Students, I hope you’re starting to make plans for the course project. Again, this is basically a literature review on a topic of interest that relates to imprecise probability in some way. A working list of potential topics for the project is given on the Project page on the course website.

Below is the project timeline, including the two checkpoints prior to the due date where I’d be able to offer some feedback, suggestions, etc.

1. A project proposal is due to me via email on Friday, October 14th. This is just a short document that lists the general topic that you plan to investigate, a brief explanation of why you’re interested in or why you chose this topic (e.g., the topic’s connection to the stat/ML research project you are or hope to be working on for your PhD), and a list of a few (3–5) references that you’ve found to get your literature review started. If you’re working in pairs, then only one proposal document (with both group members’ names) needs to be submitted.
2. By Friday, November 4th, students should send me an email with an informal update on their progress. This is just to make sure that everything is going smoothly, that you’ve found references, and you have a plan of what to include in your project write-up. If you’re stuck in some way, then I can try to help.
3. The project write-up is due to me via email by noon on Monday, December 12th.