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\title{Engr 694-06, Research Methods\\
Assignments, Fall 2017}
\author{H. Conrad Cunningham}
\date{25 September 2017}

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\section{\texorpdfstring{Assignment \#6: Annotated Bibliography\\
Due Date: Friday, 3 November, 2:00
p.m.}{Assignment \#6: Annotated Bibliography Due Date: Friday, 3 November, 2:00 p.m.}}\label{assignment-6-annotated-bibliography-due-date-friday-3-november-200-p.m.}

For this assignment, you are required to produce an \textbf{annotated
bibliography} by completing the following tasks:

\begin{itemize}
\item
  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 \href{694project.html}{final
  project}, you can leverage the work from the annotated bibliography
  for the project.
\item
  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).
\item
  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.
\item
  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
  \href{../notes/694lectureNotes.html\#write_annotations}{writing
  annotations}. The Notes also link to example annotated bibliographies.
\item
  An annotation must be your own work, not text copied from the paper or
  from a review of the paper.
\item
  Write a brief introduction to your bibliography to define the topic
  and scope of your bibliography.
\item
  Use the IEEE transactions style for your \emph{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.)
\item
  Use LaTeX with the builtin \texttt{article} class to format the
  overall document. Use BibTeX style file \texttt{IEEEannot.bst} style
  file to format the citations and annotated bibliography list.
\item
  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.)
\end{itemize}

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

{[}1{]} L. Lamport, L\textsuperscript{A}T\textsubscript{E}X: A Document
Preparation System. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1986.

\begin{quote}
L\textsuperscript{A}T\textsubscript{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\textsubscript{E}X. This book is the
original reference manual. It has largely been superseded, but it does
provide a fascinating peek into the past.
\end{quote}

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

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