1. Objective Advance your knowledge Practice to analyze and report open scientific literature Practice Critical Thinking Teamwork & Specialization Scientific writing Interdisciplinary work Documentation Optional: find your future research direction 1

2. Tasks 1. Create or join a group a. Choose a topic b. Register your topic and group by sending an email to the instructor c. Deadline 2. Plan 1. Create a task list, responsibilities, time table 2. Tasks must be distributed among group members fairly (equal workload) 3. The fair distribution of tasks and your individual engagement will be monitored 2

3. Tasks 3. Conduct a research a. Find related papers b. Discuss your search results c. Read, analyze, and summarize them d. Discuss your results with your instructor regularly (according to your time table) NOTE: this is an iterative process 3

4. Tasks 4. Write a report a. Discuss your report with the instructor before the final submission b. Write it in the form of a scientific survey c. Discuss your drafts (2-3) with your instructor before delivery d. Do not underestimate the time/effort required for this task e. Deliver your report on time (check the course page for important dates) NOTE: this is an iterative process 4

5. Tasks 5. Prepare slides a. Prepare your slides. Plan at least 3 iterations (draft, revision, final) b. Do not wait until the last week. c. Discuss form and content of your slides within your group/with other students d. Discuss your drafts (2-3) and your final slides with your instructor before the presentation. Check the course page for important dates e. Do not underestimate the time/effort required for preparing slides 6. Present your work 5. Practice before 6. Be professional 7. Note: 15min +/- 1min 5

6. Hints Project the topic/your findings on the Iranian EC Market —What fits? What is not appropriate for the Iranian market? —Law: something missing? —Barriers: social, legal, infrastructure Criticise what you read Follow scientific working principals when — conducting your research — preparing your report — presenting your results 6

7. Deliverables 1. D1: Report ‒ One report per group ‒ Write in the form of a scientific survey ‒ Check ACM Computing Surveys for examples and details at http://csur.acm.org/author_info.html http://csur.acm.org/author_info.html ‒ 10-15 pages ‒ Follow the ACM journals/transactions style ‒ http://www.acm.org/publications/latex_style/v2-acmsmall.zip http://www.acm.org/publications/latex_style/v2-acmsmall.zip 2. D2: Slides ‒ Style is your choice. It should be readable / usable ‒ 6-8 slides ‒ 15 min + 5 min discussion 3. D3: Oral Presentation and discussion ‒ Is mandatory, ‒ but will not affect your seminar grade (university regulations!) 7

8. Rules The whole group will fail, if ‒ The report was not delivered by the deadline ‒ The slides were not delivered by the deadline ‒ The work was not presented at the workshop Delivery ‒ per email: shirehjini@sharif.edu; max email size must be < 2 megabyteshirehjini@sharif.edu ‒ per upload: server details will be made available on the course page ‒ in person: create a CD (check for viruses) and deliver in person right after the class ‒ It is your responsibility to make sure that I have received your deliverables (e.g., no guarantee if mail server was out of service, limit exceeded, internet was down, etc.) 8

9. Rules Your seminar grade will be calculated (total pts 100) ‒ 50 points for your report ‒ 25 points for your slides ‒ 25 points for participation ‒ meetings with the instructor according to your task plan ‒ Negative marks ‒ 5 points if you are late (>5min) to a scheduled meeting ‒ Exception: you announce it via email at least one day in advance or 1h in advance if you want to call me (your responsibility, if my phone is off or I do not pick up) ‒ 10 points if you do not come at all ‒ 5 points if you do not finish your presentation on time (1min tolerance) 9