An important component of this class is the reading of systems research papers. To help you with this and to ensure we have a productive discussion in class, you are required to write a concise summary for the required papers before each class and submit the review through Gradescope.
We provided a template to guide you in writing the review. However, you are not required to follow the template. Regardless, your review must summarize the key points and your thoughts. Be concise with the review. Try to keep it in one page.
We may include questions for some papers in the schedule page. In that case, answer the questions in your review summary. For Thursdays’ classes, your reviews only need to answer the listed paper questions.
If there are two or more required papers listed in one lecture, you are required to write a review for at least one paper. Typically the first listed paper will be discussed extensively, so we suggest you to write review for that paper. You are encouraged to briefly compared and contrast that paper with the others in your review. But note, this choice only applies to the review—you must still read all the required papers.
You are also welcome to include any questions you would like to see discussed in class within your review.
Your reviews should not copy-paste large chunk of the paper's descriptions. They must come from your own interpretation and thinking. We encourage you to form a discussion/reading group to more effectively read the papers. But you should write the reviews independently.
Copying reviews found on the Internet or from others is strictly prohibited. That will constitute a violation of the academic integrity policies.
You may use tools such as ChatGPT to help you understand a paper. However, you are not allowed to use them to generate paper reviews for you.