Operations Research for the Military, Business, and Society

4/15

Drafts of (1) your project report – all sections – and (2) your presentation slides are due on Thursday 4/25 at the beginning of your biweekly meeting.

• For the project report, use the template under Resources below.
• One member of each team should email me their drafts as PDF files.

Your final presentations will take place on Capstone Day, Wednesday 5/1.

4/8

• On Thursday 4/11, each team will meet with me to discuss their 12-week marking period feedback.
• Your biweekly meetings originally scheduled for Thursday 4/11 will take place on Tuesday 4/16.
• Your last biweekly meeting for the semester will take place on Thursday 4/25.

3/18

(updated 3/21)

A draft of your project report is due on Thursday 3/28 at the beginning of your biweekly meeting.

• Your document should contain the following sections:

  1. Abstract
  2. Introduction
  3. Data
  4. Model
  5. Experiment setup – in outline form
  6. Results – in outline form
  7. References

• Use the project report template under Resources below.

• One member of each team should email me their draft as a PDF file.

Your 12-week presentations will take place in class on Tuesday 4/2 and Thursday 4/4.

• 15 minutes per team.

• Your presentation should cover:

  1. Introduction
  2. Data
  3. Model
  4. Experiment setup and results - preliminary

• Refer to Presenting about OR - 10 tips for OR talks below for some guidance on crafting your presentation.

• All sections scheduled for the same period will meet together.
  • 4 teams will present on Tuesday (2 from this section, 2 from the other section).
  • 4 teams will present on Thursday.
• You will give your colleagues written feedback on their presentations.
• Email me your slides by 23:59 on the evening before your presentation.
  • This way, I can preload the slides onto the classroom computer so that we can use the class time more efficiently.
• Include page (slide) numbers on your slides.
  • This way, your colleagues and I can easily provide feedback on your presentations.

This report draft and presentation will form the basis of your 12-week marking period grade.

2/27

An outline of your model section and a working preliminary model is due on Thursday 3/7 at the beginning of your biweekly meeting.

• One member of each team should email me their outline as a PDF file.
• Double-space your document.

2/20

A draft of your data section, along with your revised six-sentence abstract and introduction, is due on Tuesday 2/27 at the end of class.

• One member of each team should email me their draft as a PDF file.
• Double-space your document.

2/5
(updated 2/9)

Your 6-week presentations will take place next week in class on Tuesday 2/13 and Thursday 2/15.

• 10 minutes per team.
• Your presentation should cover:
  • Introduction - background and motivation, problem description
  • Data - sources, preliminary data analysis
• All sections scheduled for the same period will meet together.
  • 4 teams will present on Tuesday (2 from this section, 2 from the other section).
  • 4 teams will present on Thursday.
• You will give your colleagues feedback on their presentations.
• Email me your slides by 23:59 on the evening before your presentation.
  • This way, I can preload the slides onto the classroom computer so that we can use the class time more efficiently.
• Include page (slide) numbers on your slides.
  • This way, your colleagues and I can easily provide feedback on your presentations (e.g., "On slide 7, you had a typo in the 2nd bullet...")
• This presentation, along with the draft of your 6SA and introduction and outline of your data section (see below), will serve as the basis of your 6-week marking period grade.

1/29
(updated 2/5)

A draft of your project's six-sentence abstract and introduction, as well as an outline of your data section, is due on Thursday 2/8 at the beginning of your biweekly meeting.

• One member of each team should email me their draft and outline as a PDF file.
• Double-space your document.
• This draft and outline, as well as your 6-week presentation (see above), will serve as the basis of your 6-week marking period grade.

1/29

General notes on feedback

• If you have questions, ask me!
• Your scores on the grading rubric are meant to represent the current status of your project.
• Scores can go up and down, especially for the standards on the written report and presentation.

1/22

A draft of (1) your project's six-sentence abstract and (2) an outline of your introduction section is due on Thursday 1/25 at the beginning of your biweekly meeting.

• One member of each team should email me their draft abstract and introduction outline as a PDF file.
  • In Google Docs: File → Download → PDF Document (.pdf)
• Please double-space your document.

1/22

Preparing for your biweekly meeting

• Open the Biweekly Meeting Agenda and Contract Template linked under Logistics below and make a copy to somewhere on your Google Drive.
  • In Google Docs: File → Make a copy
• Complete the highlighted parts of the template:
  • Team name and meeting date
  • Agenda items
  • Tasks from previous biweekly contract
• Share your completed document with me on Google Docs before your scheduled biweekly meeting. Please make sure I have permission to edit the document.

1/16

The first draft of your project's six-sentence abstract is due on Thursday 1/18 at the beginning of class.

• Print and bring 10 copies of your six-sentence abstract, double-spaced.
• In class on Thursday, your peers will review your abstracts and give you feedback.
• At this point in the semester, you will need to make up some details.
  • That's OK for now — think of this as a "vision statement".
  • Imagine what your results might look like, and make up some plausible numbers and conclusions.

1/16

Welcome!