CSCI 7000-11 Fall 2025: Project Proposal

Project ideas are due to be presented in class on 09/11. When you pitch your project idea, use this template:

• what is the problem you are trying to solve?
• why is the problem important to solve?
• what is the current state-of-the-practice or state-of-the-art in solving this problem, and what are its limitations?
• what is your proposed solution?
• how would you convince the professor, classmates, and the research community that your solution is successful?

You need to submit a PDF file (e.g. you can use PowerPoint or a Text Document, but please convert them to PDF) addressing the points above. Submit the PDF on Canvas, before 12PM on 09/11.

During class, each of you gets 2 minutes to pitch a project idea, followed by feedback/questions from the professor and classmates. Your project proposal will be preloaded with all the PDF slides on the professor's laptop.

Project ideas proposed by professor. This is not a comprehensive list, instead it provides samples of projects that are within the scope of the class:

• conduct an empirical study to find best practices when using an LLM for performing a SE task
• conduct an empirical study to find how LLMs are currently supporting a process in SE (e.g., generating documentation)
• design a new tool to support an SE process or task powered by an LLM