Project Proposal Rubric

Content and Organization

1. What type of AI system will the team develop?

Identify the project type of the AI system that the team will develop (5%)

2. What AI system has the team selected from publicly available sources to exemplify the type of system under investigation?

The AI system selected for the project has the following (25%)

• Name of the system
• Primary source or sources that have inspired the selection of the system. Source must be also included in the References
• Preliminary evaluation of the credibility and usefulness of the source or sources.
  • What do you know and how much do you know about the author(s) or owner(s) of the materials you have found useful for you AI system selection?

3. What content knowledge (theories and concepts) are needed to understand what the AI system does and how it works?

The description of the theories and concepts relevant to your selection of project type must include references to materials you are considering at this stage of project development. These references must be listed in the last section (20%).

4. What practical knowledge: tools, platforms, APIs, libraries, and data sets are needed to develop the AI system?

The description of the tools/platforms, libraries, and data sets relevant to your selection of the AI system must include references to materials you are considering at this stage of project development. These references must be listed in the last section (20%)

5. What risks might be posed by the AI system development and use? How are the risks mitigated?Consider the following issues (10%):
   1. Safety and security
   2. Protection of data privacy
   3. Protection against algorithmic discrimination
   4. Transparency and explanation

To understand these issues, read and get guidance from the following two resources:

• The Communications of the ACM article by Esther Shein on Governments Setting Limits on AI.
• Microsoft Aether Data Documentation template

6. References: What trustworthy and publicly available materials and resources inform and guide the project work of the team?

Include references that support your descriptions in sections 2, 3, and 4 (20%)

Other Consideration

These requirements must be met in order to accept and consider your submission. Otherwise, there is no credit for this submission.

Equitable writing task assignments

Team members decide to equitably divide the task of writing sections 3, 4, and 5.

• Determine the team member who's the lead author and the team member who’s the reviewer for the following questions:

  • Member 1: Questions 3 and 5.1 and 5.2
  • Member 2: Questions 4 and 5.3 and 5.4

• Include the names and roles along with the text of the question in the proposal

Development Process

The project proposal can be developed through direct, real-time collaboration between team members.

• On the main branch, create docs directory. In this folder, create PROPOSAL.md.

• Team members collaborate to write their sections and review the collaborator’s sections according to the planned writing assignments.

• When development is done, main branch Is pushed to the remote.

Organization and Formatting

• At the top of the proposal have a title section that includes:

  • Title of the project, authors, and date.
  • Use ### (level 3) Markdown for the title
  • Normal text for authors and date.

• Structure the proposal document in 6 sections, corresponding to the aspects that the proposal addresses.

• The names of the section headings should be suggestive of what the section is about.

• Use #### (level 4) Markdown for the section headings.

• Use paragraph style in writing the section content.

• The length of the proposal in PDF form is 3-4 pages.

Submission

• PROPOSAL.md in docs directory