TermProjectGuidelines 1) Usescopus.comtosearchforsomepublicationsonrelevantpatternrecognitionproblems 2) Identifyoneproblemofinteresttoyou(e.g.seethediscussionssectioninBlackboardforsome suggestions). 3) Afterreadingsomepapers,writeaprojectproposal(about23agesinIEEEformat)including: Titlechoosearelevantconcisetitlethatstressestheproblemtobeaddressedandthe solutionmethodologytobeused. Introduction/Backgrounddescribetheproblemanditsimportancewithgivesome backgroundinformation. ResearchObjectivesenumeratewhatyouintendtoachieveinthiswork,what methodologywillbeused,whyitisimportanttodothiswork(otherthangettingbetter grade),howitdiffersfromtheexistingsolutions,etc.

etc. RelatedWorkreviewandcritiquesomerelatedpapers(atleastfiverecentandvery relevanttotheproblemandmethodology;otherpaperscanbeincludedasneeded) References OtherRemarks Planitandstartearlytohaveenoughtimeandavoidlastminuterisks. FollowIEEEwordorlatextemplate(downloadfromblackboard). Agroupof2students(atmost)canworktogetheronaprojecttogetasolidreportof publishablequalityprovidedthattherewillbeenoughanddistinctworkforeach.Inthis case,includeintheproposaladescriptionofwhateachonewillaccomplishandwhytwo studentsareneeded. Avoidplagiarismuseyourownwordsinthewriteupandavoidcopyingandpastingfrom otherresources.Ifnecessary,paraphraseitproperlyandcitethereference.Wheneverthere isaneedforexactcopyofcertainportionsfromothers,usequotationmarksandcitethe reference(butshouldbeminimal). Usetablesandfigureswheneverpossibletoillustrateconceptsandworktobedonein precisemanner. Giveenoughinformationtoconveythemessagebutbeprecise. SubmitonorbeforetheduedatethroughBlackboard(word+pdf+textfileincluding referencesinbibtexformat)or(latex+pdf+bib).