ENEE 759C Pre-Seminar Report Details

There will be a total of 13 presentations by students in this class this semester.  For at least eleven out of the thirteen, you must submit a written pre-seminar report on the main paper for the topic put up on the reading list on the class website.  The report for a presentation is due at the start of the class (at 12:30pm) on the day of the presentation.  Late reports will NOT be accepted under any circumstances.  

You will be graded on only eleven of thirteen reports.  If you submit more, only the first eleven submitted will be counted for the grade.  If you submit less than eleven, you will not be in contention for full credit.  You cannot submit a report for a topic for which there is no presentation (it will not be accepted!).  You can submit a report for your own presentation as well, and it will be accepted for credit.

For each main paper, the report should contain answers to the following questions.  Answers must be submitted typewritten in an text file, and then printed out double-sided.

  1. List the title and authors of the paper. 
  2. What is one major problem or issue that the research described in the paper is addressing? 
  3. What is at least one solution to this problem that was previously addressed (if any), but the authors identified problems with? What are those problems? 
  4. What is the solution that the authors propose? What are the merits of this solution? 
  5. Identify at least one potential problem or drawback with the author's solution that the author's have not addressed nor identified.
On average, you can answer each question above in one paragraph (5 to 10 lines). Longer answers means more detail than necessary as far as the assignment is concerned; but you *will not* be penalized for longer answers if the answer is accurate and correct. Much shorter answers means not enough information; you *could* be penalized for insufficient detail.