CSC 508/509
Dr. Clark S. Turner
Paper Grading Guidelines

1. Problem Area
   
   • Adequacy of problem statement
     Does the reader understand the problem you're working on?
   • Definition of relevant terms
     Are all terms defined sufficiently to support the problem statement and future analysis?
   • Importance/relevance of the problem.
     Does the paper state the problem well? Does the reader care about the problem?
     
2. Related Work
   
   • Adequacy of survey of existing work and approaches to solution.
     Does the paper clearly explain the state-of-the-art in the topic?
   • Citations
     They should be clear, helpful, organized and annotated as appropriate.
     
3. Student Contribution
   
   • Existing work
     Have you either successfully criticized existing work or written a clear synthesis of existing work?
     
   • Open questions
     How well does the paper expose open questions or areas for future work?
   • New direction
     How well does the paper generate new ideas (by extension, by analogue or an original idea)?