Biological and Artificial Intelligence

Neuro140 | Neuro 240

Assignment 3

Due 03/12/2021 midnight EST. No exceptions.

Goal 

The goal of this assignment is that students complete the following: 

(1) Literature Review, 

(2) a clear plan for the semester, and 

(3) initial progress in terms of coding. 

You will be graded separately on all three components. This mid-term accounts for 20% of your total grade (i.e. 20 points), and the detailed rubric is provided below. 

To-Dos

The suggested page length for your project proposal is about 3 pages. Please include: 

Problem Definition (3 points): What is your hypothesis? What is the question you are studying? Please note that if you’re picking a project from the list provided in class, we expect you to be a little more concrete than what is mentioned in the project list. This is where you define concretely what you will be working on. 

Literature Review (5 points): How does existing research addressed this question? Cite related papers, with a brief description of how this relates to your specific problem. How is your project different from what was done before? 

Implementation level details (5 points): What is the overall plan? A diagram here is great. Pseudocode also works very well here. What dataset/datasets will you be using? What code-base will you be starting from? Any repositories? Pre-trained models? Which specific papers in the above lit review are you building off of? How do you plan to evaluate your progress i.e. what are your metrics for evaluation? 

Preliminary Progress (5 points): What have you coded/experimented so far and what did you find? 

Thinking ahead (2 points): Do you foresee any challenges or stumbling blocks based on lit review and the preliminary code you have written? How do you plan to address them? Are there specific questions you need help with?

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