Grading breakdown: 10% Pre-class Paper Reviews + 5% Post-class Campuswire Posts + 5% Course Participation + 40% Presentation + 40% Project Paper Reviews & Campuswire Posts & Course ParticipationFor each regular class, you are required to (1) submit a 1-page pre-class review by 11:59PM the day before the class (i.e., Monday and Wednesday) on Gradescope , and (2) make a post-class post by 11:59PM the day after the class (i.e., Wednesday and Friday) on Campuswire. All the students will post under the given topic's Campuswire thread. Typically, we have three papers within a topic; you are free to submit the paper review on either of the three papers. You are encouraged to read all of them! In addition, you are encouraged to engage in discussions on Campuswire (will be counted into the 5% Participation credits). The presenters are encouraged to incorporate some comments from the posts in their presentations. Here are some things to think about
Remember also that while criticizing (especially in hindsight) is often easy, it's equally important to defend a paper. PresentationStudents will form groups of up to three (1-3) and jointly develop a presentation on an assigned topic. Each group member must deliver a portion of the presentation. Each student should present twice during the course. The grade will be averaged over the two presentations.
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Course ProjectThis is an opportunity to try out the ideas discussed in the class. Meta-learning is a rapidly developing field. We are looking for projects that get you to think about things differently: a well-motivated and well-executed crazy idea that experiments show doesn't work as well as existing methods will receive a higher grade than adding predictable features to an existing method and getting a performance gain. We will also provide a list of project topics for reference, but you are free to come up your own projects. Students will form groups of up to three (1-3) for projects. An ideal project should
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