RESEARCH PAPER INFORMATION
General guidelines:
1. A list of topics is given below from which you can pick and start researching. You can
also contact the instructor with a suggested topic if the list of topics given by the
instructor below does not satisfy your research goals. In all cases, the topic has to be
approved by the instructor first.
2. The research paper must use APA style, have a minimum length, and be original with
regard to ideas, findings, and suggestions.
Specific guidelines:
1. Start researching and working on the paper as early as possible. Leaving all the work
for the end of the semester is not going to work and the content quality will be poor or
incomplete, resulting in a very low or failing grade.
2. If, after you checked thoroughly the list of topics below, you think that it does not
meet your expectations or satisfy your research goals/needs, you will have to email
your instructor immediately with your proposed topic and the reason why you choose
this specific topic. You must notify the instructor first to get his approval before you
start working on the research paper.
3. . The paper should follow the APA style. You can find more information here:
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/a…
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4. Length: Minimum 3000 words (this is approximately equal to 12 double spaced
pages, or 6 single spaced pages).
5. You must include references at the end of your paper (these pages will not count as
part of your paper’s length).
6. Content, ideas, observations, comments, and conclusions should be ORIGINAL.
Paper will be scanned through plagiarism-detection software (SafeAssign).
7. The paper can be submitted from within the Blackboard module “Research Paper”.
8. The paper is due on May 6th, 2022. No extensions of the due date will be given for
anyone and for any reason. Early submissions are welcome but late submissions (after
the due date) will not be accepted.
9. Rubric for the paper:
a. Content organization and structure (30%): The paper should use the APA style and
follow all the requirements of a Research paper based on the APA rules.
b. Content Originality (30%): This will be determined based on SafeAssign results
and on my personal evaluation.
c. Length and Content Quality (30%): Minimum should be 3000 words. The content
should present original ideas, suggestions, findings, conclusions, and comments and
not just reproduce the information found on the Internet or an outside source.
d. Bibliography (10%): All papers should include a bibliography at the end of the
paper. The bibliography should follow the APA style.
TOPIC: Arithmetic
Although you might think that almost everything that there is to know about binary
arithmetic has been discovered by now, new ideas are still appearing! Review some
techniques for building fast adders, multipliers, dividers, etc. Alternatively, you could
review techniques for implementing more complex calculations such as FFTs, FIR filters,
etc. directly in hardware.
