CSCI 400 Senior Seminar @ VSU
by Hui Chen, Ph.D.

Class Schedule

1. 08/19/2016 General Introduction

   Syllabus:

   Download the CSCI400 Syllabus in a PDF file. CSCI 610/611 overlaps with CSCI400.

   Grading Rubrics:

   Grading rubrics are in Blackboard.

   Textbook:

   Booth, Wayne C., Gregory G. Colomb, and Joseph M. Williams. 2008. The Craft of Research, Third Edition. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008. ISBN: 978-0-226-06566-3

   Select papers from the following sources and post your selection in the discussion board by 09/02/2016

   Proceedings of the 17th International Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications

   Proceedings of the 14th ACM Workshop on Hot Topics in Networks

   Proceedings of the 8th ACM International Workshop on Hot Topics in Planet-scale mObile computing and online Social neTworking

   Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Hot Topics in Wireless

   And major and most recent conferences and journals from ACM, IEEE Computer Society , and IEEE Communications Society

2. 08/26/2016 Discussion On Research and Reading

   Reading Assignment:

   1. S. Keshav. 2007. How to read a paper. SIGCOMM Comput. Commun. Rev. 37, 3 (July 2007), 83-84. DOI=10.1145/1273445.1273458 http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1273445.1273458
   2. How to Do a Technical Reading Program , Frederick Brooks , 4 February 2008, with minor amendments by Neil Dodgson , 4 October 2011.
   3. On "Nature of Paper" , an excerpt from the University of Cambridge's Reading Skills course material.
   4. "A way to read" papers , an excerpt from the University of Cambridge's Reading Skills course material.

   Student Presentation:

   R. Ghosh: on his experience and expectation

3. 09/02/2016 Student Presentations

   Student Presentation:

   N. Conway presenting '3D Printing Your Wireless Coverage'

   R. Habib presenting 'Tell Your Graphics Stack That the Display Is Circular'

   Assignment:

   Summarize one paper using the paper review template. Submit it in Blackboard

   Reading:

   Part I and II of the textbook.

4. 09/09/2016 Discussion On Technical Presentation and Student Presentation

   Watch:

   1. How to Give an Awesome (PowerPoint) Presentation (a Youtube Video), , by Marc Strong and Wienotfilms.com
   2. How NOT to give a presentation, by Neil Dodgson
   3. Laying out presentation slides, by Neil Dodgson
   4. "The Gettysburg Address", by Neil Dodgson

   Watch Selected Presentation Videos:

   1. Technical Programs at the 12th USENIX Symposium on Networked System Design and Implementation

   Student Presentation:

   A. Mitchell presenting 'Thread: Would You Trust a (Faulty) Robot?: Effects of Error, Task Type and Personality on Human-Robot Cooperation and Trust'

   Assignment:

   Summarize one paper using the paper review template. Submit it in Blackboard

5. 09/16/2016 Discussion on Writing and Writing Tools and Student Presentation

   Reading:

   Gopen, George D., and Judith A. Swan. The science of scientific writing. American Scientist (1990): 550-558.

   Chapters 12 and 13 in the textbook

   Resources and Additional Reading:

   The Reading Skills class, offered by the Computer Laboratory, the University of Cambridge

   Zobel, Justin. Writing for Computer Science. 3rd Ed. Springer, 2015.

   Reynolds, Garr. Presentation Zen: Simple ideas on presentation design and delivery. New Riders, 2011.

   Heath, Chip, and Dan Heath. Made to stick: Why some ideas survive and others die. Random House, 2007.

   Check additional resource page for writing tools.

   Student Presentation:

   M. Lewis presenting 'VoLTE*: A Lightweight Voice Solution to 4G LTE Networks'

   Assignment:

   Summarize one paper using the paper review template. Submit it in Blackboard

6. 09/23/2016 Student Presentation and Revisiting "How to Read a Paper?"

   Student Presentation:

   K. Spriggs presenting 'Handling a trillion (unfixable) flaws on a billion devices: Rethinking network security for the Internet-of-Things'

   Class Discussion:

   Discuss questions about "How to read a paper": S. Keshav. 2007. How to read a paper. SIGCOMM Comput. Commun. Rev. 37, 3 (July 2007), 83-84. DOI=10.1145/1273445.1273458 http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1273445.1273458

   Assignment:

   Summarize one paper using the paper review template. Submit it in Blackboard

7. 09/30/2016 Student Presentations, Writing Exercises, and Discussion on Hypothesis and Evidence

   Student Presentation:

   T. Lawrence presenting 'Tbooster: Adaptive Touch Boosting for Mobile Texting'

   Reading:

   Chapters 7, 8, and 9 in the textbook

   Assignment:

   Summarize one paper using the paper review template. Due 2PM, Friday, October 7. Submit it in Blackboard.

8. 10/07/2016 Student Presentation and Discussion on Graphing

   Reading:

   Chapter 15 of the textbook

   References on Graphing and Visualization:

   Cleveland, William S. Visualizing data. Hobart Press, 1993.

   Cleveland, William S. The elements of graphing data. Monterey, CA: Wadsworth Advanced Books and Software, 1985.

   Tufte, Edward R., and P. R. Graves-Morris. The visual display of quantitative information. Vol. 2, no. 9. Cheshire, CT: Graphics press, 1983.

   Young, Forrest W., Pedro M. Valero-Mora, and Michael Friendly. Visual statistics: seeing data with dynamic interactive graphics. Vol. 914. John Wiley & Sons, 2011.

   student presentation:

   D. Powell presenting 'Destroying networks for fun (and profit)'

   A. Mitchell presenting 'Who's your best friend?: targeted privacy attacks In location-sharing social networks'

   Assignment:

   Summarize one paper using the paper review template. Due 2PM, Friday, October 14. Submit it in Blackboard.

9. 10/14/2016 Student Presentations

   Student Presentation:

   L. Bagby presenting 'THINK: Toward Practical General-Purpose Brain-Computer Communication'

   K. Baity presenting 'Towards Mobile Handheld Imaging Devices'

   D. McPherson presenting 'A first view on mobile video popularity as time series'

   Reading:

   Murdoch University's IEEE Citation Style Guide

   UW-Madison Writer's Handbook

   Assignment:

   Summarize one paper using the paper review template. Due 2PM, Friday, October 21. Submit it in Blackboard.

10. 10/21/2016 Student Presentations

    Student Presentation:

    L. Carter presentating on 'Systems For Spectrum Forensics'

    R. Habib presenting on 'Enhancing opportunistic networking using location based social networks'

    D. Powell presenting on 'Can Censorship Measurements Be Safe(r)?

    Assignment:

    Summarize one paper using the paper review template. Due 2PM, Friday, October 28. Submit it in Blackboard.

11. 10/28/2016 Student Presentations

    Student Presentation:

    L. Bagby presenting 'Identifying and Analyzing the Privacy of Apps for Kids'

    K. Baity presenting 'Enabling Real-Time Collaborative Brain-Mobile Interactive Applications on Volunteer Mobile Devices'

    D. McPherson presenting 'Why Writing Your Own Search Engine Is Hard'

    Assignment:

    Summarize one paper using the paper review template. Due 2PM, Friday, November 4. Submit it in Blackboard.

12. 11/04/2016 Student Presentations

    Student Presentation:

    R. Ghosh presenting 'Room-Area Networks'

    M. Lewis presenting 'Uncovering Privacy Leakage in BLE Network Traffic of Wearable Fitness Trackers'

    T. Lawrence presenting 'Automated Network Repair with Meta Provenance'

    Assignment:

    Summarize one paper using the paper review template. Due 2PM, Friday, November 11. Submit it in Blackboard.

13. 11/11/2016 Student Presentations

    Note:

    Dr. Joon Suk Lee will substitute me in this class. The presentations will be video recorded for me to review.

    Student Presentation:

    L. Carter presenting 'Opinion dynamics on online-offline interacting networks: media influence and antagonistic interaction'

    N. Chavez presenting 'Facilitating a Battle Between Hackers: Computer Security Outside of the Classroom'

    Assignment:

    Summarize one paper using the paper review template. Due 2PM, Friday, November 18. Submit it in Blackboard.

14. 11/18/2016 Discussions on Local, Global, and Societal issues on Computing and on Design of Experiments

    Broadening Issues:

    Reiteration of a few important items in computing, including local, global, societal impact of computing on individuals, organizations and society (Examples: ethics, online privacy)

    Reading:

    Sacks, Jerome, William J. Welch, Toby J. Mitchell, and Henry P. Wynn. 1989. "Design and Analysis of Computer Experiments". Statistical Science 4 (4). Institute of Mathematical Statistics: 409–23. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2245858 .

    Zelkowitz, Marvin V., and Dolores R. Wallace. " Experimental models for validating technology. " Computer 31, no. 5 (1998): 23-31.

    Tichy, Walter F. " Should computer scientists experiment more?. " Computer 5 (1998): 32-40.

    Carroll, John M. " Human-computer interaction: psychology as a science of design. " Annual review of psychology 48, no. 1 (1997): 61-83.

    Denning, Peter J. " Is computer science science?. " Communications of the ACM 48, no. 4 (2005): 27-31.

    Assignment:

    Reflection Essays. (Request in Blackboard, Due 11/28/2016)

15. 11/23 - 11/27/2016 Holiday

    Thanksgiving Holidays. University Closed. No Class.

16. 11/30 - 12/05/2016 Final Exam Week

    Make-up Presentations:

    Final Exam Schedule

    Make-up Presentations:

    Time: 3:30PM – 5:30PM Wednesday, November 30, 2016

    N. Chavez presenting 'What Skills do you Need to Work in Cyber Security?: A Look at the Australian Market'

    N. Conway presenting 'How to Safely Augment Reality: Challenges and Directions"'

    R. Ghosh presenting 'A First Look at Unstable Mobility Management in Cellular Networks'

    K. Spriggs presenting 'Using a Multi-Tasking VM for Mobile Applications'

17. 12/03 Final Grade

    Note:

    • Final grade to be posted by midnight, December 3, 2016 on Blackboard and in Banner. Any grievance must be received by the instructor by midnight, December 4, 2016.