As the next deliverable (R1), I ask for a formal project proposal. The following description is a precursor of what the next deliverable will be (I will revise it based on the work you submit). In the present deliverable (R0), please just approximate R1 as much as possible, so your R1 effort is simplified.

In particular, at the outset (for R0b) you can begin with a half or full page description of your idea, covering as much of the following as you can.

For R0b, it is fine to submit two ideas and I can advise you on which is better for this course. Subsequently, please submit exactly one idea and deliverables for that idea.

I won't assign grades to R0 but submitting it is mandatory. Those who submit R0 will earn the same points on R0 as on R1.

• Write a two-page report with the following details. You can use a picture if you like.
• Describe at a high level, clearly and concisely, the overall problem you seek to address.
  • If you build an application or platform, what are its intended usage scenarios? Who will care to use what you create and why?
  • Describe any special features of your application or platform. For example, if dialog context is important, then elaborate on what features of dialog you employ (or exploit)? Why does the problem naturally fit with dialog—who would be the users and beneficiaries of your approach (members of the public; enterprise managers; plumbers) and how will your proposed solution reduce user effort, enhance usability, preserve confidentiality, or what else?
  • If you perform data analysis, explain the kinds of facts you hope to discover or the hypotheses you will try to verify, what makes those facts or hypotheses interesting, what datasets you will use, how you will prepare the datasets, and what kinds of analyses you will carry out.
  • If you will conduct a simulation, explain what hypotheses you will try to verify, what makes those hypotheses interesting, and how would your simulation provide the information needed to prove or disprove those hypotheses.
• Be creative. Don't overly worry about implementation details at this stage.

• Include a revised version of R1.
• Using up to an additional three pages, enhance R1 with a description of the design of how your implementation is proceeding. Concisely specify the main representations and reasoning you expect to develop, explaining the key aspects of your design along with any rationales. Include any preliminary, tentative results.

• Include a revised version of R2.
• In up to one page, describe your implementation and any special technical challenges you faced in bringing it to completion.
• In up to two pages, describe your results and other findings. Describe what the reader should take away from your exercise.

• In up to two additional pages beyond R3, reflect upon your project work with respect to
  • The limitations of your problem formulation, hypotheses, methods, and findings
  • The prerequisites for taking your findings and applying them in practice
• If you are preparing a formal paper for publication that addresses the above points, you can submit that paper instead provided you highlight or otherwise identify the sections where it addresses these points.