CSE 585 HW#1: Literature Survey

Part 1 Due: September 1, 3:00pm, turnin: in class
Part 2 Due: September 11, 5:30pm, turnin: on canvas

Develop a literature survey for the research topic: "Parallelization of Spatial Analysis" where

parallelization refers to the increasing of performance by utilizing multiple concurrent computations, on shared memory or distributed architectures.
spatial analysis refers to any mathematical analysis or simulation work performed using computers on multi-dimensional data

Part 1

Follow the literature survey technique suggested in the paper by Keshav. Build a list of papers, and obtain their PDF's. Plan to present your list and discuss how well Keshav's method worked for you in-class in a 5 minute time slot on Friday September 1. Among other things, report on whether you found a recent (2017 or newer) literature survey on the topic. You may be given feedback to enhance your search at that time.

Part 2

either write a literature survey: Write a paper that summarizes the existing research work in that area. LaTeX is recommended for writing this paper. It may be required in future assignments, so get a copy and start learning LaTeX if you have not previously done so.
or write a critique and update of a literature survey: If you found a recent literature survey via Keshav's method, write a paper that critiques it. Your critique might include an assessment as to the literature survey's completeness and whether its assessments of papers seems correct to you. Include a section on any work that you can find that has been published since then.

Sample Literature Survey

You may follow the format used in the following paper:

The City Metaphor in Software Visualization

or you may use the current ACM two-column conference paper format template, probably found here. Note that ACM also has various one-column formats, but we will use two columns for this assignment.

The City Metaphor paper summarizes 25 pieces of related work in 9 pages. Can you find >= 25 pieces of related work for the assigned topic?

Rubric/Expectations

Size/completeness - 50% of your grade: A successful literature survey paper might range from 5-25 pages depending on the area, but if you need more than 12 pages your topic area scope is probably too broad.
Cohesion - 25% of your grade: It is expected that from the titles and abstracts of the papers that you find, that it will be obvious to the reader that the work is related to the assigned topic area. It is expected that the prose you write to describe each work will make it clear how the work contributes to that topic area. Your literature survey should not include papers that do not belong.
English Language - 25% of your grade: Your paper should be understandable and well-written in terms of grammar, punctuation, etc.

Things you may do:

quote extensively from other works that you cite
get outside help from others as needed to improve your own writing

Things you may not do:

use writing published previously by others without citing
employ an external writing service or artificial intelligence agent to produce part or all of your paper. Exception: you can use an AI agent as part of your search method for finding sources, if you wish! But be sure it does not give you "false positives".