Course Summary
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<br>This course is designed for graduate students who are interested in knowing 
<br>state-of-the arts and applications of the information technology. The 
<br>objective of this course is: 1) guide students to recognize the current state 
<br>of the art of information technology and emerging killing applications; 2) 
<br>identify their research topics; and 3) write a research proposal in the 
<br>related fields. Students will learn how to find an interesting IT application 
<br>problem by surveying a specific application domain, understand the current 
<br>information techniques available to solve the problem, assess the 
<br>applicability and weakness of the current IT technology to the problem, narrow 
<br>down specific aims as research goal for writing a research problem.
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<br>Required Materials
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<br>Web contents of research papers
<br>Suggested reading papers will be handed out or assigned at class
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<br>Introduction	(1 week)
<br>Research and Presentation	(1 Week)
<br>Proposal Writing	(1 week)
<br>First Presentation - by students	(2Weeks)
<br>Seminar Talk	(2 weeks)
<br>Seminar Discussion (2 weeks)
<br>Second Presentation - by students	(3weeks)
<br>Paper Discussion (2Weeks)
<br>Final Presentation - by student	(3Weeks)
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<br>Grading:
<br>Homework 20%
<br>Participation & Discussion 20 %
<br>Oral presentation 30%
<br>Written proposal 20%
<br>Final Report 10%
<br>Letter-base Grades
<br>Grades are transformed based on the grading distribution
<br>A+: top 5 % and above 90
<br>A: top 15 %
<br>A-: Top 25%
<br>B+: Top 40%
<br>B: Top 55 %
<br>B-: Top 70%
<br>C+: Top 80%
<br>C: Top 90%
<br>C-: Top 95% or original grades above 60
<br>D/F: Lower Outlier