Assessment Policies
  • Evaluation Philosophy
  • End-term exam (compulsory) for ∞ mark(s) :)
  • Option1:
    3 PAs (60 points) + 2 PRs (25 points) + 1 PP (15 points)
  • Option2:
    1 PA (15 points) + 1 RA (45 points) + 2 PRs (25 points) + 1 PP for each member of the group (5*3=15 points)

  • All PA, PR, PP, and RA assignments are group based: group of THREE members.
    PA: Programming Assignment, RA: Research Project Assignment,
    PR: Paper Review Assignment, and PP: Paper Presentation Assignment
    PA will be on mounting attacks through caches, DRAMs, TLBs, etc... on real machines.
    RA will be on proposing new attacks or mitigating the existing attacks.

  • Evaluation will be based on the effort/commitment/learning/process and not based on the fixed policies that stress more on the output. You may get full points if you fail successfully :)

  • -1 * #(asking for deadline extensions for any assignments)
  • -1 * #(referring Biswa as Prof., Sir, Dr., *Biswa* )
  • -20% * #Late submission weeks (for late assignment submissions)
  • +1 * #Piazza participation
  • +1 * #In-class participation
  • +5 : Best paper review
  • +5 : Best paper presentation
  • +5 : Best programming assignment
  • +5 : Best research assignment
  • -25% : Plagiarism in any form