Student Responsibilities

Students participating in the 22nd Annual Computer Science Conference are required to complete each of the following items to successfully fulfill the CIS Seminar Requirement:

 

1. Students must attend six of seven Friday night presentations 6:00-7:30 p.m., 9/9, 10/21, 11/18, 12/16, 1/20, 2/17 and 3/17. The student may miss one presentation for any reason, without explanation.
2. Each student must attend and present a paper at the 22nd Annual Computer Science Conference to be held at Rensselaer at Hartford on Saturday, April 22, 2006. The Conference will take all day.
3. Each student must meet the following "milestones" in preparing his/her paper:
1. Submit a Proposal (electronically) in the prescribed format.

Due Date: October 28, 2005
 
2. Submit electronically an Extended Outline and Annotated Reference List in the suggested format.

Due Date: January 20, 2006
 
3. Reconcile the scope and content of your paper with your Session Leader by February 7, 2006. If requested, submit a preliminary draft of your paper to your Session Leader.

 
4. Submit your Final Paper with Abstract, in manuscript form, to your Session Leader (electronically).

Due Date: February 17, 2006

Final paper manuscript form: Double Space, 20-24 pages, approx. 4000 words, with all figures, tables, and cited references.
 

5. Submit your Paper in electronic "Camera-ready" format for publication in the Conference Proceedings. Exact detailed instructions and format specifications will be distributed at a later date.

Due Date: March 31, 2006 - 7:00 p.m. electronically to Florence Josephs.
Absolutely No Exceptions!
 
6. Present your paper at the 22nd Annual Computer Science Conference on Saturday, April 22, 2005. You will be assigned a 20 minute time slot for your presentation and any Q&A.

All students are expected to abide by the code of ethical behavior as described in the section on Academic Honesty in the current Rensselaer at Hartford catalog or handbook. Violations will be dealt with using the strongest available measures - up to and including retroactive revocation of the Master's degree.

Additional Notes:

1. Proposals submitted by the due date (10/28) will be returned on or before 11/18 insofar as possible. You will have a chance to rewrite and resubmit your proposal if necessary. However, if you do not have an approved proposal by the end of the Fall semester, we strongly recommend that you withdraw from the course.

Failure to do so could result in a failing grade for the course.
 
2. If your Proposal has been accepted and you do not withdraw from Seminar before the end of the Fall Semester, you have indicated your intent to complete all of the Seminar responsibilities by the due dates given.

Failure to do so could result in a failing grade for the course.
 
3. Your papers are highly visible artifacts. Their content must be of high quality and must be carried out to correspondingly high standards in order to warrant publication.

 
4. You must find your own topic. It is unlikely that CIS faculty have "ready-made" topics to hand out. However, talking over your ideas with faculty may be beneficial.

 
5. Previous Computer Science Conference Proceedings are available to you in the Rensselaer at Hartford library. You may wish to review these proceedings as a guide. However, if you propose a topic similar to any previous CIS Seminar paper, you will have to show significant value added to have it approved.

 
6. Do not expect your Session Leader to write or rewrite your paper for you. You must submit a publishable/scholarly work or it will not be published. The final paper due on February 14, 2005 must be your best work and not a draft version. (Beta-test your paper on others well before this due date!)

 
7. Prepare all deliverables in accordance with the requirements and suggestions in this handout. For your final, camera-ready copy, detailed instructions and a sample page will be distributed next semester. For that camera-ready copy, you will need to use desktop publishing software, or at least a fairly sophisticated word processor. You must be able to produce a PDF file for your final submission. At Rensselaer at Hartford, MS-Word is available on the PC's.

Where to next?

Author: Roger Brown, Edited by: Lynn A. DeNoia denoial@rh.edu
Copyright © 1999-2005, Roger H. Brown
URL: http://www.rh.edu/~rhb/css/responsib.html