CIS 471/571
Final Projects
Fall, 2007

Final Projects

Final Project Proposals: Tuesday, 6 November
Presentations for Grads: Thursday, 6 December, 08:30
Final Project Papers Due: Thursday, 6 December, 08:30

Undergraduate Projects

Final projects are intended to give students an opportunity to explore
ideas or directions in AI that we do not cover in class (such as
computer vision, natural language processing, creativity, emotions),
to consider ideas from class in more depth (such as
neural networks, planning, game playing), or to survey current
application areas (e-commerce, data mining, robotics).

Project work will consist of a 6-8 page research paper that is submitted as part of a web page with links included.
A literature survey (several articles or book chapters)
and a thoughtful analysis/synthesis/discussion is the expected direction.

Graduate Projects

A recent National Science Foundation (NSF) call for proposals identified an area of research which they
termed Robust Intelligence . Read the desctiption of this technical area and propose a research project
that would fit in this area. Project work will include an 8-10 page paper that outlines the problem considered
and surveys recent research on the problem. You will present a 10 minute overview of your proposal
during the final exam time for the course.

Project Proposals

Everyone will hand in a project proposal, as indicated above. Project proposals are to be less than one page in length and will include
an indication of the area, the particular problem to be considered in that area, and a list of several references
that will support the project. The intent of the project proposal is to make sure we are all on track
and have about a month to complete projects.
The AI Topics site has a wealth of connections for finding projects for undergraduates.

Final papers (and presentations for graduate students) should clarify the following issues: