Computer and Network Security

Your proposal should consist of a 2-3 page description of your project that includes the following:

1. Group: Group member names and uniqnames
2. Problem: A description of the problem you will address and why it is important.
3. Context: A brief survey of related work and past approaches to the problem.
4. Approach: How you will address the problem and how your approach differs from past work.
5. Evaluation: How you will test how well your approach works and evaluate its performance.
6. Scope: What you plan to accomplish and deliver by the checkpoint and by the end of the semester.

Project Checkpoint — Due Friday, April 2 at 5pm

Send me a concise status report (no more than two pages) answering the following questions:

1. What have you accomplished so far? Which do you have left to do?
2. Are you on track to complete what you proposed?
3. Have you encountered any surprises or unexpected problems?
4. If you're having problems, how do you intend to solve them or work around them?
5. Can you draw any preliminary conclusions from your results so far?

I'll send you feedback the following week. You're welcome to come see me during office hours, or make an appointment, if you need any additional advice on your project.

Project Presentation — In class, April 13 and 15

Each group will give a 15 10 minute in-class presentation about their results, in the style of a conference talk. I'll ask you to sign up for a presentation slot towards the end of the semester.

Final Report — Due Friday, April 23 at 5pm

Your group's final project report should be written in the style of a conference submission, like most of the papers we have read this semester. Please include an abstract, an introduction that motivates the problem you are trying to solve, a related work section that differentiates your contributions, and detailed sections about your methodology and results.