In 422, I will present 3-4 research papers in class (see course schedule for details)

You do not need to purchase these papers; if you are on campus (or off-campus but using the UBC VPN), you should be able to get the papers for free.

To provide good ground for the discussion, you  must also :

• Carefully read the assigned paper before class
• Submit to Canvas by 5pm of the day before the class with:

  at least 3 questions on the assigned paper (Clarification questions are welcome, but  participants should also try to ask questions that address weaknesses in the presented research, that relate the research to general issues in the field or that make connections/comparisons with topics covered in class.)

  a brief summary of the assigned paper (no more than half a page). The paper summary should address the following points

   

• Your submission should have the following format :
  
  Questions
  Q1) "your question 1"
  Q2) "your question 2"
  Q3) "your question 3"

  Summary
  What are motivations for this work? 
  "bla bla"
  What is the proposed solution? its strengths? its weaknesses?
  "bla bla"
  Has the proposed solution been evaluated, and if so how ? 
  "bla bla"
  What are the contributions of this work? 
  "bla bla"

Beside improving  participation to the discussion, the objective of this activity is to help participants learn how to read papers with a critical eye, as a reviewer for a conference or journal would do. For more info on how to read a research paper, make sure you *carefully* read this detailed instructions.

Late days cannot be used for these submissions, and late submissions will not be accepted.