Wiki writeup assignments for 10-710 in Fall 2011

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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: a writeup on Turney's 2002 ACL paper

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 okay 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 a "rewrite" as your assignment.
  • We strongly recommend you choose papers that are background/optional readings from the lectures so far, or that are referenced in Noah's book (particularly chapters 3-4), or that were considered in older versions of the course (L&S2, IE). If you find a paper that's not obviously in one of those sets, check with the TA.

Finally make it easy for your TA Brendan to find your writeups! On your user homepage, please list and link to the pages you've created and specifically the ones you want to be graded.

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