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==Course description==
==Course description==


This course covers selected topics on the up-to-date Internet technologies and research. Each student takes a topic, does a presentation and writes a report on it. Besides the introduction meeting on April 16th, there are no regular meetings, lectures or classes for this course. The purpose of this course is to familiarize the students with new technologies, enable independent study of a specific topic, and train presentation and writing skills.
This course covers selected topics on the up-to-date Internet technologies and research. Each student takes a topic, does a presentation and writes a report on it. Besides the introduction meeting on April 16th, there are no regular meetings, lectures or classes for this course. The students have to keep in constant touch with their topic advisor in order to prepare for the final presentation. The purpose of this course is to familiarize the students with new technologies, enable independent study of a specific topic, and train presentation and writing skills.


The informational meeting at the beginning of the course will cover some guidelines on scientific presenting and writing.
The informational meeting at the beginning of the course will cover some guidelines on scientific presenting and writing.
{{Announcement|NOTE: Presentation slots will be allocated to those students whose topic advisor informs me that the student has done sufficient ground work}}


==Passing requirements==
==Passing requirements==
* Present the selected topic (20 min. presentation + 10 min. Q&A).
* Present the selected topic (20 min. presentation + 10 min. Q&A).
** In order to receive a presentation slot, the topic advisor needs to agree atleast two weeks before the presentation that the work done is sufficient.
** This accounts for 40% of your grade.
** This accounts for 40% of your grade.
* Write a report on the selected topic (12-15 pages) (LaTeX Template:[ftp://ftp.springer.de/pub/tex/latex/llncs/latex2e/llncs2e.zip]).
* Write a report on the selected topic (12-15 pages) (LaTeX Template:[ftp://ftp.springer.de/pub/tex/latex/llncs/latex2e/llncs2e.zip]).