Assignments and Readings
Week 1
Submit as a PDF
Week 2
Weeks 3-4
Week 5
If you can only do one, do Assignment 5b.
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Continue modeling. Move on to optimization if possible. The objectives are 1) to get a first idea on what are the pros and cons of your candidate designs, perhaps leading to filtering them and 2) identify research problems. Follow instructions given in the meeting. Send your final report of this chapter by Monday (23:55).
Weeks 9-10
Example numerical modeling report
Complete your modeling assignment. Use a model or theory to analyze design alternatives and propose a solution. Write up a report : This could be part of your research report. As discussed in the course, both numerical and conceptual analyses are possible.
Literature Search Part I
Following instructions given on the lecture slide, find 3-10 relevant papers and write up your Related Work / Previous Work section. The outcome must be a piece of text that could be in your research report. To learn about format, structure, and style, please read this guidance: Link 1 (see slide "Related Work"), Link 2. Submit as a PDF.
Week 11
Readings from the lecture (optional background)
A course at CHI 2016
Week 12-13
Submit detailed research plan with method description. Instructions:
- Structure and contents: Follow suggestions in the paper assigned to you.
- Template: Use the familiar research paper template.
- Write this to Method / Approach (whichever you find more descriptive)
- If you have multiple research topics, you can split it to subsections.
Final version of research plan
Self-study period
Questions and discussion
Optional pre-pre-submission of final deliverable: DL May 2: 23:55. Submit per email to Antti for comments.
Optional pre-submission of final deliverable: DL May 9: 23:55. Submit per email to Antti for comments.
Final deliverable
Scientific paper: See Lecture16 slides for instructions.
Pitch: 2 minutes, 1 slide. See this link for more tips.
Submission deadline for paper and pitch slide May 16 (23:55; hard): per email to Antti.