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Research Assignment

King Saud University College of Computer and Information Sciences Information Technology Department IT422 - Intelligent systems . Research Assignment. How to get a full mark in research?!. The Mission. You are asked to do a comprehensive research on one of the suggested topics.

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Research Assignment

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  1. King Saud University College of Computer and Information Sciences Information Technology Department IT422 - Intelligent systems Research Assignment How to get a full mark in research?!

  2. The Mission • You are asked to do a comprehensive research on one of the suggested topics

  3. Mission’s steps

  4. Step 1 - Getting Started • Goal: • Understand the assignment: • Read the instructions for the assignment • Know the type of the final product • Know the grading criteria • Know the deadline and plan your work upon it

  5. Step 1 - Getting Started

  6. Step 2 - Discovering and Choosing a Topic • Goal: • Choosing a topic • Get a "bird's eye view" of the suggested topic with a quick internet search • Brainstorm, alone and with others • Narrow down the list of topics to things you and your colleagues are interested in • Go a little bit in depth with the chosen topics • Choose the most suitable one, make sure noone chose it in your section • Checklist: • AI techniques and algorithms? • Global and local impact? • While searching, do not forget to gather some useful resources

  7. Suggested research topics list • Humanoid robots • Intelligent Tutors • AI and Molecular Biology • Biometrics • AI and Space Exploration • AI and the Web • AI in agriculture • AI and Archaeology • AI and Transportation • AI and Assistive technologies • Architecture & design • Face recognition • Optical character recognition • Handwriting recognition • AI contribution to Arabic language. • Natural Language for communication. • AI and economics.

  8. Step 3 - Gathering Information • Goal: • Exploring your topic • finding, collecting and recording • You'll be locating books, articles, videos, WebPages and other resources about your topic and reading to learn! • Your search should be focused and specific • As you read, start taking notes about your topic • Keep track of the bibliographic references for the information you're using • Start organizing your notes into logical groups • You may notice a gap in your research, or a more heavy weighting to one aspect of the subject than what you had intended, if so fix it!

  9. How to cite things? • IEEE citation style: • www.ieee.org/documents/ieeecitationref.pdf Artificial intelligence (AI) is the science of making machines do things that would require intelligence if done by humans [1]. ‘The art of creating machines that perform functions that require intelligence when performed by people’ [2]. References: [1] S. J. Russell, and P. Norvig, “Introduction,” in Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach 3rd ed. New Jersey, Pearson, 2010, ch. 1, sec. 1.1, pp. 1–2. [2] R. Kurzweil, The Age of Intelligent Machines. MIT Press, 1990.

  10. Step 3 - Gathering Information • What kind of info should I look for? • The topic: • Overview • Its features or the factors that affect it • Its history (when did it start, who did it first, what is the latest approach, etc. ) • AI techniques and algorithms: • What AI techniques and algorithms have been used? • E.g. DFS, BFS, Decision tree, Expert system, Fuzzy logic, Genetic algorithm etc. • If it is one of the things we have seen on the course, discuss how it is being applied • If it is something we haven't seen on the course, provide a brief description of it • Common Mistake: mentioning techniques, algorithms, that are not related to AI • Very very important thing: do not drift away from the important thing which is AI usage in your chosen topic

  11. Step 3 - Gathering Information • What kind of info should I look for? • Applications: • What kind of applications used it • Where it has been used • The local and global impact: • What is the impact of applying this topic on industrial organizations and society locally and globally? • You are answering this question: What happened after your topic was invented and used ? • If applicable: Try to find real use cases from the industry and the society that are related to your topic to strengthen your report

  12. Step 4 - Preparing to Write • Goal: • Prepare yourself to write • Analyzing and organizing your information and forming the report • Exclude irrelevant information • Prepare an outline • Group important information according to its suitable section in the report

  13. Suggested Report Outline • You report should have 5sections as follows: • Overview of (topic name) • AI techniques, algorithms • Applications • Global and local impact • Global impact • Local impact • References

  14. Suggested report structure [1 page or less] [1 page or less] [1 page or less] [1 page or less]

  15. Step 5 - Writing the report • Goal: • Writing, revising and finalizing the report • After understanding the topic, write it using your own words. • Checklist: • Overview • AI techniques and algorithms • Applications • Global and local impact • Number of pages = 6 (IT) • Information are cited and references are listed

  16. Detailed Grading criteria (1) • Presentation (3) • (3) if student explains well the research; • (2.5) if student reads but little, and also explain with own words; • (2) if student reads but tries to establish contact with audience; • (1.5) if student reads from slide that has topics; • (1) if student reads from the slide, which is an exact copy of report; • (0) if the student does not do the presentation. • Report (3) • (3) if report is complete, clear, consistent; • (2) if report is complete but full of blind copies / inconsistent copies / mistakes / not good discussion OR incomplete but with own words; • (1) if report is incomplete and with some unreferenced copies; • (0) if report is copied.

  17. Detailed Grading criteria (2) • Local and Global Impact (3) • (6) complete nice discussion; • (5) not so consistent or not so complete or not so in depth as grade 6 • (4) missing aspects of either local or global / if does not mention Saudi at all • (3) if very little discussion on either or if mentions the impact only on the presentation • (0) if impact is not addressed. • AI techniques (3) • (3) complete discussion; • (2) inconsistent, not logical copy / not in enough depth; • (1) weak / incomplete; • (0) if AI techniques have not been addressed.

  18. References [1] Kathryn L. Schwartz. A+ Research & Writing for high school and college students. [Online]. Available: http://www.ipl.org/div/aplus/

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