Assignment 5
Neural Networks and Deep Learning
CSCI 5922
Spring 2017
Assigned Tue Oct 31, 2017
Due: Tue Nov 7, 2017
Assignment submission
Goal
The goal of this assignment is to look
through the literature, find interesting research, and write a
commentary about one paper that you found that you feel is
noteworthy.
Sources
The most trustworthy sources of interesting
articles are the proceedings of
Neural
Information Processing Systems (NIPS), the
International
Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) and
the
International
Conference on Machine Learning (ICML).
Most of these papers will also be posted on arXiv.org and it's
fine to select a paper from arXiv, but since any crap can be
posted on arXiv, please select only papers that have been peer
reviewed and published, preferably in one of the proceedings
above.
The only restriction on
the paper is that it should
address neural network
models. Ideally, you
will find a paper that
is on a topic of
interest to you and that
might lead to a final
project topic or a
tie-in to your main
research
interest. The
paper can be on an
application of neural
nets or a more
theoretical
contribution.
I would like you to pick some work
we have not yet talked about in
class, though it's fine if you
cover articles I have on the
syllabus for the last month of
class.
I expect that half of
your effort on this
assignment will
be on finding a 'just right'
paper. Select wisely, and
have fun looking through
articles.
Commentary
Your job
is to read the paper and to write a commentary of no
more than one page. The commentary should
include a summary of what you think the main
or most interesting ideas are behind the work, However, there is
no need to provide a complete abstract of the paper. I want to
know your perspective on what the work had to offer, and how
you'd explain it to a classmate.
The remainder of your commentary could include such reactions
as:
- questions you
have about the paper, either clarification questions or
points of disagreement with the authors (``I don't see how
such and such will work as the author claims...'').
- comments on
how the paper relates to other work you've read;
- a critique of
the work. What are the flaws in the ideas presented? What
are the limitations? Did the speaker place their work in
the appropriate theoretical context? Did the authors
overstate their results?
- If the paper
gave you inspiration for new research ideas, describe
these ideas. The ideas might be extensions of the
work, new directions to move in, or applications of the
work to other subfields.