Students taking the course for 4sh need to complete two short literature review papers, about 6 pages each. The first will be due Monday October 18th and the second will be due Monday December 6th.
For each of your papers, you should choose three papers from major conferences that address the same or closely-related problems from somewhat different perspectives or using somewhat different techniques. Do not include a paper that is a direct follow-on to, or response to, another paper in your list. Avoid pairs of papers that seem to come from the same research group or people who were recently in the same research group (e.g. a researcher and their thesis advisor). It's more interesting to write about parallel contrasting approaches.
Your paper should briefly summarize the three papers, analyzing how their methods and results compare and contrast. As you do this analysis, identify at least six more papers that are closely related to your three papers, e.g. earlier work they cite, other major approaches they reference. These additional 6 papers do not have to come from a major conference. Your should cite them with a brief explanation of how they are relevant. Also cite any other papers that you may have used as references.
Your paper should be about six pages (single-spaced, 10 point font), not including the bibliography and figures. It should be mostly text, with a small number of equations. Do not include a lot of equations, because that means you're diving too much into the details without trying to capture the main ideas.
The paper should be neatly formatted as a pdf document and submitted on gradescope.
Your second paper should choose a topic significantly different from your first paper.
Here is a list of major conferences to get your three main papers from. Please consult if you think I've forgotten a major conference or you would like to use a paper that's very important despite a less prestigious venue.