Rough project schedule for 551 (might still change)

• April 8: form your 2-person teams, and email me to tell me who is on your team.

• April 15: 2-page proposal due; tell me what problem(s) you want to solve and how you think you will solve them, what problems you don't consider to be part of the project (i.e., non-goals), and any resources you need that you don't already have.

• April 17: my feedback on proposal returned to you

• April 24: 2-3 page literature search for related work due; this should include both a written component comparing your project to related work, as well as a bibliography

• May 15: 5-page midterm status report due; this should tell me what you have done, what you have left to do, roadblocks you've encountered, interesting or unexpected questions or issues that uncovered, etc.

• Week of June 9th: project demos and final report due. The final report must be a full-length (10-14 page) conference-style paper discussing your project. You should model your paper on some of the good papers we've read this quarter; SOSP papers are typically of very high quality. A useful resource for you is Armando Fox's Hints for Technical Paper Writing.