Notes on Final Papers

For students

Sections you should have

• Background
• Prior work
• What you did
• Results and Evaluation
• Summary

Formatting

• Include headers on pages 2-Last with Name, the date, and course
• Include footer on every page with page number
• Sections should be numbered

On finding references

Instead of typing search terms into Google, try:

• ACM Digital Library
• IEEE Xplore
• Google Scholar

On writing final papers

• References should appear *in the text* of what you write as footnotes or end-notes. Do not just include a list of "sources" at the end of your paper.
• References should be in ACM or IEEE style. Be sure to include author(s), title, publication venue, and date. Do not include just a URL.
• Discussion how you found your references. Was this a systematic review?
• Reference every source that you use, no matter how trivial.
• Include page numbers
• How did you evaluate what you did?

For Faculty

• Don't write what the papers do wrong, write how they could be improved.