Project Details

As part of this course, you will complete a project that applies concepts discussed in class to a real-world healthcare problem.

General Policies

Key Deliverables:

  • Project Proposal (Due April 28, 11:59pm)
  • Project Presentations (Due June 4, in class)
  • Project Report (Due June 11, 11:59pm)

Please note that no late days are permitted for project deliverables.

Topics:

Generally, your project should (1) involve foundation models and (2) focus on a healthcare challenge. Some potential project topics are provided here, but feel free to explore your own ideas!

Groups:

Each project group should include 3-5 people. We strongly discourage smaller group sizes; if you have a compelling reason for wanting a smaller group, please contact the teaching team via Ed.

Sharing Projects With Other Classes:

Students are allowed to combine their project for BIODS271 with a project for another class, provided that the following criteria are satisfied:

  • You are not allowed to submit identical projects for both classes, but sharing similar code, data, and problem settings is allowed.
  • In your report, you should clearly state which part of the project is done solely for BIODS271 and which parts of the project overlap with other courses.
  • If you are using the project for two classes, we would expect 2x the amount of work than if you were to do the project solely for BIODS271.

Project Proposal (Due April 28, 11:59pm)

Your proposal should include the following items:

  1. Names and email addresses of all of your team members
  2. The title of your proposed project
  3. A short 200-300 word description with the following components:
    • Problem: What is the problem that you will be addressing?
    • Datasets: What datasets are you using?
    • Method: A concise experimental plan
    • Relevance: How does your project relate to the topic of this course (foundation models for healthcare)?
  4. If you are combining your BIODS271 project with a project for another class, please provide details on how you will satisfy the criteria detailed above.

Submission Details: Please submit your project proposal in the corresponding Canvas assignment.

Project Presentations (Due June 4, in class)

Project presentations will take place from 3:00-4:20 in class on Wednesday, June 4. Each group will present for five minutes (4 minutes for presentation + 1 minute for questions). Your presentation should be limited to 1 title slide and <= 5 content slides. Note: If you are not completely finished with your project by the date of the presentation, it is acceptable to present on the current status of your work and your expected results.

Submission Details: We will share a Google Slides document ahead of the deadline; please add your slides to the slide deck.

Project Report (Due June 11, 11:59pm)

The project report is a conference-style paper that summarizes the key findings from your project. Please use the Neurips 2023 Latex template for your paper. Papers should be 4-6 pages in length and must include the following information:

  1. Title
  2. Names and email addresses of all team members
  3. Abstract (~150 word summary of work)
  4. Introduction: This section should provide an overview of your problem setting and proposed solution
  5. Related Work: This section should discuss previous research related to your problem setting. How does your work differ or build upon existing methods?
  6. Approach: In this section, describe your proposed approach in detail.
  7. Experiments and Results: This section should provide a summary of experiments (e.g. datasets, metrics, baselines) and include quantitative and qualitative results
  8. Discussion/Analysis of Results: Analyze your results in the context of your problem setting. Discuss opportunities for future work
  9. Contributions of each member of the team
  10. If you are combining your BIODS271 project with a project for another class, please provide details on how you satisfied the criteria detailed above.
  11. References

Submission Details: Please submit your project report in the corresponding Canvas assignment. If you combined your BIODS271 project with a project for another class, you must submit both reports.