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+Second project progress reports are due **Sunday, November 17**. You will submit it in pdf format via handin. The report, which is considered an early draft of your final report, should include:
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+- A discussion of the learning problem, i.e., what exactly is to be learned, and motivation for the problem.
+- A summary of related work.
+- A discussion of your approaches.
+- A discussion your experimental results so far, including the setup and results.
+- What you plan to work on for the rest of the semester.