Hugging FaceAssignments (40%)
- Assignment 1 (10%): Training word vector.
- Assignment 2 (15%): Training NLP model with SFT and RL
- Assignment 3 (15%): Using API for testing prompt engineering and LLM agents. All assignments need a report and code attachment if it has coding.
Final project (55%)
The project could be done by a group but each indivisual is separately evaluated. You need to write a project report (max 6 pages) for the final project. Here is the report template. The Final Project Guide & Challenge Tracks page (English and Chinese) lists eight project tracks, 77 featured briefs, competitions and resources; the writing tips page collects the Lecture 8 writing advice with poster and paper samples. You are also expected to make a project poster presentation. After the final project deadline, feel free to make your project open source; we appreciate if you acknowledge this course
Optional: You may submit a project proposal when you build up your team for feedback before the final deadline.
- Project poster (10%): Your poster presentation will be rated by other groups and TAs. The average rating will be the final credit.
- Poster quality (1%): We all like well-presented posters.
- Oral presentation (4%): Presenters are encouraged to speak clearly and with enthusiasm.
- Overall subjective assesment (5%): Although subjective assesment might be biased, it happens everywhere!
- Project report (45%): The project report will be publicly available after the final poster session. Please let us know if you don't wish so.
- Technical excitement (10%): It is encouraged to do something that is either interesting or useful! Part of them is about the problem to be solved and others are about the solution itself.
- Technical soundness (15%): A) discuss the motivation on why you work this project and your algorithm or approach. Even you are reproducing a published paper, you should have your own motivation. B) Cite existing related work. C) Present your algorithms or systems for your project. Provide key information for reviewers to judge whether it is technically correct. D) Provide reasonable evaluation protocol, it should be detailed to contexualize your results; E)Report quantitative results and include qualitative evaluation. Analyze and understand your system by inspecting key outputs and intermediate results. Discuss how it works, when it succeeds and when it fails, and try to interpret why it works and why not.
- Clarity in writing (15%): The report is written in a precise and concise manner so the report can be easily understood.
- Individual contribution (5%): This is based on individual contribution, probably on a subjective basis.
- Bonus and penalty Note that the project credit is capped at 55%
- TA favorites (2%): If one of TAs nominates the project as his/her favorite, the involved students would get 1% bonus credit. Each TA could nominate one and he or she could reserve his/her nomination. This credict could only be obtained once.
- Instructor favorites (1%): If the instructor nominates the project as his/her favorite, the involved students would get 1% bonus credit. Instructor could nominate at most three projects. One could get both TA favorites and Instructor favorites.
- Project early-bird bonus (2%): If you submit the project report by the early submission due date, 2% bonus credit will be entitled.
- Code reproducibility bonus (1%): One could obtain this If TAs think they could easily reproduce your results based on the provide material.
- Ethics concerns (-1%): If there are any serious ethics concerns by the ethics committee (The instructor and all TAs), the project would get 1% penalty.
Participation (5%)
Here are some ways to earn the participation credit, which is capped at 5%.
- Attending guest lectures: In the second half of the course, we have invited speakers. We encourage students to attend the guest lectures and participate in Q&A. All students get 1.5% per guest lecture (in total 3%) for either attending in person, or by writing a guest lecture report if they attend remotely or watch the recording.
- Completing feedback surveys: We will send out two feedback surveys during the semester to evaluate the course and teaching.
- User Study: Students are welcone to conduct user study upon their interest; this is not mandatory (thus it does not affect final marks).
- Course and Teaching Evaluation (CTE): The school will send requests for CTE to all students. The CTE is worth 1% credit.
- Volunteer credit (1%): TAs/instuctor can nominate students for a volunteer credit for those who help the poster session organization, or help answer questions from other students (not writing assignments).