CMSC 601 -- SPRING 2009 RESEARCH PAPER REVIEW FORM AUTHOR'S NAME: TITLE OF PAPER: REVIEWER'S NAME: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY. Please summarize the paper's proposed research contribution in one to three sentences. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- OVERALL. Give an overall rating of the paper (mark with an X), and a one- to three-sentence summary of why you gave it that rating. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- (E) Excellent [ ] (VG) Very Good [ ] (G) Good [ ] (F) Fair [ ] (P) Poor [ ] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- MOTIVATION. Does the paper clearly describe the problem to be addressed, and why this problem is important and interesting to the research community? -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- APPROACH. Is a proposed approach clearly described? Does the author justify why this approach should be expected to work? -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- EVALUATION. Does the paper describe a proposed evaluation methodology? Are evaluation criteria and data sets clearly defined? Is the methodology convincing (i.e., if the proposed evaluation is "successful," can we be confident that the research result is a strong one)? -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- RELATED WORK. Does the paper describe related work, and explain why the proposed approach represents a novel and useful contribution beyond what has been previously done in this area? -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ORGANIZATION. Is the paper well organized? -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- PRESENTATION. Is the paper well written? Is terminology and jargon clearly explained for a non-expert reader? Has the author provided sufficient background on any necessary formalisms or methods? --------------------------------------------------------------------------