Information about Paper Summaries

• Follow the instructions.
• I will mark a random subset of the paper summaries
  (i.e., I will pick some of the papers at random and mark all summaries written for that paper).
• I will mark at least one of the first papers or two to provide feedback early on.
• Follow the instructions and guidelines provided.
• You must submit summaries the day before class (according to the deadline specified for that week).
• You need to complete and submit summaries as your ticket to get into class.
  This ensures that everyone reads the papers, including those who are not taking the course for credit.
• If you are going to miss class mail me your summaries by the deadline anyway.
• Follow the guidelines provided.
  • 3/4 of a page means 3/4 of a page. One line over and you get a grade of 0.
  • 3 bullet points means 3 (not 0, 1, or 2, 4 or 5)
• Grades will be:
  • 0 - very poorly done, and/or guidelines not followed
  • 1 - poorly done, missing some points, lots of spelling/grammar mistakes
  • 2 - fairly well done but missing a key point or minor spelling/grammar problems
  • 3 - very well done

Use the templates provided and be sure to look at and understand the example. If you have any questions please ask.

• Research Paper Summary: An example of what a summary might look like (somewhat fake)
• Research Paper Summary: The template to be used for research paper summaries
  Note that this is not in pdf you would file this in and then convert your summary to pdf. On many machines you can use enscript to convert ascii text to postscript and the use ps2pdf to create pdf.
• Survey/Overview (non research) Paper Summary: The template to be used for survey or overview paper summaries
  Note that this is not in pdf you would file this in and then convert your summary to pdf. On many machines you can use enscript to convert ascii text to postscript and the use ps2pdf to create pdf.