CS 590: Research Methods in Computer Science Readings

Date	Topic and reading
Week 1
Mon, Jan 09	Introduction Reading D. Watts and S. Strogatz. Collective dynamics of ‘small world’ networks.
Week 2
Mon, Jan 16	Martin Luther King Day (no class) No reading
Week 3
Mon, Jan 23	Computer Science as a Science Reading W.F. Tichy. Should computer scientists experiment more?. P.J. Denning. Is computer science science?. P.J. Denning. The science in computer science.
Week 4
Mon, Jan 30	Selecting Topics and Types of Research Reading C. Loehle. A guide to increased creativity in research: Inspiration or perspiration?. G.H. John. Robust Decision Trees: Removing outliers from databases.
Week 5
Mon, Feb 06	No class; work on assignment 1 No reading
Week 6
Mon, Feb 13	Guest Lecturer: David Dror; Afterward, experimental design Reading S.L. Pfleeger. Experimental design and analysis in software engineering.
Week 7
Mon, Feb 20	Guest Lecturer: Debaleena Chattopadhyay; Afterward, assignment 2 and parts of a paper Reading L. Backstrom et al.. Group formation in large social networks: Membership, growth, and evolution.
Week 8
Mon, Feb 27	Guest Lecturer: Andy Johnson; Afterward, some stats! Reading J. Franklin et al.. An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of Internet miscreants.
Week 9
Mon, Mar 06	Guest Lecturer: Xinhua Zhang; Afterward hypothesis testing Reading J. Jung et al.. Fast Portscan Detection Using Sequential Hypothesis Testing.
Week 10
Mon, Mar 13	Guest Lecturer: Tanya Berger-Wolf Reading D.R. Wright. Research Ethics and Computer Science: An Unconsummated Marriage.
Week 11
Mon, Mar 20	Spring Break (no class) No reading
Week 12
Mon, Mar 27	Lecture cancelled; work on assignment 2 No reading
Week 13
Mon, Apr 03	Guest Lecturer: V.N. Venkatakrishnan Reading S. Bandhakavi et al.. CANDID: Preventing SQL Injection Attacks using Dynamic Candidate Evaluations. G. Heiser. Systems Benchmarking Crimes. P.J. Fleming and J.J. Wallace. How not to lie with statistics: The correct way to summarize benchmark results.
Week 14
Mon, Apr 10	Guest Lecturer: Chris Kanich No reading
Week 15
Mon, Apr 17	Presentations No reading
Week 16
Mon, Apr 24	Presentations No reading