## Lab Overview * Today: Final Project Group Formation and Brainstorming * Project proposal workshop * Research paper analysis activity ## Project Proposal Workshop * For your project proposal, you will be asked to analyze an existing research paper relevant to your topic * This paper will act as a "baseline" for you to compare your work to ## Analyzing a Research Paper * In groups of 2-3, find a research paper relevant to your interests and discuss the following questions: * What were the main novel contributions? * Is the work general and reusable or a special case? * Are there flaws or neat details in that they did? * How does it fit with other papers on similar topics? * Does it provoke good questions on further or different things to try? * NOTE: You will not be tied to the paper (or people) you pick now for your actual project, but this is a good opportunity to explore ideas for your final project 