Preferred version:

• Write/Rewrite your final project abstract and some of the major pieces in ACL format for possible submission using LaTex and the Association for Computational Linguistic's style sheet.
• Your document should flesh out" your project a bit, including:
  • An abstract.
  • An introduction or overview in which you mention some previous related research.
  • A methodology section, in which you state how you are going to carry out your project. This should describe (briefly) the hardware and software environment you are working in.
  • A results section, probably pretty empty right now, in which you discuss how things turned out. I suggest you write a couple of sentences about what you expect the results to be and why.
  • Appendices listing the raw data (if feasible and appropriate), any source code you have written or used and would be willing to share,
  • A bibliography. This does not have to be in ACL format (i.e. you don't have to learn BibTeX right now!)
• The document should be at least three pages long; this is a lot of text when typeset!
• You may use either OzTeX for the Mac (from Cornucopia), or LaTeX on any friendly UNIX system.
• Submit a printout of the output.
• Place the source text on the Lx158 server, using the naming conventions we established earlier in the semester.

Help for Latex

• The Essential Guide to Latex : http://www.mi.aau.dk/LocalDoc/TeX/Essential-LaTeX.ps
• OzTex for the Mac (v1.6) from:
  Freeware & Shareware:Text editing & formatting:OzTeX & TeX-related tools:OzTeX 1.6
• Even more exhaustive... http://www.astro.ku.dk/help/LaTeX/ltx-2.html
• FAQ: http://omega.albany.edu:8008/tex-faq-march94.html

Also possible:

• Make PowerPoint slides showing what your proposal is about.
• Make at least 10 slides (including a title slide).
• Submit a printout of your slides.
• Place the Powerpoint file on the Lx158 server, using the naming conventions we established earlier in the semester.
• Expect to use these slides in your class presentation.