Subbmit a draft of your Introduction section for review to a class WA during last week (week 14) of class. This is optional, but I strongly encourage you to take advantage of this.

1. Revise and Resubmit Report Introduction

Although this is not required, I strongly encourge you to submit a draft of your report introduction for review to one of the WAs associated with our class. You could also submit a detailed outline of your Introduction for review if you do not have a full prose version written.

The introduction is often the most difficult part of the Report to write. You want to have the big picture of your project presented in your introduction. Your report should be written in a top-down manner, as should each section. Getting the right level of detail in your introduction can be tricky, and I encourage you to take advantage of WA feedback on your Introduction. See the Writing Style guide from the Final Report page for more details on writing style, and links to writing resources.

Here are details about the Introduction (from the Final Report page):

  • Type 1 Project Introduction

    The introduction is the big picture of your work: what, why, and how. It includes a definition of the problem you are solving, a high-level description of your solution including any novel techniques and results you provide, and a summary of the main results of your paper. In addition, motivates the problem you are solving (why should a reader find your work important), and describes your contribution to the area (this may not be applicable to your project).

    The first paragraph of the introduction should contain all of this information in a very high-level. Subsequent paragraphs should discuss in more detail the problem you are solving, your solution, and your results and conclusions.

    1. Statement of Problem Being Solved

    2. Motivation

    3. Problem Solution

    4. Results and Conclusions

  • Type 2 Project Introduction

    The introduction is the big picture of the topic you are covering, and the blueprint of what your report includes: the what, the why/motivation, the important issues/problems, and the how/solutions. It includes a definition of the topic you are investigating, a high-level description of the big ideas of the topic, the big motivations for the area, and main problems. It should also include a high-level description of the depth areas of your report, and the what, why of them. In addition, the introduction motivates the topic you are investigating (what will a reader learn your report), and describes the main conclusions of your study. Finally, it should be clear what the parallel and distributed main focus is of your report in your introduction.

    The first paragraph of the introduction should contain all of this information in a very high-level. Subsequent paragraphs should discuss in more detail the problem you are solving, your solution, and your results and conclusions.

    1. Statement of problem being investigated

    2. Motivation

    3. Areas of depth foci

    4. Conclusions

2. Group to WA assignments for Feedback

Please contact the following WA for feedback on your Introduction between now and the end of week 14.

Please do not ask the student WAs for feedback on your Introduction after Friday of week 14, as they have finals and final papers of their own to complete

Table 1. WA Assignments

Saul (slopezv1) for Type 2 projects

Jonah (jlangli1) for Type 1 projects

Group 1: Ayaka, Haochen, Minh

Group 2: Brendan, Gus, Zach

Group 5: Christina, Lamia

Group 3: Ford, Keon, Sam

Group 6: Danielle, Jonathan

Group 4: Kevin, Mickey, Rick

Group 7: Kat, Kyra

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