The proposal project presentation aims to provide an overview of your project idea and also a brief survey of related work on the topic. It should be about 5-minutes presentation with 4-5 slides.

The instructor will provide a list of suggested project ideas to choose from, though you are more than welcome to discuss other project ideas with us. Note that you cannot use research work that you started before this class as your project.

Project proposal presentation should be within 3 minutes, and should include the following information:

Project title and group members.
Overview. Describe the research problem and give an outline of what you propose to implement. Note that you can change later as your research exploration goes. Describe the desired outcome and the minimum goals (make sure the goals are realistic).
Resources. Description of potential datasets, unmanned system platforms or simulation environments to use. Specify any outside code you plan to use and how do you plan to execute. Be specific.
Planning. A rough timeline of action items. Discuss what you plan to deliver during the mid-term update and how you plan to divide up the work if you are in a team.
Background Describe how your course project relates to your research background, knowledge, and skills. What are the tools and techniques that you are familiar with and which are new to you?

The grading breakdown for the proposal is as follows:

40% for the significance of the problem and the technical soundness and novelty of the proposed method
40% for the plan of activities
20% for quality of presentation