviews 4%
Spotlight or blitz talk 26%
Final report 45%
Total 100%
(Extra credit for spotlight 5%)

Spotlight or blitz talk:

Your talk should present all aspects of your project. That is, it should motivate your problem, describe the literature, and explain the solution(s) you found. Blitz talks: you will have 2 minutes. Spotlight talks: you will have 8 minutes.

Try to present as clearly as possible the connection of your project the concepts you learned from class.

Final report:

Your write up should be in the style of a research article that you would submit to a conference or a journal (except that, instead of original research, you will be providing a review of existing research). Be sure that you explain as clearly as possible the connection of your project the concepts you learned from class. Your write up should follow the following format:

• Introduction: motivation and a quick summary of the area.
• Notation and assumptions.
• Key results.
• Proof outlines for the results.
• Conclusion: this includes comments on the meaning of the results and open questions.

The report should be limited to 8 pages, excluding references (no appendix allowed), and should be in NIPS 2016 style.

Email one copy per project to your TA mentor, with the Professors cc'd.