CS585/DS503: Big Data Management

CS585/DS503. Big Data Management

Course grades are divided as follows:

Items	Percentage	Teamig
Paper Presentation (0 or 1) or Additional Final Project	15%	Teams of 2
Quizzes (3)	15% (5% each)	Individual
Coding Projects (4)	50%	Teams of 2
Final Exam	20%	Individual

Due Dates

Projects: They will have their due dates announced when a project is released.

One-day late submission is accepted with 10% off the max grade.
Two-day late submission is accepted with 20% off the max grade.
Beyond that, no late submission is accepted.

Quizzes

The instructor will specify the scope of each quiz. Specifically, quizzes will be on the team presentations. Each quiz will cover the two team presentations given in the preceeding two weeks.

Teaming

As mentioned above, projects and presentations will be done in teams of two.

Paper Presentation vs. Final Projects

Since the number of students in large, each team decides whether to do a research paper presentation or a final project.
Expected to have 6 slots for research paper presentations (see the Schedule tab).
Teams who will do a final project will present their work/results in the last week of the semester
The Instructor will assign the teams the papers to read and present.

Final Exam
There is a final exam. No midterm exam. The final exam is comprehensive and it will only cover the material covered by the instrctor (not the students team presentations).