% Engr 694-06, Research Methods \
  Assignments, Fall 2017
% H. Conrad Cunningham
% 25 September 2017

# Assignment #6: Annotated Bibliography \
Due Date: Friday, 3 November, 2:00 p.m.

For this assignment, you are required to produce an 
**annotated bibliography** by completing the following tasks:

-   Choose a computer science topic you wish to investigate. Ideally,
    this should be in an area that you are considering for a possible
    dissertation, thesis, or other research project. If you choose the
    same topic for this assignment and the
    [final project ](<694project.html>), you can leverage the work
    from the annotated bibliography for the project.

-   Create an annotated bibliography containing at least 10 references
    related to your chosen topic. Your bibliography should include both
    seminal sources and at least one recent reference (with a 2013 or
    later publication date).
	
-   Most, if not all, of your references, should be scholarly papers of
    reasonable length published in reputable computer science journals
    or refereed conference proceedings (or post-proceedings). The
    journals, transactions, and conference proceedings published by ACM
    and IEEE are good sources for papers. But you may choose other
    reputable publishers of scholarly papers with significant computer
    science content.

-   Write a short (e.g., 3-5 sentence) description of each reference,
    giving its focus and major contribution. Write in complete
    sentences and use correct English with good style (as we have
    discussed in this course). Include a complete citation for each
    reference. Also tell the reader what kind of reference it is, and
    explain how the references relate to each other. See the Lecture
    Notes for information about
    [writing annotations ](<../notes/694lectureNotes.html#write_annotations>). The
    Notes also link to example annotated bibliographies.

-   An annotation must be your own work, not text copied from the paper
    or from a review of the paper.

-   Write a brief introduction to your bibliography to define the topic
    and scope of your bibliography.

-   Use the IEEE transactions style for your *citations*. Your
    bibliography may include references that are not explicitly cited in
    your introductory text. (Do not use the IEEE transactions template
    for your document. The document should be single column.)

-   Use LaTeX with the builtin `article` class to format the overall
    document. Use BibTeX style file `IEEEannot.bst` style file to format
    the citations and annotated bibliography list.

-   Submit both the LaTeX and BibTeX source files and a PDF of your
    bibliography electronically via Blackboard by the due date. Turn in
    a paper copy of the bibliography to Dr. Cunningham in class or in
    his mailbox. (This can be done at the next class after the due
    date.)

Here is an example of a reference together with its short annotation:

\[1\] L. Lamport, L^A^T~E~X: A Document Preparation System. Reading, MA:
Addison-Wesley, 1986.

> L^A^T~E~X is a document preparation system widely used in mathematics
> and computer science. It was implemented by Lamport on top of Donald
> Knuth's T~E~X. This book is the original reference manual. It has
> largely been superseded, but it does provide a fascinating peek into
> the past.

Acknowledgement: This assignment was adapted from Andrew Black's
Project 1 for his Scholarly Skills course at Portland State
University.