MITS5509 Intelligent Systems for Analytics -

MITS5509Intelligent Systems for AnalyticsAssignment 1 and 2Case Study and Presentation and ResearchReportMITS5509 Assignment 1 and 2Copyright © 2015-2019 VIT, All Rights Reserved. 2NOTE: This Document is used in conjunction with Assessment 1 [Case Study & Presentation]and Assessment 2 [Research Report] in the Teaching and Assessment Plan document[MITS5509_Teaching and Assessment Plan.doc]Objective(s)This assessment item relates to the unit learning outcomes as in the unit descriptor. Thisassessment is designed to improve student presentation skills and to give students experience inresearching a topic and writing a report relevant to the Unit of Study subject matter.INSTRUCTIONSThese instructions apply to both Assignment 1 – Case Study & Presentation andAssignment 2 Research Report. Assignment 1 – Case Study & Presentation and Participation – 10%Individual Assignment(Due Session 5) For this component you will be required to do a 5-10 minute video presentation on a recentacademicpaper on a topic related to Intelligent Systems for Analytics or Intelligent Systems.Some possible topic areas include but are not limited to:• Intelligent Systems for Data Warehouse systems• Evolving Intelligent Systems: Methods, Learning, & Applications• Distance Metric Learning in Intelligent Systems• Intelligent Systems for Socially Aware Computing• Data Mining techniques with IS• frameworks for integrating AI and data mining• Expert System• Structure of knowledge Engineering• IS and Support Vector Machines• IS and Neural Network Architectures• Heuristic Search Methods• Genetic Algorithms and Developing GA ApplicationsThe paper you select must be directly relevant to one of the above topics or another topic andbe related to Intelligent Systems for Analytics. The paper must be approved by your lecturer andbe related to what we are studying this semester in Intelligent Systems for Analytics. The paperMITS5509 Assignment 1 and 2Copyright © 2015-2019 VIT, All Rights Reserved. 3can be from any academic conference or other relevant Journal or online sources such as GoogleScholar, Academic department repositories, or a significant commercial company involved inresearch such as IBM etc. All students must select a different paper. Thus, the paper must beapproved by your lecturer before proceeding. In case two students are wanting to present on thesame paper, the first who emails the lecturer with their choice will be allocated that paper. Pleasenote that popular magazine or web-site articles are not academic papers.A grade of 10% of the Units mark will be awarded for your video presentation. You are to preparea set of power point slides for your presentation.Assignment 1 requirements:• Students need to record their presentation video and upload it on Moodle.• Student must appear in the beginning and end of the video.• They may use any tool/software to record their presentations, the file size limit onMoodle is 200MB.• Please make sure that your video is one of the popular video format (i.e. .mp4)What to Submit.Submit your video presentation to the Moodle drop-box for Assignment 1Marking criteria for assignment 1: CriteriaMaxIdentify the appropriate research paper and add the articledetails2Video between 5-10 mins1Audio and video quality1Problem statement2Literature review1Methods used2Summarizing the results1Total10 MITS5509 Assignment 1 and 2Copyright © 2015-2019 VIT, All Rights Reserved. 4Assignment 2 – Research Report – 10% (Due Session 8) Individual AssignmentFor this component you will write a report or critique on the paper you chose from Assignment1, the Presentation and Participation component above.Your report should be limited to approx. 1500 words (not including references). Use 1.5 spacingwith a 12 point Times New Roman font. Though your paper will largely be based on the chosenarticle, you should use other sources to support your discussion or the chosen papers premises.Citation of sources is mandatory and must be in the IEEE style.Your report or critique must include:MITS5509 Assignment 1 and 2Copyright © 2015-2019 VIT, All Rights Reserved. 5Title Page: The title of the assessment, the name of the paper you are reporting on and itsauthors, and your name and student ID.Introduction: Identification of the paper you are critiquing/ reviewing, a statement of thepurpose for your report and a brief outline of how you will discuss the selected article (one ortwo paragraphs).Body of Report: Describe the intention and content of the article. If it is a research report,discuss the research method (survey, case study, observation, experiment, or other method)and findings. Comment on problems or issues highlighted by the authors. Report on resultsdiscussed and discuss the conclusions of the article and how they are relevant to the topics ofthis Unit of Study.Conclusion: A summary of the points you have made in the body of the paper. The conclusionshould not introduce any ‘new’ material that was not discussed in the body of the paper. (Oneor two paragraphs)References: A list of sources used in your text. They should be listed alphabetically by (first)author’s family name. Follow the IEEE style.The footer must include your name, student ID, and page number.Note: reports submitted on papers which are not approved or not the approved paper registeredfor the student will not be graded and attract a zero (0) grade.What to SubmitSubmit your report to the Moodle drop-box for Assignment 2. Note that this will be a turn-it-indrop box and as such you will be provided with a similarity score. This will be taken into accountwhen grading the assignment. Note that incidents of plagiarism will be penalized. If yoursimilarity score is high you can re-submit your report, but re- submissions are only allowed up tothe due date. If you submit your assignment after thedue date and time re-submissions will notbe allowed.Please Note: All work is due by the due date and time. Late submissions will be penalizedMITS5509 Assignment 1 and 2Copyright © 2015-2019 VIT, All Rights Reserved. 6at the rate of 10% per day including weekends.Marking criteria for assignment 2: CriteriaMaxPurpose for your report and a brief outline of how you willdiscuss the selected article1Discuss the research method2Comments on problems or issues highlighted by the authors2Report on results discussed and discuss the conclusions of thearticle and how they are relevant to the topics of this Unit ofStudy.2Conclusion: A summary of the points you have made in thebody of the paper. The conclusion should not introduce any‘new’ material that was not discussed in the body of thepaper.1References: A list of sources used in your text. They shouldbe listed alphabetically by (first) author’s family name. Followthe IEEEstyle.1Report format1Total10