A project consists of a project proposal and a dataset. It can be a novel dataset or a publicly available dataset with a novel task. 

PLEASE NOTE:
Unless otherwise noted (e.g., public data set), students are told not to share the capstone dataset outside the team or use the data beyond the scope of the project. Please propose a project with the expectation that its results will be shared publicly. Capstone projects are an important educational experience for our students and also provides them with a showcase to share in interviews for potential employers or for various other audiences inside and outside Columbia.

Columbia views capstone course work as work owned by the students and shared with the mentors. As a general practice to simplify the capstone project program, we do not sign NDAs for the capstone projects.

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* 1. Please select the School(s) that are represented with this project.

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* 2. MOTIVATION, BACKGROUND AND OVERVIEW
Please provide background and description of the project. Why is this project being proposed?

DATASETS
The dataset(s) can be public or private. Please keep in mind that the students will need to list the project on their CV and the report will be public.
All datasets must be submitted by Monday, December 17th for the Spring 2019.

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* 3. DATASET
Name/Description:

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* 4. Data Type:
  • Public data is data made available by a third party and is available to the general public.
  • Novel data is data that has been recently published by the proposer or will be made public as part of this project.
  • Private data is data that can not be made available after the project ended.
Please check all that apply.

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* 5. How will the datset be made available? (CSV/XLS file, remote database, raw images or documents, REST endpoint etc.)

GOALS, OUTCOME and SKILLS

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* 6. RESEARCH GOALS
What is the goal of this project? What questions do you want answered?
What has been done already to achieve this goal?

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* 7. OUTCOME
What deliverables do you expect from this project?

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* 8. SKILLS
What skills should students expect to learn throught his project? Check all that apply.

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* 9. Are international students on a F1 or J1 student visa eligible to work on this project?

PROJECT MENTORS
Faculty submitting projects are expected to be mentors. Mentors are to be involved with students directly and are strongly encouraged to:
  1. Briefly present their project proposals in class during the first two weeks of classes (early-mid Feb)
  2. Meet with the team(s) that will work on their project on a bi-weekly basis (starting early mid-Feb)
  3. Attend a midterm presentation by their project team (March)
  4. Attend the final presentation (late April/early May)

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* 10. Mentor 1:

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* 11. Please provide a link to your research page or upload a PDF of your current CV below.

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* 12. Current CV - Upload

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* 13. Mentor #2 Information (optional)

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* 14. Mentor #2: Please provide a link to your research page or upload a PDF of your current CV below.

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* 15. Mentor #2: Current CV - Upload

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* 16. Are you willing to work with two teams of students?

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* 17. If yes, please indicate how the project may be appropriate to engage two teams.

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