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Makeup Quiz
06/03/12 17:30 Filed in: 481
Since there should be some final exam activity during finals week, we’ll do a final quiz, which you can use to replace the score on another quiz you may have missed or not done so well in. This quiz will be cumulative, covering all the topics discussed throughout the quarter. If you’re not happy with your quiz score, you can also submit additional quiz questions; for details, see the earlier entry on Quiz Makeup Opportunity (Jan 23 Tag “Quiz”).
The final exam time slot is Tue, March 13, 4:10 - 7:00 PM. My plan is to make the quiz available from midnight until 7:00 PM. You don’t need to be on campus to take the quiz, all you need is access to Blackboard. The modus is the same as for the other quizzes: Notes, books, Web lookup is allowed, but collaboration with others and calculation of answers by computer programs are not. In particular, the use of question answering systems like Watson is not permitted.
The final exam time slot is Tue, March 13, 4:10 - 7:00 PM. My plan is to make the quiz available from midnight until 7:00 PM. You don’t need to be on campus to take the quiz, all you need is access to Blackboard. The modus is the same as for the other quizzes: Notes, books, Web lookup is allowed, but collaboration with others and calculation of answers by computer programs are not. In particular, the use of question answering systems like Watson is not permitted.
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Quiz Makeup Questions
23/01/12 18:31 Filed in: 481
As in similar classes, students will have the opportunity to improve their scores for the quizzes by submitting makeup questions.
Here are the guidelines for these questions:
- you need to submit your makeup questions within one week of the quiz availability date
- each question adds up to five points to your quiz score; if I need to revise the question or answers, you may get fewer points
- you can submit several questions for each quiz, but your overall quiz score won't be higher than 100 points
- please formulate the questions as plain text format according to the template below. Multiple-choice are my preferred option, but multiple-answers (where more than one answer is correct), fill-in-the-blank, calculated answers, and several others are also available. I've tried free-form text answers as well, but grading those in Blackboard is really tedious - far worse than the paper equivalent.
Question Template:
This is a template for a multiple choice question. Which of the following options is the correct or most suitable answer?
[ ] Answer 1 [Partial Credit: 10%] [Feedback: Why is it incorrect?]
[ ] Answer 2 [Partial Credit: 30%] [Feedback: Why is it incorrect?]
[X] Answer 3 [Feedback: Why is it correct?]
[ ] Answer 4 [Partial Credit: 0%] [Feedback: Why is it incorrect?]
Here are the guidelines for these questions:
- you need to submit your makeup questions within one week of the quiz availability date
- each question adds up to five points to your quiz score; if I need to revise the question or answers, you may get fewer points
- you can submit several questions for each quiz, but your overall quiz score won't be higher than 100 points
- please formulate the questions as plain text format according to the template below. Multiple-choice are my preferred option, but multiple-answers (where more than one answer is correct), fill-in-the-blank, calculated answers, and several others are also available. I've tried free-form text answers as well, but grading those in Blackboard is really tedious - far worse than the paper equivalent.
Question Template:
This is a template for a multiple choice question. Which of the following options is the correct or most suitable answer?
[ ] Answer 1 [Partial Credit: 10%] [Feedback: Why is it incorrect?]
[ ] Answer 2 [Partial Credit: 30%] [Feedback: Why is it incorrect?]
[X] Answer 3 [Feedback: Why is it correct?]
[ ] Answer 4 [Partial Credit: 0%] [Feedback: Why is it incorrect?]
Research Paper instead of Quizzes
06/01/12 20:05 Filed in: 481
For those of you who prefer to do a research paper, please follow the instructions from last year’s 581 class. The formatting instructions can also be obtained from the International Joint Conference in Artificial Intelligence IJCAI 2011 site (instead of IJCAI 2009, as indicated in the 581 class). This might be especially interesting for those of you working on a thesis, and intending to submit the paper for publication.
[The conference info below is from last year, but there might be similar ones this year. I’ll update this later.]
If you’re looking for a potential venue, there are about 30 workshops at IJCAI 2011, with deadlines typically in March or April. The conference will be July 16-22 in Barcelona, Spain, and it is the premier conference in AI. An alternative is the Twenty-Fifth Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-11) from August 7-11 in San Francisco. The deadline is Feb 3 for abstracts and Feb 8 for papers for the main conference, so this is a bit tight. Then there is a Student Abstract and Paper program, with a Feb 15 deadline. This student program is actually a great opportunity to get a chance to participate in such a conference. There are also workshops (there is no list available yet), with an April 22 deadline.
[The conference info below is from last year, but there might be similar ones this year. I’ll update this later.]
If you’re looking for a potential venue, there are about 30 workshops at IJCAI 2011, with deadlines typically in March or April. The conference will be July 16-22 in Barcelona, Spain, and it is the premier conference in AI. An alternative is the Twenty-Fifth Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-11) from August 7-11 in San Francisco. The deadline is Feb 3 for abstracts and Feb 8 for papers for the main conference, so this is a bit tight. Then there is a Student Abstract and Paper program, with a Feb 15 deadline. This student program is actually a great opportunity to get a chance to participate in such a conference. There are also workshops (there is no list available yet), with an April 22 deadline.