Grading

During the course, you will read research papers and give a presentation in teams of three. You will also produce a short animation movie or work on a mini research project on speech-driven facial animation, in teams of five. Roughly halfway the course, you will send an intermediary planning report for your preferred project assignment. The final animation movies and demos of the programs will be shown at the last session. You will also write an essay on a topic within the animation research area.

You will get a grade for the research papers (R), project (P) and essay (E). R includes the paper presentation and the 6 paper reviews. You will get a grade for your presentation and this will be counted complete only if all 6 paper reviews are also delivered. Paper reviews and essay are to be done individually. Presentation and project are group assignments.

The final grade is then calculated as 0.3 * R + 0.4 * P + 0.3 * E. In order to complete the course, there is an additional restriction that E >= 5.

Retake essay: If you didn't get a sufficiently high grade, you may do a retake essay to still complete the course. Exactly the same rules as the regular essay apply. The grade you get for the retake essay will replace the (missing) grade of the regular essay. You may improve the essay you originally handed in, taking into account the feedback from the teacher, and hand in as the retake essay, or choose a new topic and write an essay about that. Note that you can only qualify for a retake essay if you have done all the parts of the course (give a presentation and deliver paper reviews, do project assignment, hand in the essay) and have a final grade of at least 4.

Attendance

Attendance overall is not mandatory. However, you are required to attend the paper presentations for the papers that you write a summary.