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Syllabus

General

  • Class hours and location: MW 1:00pm - 2:15pm, Callaway C101.
  • Prerequisites: QTM210 or CS171.

Instructor

  • Jinho Choi.
  • Office hours: MW 2:30pm - 4:00pm, MSC E414.

Teaching Assistants

  • Han He: Th 10:00am - 12:00pm, MSC E433 (NLP Lab).

Grading

  • 4 homework assignments: 40%
  • 8 take-home quizzes: 20%
  • Project proposal: 15%
  • Final project: 25%
  • Homework assignments and quizzes must be submitted individually. Group discussions are allowed; however, your work must be original.
  • You will work in groups for project proposals and final projects. Everyone in each group will receive the same grade.
  • Your work is governed by the Emory Honor Code. Honor code violations (e.g., copies from any source including your colleagues and internet sites) will be referred to the Emory Honor Council.
  • Excuses for absence/reschedule and other serious personal events (health, family, personal related, etc.) that affect course performance must be accompanied by a letter from the Office for Undergraduate Education.

Homework Assignments

  • Homework assignments require the following skills:
    • Python programming
    • Git version control
    • Latex writing
  • All assignments are due by the beginning of the class.
  • Late submissions within a week will be accepted with the grading penalty of 15%, and will not be accepted after the first week. Exceptions to this policy will be made only in extraordinary circumstances.

Take-home Quizzes

  • One take-home quiz will be assigned every week to check if you are keeping up with the topics.
  • Quizzes are due by the beginning of the class. Late submissions will not be accepted.

Project Proposal

  • You are expected to
    • Group a team of 1-2 people.
    • Give a 15-mins presentation to propose your idea about the final project.
    • Write a proposal that illustrates details about your idea.
  • Your idea must
    • Be within the scope of this course.
    • Be plausible within this semester.
    • Include at least workshop-acceptable novelty.
  • See the project proposal page for more details.

Final Project

  • You are expected to
    • Give a 15-mins presentation about your final project.
    • Write a research paper that illustrates details about your work.
  • Projects with
    • Outstanding results will be submitted to conferences.
    • Good results will be submitted to workshops.
    • Promising results will be submitted to arXiv.
  • See the final projects from previous years for more details.