Topics for the Week of Oct 19, 2009
CS 495: Senior Seminar I

• This week you should have a draft of your survey paper to turn in. Please bring a hard copy to turn in.
• Peer Review: You will be assigned one of your classmate's survey papers to review. You may start to do this in class and finish it over the next week. Please comment on
  • Clarity of writing.
  • Adherence to specified structure
  • Quality of technical explanations.
  • Coverage of topic.
  • Are approaches compared and contrasted?
  • Completeness and formating of references.
• Review Process
  • Sample Review Forms:
    • CCSC Sample Review Form
    • SIGCSE Sample Review Form
    • SIGGRAPH Technical Papers Review Form
  • Reviewing the SIGCSE Reviewing Process
  • SIGCSE Reviewer Guidelines
  • SIGGRAPH FAQ for Technical Papers
  • How To Get Your SIGGRAPH Paper Rejected
• Next week:
  In class, we will discuss the reviews of the survey paper. Look at the above sample review forms to help organize your comments.
  • Brett will review David's
  • David will review Brett's
  • Megan will review Wade's
  • Wade will review Megan's