11-782 Self-Paced Lab for Computational Biology
6–12 units, Carnegie Mellon University
Students will choose from a set of projects designed by the instructor. Students will also have the option of designing their own projects, subject to instructor approval. For the students who had completed a project in the 10810 course, they can either switch to another project, or continue working on the previous project by aiming a significant progress subject to instructor approval. Each student will work independently. If more than one student work on a particular topic, each should choose an approach that is different from the approaches used by the other students working on the same problem. The students need to begin with a project proposal to outline the highlevel ideas, tasks, and goals of the problem, and plan of experiments andor analysis. The instructor will consult with you on your ideas , but the final responsibility to define and execute an interesting piece of work is yours. Your project will have two final deliverables 1. a writeup in the form of a NIPS paper 8 pages maximum in NIPS format, including references, worth 60 of the project grade, and 2. a research seminar presentation of your work at the end of the semester, worth 20 of the project grade. In addition, you must turn in a midway progress report 5 pages maximum in NIPS format, including references describing the results of your first experiments, worth 20 of the project grade. Note that, as with any conference, the page limits are strict Papers over the limit will not be considered. The grading of your project are based on overall scientific quality, novelty, writing, and clarity of presentation. We expect your final report to be of conferencepaper quality, and you are expected to also deliver software implementation of your algorithmic results.
Prerequisites: none listed
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