Wiki writeup assignments for 10-710 in Fall 2011

These guidelines have not yet been finalzed! This is a draft!

There will be 8 wiki writeup assignments through the semester.

• by 9/6: log in and create a user homepage, with a photo, as User:USERNAME, e.g. User:Wcohen (Freebie 0th assignment)
• by 9/30: 4 writeups
• by 10/31: 2 more writeups
• by 11/30: 2 more writeups

There are three types of Wiki pages to create: papers (list), methods (list), and datasets (list). During the semester, you must author at least 8 Wiki pages, of which at least 2 must be "paper" pages and of which at least 2 must be "methods" pages. Dataset writeups don't count (they tend to be small and easy), but you should make them if relevant for your paper.

See slides on Class_Meeting_for_10-710_09-01-2011 for details.

Grading criteria for a writeup:

• Must be at least XXX words in length (this is chosen to be approximately XXX printed pages)
• Must be well-written: not powerpoint-style or bullet point lists.
• Must be well-linked into the existing wiki. At least 4 outgoing links to other papers, methods, and/or dataset pages.
• For a paper, you are expected to explain what method they use, and explain the paper's relationship to other similar or contrasting papers, and explain what data they analyze (if any).
• For a method, you are expected to explain what the method is, list papers that use it or are related to it, etc.

Example: Turney,_ACL_2002

When choosing a paper (or method) to write-up, make sure of the following.

• You cannot do a writeup for a required reading (because they are heavily covered during lecture)
• You cannot duplicate an already-existing writeup page. When you select a paper, please search the wiki (for example, look at the full list for Paper or Method) to make sure it's not a duplicate. Note, some of the pages on the wiki are actually stubs so for them it's OK to writeup, of course.
  • Exception: if you find an old page created during a previous course that you think is bad and needs to be rewritten, contact Brendan for permission to do it as your assignment.
• ((TODO this isn't finalized)) The paper must either be a background/optional reading from one of the lectures so far, or else be a reference in Noah's LSP book (TODO only for chapters relevant to lectures so far?) or from older versions of this course (LS2 or IE, linked on course homepage)

Finally, on your user homepage, please list the pages you've created and specifically the ones you want to be graded; the TA Brendan will find them in this way.