Paper Rubric

The written report has two purposes:

Convince the teaching staff that you understand the technical aspects of the paper.
Provide some value to someone who has already done a quick pass of the paper.

A reasonable guide might be to spend 4-6 pages fleshing out the material from your oral presentation, and another few pages on technical aspects of the proofs or on experiments you run, for a total of 8-10 pages.

While the main audience for the talk is your fellow classmates, the main audience for the written report is the teaching staff (Prof. Roughgarden and the TA). Feel free to assume we know things you think we know, but don't assume we have read the papers as carefully as you have.

The report should be submitted within a week of the oral presentation. By default, we will post the reports to the website as a resource to the community.