Teams are expected to meet regularly outside of class. For each project, the team must submit a written report describing (among other things) the problem that was investigated, the model used and the justification for it, results from analysis and simulation of the model, and the conclusions drawn from the results. To get a better idea of what is expected, take a look at this sample report for this sample project. Teams will also give a brief oral report summarizing their methods and findings. Teams must submit an electronic copy (pdf) of the slides used in their oral presentation. Teams must submit both a paper copy and an electronic copy (pdf) of their written report. Each team member must participate in the team's oral presentation as well as in its written report. The maximum score for these components are given by the following table.
  | Oral Presentation | Written Report | Total |
First Project | 10 points | 30 points | 40 points |
Second Project | 15 points | 45 points | 60 points |
For each oral presentation, every person not in the team is expected to submit a paragraph or two on a separate sheet of paper summarizing and critiquing the report -- what did you feel were the main points of the report, what was hard to understand, what did you find particularly effective, etc. The quality of your summaries will contribute up to 5 points to your class participation score.
  | Topics for Project One | Version | Team | Data | Presentation Date |
Portfolio Models: | Rolling Frontiers | February 15 | Chinedum Ukejianya | VWIGX, VTRIX, VFICX | March 30 |
  | Efficient Market Hypothesis | February 15 | Melanie Abel, Anant Dalela | VGTSX, VFICX, VFSTX | March 16 |
  | Solvent Portfolios | February 15 | Edward Nusinovich, Bhas Portarlanka | VWIGX, VTRIX, VBTLX | March 16 |
  | Leveraged Portfolios | February 15 | Sung Du Kim, Austin Weed | VWIGX, VTRIX, VFSTX | March 16 |
  | Dimensional Significance | February 15 | Monica Katzen, John Knowles | VGTSX, VFICX, VBTLX | March 28 |
Structure Discovery: | Percolation or Random | February 12 | Saurav Das, Shakib Marghi |   File 1 , File 2 | March 28 |
  | Percolation or Random | February 12 | Patrick Owen, Nouran Younis |   File 1 , File 2 | March 28 |
  | Topics for Project Two | Version | Team | Data | Presentation Date |
Portfolio Models: | Monday Markov Models | April 4 | Anant Delela, John Knowles | B: VGTSX, VFICX, VFSTX C: MSFT, BRK, UPS |
May 9 |
  | Analytics and Risk | April 4 | Melanie Abel, Edward Nusinovich | B: VWIGX, VTRIX, VBTLX C: MSFT, JPM, UPS |
May 11 |
  | Calibration Uncertainty | April 4 | Monica Katzen, Sung Du Kim | B: VGTSX, VFICX, VBTLX C: AAPL, JNJ, AMZN |
May 9 |
Structure Discovery: | Social/Communication Network | April 4 | Saurav Das, Bhas Portarlanka |   | May 11 |
  | Social/Communication Network | April 4 | Shakib Marghi, Nouran Younis |   | May 11 |
  | Social/Communication Network | April 4 | Patrick Owen, Austin Weed | networkdata@ics.uci.edu | May 9 |