Research paper

CSCI 310, Cybersecurity

Spring 2021 – 01W

Term Project Guidelines

1. Topics have been chosen and confirmed via email

You will be graded on two deliverables. You are expected to:

1) write and submit a technical report in paper format (in Microsoft word (or latex)

and pdf final format)

2) prepare and deliver a presentation recording

 To help prepare you for writing technical documents in the future, you will write your

project paper in a simplified ACM format with one column, fully justified text. The

simplified ACM template is provided on myleoonline in the project module. Your report

should be approximately 14 pages (not including references). Include references to these resources in the references section with proper citation where needed.

 Your report will basically contain the following sections (which can be adjusted

depending on your research topic)1: o Abstract or executive summary: 100-200 words describing the main points in your

report and mainly concisely summarizing core research questions, approach and main observations/findings.

o Introduction: This section should establish a context (background and related work) around the topic for the reader, highlighting the challenges, significant related incidents,

significance of existing research. It should summarize what has been done on the topic, the main research questions you aim to answer through your report, and the approach that you would follow to answer those questions. The report introduction should briefly discuss how the used approach is different (what additional value does your report

provide) from previous work on the topic. The last paragraph of the introduction should outline the flow of the report describing the logical progression from ones section to the next.

 Background/Related work: This section includes summaries of previous related work including references to the papers and other resources you needed

1 http://www.ann.ece.ufl.edu/courses/eel5764_10fal/project.html

Topics:

Deliverables:

Report Requirements:

to explore to fully understand the topic you are reporting on. In this section, you should aim to describe how the work you are reporting on is different and how it

improves and/or extends previous methods. This section could be included in the

introduction. o Main report sections: This part of the report may include 2-3 sections expanding on

the problem statement and main research, approach/hypothesis/methodology and main findings/observations. This part of the report is directly related to the topic you are working on, and is the core of your report. It could include sections such as:

 Problem statement: and this could include a system architecture and current state of the art articulation of the research question you aim to answer.

 Approach/Methodology/hypothesis: Describe your understanding of the main contributions of the topic you are reporting on: what was done, how it was done, how it works, etc. Provide architectural diagrams, charts and figures where necessary with proper citation.

 Findings/ Observations: Depending on the topic you are reporting on, you will need to include a description of the experimental setup (if included in the original paper you are reviewing). Aim to be concise and utilize graphs to show any improvements. Include a summary of results analysis: what the results mean and the trends that are revealed.

o Conclusions and Future Work: Include here a brief summary of the work and results.

Include any future work that is expected or could be done. o Acknowledgments (Optional): Acknowledge any person that helped with your

research that is not listed as an author. o References: List of papers and resources cited throughout your report.

 You should compose the report using your own words: do not directly copy from the

material of the paper you are reporting on. In the case that you quote the words of the

original authors, use quotation marks “” and add a reference number.

 If you cite any work other than the provided paper, you should use a standard citation

format.

 Please maintain the template format in terms of font type, size, line spacing and page

margins.

Before midnight on Friday April 23rd, you need to submit the following on myleoonline D2L platform:

1- Presentation slides: prepare and upload a presentation (10-15 slides) for your project

presentation. Please upload in power point and in PDF formats.

2- Presentations Recordings: prepare and record a 10-minutes presentation on your

project using zoom and upload the recording.

3- Reports: finalize and submitted your report as an MS word and PDF .

The grade for you project will comprise of the following components:

10% Report format (template is provided). 70% Report content showcasing your understanding of the

original author’s ideas. How do explain the paper’s

Report & Presentation Deadlines:

Grading Criteria:

ideas clearly (You do not have to explain every detail). 20% Quality of your presentation (content, style and

delivery).

1. HOW TO GIVE A GOOD PRESENTATION,

https://www.princeton.edu/~archss/webpdfs08/BaharMartonosi.pdf

2. How to give a technical presentation,

https://homes.cs.washington.edu/~mernst/advice/giving-talk.html

Useful Resources: