CISC 872 Advanced Program Analysis and Transformation
Preclass Discussion Preparation (PDP) Form


The syllabus for this course is a set of papers from the most recent relevant conferences and journals. Each week, we will be reading and discussing several papers. Even if you are not one of the teachers/leaders for that week, you are expected to have read the papers before coming to the class meetings.

To evaluate your effort on the reading requirement for this course, you are required to bring with you to class a completed PDP form and submit it to the instructor before the start of that class meeting. Your completion of the PDP form should demonstrate that you have put appropriate effort into understanding the paper's goals, approaches, results, limitations, and conclusions.

Reviewer Name:

Summary of the Paper:

Statement of the Problem/Goals:
In one sentence in your own words, state succinctly the overall problem being addressed in this paper. What particular goals do these researchers have in addressing this problem?

Technical Approach:
In a few sentences in your own words, what is the key insight of this group's approach to tackling the stated problem?

Authors' Evaluation of their Approach:
How did the researchers evaluate their efforts?

What conclusions did they make from their evaluation results?

What application/useful benefit do the researchers/you see for this work?

What are the limitations of this work, either mentioned by the author or observed during your reflection?

Paper Review:
Technical Content:
State your impressions of the technical content of this paper, with respect to originality, soundness, and overall significance of contribution.

Presentation:
State your impressions of the presentation with respect to clarity, style, organization, and language.