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The Outline
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Introduction Outline

• 1 Introduction
• 1.1 Problem Statement
• In engineering, a problem is usually in the form
  of
• Given (some condition)
• Subject to (some constraints)
• Find (a solution).
• A well-posed problem is a necessary, but not
  sufficient condition, for the finding of a
  solution.

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Motivation

• This section should describe why someone should
  be interested in solving the problem.
• State the significance of the problem.
• What is contribution to the appropriate body of
  knowledge?

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Motivation (2)

• What wider principles emerged from your research?
  
• How can people in your field use it?
• Can people in other fields use it?

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Motivation (3)

• State the impact of a problem solution upon
  society (if there is one).
• How can other researchers take your work forward?
  
• How can your research be applied in practice? Who
  is able to apply your findings? What might they
  do?

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Motivation (4)

• When and where might it be done?
• What are the implications of other potential
  answers to the problem?

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Approach

• Kind of program or hardware design used. What
  were the implications of choosing particular
  methods of data gathering and analysis?
• Did certain techniques cast some doubts or
  further veracity on your findings?

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Approach(2)

• What did the literature say and how does it
  matter to your research?
• How did your methodology affect the findings?
• What is the originality of this approach?
• Describe the rigor of research methodology.

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Societal Implications

• Ethics
• What is your code of Ethics?
• How does this relate to your code of ethics?
• Safety
• can the research be used for good?
• Can the research be used for evil?

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Historical Review

• 2. List only references that you have cited.
• 2.1 Review about 45 papers
• 2.2 Ans questions like
• How does this related to my contribution?
• What did they contribute?
• Why is this paper important to my work?
• What are they claiming?
• Are these claims valid?

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Contributions

• Theory or background, as needed
• Validation
• Experimental Results Expected
• Preliminary theories to be tested
• Preliminary design of the experiments
• How results will be summarized.
• 5. Milestones (project time line)

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How many pages?

• Midterm is typically more than 6 pages long.
• 22.5 papers, on avg being reviewed. Write 1.5
  paras on each oneSo this is about 33 paras..That
  is 3 or 4 pages (min) right there. TOC PS, you
  will needs at least 6 pages to complete, more
  likely you will need about 12 or more.

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Taxonomy
Control
Classic
Modern
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Classic Control
Heuristics Stability Analysis Transform Techniques
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Modern Control
Intelligent Control
Optimization Theory
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Intelligent Control
Fuzzy Neural Hierachical
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Divide up the lit
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What can I have in the midterm?

• Preliminary thesis proposal.
• Sell your idea.
• Package IT! Correct Formatting
• Good grammar
• Refined outline
• Proper style for bib.
• Try to make it blemish free.
• Proof read!

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When can I submit?

• Submit early, submit often!
• Progress reports, from midterm on, are the full
  thesis proposals with additions, pointed out.
• The goal of the READING course is to create a
  thesis proposal as an outcome that is acceptable!

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What is an acceptable thesis proposal?

• It cant be trivial!
• It must be doable in the given time!
• Plan for failure!
• Research is a speculative activity!
• You WILL not be productive every week.
• It is all due in two weeks from now

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Conclusion

• 6. Related Results (in final phase of thesis)
• 7. Conclusion
• Future work (after the thesis is done)
• 8. Literature Cited (30-45 papers)

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How do I organize the lit?

• 3D Range Finders
• Passive Rangefinders
• Binocular vision
• Diffraction
• Active Rangefinders
• Sound
• Ultrasonic ping
• EMF
• RF Ping
• Diffraction
• Triangulation

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Acceleration of Java

• HP APIs (Native)
• Vectorization
• Asm
• Distributed Computing

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How did they design it?

• Simulation (if simulation is good enough, then
  you can design fast).
• Build prototypes!