British Culture and Society 2025-2026 (Semester 1): Course Outline Week Date Topic (Lecture, Tue 1.00-3.00, MBG13) 1 9 Sep Introduction: Summer 2025 in the UK: a time of malaise? 2 16 Sep The political party system in Great Britain The Conservative Party in government: Brexit, covid and performativity 3 23 Sep Government in crisis: the resistible rise and predictable fall of Boris Johnson, and how Britain passed Through the Looking Glass 4 30 Sep Labour from government to opposition and back to government again 5 7 Oct A walk through Edinburgh 6 14 Oct Reading Week (no classes) 7 21 Oct Nae Yet! Scottish independence and the rise and fall of the Scottish National Party 1 (1320-2014) 8 28 Oct Nae Yet! Scottish independence and the rise and fall of the Scottish National Party 2 (2014-2024) 9 4 Nov Reading and built environment culture in the UK: Prize giving in the Arts - the cases of the Booker and Stirling prizes 10 11 Nov British Cinema Part 1: Scotland viewed in and through cinema 11 18 Nov British Cinema Part 2: Looking at Britain through film 12 25 Nov Course review and questions 13 2 Dec 14 Essay submission Assessment Assessment for BCS 1 is by submission of an analytical essay of 2000-2500 words, on a topic of your choice concerning cultural, social or political life in the UK. by electronic submission through Canvas. Sample topics: • Nature of democracy/governance in the UK (could include the role of the prime minister, Parliament, cabinet, the parties and the 2024 general election, how government operates) • Implications of the Scottish independence movement or the prospects for political and cultural change in all the UK as a consequence • Brexit - the referendum, its aftermath, the reasons for the vote, what is likely to happen as a consequence, can it ever be wound back now Brexit supporters no longer run government • A British film study or film-maker study • A contemporary British writer / artist / architect or influential book / artwork / building / built environment. • Another relevant topic of your choice - submit a proposal. Can be historical, contemporary, political, cultural. The following is a select reading list that may help you to find readings on the topics you are interested in. Reading (General: British Society) Oakland, John. 2019. British Civilisation: An Introduction (9th ed.) Routledge McCormick, John. 2018. Contemporary Britain. Red Globe Press. Christopher, David P. 2015. British Culture: An Introduction (3rd ed.) Routledge Reading (Themes in Culture and Society) Baucom, Ian (1999) Out of Place: Englishness, Empire and the Locations of Identity (e-book), Princeton University Press. Beal, Joan (2010) An Introduction to Regional Englishes: Dialect Variation in England, Edinburgh University Press. Bell, Eleanor and Miller, Gavin (eds) Scotland in Theory: Reflections on Culture and Literature, Rodopi. Brown, Ian. 2020. Performing Scottishness: Enactment and National Identities. Palgrave Macmillan. Devine, Tom. 2017. Independence or Union: Scotland’s Past and Scotland’s Present. Penguin. Devine, Tom. 2012. The Scottish Nation: A Modern History. Penguin. Geoghegan, Peter. 2014. The People’s Referendum: Why Scotland Will Never Be the Same Again. Luath Press. Gibson, Marion, Tower, Shelley and Tregidga, Garry eds (2012) Mysticism, Myth and Celtic Identity, Routledge. MacWhirter, Iain. 2014. Disunited Kingdom: How Westminster Won a Referendum but Lost Scotland. Cargo Publishing. McLeod, Wilson (ed.) (2006) Revitalising Gaelic in Scotland, Dunedin Academic Press Nic Craith, Máiréad (1997) Watching One’s Tongue: Aspects of Romance and Celtic Languages, Liverpool University Press. Nic Craith, Máiréad (2002) Plural Identities, Singular Narratives: the Case of Northern Ireland, Berghahn. Nic Craith, Máiréad (2003) Culture and Identity Politics in Northern Ireland, Palgrave. O’Toole, Fintan. 2019. Heroic Failure: Brexit and the Politics of Pain. Apollo. Pittock, Murray (1999) Celtic Identity and the British Image, Manchester University Press. Pittock, Murray (2011) Scottish and Irish Romanticism, OUP, Oxford. Ray, Celeste (2001) Highland Heritage: Scottish Americans in the American South, The University of North Carolina Press. Watson, Moray and MacLeod, Michelle (2010) The Edinburgh Companion to the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh University Press. West, Gary (2012) Voicing Scotland: Culture and Tradition in a Modern Nation, Luath Press. Whitely, Paul, Harold D Clarke & Matthew Goodwin. 2017. Brexit: Why Britain Voted to Leave the European Union. Cambridge University Press. Reading: British Film and Cinema McFarlane, Brian & Anthony Slide, ed. 2014. The Encyclopedia of British Film, 4th ed. Manchester University Press. Murphy, Robert, ed. 2009. The British Cinema Book, 3rd ed. BFI/Palgrave. Catterall, Ali & Simon Wells. 2001. Your Face Here: British Cult Movies since the Sixties. Fourth Estate. Monk, Claire & Amy Sargeant. 2002. British Historical Cinema. Routledge. Petrie, Duncan. 2000. Screening Scotland. BFI Publications. McArthur, Colin. 2003. Braveheart, Brigadoon and the Scots. IB Tauris. Rowbotham, Sheila & Huw Beynon. 2001. Looking at Class: Film, television and the working class in Britain. Rivers Oram Press. Dyja, Eddie. 2010. Studying British Cinema: The 1990s. Auteur. Fitzgerald, John. 2010. Studying British Cinema: 1999-2009. Auteur. Leggott, James, ed. 2008. Contemporary British Cinema: from Heritage to Horror. Wallflower Press. Higson, Andrew. 2010. Film England: Culturally English Film-making Since the 1990s. IB Tauris. Barton, Ruth. 2019. Irish Cinema in the Twenty-first Century. University of Manchester Press. Hill, John. 2006. Cinema and Northern Ireland. British Film Institute
Assessment 1 — MATH38161 (Due on December 1, 2pm) Total Marks: 30 November 17, 2025 Description of the Dataset and Reading the Data File MNIST database (Modified National Institute of Standards and Technology database) is a large database of handwritten digits, which is frequently used to train various machine learning algorithms. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MNIST_database for deatils. Here, we have an extract of total 3000 handwritten digit samples for digits 5,6 and 7 in 28×28 gray scale image (that is total of 784 pixels), resulting in 3000 observations where dimension of each observation is 784. The goal is to analyze this data set using various unsupervised learning algorithms. The data is given as a 3000 × 785 data matrix where the first column corresponds to the observation label (i.e., which digit) and columns 2 through 785 represent pixel values. The data is available on CANVAS as the file digit.txt. The following code can be used to read the data in R: read_mat
SEMESTER 1 2025/26 INDIVIDUAL COURSEWORK BRIEF: Module Code: MANG6523 Assessment: Individual Report Weighting: 100% Module Title: International Marketing Submission Due Date: @ 16:00 UK Time 17th December 2025 Word Count: 4,000 words Method of Submission: Electronic via Blackboard or eAssignments Turnitin ONLY (Please ensure that your name does not appear on any part of your work) Any submissions after 16:00 on the deadline date will be subject to the standard University late penalties (see below), unless an extension has been granted. Days Late: Mark: 1 (final agreed mark) * 0.9 2 (final agreed mark) * 0.8 3 (final agreed mark) * 0.7 4 (final agreed mark) * 0.6 5 (final agreed mark) * 0.5 More than 5 0 This assessment relates to the following module learning outcomes: A. Knowledge and understanding A1. Techniques for the analysis of environmental and competitive forces in an international setting. A2. The issues and complexities facing organisations when moving into international markets. B. Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills B1. Analyse and apply key marketing principles to create competitive advantage. B2. Evaluate the impact of recent environmental changes on international marketing activities. C. Transferable and Generic Skills C1. Critically communicate ideas and arguments fluently and effectively. C2. Provide international marketing options/solutions to solve business problems. 3 Coursework Brief: This individual report enables you to combine the research and analysis you have completed to produce an international market selection and entry strategy and plan for a UK domestically based company, Detrash (https://detrash.com/). Your role is to act as a marketing consultant hired by the company to identify and select one new export market for the company to target based on your research and analysis. You then need to advise them in a report on how they should put together their market entry strategy. The key tasks involved in developing your report are: 1. To initially research and assess four potential export markets and then select one key country/market to target first, giving the rationale for your choice. This rationale should be based on analysing as much relevant research information as possible. In your market selection, you should also consider the company's internal resources and capabilities. The information you find should be used to create the weighting tables and justify the scores. Note that this chosen market then becomes the focus for the rest of your report. 2. After you have selected the one market, you should include an external audit (analysis of the macroenvironment and microenvironment), SWOT analysis, target market and positioning. You are required to focus on the consumer market only. 3. To consider and recommend the most appropriate export entry mode for your chosen market, giving your reasons. Choice of export market/country: Your chosen export market/country can be anywhere in the world but not the UK, USA, or your home country (if you are an international student). Base your market choice on the research applied to the country analysis and screening of the four countries. You do not necessarily select the export market that is potentially the largest for the company but must consider a range of market selection criteria from your screening method. You will not need to apply all concepts - carefully select the most appropriate ones. You will not have to explain the concepts in detail- you should focus on their application. If you find additional concepts in the literature that you find useful in the context of your plan, you are welcome to integrate them, as this will evidence your wider reading. Structure for the report: Title page Introduction Analysis of the company, product and the export experience it has to date. International country selection: Details on the criteria used to choose the four countries you have shortlisted for screening and the method (weighting tables) and rationale you have used to select one country. External audit (of the one country you have selected to target): o Micro environment: The market (market definition, market size, market/sales trends, current trends, consumer characteristics, etc.), competitors (who they are, market share and size of competitors, their strengths and weaknesses, etc.), etc. o Macro environment: PESTLE analysis. SWOT analysis Target market and positioning within the chosen country Identification and rationale for target market and positioning. Entry mode strategy: Selection of and rationale for the chosen export entry mode into the selected target country and how this entry mode should be pursued. References Appendix (Use the Appendix only to provide relevant additional details, such as the secondary data used in determining the scores within the weighting tables) Marking/Grading Criteria: Your work will be graded based upon: Introduction and international country selection: 35% External audit and SWOT: 30% Target market and positioning: 10% Entry mode: 15% Presentation, structure, writing style and referencing: 10% Writing the report • Title page: It should include the module code and name (MANG6523 International Marketing), assignment title (International Marketing Report for Detrash), your student ID number and the word count (The word limit is 4000 +/- 10%). • Structure your assignment: A strong and coherent structure is essential. Use numbered headings to break your report into discrete sections. Adding subtitles (if appropriate) will make the report more structured and easier to read and comprehend. • Avoid lengthy descriptions and lengthy paragraphs. Show that you can apply the international marketing theories and concepts you have learnt. • You will not need to apply all concepts – carefully select the ones that you feel are most appropriate with respect to your plan. You will not have to explain the concepts in detail – you should focus on their application. If you find additional concepts in the literature that you find useful in the context of your plan, you are welcome to integrate them as this will evidence your wider reading. • The word count covers everything in the file (as per the word count function in the software package), including the title page but excluding the reference list and appendices. • All tables and figures should be labelled and numbered. The source(s) of the table/figure needs to be cited. • Follow Harvard Referencing System. The reference list (i.e. NOT a bibliography of everything that you have read) should be sorted alphabetically by first author’s surname: do not separate out different types of sources (books, journals, etc) into different lists. Do not number the list. • Use an appropriate writing style. This means avoiding informalities like “haven’t”, “can’t” and “isn’t”, and avoid slang unless you need to use it - in a quotation - to make a point. Do not use abbreviations such as “&” for “and”. Avoid using the first person (I, we). • The first time you use an acronym (e.g., NPD), put the acronym in parentheses after the full term (e.g., new product development (NPD)). Thereafter you can stick to using the acronym.
MATH GR5280, Capital Markets & Investments Final Project Note: All files and information related to the final project are e-mail’ed to you and need to be uploaded into the separate folder “Final Project”. The aim of this Final Project is to practically implement the ideas from the course, specifically from Chapters 7 and 8. You will be given a recent 20 years of historical daily total return data for 21 stocks, which belong in groups to 4-5 different industry sectors, one (S&P 500) equity index (a total of 22 risky assets) and a proxy for risk-free rate (1-month Fed Funds rate). Additionally, you will be given contemporaneous ESG [ESG3] scores data also from Bloomberg for all of your companies with detailed explanations to them. In order to reduce the non-Gaussian effects, you will need to aggregate the daily data to the monthly observations, and based on those monthly observations, you will need to calculate all proper optimization inputs for the full Markowitz Model (“MM”), alongside the Index Model (“IM”). Using these optimization inputs for MM and IM you will need to find the regions of permissible portfolios (efficient frontier, minimal risk portfolio, optimal portfolio, and minimal return portfolios frontier) for the following four cases of problems: 1. This optimization is designed to simulate the typical limitations existing in the U.S. mutual fund industry: a U.S. open-ended mutual fund is not allowed to have any short positions, for details see the Investment Company Act of 1940, Section 12(a)(3) (https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/80a-12): 2. Now, having the efficient risky portfolio for the solution for the above problem 1, you will need to solve the problem 1 above with the following constraint on ESG: 3. This optimization constraint is designed to simulate the Regulation T by FINRA (https://www.finra.org/rules-guidance/key-topics/margin-accounts), which allows broker-dealers to allow their customers to have positions, 50% or more of which are funded by the customer’s account equity: 4. Lastly, having the efficient risky portfolio for the solution for the above problem 3, you will need to solve the problem 3 above with the following constraint on ESG: All your work must be done individually! You will need to numerically solve the above problems using the template “FinalProject AlexeiChekhlov Group0.xlsx” and submit your numerical solutions as such file, with your filename adjusted with your FirstName and LastName and your Group# as follows: “FinalProject FirstnameLastname Group(your group#).xlsx”. Please, do not insert or delete any cells, keep the existing format – it is very nicely done and the graphs will allow you to “see” your solutions. The areas of cells that you will need to fill-in with your numerical solutions are as follows. The points for MM: AA2:AY3, AA5:AY6, AA8:AY9, AA11:AY12. The curves (frontiers) for MM: C44:F186, I44:L186, O44:R564. The points for IM: BE2:CC3, BE5:CC6, BE8:CC9, BE11:CC12. The curves (frontiers) for IM: AM44:AP186, AS44:AV186, AY44:BB564. The grading will be done by comparing your tabulated results to exact solutions. The calculations should be done on a Windows computer with licensed Microsoft Office installed. Again, you will be given 20 years of daily data of total returns for the S&P 500 index (ticker symbol “SPX”), and for 22 stocks (ticker symbols see the table below) such that there are three-four sectors of stocks with stocks in each group belonging to one (Yahoo!finance) sector and an instrument representing risk-free rate, 1-month annual Fed Funds rate (ticker symbol “FEDL01”). Note that stocks in each group are completely different. Below, please, find the table of instruments’ ticker symbols (a.k.a. tickers) for each group to work with: Below, please, find the table which shows the details for each of the stocks and which stocks belong to the same industry sector in each group. Using this data you will need to fill-in your Excel spreadsheet, using the template (“Final Project AlexeiChekhlov Group0.xlsx”) provided, that makes all the necessary calculations to plot the Permissible Portfolios Region, which combines: the Efficient Frontier, the Minimal Risk or Variance Frontier, and the Minimal Return Frontier for a given set of constraints (1-4 above). The Minimal Return Frontier and the Efficient Frontier together are forming the Minimal Risk or Variance Frontier – it is just a matter of reformulating the optimization problem, as follows: Minimal Risk or Variance Frontier: Minimal Return Frontier: Efficient Frontier: Two unique points that you need to find on the Efficient Frontier are of special interest: Minimal Risk Portfolio: and Efficient Risky Portfolio: As we have already mentioned, your task is to numerically produce the following objects on the Permissible Portfolios Region in the numerical (and the template spreadsheet does it in the graphical for you) form. Minimal Risk or Variance Frontier (a curve), range for portfolio returns: from -130% to 130% with step of 0.5%; Global Minimal Risk or Variance Portfolio (a point); Maximal Sharpe Ratio or Efficient Risky Portfolio (a point); Maximal Return or Efficient Frontier (a curve), range for portfolio standard deviation: from 8% to 79% with step of 0.5%; Capital Allocation Line or CAL (a straight line); Minimal Return or Inefficient Frontier (a curve), range for portfolio standard deviation: from 8% to 79% with step of 0.5%. This Final Project in an open-book which means that you can and should use the Instructor’s handouts and the corresponding Chapter copy reading material provided by the Instructor, as well as any additional materials provided to you. Instructor and TAs have performed all these calculations for each of the group’s portfolios and will be able to compare your numbers, specific points and graphs to theirs. If your spreadsheet calculations are done correctly, you and we should be able to match the results with sufficient accuracy. The main tool that we would like you to use to solve the optimization problems for each point on the Minimal Risk or Variance Frontier is the Excel Solver. Please, try to learn how to use it on your own, if you have not done so already. The TAs will be helping you to address any issues related to Solver during the TAs sessions. To calculate large numbers of multiple points on any of the required frontiers, you will need to use the Excel Solver Table, which the TAs will teach you how to install and use. Both Excel Solver and Excel Solver Table will also be covered in lectures with illustrations which are very similar to your Final Project. For your calculations, you need to use the full available historical data range: start date 9/17/2004; end date 9/20/2024. As it was mentioned above, you will need to calculate the solutions to two optimizations covered in lectures: The full Markowitz Model (MM); The Index Model (IM). The curves above must be produced in tabular form. (Excel), using the template provided, preserving the formats in the template, with which comparison to exact solution will be made for grading, using specifically the above ranges. If a numerical solution cannot be found, just leave the corresponding cell empty. The points above should also be tabulated. All the tabulation should be done similar to example provided by the Instructor in the template “Final Project AlexeiChekhlov Group0.xlsx” provided. You are given two weeks to complete the Final Project and to prepare the Excel file for submission into the portal on CourseWorks. We encourage you not to delay starting the work as workload is meant for several days of work and not as a one-night effort. Final Project is due on December 13th, 2025 at 11:59 PM EST. References: [BKM13] Z. Bodie, A. Kane, A. J. Marcus, “Investments”, Thirteenth Edition, McGraw Hill, 2024. [ESG3] “Certificate in ESG Investing Curriculum”. CFA Institute. Edition 3. CFA Society of the UK, 2021.
SEM I-2025/2026 LCT502 - CULTURE, SOCIETY AND PSYCHOLOGY IN TRANSLATION TUTORIAL EXERCISE 2 Topic for tutorial exercise 2 (individual) 10% Write critically an essay about 500 words. on ONE (1) of the following topics: 1. Translation norms 2. The sociology and historiography of translation 3. Endigeneous cultures in translation 4. Ideology of translation 5. Translation procedures on culture specific items The tutorial exercise essay must contain the following aspects: - Introduction - Development (positive aspects and negative aspects) - Conclusion - References All tutorial exercises 2 will be submitted in week 10 (09/12/2025 before 11. 59 pm. Late submissions will not be accepted. The exercise writing must be about 500 words. - It should be word-processed, double-spaced, and have margins of about 1-inch. - Use Times New Roman 12. - Plagiarism will not be tolerated (please cite your sources carefully) STUDENTS SHALL SUBMIT THE TUTORIAL EXERCISESTO THE E-LEARN PLATFORM. WITH COVERPAGE AND RUBRIC. Rubric for tutorial exercises RUBRIC &conceptsGooddescription ofideas&conceptsExcellentdescription ofideas&concepts10CO2Tutorial exercise(20%)Works cited(10%)Lacks/nosources and/orsources are notaccuratelydocumented.Formatisincorrect for allsources.Sourcematerial is, be awkward. Allsourcesareaccuratelydocumented, butmany arenotinthe desired formator lack credibility.Sourcematerial isusedAllsourcesareaccuratelydocumented,butafewarenot inthedesiredformat. Somesources lackcredibilitySourcematerialissmoothlyintegrated intothe text. Allsourcesareaccuratelydocumented10
N1612 Intermediate Financial Accounting 2021/22 Week 7 Workshop Answers: MCQ on control and investment in associates 1. On 1st October 20X8 Pacemaker Co acquired 30 million of Vardine Co's 100 million shares in exchange for 75 million of its own shares. The fair value of Pacemaker Co's shares at the date of this share exchange was £1.60 each. Vardine Co's profit is subject to seasonal variation. Its profit for the year ended 31st March 20X9 was £100 million. £20 million of this profit was made from 1st April 20X8 to 30th September 20X8. Pacemaker Co has one subsidiary and no other investments apart from Vardine Co. What amount will be shown as ‘investment in associate’ in the consolidated statement of financial position of Pacemaker Co as at 31st March 20X9? A. £144 million B. £150 million C. £126 million D. £78 million 2. Which of the following investments owned by Indigo Co should be accounted for using the equity method in the consolidated financial statements? 1. 30% of the non-voting preference share capital in Yellow Co 2. 18% of the ordinary share capital in Blue Co with directors of Indigo Co having two of the five places on the board of Blue Co 3. 45% of the ordinary share capital of Red Co, with directors of Indigo Co having four of the six places on the board of Red Co A. 1 and 2 B. 2 only C. 1 and 3 only D. 2 and 3 only 3. Jarvis Co owns 30% of McLintock Co During the year to 31 December 20X4 Mclintock Co sold £2 million of goods to Jarvis Co, of which 40% were still held in inventory by Jarvis at the end of year. McLintock Co applies a mark-up of 25% on all goods sold. What effect would the above transactions have on group inventory at 31 December 20X4? A. Debit group inventory £48,000 B. Debit group inventory £160,000 C. Credit group inventory £48,000 D. No effect on group inventory 4. Ulysses Co owns 25% of Grant Co, which it purchased on 1 May 20X8 for £5 million. At that date Grant Co had retained earnings of £7.4 million. At the year-end date of 31 October 20X8 Grant Co had retained earnings of £8.5 million after paying out a dividend of £1 million. On 30 September 20X8 Ulysses Co sold £600,000 of goods to Grant Co, on which it made 30% profit. Grant Co had not resold these goods by 31 October. At what amount will Ulysses Co record its investment in Grant Co in its consolidated statement of financial position at 31 October 20X8? A. £5,000,000 B. £5,275,000 C. £5,230,000 D. £4,855,000 5. Foster Co has built a new factory incurring the following costs: £’000 Land 1,200 Materials 2,400 Labour 3,000 Architect’s fees 25 Surveyor’s fees 15 Site overheads 300 Apportioned administrative overheads 150 Testing of fire alarms 10 Business rates for first year (tax) 12 7,112 What will be the total amount capitalised in respect of the factory? A. 7,102 B. 7,112 C. 7,100 D. 6,950 E. 6,650 Question on accounting for tangible non-current assets 6. Gunn Ltd acquired a printing machine on 1 July 2013 for £100,000. It is expected to have a useful life of 10 years, with the benefits being derived on a straight-line basis. The residual is expected to be nil. On 1 July 2015 the machine is deemed to have a fair value of £96,000 and a revaluation is undertaken in accordance with Gunn Ltd.'s policy of measuring PPE at fair value. The asset is sold for £89,000 on 1 July 2017. Provide journal entries necessary to account for the above transactions and events on 1 July 2013, 2015 and 2017. 7. Briefly explain one example of accounting judgement exercised when accounting for property, plant and equipment. 8. Wetherby Co purchased a machine on 1 July 20X7 for £500,000. It is being depreciated on a straight-line basis over its useful life of ten years. Residual value is estimated at £20,000. On 1st January 20X8, following a change in legislation, Wetherby Co fitted a safety guard to the machine. The safety guard cost £25,000 and has a useful life of five years with no residual value. What amount will be charged to profit or loss for the year ended 31 March 20X8 in respect of depreciation on this machine? A. £37,250 B. £36,000 C. £53,000 D. £49,250 E. £41,000 9. What amount will be charged to profit or loss for the year ended 31 March 20X9 in respect of depreciation on this machine? A. £48,000 B. £36,000 C. £53,000 D. £5,000 E. £41,000 10. Auckland Co purchased a machine for £60,000 on 1st January 2017 and assigned it a useful life of 15 years. On 31st March 2019 it was revalued to £64,000 with no change in useful life. What will be depreciation charge in relation to this machine in the financial statements of Auckland Co for the year ending 31st December 2019? A. £4,000 B. £4,765 C. £ 5,020 D. £4,267 E. £8,000 11. On 1st October 20X5 Dearing Co acquired a machine under the following terms. £ Cost 1,050,000 Trade discount (applying to cost only) 20% Freight charges 30,000 Electrical installation cost 28,000 Staff training in use of machine 40,000 Pre-production testing 22,000 Purchase of a three-year maintenance contract 60,000 On 1st October 20X7 Dearing Co decided to upgrade the machine by adding new components at a cost of £200,000. This upgrade led to a reduction in the production time per unit of the goods being manufactured using the machine. What amount should be recognised under non-current assets as the cost of the machine on 1st October 20X5? A. £840,000 B. £920,000 C. £898,000 D. £870,000 12. How should the £200,000 worth of new components be accounted for? A. Added to the carrying amount of the machine B. Charged to profit or loss C. Capitalised as a separate asset D. Debited to accumulated depreciation 13. Every five years the machine will need a major overhaul in order to keep running. How should this be accounted for? A. Set up a provision at year 1 B. Build up the provision over years 1-5 C. Capitalise the cost when it arises and amortise over five years D. Write the overhaul off to maintenance costs Self-study exercises 14. Several accounting standards require or allow firms to use fair value to report the value of the assets in the balance sheet. Summerise the debate about the relevance and reliability around fair value accounting (maximum 200 words). 15. An associate is an entity in which an investor has significant influence over the investee. Which TWO of the following indicate the presence of significant influence? A. The investor owns 330,000 of the 1,500,000 equity voting shares of the investee. B. The investor has representation on the board of directors of the investee. C. The investor is able to insist that all of the sales of the investee are made to a subsidiary of the investor. D. The investor controls the votes of a majority of the board members. 16. Ruby Co owns 30% of Emerald Co and exercises significant influence over it. Emerald Co sold goods to Ruby Co for £160,000. Emerald Co applies a one-third mark-up on cost. Ruby Co still had 25% of these goods in inventory at the year end. What amount should be deducted from consolidated retained earnings in respect of this transaction? A. 53,333 B. £10,000 C. £3,000 D. 13,333 E. £3,333 17. A company purchased a building and converted it into offices for its own use. It incurred the following costs: £000 Building 300 Legal fees (relating to purchase) 5 Alterations (labour & materials) 50 The cost of alterations included £5,000 relating to general overheads Calculate the amount that should be capitalised in respect of the new offices? A. £355 B. £300 C. £360 D. 345 E. £350 18. On 1 January 20X1 a company purchased a building for £300,000. The useful life of that building was 50 years from that date. On 1 January 20X4, the building was revalued to £500,000. The useful life of the building was deemed to be 50 years from the date of the valuation. On 31 December 20X7, the building was sold for £700,000. Calculate the gain on disposal. A. £442,000 B. £240,000 C. £360,000 D. £400,000 E. £200,000
N1612 Intermediate Financial Accounting Week 8 Workshop Answers: Q1 Fido Feed Ltd has the following loans in place throughout the year ended 31 Dec 2018 which constitute its general borrowing for the period. 10% Bank loan £140m 8% bank loan £200m On 1 July 2018 50 million was used for construction of a qualifying asset which was completed during 2019. What amount should be capitalised as borrowing costs at 31 Dec 2018 in respect of this asset. a. £ 1.83 million b. £ 2.25 million c. £ 2.2 million d. £4.4 million e. £ 4.5 million Q2 By 27 September 20X7 internal evidence had emerged suggesting that Dearing Co's machine was impaired. Select whether the following are internal or external indicators of impairment. A. The performance of the machine had declined leading to reduced economic benefits: Internal indicator / External indicator B. There were legal and regulatory changes affecting the operating of the machine: Internal indicator / External indicator C. There was an unexpected fall in the market value of the machine: Internal indicator / External indicator D. New technological innovations were producing more efficient machines: Internal indicator / External indicator Q3 On 30 September 20X7 the impairment review was carried out. The following amounts were established in respect of the machine: ＄ Carrying amount 850,000 Value in use 760,000 Fair value 850,000 Costs of disposal 30,000 What should be the carrying amount of the machine following the impairment review? a. $ 850,000 b. $ 760,000 c. $ 730,000 d. $ 790,000 e. $ 820,000 Q4 Which of the following could be an indication that an asset may be impaired according to IAS 36 Impairment of Assets? (i) Increase in market interest rates (ii) Obsolescence of assets (iii) Reduction in market value of an asset (iv) Management intention to reorganise the business a. All of them b. II, III and IV c. II and III d. I and IV e. II and IV Q5 Determine the recoverable amount of each of the following four assets and state the amount of any impairment loss which should be recognized in each case Carrying Amount Fair Value less cost of disposal Value in use Impairment loss Asset 1 25,000 22,500 27,500 ? Asset 2 6,500 3,750 4,800 ? Asset 3 18,250 17,500 15,000 ? Asset 4 11,400 13,400 12,750 ? Q6 The following information relates to four assets held by the company: Asset A Asset B Asset C Asset D £m £m £m £m Carrying amount 120 30 40 70 Value in use 80 70 80 20 Fair value less cost to sell 90 40 70 30 What is the total impairment loss? a. 70 b. 30 c. 20 d. 10 e. 60 Q7 Give two examples on judgement exercised by accountants when accounting for goodwill and goodwill impairment. Note: after the workshop, practice writing few sentences explaining the two examples to a hypothetical friend who is not studying accounting. As an accountant, you will be dealing with different stakeholders who do not have solid accounting background. Q8 Riley Co acquired a non-current asset on 1 October 20W9 (ten years before 20X9) at a cost of $100,000 which had a useful life of ten years and a nil residual value. The asset had been correctly depreciated up to 30 September 20X4. At that date the asset was damaged and an impairment review was performed. On 30 September 20X4, the fair value of the asset less costs of disposal was $30,000 and the expected future cash flows were $8,500 per annum for the next five years. The current cost of capital is 10% and a five-year annuity of $1 per annum at 10% would have a present value of $3.79. What amount would be charged to profit or loss for the impairment of this asset for the year ended 30 September 20X4? a. $17,785 b. $20,000 c. $30,000 d. $32,215 e. $63,700 Q9 A company owns a car that was involved in an accident at the year end. It is barely useable, so the value in use is estimated at $1,000. However, the car is a classic and there is a demand for the parts. This results in a fair value less costs to sell of $3,000. The opening carrying amount was $8,000 and the car was estimated to have a life of eight years from the start of the year. i) Identify the recoverable amount of the car a. $7,000 b. $2,000 c. $4,000 d. $8,000 e. $3,000 ii) identify any impairment required at the year end. a. $7,000 b. $2,000 c. $4,000 d. $8,000 e. $3,000 Q10 A company runs a unit that suffers a massive drop in income due to the failure of its technology on 1 January 20X8. The following carrying amounts were recorded in the books immediately prior to the impairment: $m Goodwill 20 Technology 5 Brands 10 Land 50 Buildings 30 Other net assets 40 The recoverable value of the unit is estimated at $85 million. The technology is worthless, following its complete failure. The other net assets include inventory, receivables and payables. It is considered that the carrying amount of other net assets is a reasonable representation of its recoverable amount. Show the impact of the impairment on 1 January. Q11 Finsbury Ltd has a cash generating unit (CGU) that suffers a large drop in income due to reduced demand for its products. An impairment review was carried out and the recoverable amount of the cash generating unit was determined at $100m.The assets of the CGU had the following carrying amounts immediately prior to the impairment: $m Goodwill 25 Intangibles 60 Property, plant and equipment 30 Inventory 15 Trade receivables 10 ––––– 140 The inventory and receivables are considered to be included at their recoverable amounts. What is the carrying amount of the intangibles once the impairment loss has been allocated? A $45m B $50m C $55m D $60m Q12 A cash-generating unit comprises the following assets: $000 Building 700 Plant and equipment 200 Goodwill 90 Current assets 20 1,010 One of the machines, carried at $40,000, is damaged and will have to be scrapped. The recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit is estimated at $750,000. What will be the carrying amount of the building after the impairment loss has been recognised? (to the nearest $000) A. $597,000 B. $577,000 C. $594,000 D. $548,000 Self-study exercise Q13 An entity owns a property which was originally purchased for $300,000. The property has been revalued to $500,000 with the revaluation of $200,000 being recognised as other comprehensive income and recorded in the revaluation reserve. The property has a current carrying value of $460,000 but the recoverable amount of the property has just been estimated at only $200,000. What is the amount of impairment and how should this be treated in the financial statements? Carrying value 460,000 > Recoverable Amount 200,000 therefore impairment = 260,000 Of this $200,000 is DR to revaluation reserve reversing previous upwards revaluation. Remaining $60,000 DR to the statement of profit or loss. DR Revaluation Reserve 200,000 CR Property 200,000 DR Impairment Loss (260-200) 60,000 CR Accumulated Impairment Property 60,000 To record impairment loss including reversal of previous revaluation gain.
N1612 Intermediate Financial Accounting Week 8 Workshop Answers: Q1 Fido Feed Ltd has the following loans in place throughout the year ended 31 Dec 2018 which constitute its general borrowing for the period. 10% Bank loan £140m 8% bank loan £200m On 1 July 2018 50 million was used for construction of a qualifying asset which was completed during 2019. What amount should be capitalised as borrowing costs at 31 Dec 2018 in respect of this asset. a. £ 1.83 million b. £ 2.25 million c. £ 2.2 million d. £4.4 million e. £ 4.5 million Q2 By 27 September 20X7 internal evidence had emerged suggesting that Dearing Co's machine was impaired. Select whether the following are internal or external indicators of impairment. A. The performance of the machine had declined leading to reduced economic benefits: Internal indicator / External indicator B. There were legal and regulatory changes affecting the operating of the machine: Internal indicator / External indicator C. There was an unexpected fall in the market value of the machine: Internal indicator / External indicator D. New technological innovations were producing more efficient machines: Internal indicator / External indicator Q3 On 30 September 20X7 the impairment review was carried out. The following amounts were established in respect of the machine: ＄ Carrying amount 850,000 Value in use 760,000 Fair value 850,000 Costs of disposal 30,000 What should be the carrying amount of the machine following the impairment review? a. $ 850,000 b. $ 760,000 c. $ 730,000 d. $ 790,000 e. $ 820,000 Q4 Which of the following could be an indication that an asset may be impaired according to IAS 36 Impairment of Assets? (i) Increase in market interest rates (ii) Obsolescence of assets (iii) Reduction in market value of an asset (iv) Management intention to reorganise the business a. All of them b. II, III and IV c. II and III d. I and IV e. II and IV Q5 Determine the recoverable amount of each of the following four assets and state the amount of any impairment loss which should be recognized in each case Carrying Amount Fair Value less cost of disposal Value in use Impairment loss Asset 1 25,000 22,500 27,500 ? Asset 2 6,500 3,750 4,800 ? Asset 3 18,250 17,500 15,000 ? Asset 4 11,400 13,400 12,750 ? Q6 The following information relates to four assets held by the company: Asset A Asset B Asset C Asset D £m £m £m £m Carrying amount 120 30 40 70 Value in use 80 70 80 20 Fair value less cost to sell 90 40 70 30 What is the total impairment loss? a. 70 b. 30 c. 20 d. 10 e. 60 Q7 Give two examples on judgement exercised by accountants when accounting for goodwill and goodwill impairment. Note: after the workshop, practice writing few sentences explaining the two examples to a hypothetical friend who is not studying accounting. As an accountant, you will be dealing with different stakeholders who do not have solid accounting background. Q8 Riley Co acquired a non-current asset on 1 October 20W9 (ten years before 20X9) at a cost of $100,000 which had a useful life of ten years and a nil residual value. The asset had been correctly depreciated up to 30 September 20X4. At that date the asset was damaged and an impairment review was performed. On 30 September 20X4, the fair value of the asset less costs of disposal was $30,000 and the expected future cash flows were $8,500 per annum for the next five years. The current cost of capital is 10% and a five-year annuity of $1 per annum at 10% would have a present value of $3.79. What amount would be charged to profit or loss for the impairment of this asset for the year ended 30 September 20X4? a. $17,785 b. $20,000 c. $30,000 d. $32,215 e. $63,700 Q9 A company owns a car that was involved in an accident at the year end. It is barely useable, so the value in use is estimated at $1,000. However, the car is a classic and there is a demand for the parts. This results in a fair value less costs to sell of $3,000. The opening carrying amount was $8,000 and the car was estimated to have a life of eight years from the start of the year. i) Identify the recoverable amount of the car a. $7,000 b. $2,000 c. $4,000 d. $8,000 e. $3,000 ii) identify any impairment required at the year end. a. $7,000 b. $2,000 c. $4,000 d. $8,000 e. $3,000 Q10 A company runs a unit that suffers a massive drop in income due to the failure of its technology on 1 January 20X8. The following carrying amounts were recorded in the books immediately prior to the impairment: $m Goodwill 20 Technology 5 Brands 10 Land 50 Buildings 30 Other net assets 40 The recoverable value of the unit is estimated at $85 million. The technology is worthless, following its complete failure. The other net assets include inventory, receivables and payables. It is considered that the carrying amount of other net assets is a reasonable representation of its recoverable amount. Show the impact of the impairment on 1 January. Q11 Finsbury Ltd has a cash generating unit (CGU) that suffers a large drop in income due to reduced demand for its products. An impairment review was carried out and the recoverable amount of the cash generating unit was determined at $100m.The assets of the CGU had the following carrying amounts immediately prior to the impairment: $m Goodwill 25 Intangibles 60 Property, plant and equipment 30 Inventory 15 Trade receivables 10 ––––– 140 The inventory and receivables are considered to be included at their recoverable amounts. What is the carrying amount of the intangibles once the impairment loss has been allocated? A $45m B $50m C $55m D $60m Q12 A cash-generating unit comprises the following assets: $000 Building 700 Plant and equipment 200 Goodwill 90 Current assets 20 1,010 One of the machines, carried at $40,000, is damaged and will have to be scrapped. The recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit is estimated at $750,000. What will be the carrying amount of the building after the impairment loss has been recognised? (to the nearest $000) A. $597,000 B. $577,000 C. $594,000 D. $548,000 Self-study exercise Q13 An entity owns a property which was originally purchased for $300,000. The property has been revalued to $500,000 with the revaluation of $200,000 being recognised as other comprehensive income and recorded in the revaluation reserve. The property has a current carrying value of $460,000 but the recoverable amount of the property has just been estimated at only $200,000. What is the amount of impairment and how should this be treated in the financial statements? Carrying value 460,000 > Recoverable Amount 200,000 therefore impairment = 260,000 Of this $200,000 is DR to revaluation reserve reversing previous upwards revaluation. Remaining $60,000 DR to the statement of profit or loss. DR Revaluation Reserve 200,000 CR Property 200,000 DR Impairment Loss (260-200) 60,000 CR Accumulated Impairment Property 60,000 To record impairment loss including reversal of previous revaluation gain.
ECO202 Extra Question F6 1. This question relates to the Solow growth model discussed in Chapter 5. Mont Plaisant, a closed economy with no government spending, operates under the following production function: In this model, Yt represents the output in period t, Kt denotes the capital stock in period t, and Lt stands for the labor employed in period t. The accumulation of capital follows the standard equation: where δ is the depreciation rate and It is the investment in period t. Mont Plaisant’s population saves a fixed proportion, , of their output for investment each period. The population grows at a rate , following the equation Lt+1 = (1 + )Lt . Lowercase letters represent per-person values of the variables. (a) Convert the capital accumulation equation from aggregate to per-person terms. The left-hand side should equal ∆kt+1, while the right-hand side should include y t , kt , and the relevant parameters. (b) Find the steady-state values of capital per capita (k*) and output per capita (y*). (c) What happens to output per capita in the steady state when increases? Use your findings from part (b) to explain. (d) Another economy, Mont-Tremblant, has similar characteristics (i.e., identical parameters) but currently has lower output than Mont Plaisant. Meanwhile, Mont Plaisant is in its steady state. How should we expect the growth rate of output in Mont-Tremblant to compare to that of Mont Plaisant? Why? Explain in 2-4 sentences. (e) Draw a Solow diagram with k on the x-axis to illustrate the scenario described in part (d). (f) Draw two separate time graphs (on a ratio scale) for Y and y, one for Mont Plaisant and the other for Mont-Tremblant.
ECO202 Extra Questions for Week 2 1. Use the table below to answer the following questions Pc Qc Pf Qf 2021 1000 10 4 500 2022 10 1200 5 510 (a) Calculate the nominal GDP for the years 2021 and 2022. (b) Calculate the real GDP for the year 2022, using the year 2021 as the base year. (c) Calculate the real GDP for the year 2021, using the year 2022 as the base year. (d) Calculate the real GDP growth using the prices from the year 2021. (e) Calculate the real GDP growth using the prices from the year 2022. (f) What accounts for the substantial disparity between the two growth rates? 2. Consider in an economy with two consumption goods and two investment goods, use the table and answer the question below: PC 1 QC 1 PC2 QC2 PI1 QI1 PI2 QI2 2012 11 110 18 50 22 11 52 11 2013 12 130 22 52 23 12 47 15 (a) Calculate the real consumption, real investment and real GDP, using the price in 2012. (b) Calculate the real consumption, real investment and real GDP, using the price in 2013. (c) Calculate the Laspeyres, Paasche, and Fisher price indices for the change in real consumption, real investment, and real GDP from 2012 to 2013. (d) Calculate Real consumption, Real investment and Real GDP in chained prices, benchmarked to 2013. (e) Sum the real consumption and real investment and compare it to the real GDP.
1 Written [50 Points] 1.1 Designing Agents [5.5 Points] Tic-tac-toe is a game for two players who take turns marking the spaces in a three-by-three grid with X or O. The game’s objective is to be the !rst in placing three of their markers in a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal row (see Figure 1). Figure 1: A game of Tic-Tac-Toe where the O player has won, as it has three markers in a diagonal row. You are now tasked with developing an AI algorithm for a tic-tac-toe agent. The agent is a robot that can play against another agent (human or robot) on a piece of paper using a pen. The agent must be capable of: • detecting whether a marker is a X or O • drawing a marker in one of the nine grids • detecting the empty grids and markers already present on the paper • using this information to determine if it has won, lost, or tied the game Note that the agent is not just playing one time, but rather, is a robot that is supposed to be able to play multiple games as many times as needed. Now, answer the following questions - note that some of these cases might be ambiguous, so justify your answers and explicitly state any assumptions (a) Create the PEAS description for the task environment, where the task environment includes all the games the agent plays. (b) Identify the characteristics of the environment and provide a brief justi!cation as to why you characterized the environment in that way As a reminder, the characteristics of the environments are as follows: • Fully observable vs. partially observable • Single-agent vs. multi-agent • Deterministic vs. nondeterministic • Episodic vs. sequential • Static vs. dynamic • Discrete vs. continuous • Known vs. unknown 1.2 Hands-On Search [18 Points] Consider the search tree shown in Figure 2, including nodes A through K. The state of node A is our initial state (shown in orange). Nodes F and K share the same state and are valid goals (shown in blue). The label by an edge is the cost associated with the path between the edge’s vertices. Assume that when a node is expanded, its children are added to the frontier in an order such that when the nodes are popped, they are visited from the left to the right. That is, for breadth-!rst search, the child from the leftmost branch is added in the !rst. For depth-!rst search, the child from the rightmost branch is added in the !rst (See Figure 3.11 in the R&N textbook). For frontiers that use a priority queue, nodes with the same priority (path-cost, heuristic value, or the sum of path-cost and heuristic value) will be popped in alphabetical order. For instance, if node B and node C have the same priority, node B is popped !rst, followed by node C. Figure 2: The Search Tree, with Path Costs Figure 3: Heuristic Values for the States An admissible heuristic function is provided to you in Figure 3, which gives the value of the heuristic function for each node’s state. For the following search methods, list the order in which nodes were expanded from the frontier (i.e., all nodes that you called EXPAND(node) on as seen in the pseudocode in lectures) from the start till the goal is reached. Please show your work for partial credits. (a) Breadth-First Search (b) Depth–First Search (c) Iterative Deepening Search (d) Uniform. Cost Search (e) Greedy Best–First Search using the heuristic function provided (f) A–Star Search using the heuristic function provided 1.3 Fruit Sorting Machine [8 Points] A farm produces n di"erent types of fruit, which they want to ship out in a single batch of n crates, each containing only one type of fruit; right now, however, each crate is loaded randomly. The factory just installed a robot arm mounted on a linear track over the crate storage area which they want to use to sort the crates. The crates are all laid out in a line, and the arm can take three actions: 1. move itself left or right by one crate, 2. grab a fruit of a specific type from the crate below it, or 3. place the fruit it’s holding onto the crate below it. Note that the arm can only hold one piece of fruit at a time! Your job is to design a search algorithm which will find the shortest sequence of actions which will result in each crate containing only one kind of fruit. Thankfully, you know the initial contents of each crate ahead of time. Provide clear and detailed descriptions for each of the elements below. You don’t need to provide implementation details unless you want to (e.g., you don’t need to say “I would use a hashmap for x”), but your descriptions should include enough detail that it’s clear you considered how the algorithm might be implemented. (a) State space: The discrete pieces of information which define the state space. In other words, when considering a particular state, what are all the things you need to know? (b) Actions: How each of the three actions generates a successor state from an explored state, in terms of your state representation. (c) Goal test: What must be true for a state to be a goal state, in terms of your state representation. (d) Search algorithm: Which (non-heuristic) search algorithm is optimal for this task, and the data structure which defines its frontier. Justify your choice. Consider both space and time complexity. Hint: think about the structure of your state space and whether a reached set would be beneficial or not. 1.4 Heuristics [4.5 Points] 1. Consider a grid world with a single goal, where the allowed moves are LEFT, RIGHT, UP, and DOWN (you are unable to move diagonally). The cost of each move LEFT, RIGHT, UP and DOWN is 10. Let M(s) be the Manhattan distance from state s to the goal, and let E(s) be the Euclidean distance from s to the goal. M(s) refers to the minimum number of allowed moves needed to get from s to the goal. Formally, the Manhattan distance between two states s = (x1, y1) and t = (x2, y2) is defined as M(s, t) = |x1 - x2| + |y1 - y2|. You have the following function h : Note, the same random number r is generated any time h(s) is given input s. Is h a consistent heuristic? Justify your answer. 1.5 Hill Climbing [9.5 Points] Your friend guards each of their files with a 2-digit PIN code, but since they keep forgetting it, they decide to implement an AI agent that uses hill climbing to find it automatically. Each PIN comprises two integers, P1 and P2 , each of which can take values from 0 to 9. They implement the following agent - the agent automatically submits a candidate PIN, and if it’s correct, the file unlocks. If the guessed PIN is incorrect, the agent receives a score that measures how good the guess was. If the two digits entered are x and y, then the score returned is The agent then uses a hill-climbing algorithm to attempt to find the PIN by maximizing the heuristic function. The algorithm generates neighbors by creating all guesses that are diferent by one digit. In other words, if the current state is (x, y), the neighbors generated are (x - 1, y), (x +1, y), (x, y - 1), and (x, y + 1). The algorithm doesn’t generate any states outside the valid (0,0) to (9,9) range. In the event of a tie in the h value, the state with the lowest x value is selected. (a) Assume that the initial guess for the PIN is (5,5) and that the actual PIN is (1,2). List the steps taken by the hill-climbing algorithm till it terminates. If it does not, explain why. (b) Is this algorithm guaranteed to find the correct PIN code? Explain your answer. Feel free to use a graphing tool like GeoGebra to help you solve this. (c) Now assume that the algorithm is hard-coded to terminate after n steps. Does your answer to part (b) change if (i) n = 10 (ii) n = 20 (d) Suppose we modify the heuristic a bit so that it’s now: Is this version of hill-climbing search guaranteed to find a solution? Explain your answer. 1.6 Adversarial Search [4.5 points] Figure 4: Game tree for Section 3 (a) Apply minimax to this tree to find the value of the root node. Please provide the values for each node in the table below. Node A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O Value (b) Apply αβ pruning to this tree (left to right) and list all the nodes that would be pruned and the node parent’s alpha and beta values. For example, if you decide to prune node Q1, report the alpha and beta values for node L. If you decide to prune M, Q3, and Q4, report the values for node F for M and leave it blank for Q3 and Q4. Make sure to list all the nodes that can be pruned, including all the children nodes. 2 Programming [50 Points] 2.1 Setup All programming assignments for this course use Python. If you’re new to Python or not very experienced with it, please come to o#ce hours; we’re happy to help! We recommend also checking out the Python tutorials shared on Canvas. We highly recommend creating a new virtual environment for the assignment under the Cod- ing folder. There is also information on setting up a virtual environment on Canvas. You can then simply install the requirements by running the command python -m pip install -r requirements.txt 2.2 Problem Statement In this programming section, you’ll be coding an agent that searches a maze. More specifically, you’ll be implementing the following search algorithms (graph search) - • BFS (NOT best-first-search with FIFO queue) • DFS • UCS • A-Star Unlike lectures and previous examples, these mazes may (or may not) have multiple goals. As such, we’ll be modifying our heuristic to be the Euclidean distance to the closest goal. Complete the Agent.py !le and submit it to Gradescope. You will be evaluated using the Autograder on 10 test mazes on every algorithm. In Agent .py, you must complete the following functions i heuristic_function : returning the minimum Euclidean (straight line) distance between the AStar Node’s coordinate and the end coordinates ii the three comparator functions for A-star nodes __eq__, __lt__, __gt__ iii goal_test iv expand_node v best-first vi bfs vii dfs viii ucs ix astar For simplicity, please add nodes to the frontier directly instead of updating an existing node. Additionally, in order to apply DFS e"ectively to the maze domain of homework 1, and to be consistent with the other searches, we’ve already asked you to implement DFS as a graph search. More specifically, you’ll need to use best-first search - with late goal test, an if statement that checks reached and looks for a better path-cost, etc. The best-first search pseudocode from lecture may be helpful. When frontier is a stack, that best-first search is the DFS we’re asking you to write for this assignment. The "path cost" for DFS is a step count. (That is, like BFS, DFS does not consider the actual path cost but only the number of steps.) Thus, frontier and reached would need to be updated if we arrive at a state a second time via a lower step count. If you attempt to implement a tree-like search, you will have an infinite loop for any graph with cycles. Please go through Maze.py and Agent.py before you begin! The files are annotated with TODO in every location where you need to add code and have multiple comments, tips, and recommendations for how to proceed. util.py is there to help with type checking in IDEs, please feel free to ignore it. In addition, you will never need to modify maze .py or util.py. Maze structure Each test case is a text file (saved as a .test file, but you can open it in any text editor). Here’s what Test case 1 looks like: The first line of input lists the width (w), and the height (h) of the maze. The second input line lists the cost of going left, right, up, and down correspondingly. The next three lines delineate the elements in the grid.‘A’denotes the starting point of the agent.‘B’ denotes a goal state.‘ .’denotes a spot where the agent can freely land, while‘*’denotes a wall. 2.3 Testing locally We’ve provided four test cases that you can use to test your implementation. You can run it with python LocalTest.py {TESTNUMBER} {SEARCH ALGORITHM}. That being said, we have not provided solutions for them. The LocalTest .py file will show you what the maze looks like and the path your agent found. You can solve the maze and determine if your algorithm works correctly. There are no hidden test cases - your score on Gradescope is the score you can expect to receive for this section. An example of what you should see after running LocalTest .py for Test1 on BFS and DFS can be seen in Figure 5. The red dot is the start position, the yellow star is the goal, and the green arrows indicate the path found by the algorithm. The grey cells indicate walls, while the cells are shaded based on how early on into the algorithm’s execution they are expanded. The darker the shade of blue, the earlier it was expanded. White cells have not been expanded. Figure 5: Expected paths found by BFS and DFS on test case 1
Term Paper Instructions for writing the term paper (due Dec.4th) Choose one of the following as the topic of your term paper: ·Wuwei(non-action)in Daoism(the Daodejing or/and Zhuangzi) .Zhuangzi's butterfly dream .Zhuangzi and relativism .Guo Xiang's argument for lone transformation (independent transformation) ·The concept of no-self in Chinese Buddhism .Fazang's rafter dialogue .Fazang's and the golden lion Here are the specifics: 1.The topics provided are quite general in scope.You must formulate a specific thesis under the topic you choose.You are encouraged to consult the instructor as well as the teaching assistants in formulating your thesis. 2.Unlike the short paper which is expository in nature,the term paper is argumentative.The paper should have a clearly defined thesis and an argument that supports it.The argument should be based on a correct or justified interpretation of the relevant texts.Since this is the longer paper,you should demonstrate how well you attend to the detailed reasoning,complexity and nuance in the original texts which support your argument 3.Since your discussion is based on your understanding of the primary texts,citation of the relevant primary texts from the Readings(RC and/or RL)is required for this assignment.The use of primary texts other than those from the Readings(such as different English translations of the Chinese texts)is not accepted,unless the alternative translation serves your interpretation better,which must be indicated in your paper(in the form of a footnote or endnote). 4.You may cite secondary sources to support your interpretation or argument.If you do,the secondary sources you cite must be from the course readings. 5.Do not quote,unless what you quote cannot be replaced by your own paraphrase or summary.Aquote should only be used to support your interpretation of some primary text that may be reasonably interpreted in some other way,or to support a particular point you make.Excessive citations are not acceptable and will be penalized,as they will give the impression that you are simply using them to fill the space or to meet the word count 6.Make sure all citations are indicated by both in-text citations and the references.If you include only references without corresponding in-text citations,this counts as an instance of plagiarism. 7.The length of the essay should be 1500 words at 12pt font,not including references and notes.Penalty may be imposed ifit is less than 1400 or more than 1600.The paper should be saved in Microsof Word or Rich Text Format(RTF). 8.The paper must be in APA style.Do not use other styles,such as Chicago or MLA.Check out the basic guidelines and documentation examples in the APA format provided by Purdue University at the following address: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research and citation/apa style/apa style introduction.htmTl here is a sample student paper at https://owlpurdue.edu/owl/research and citation/apa style/apa formatting_and style_guide/apa sample paper.html 9.Avoid any editing errors including spelling errors.There really is no excuse whatsoever for leaving in a spelling error which is highlighted for you by Microsoft Word's own built-in spell-checker.You are advised to use freeware such as Grammarly for editing purposes. 10.The paper should be submitted at“Assignments”ofQuercus before or on the due date.Essays sent to my e-mail address will be ignored,as it can cause confusion resulting in failing to count your assignments in.The“Assignments”folder will remain open until 11:59p.m ofthe 5 day after the due date.Papers submitted after the due date and before the closing date will only be accepted without penalty if accompanied by a documented medical excuse.Late penalties are set at 5%per day,including weekends and holidays.
Hello, dear friend, you can consult us at any time if you have any questions, add This semester, Pitt Stages will be staging two live productions.Students are required to see both productions and submit two-page, double-spaced reviews of one of the plays. For full credit, these responses should(1) specifically address one element of the performance (lighting, sound, design, movement, etc.) and (2) evaluate that element's effectiveness by drawing on specific examples from the production.Summaries of the shows will not be considered for full credit. Plan ahead. Reserve tickets ahead of time and show up early because these performances often sell out. For more information on the season, visit: www.play .pitt.edu . Ms.Holmes and Ms Watson:Apt 2B By Kate Hamill Rauh Studio Theatre Oct 24-Nov 2 Response due:Nov 4 Iphigenia and Other Daughters By Ellen McLaughlin Charity Randall Theatre Nov 14-21 Response due:Dec 2
GGR201H5F Fall 2025 Practical Exercise 3: Sediment Analysis (Part i) Due: Tuesday 2nd Dec, 9 pm Outline & rubric Practical class Assignment component Mark November 14th Part (i) Sediment description, roundness analysis November 21st Part (ii) Grain size analysis, report briefing November 28th Q&A 2nd December Online submission by 9 pm Total: 100 Introduction: In Practical 3 you will investigate the sedimentary characteristics of seven sediment samples collected from various depositional environments in the Toronto / Oakville / Niagara area; using the results of your analysis (after sessions i-ii) you will attempt to match each sample to one of the seven depositional environments. Samples / materials: • Seven sediment samples from various sites in the region (Samples A-G, to be made available in the lab) • Powers roundness charts (see Practical 3 slides) • Sediment description flowcharts (see Practical 3 slides) • Powers roundness recording sheets (attached) Note – ensure you bring a printed copy of the sediment description and Powers roundness data sheets attached to this document to the practical Objectives Each group should commence the following (this exercise will continue next week): 1. Description of each sediment sample; this should include a simple description of the general grain size characteristics (mean grain-size, sorting). 2. Powers roundness analysis on coarse-grained particles. Each group will be assigned a sample for roundness analysis and should classify a minimum of 25 randomly-selected individual clasts using the record sheet attached (note - Sample D only has a few particles of a suitable size for this analysis). Report the results to the class spreadsheet. Practical 3(i) follow-up: a) Ensure that your group has completed an individual record sheet that describes all seven sediment samples in terms of their overall grain-size (note - descriptions can be completed next week if necessary). b) Aggregated Powers roundness data for each of the samples will be made available on Quercus; produce a histogram (bar chart) showing Powers roundness classes for each of the sediment samples (note - roundness analysis can be completed next week if necessary). c) Compare and contrast the roundness characteristics of the samples. References and other useful literature • Trenhaile (2016) Chapter 2: Sediments (p.42-46) • Goudie, A (1990) Geomorphological Techniques (2nd Ed). Routledge. p.127-130. (See Quercus / Files / Resources) Sediment description Sediment Sample Description A B C D E F G Powers roundness data Sediment Sample code: Roundness class No. of clasts (total = 25 minimum): Very angular Angular Sub-angular Sub-rounded Rounded Well rounded
Assignment Information Module Name: Project Discovery Module Code: 6002CMD Assignment Title: CW1 - Proposal (including evidence of submission of Ethics application) Assignment Due: 4 December 2025: 18.00 For assessments that are submitted through Turnitin, the University allows a 24-hour grace period for receipt of submission. Therefore, submissions will only be accepted up until the 5 December 2025 by 18.00hrs. This should NOT be viewed as extra time to complete the assessment but is provided to allow for any unforeseen technical issues that may occur around the submission deadline, especially when Turnitin is handling large numbers of submissions. Please note that this assessment is not eligible for an extension. If you do not pass this assessment, you may have an opportunity to resit it. If you do need to resit, you will be asked to use the feedback provided to revise your original submission , so that it meets the pass requirements for the module. You must clearly indicate the changes you have made in the new submission. Please check your SOLAR results and the submission links on your Aula module page to see when the resit is due. Assignment Credit: ! 20 credits ! Word Count (or equivalent): Range 2000- 5000 words (not counting Reference Section) You should state your word count at the end of the written work. If you exceed the word limit by more than 10% (i.e. if you exceed 5500 words), then your work will only be read up to the allocated limit. Assignment Type: Percentage Grade (Applied Core Assessment). You will be provided with an overall grade between 0% and 100%. To pass the assignment you must achieve a grade of 40% or above. Assignment Task ! This is an Amber assignment – AI can be used to assist you with research and writing but must be credited precisely how any tool was used. You will be guided on best practices on using Generative AI models/Large language Models like Microsoft’s copilot to ensure your own authenticity and creativity is demonstrated ! The 6002CMD semester 1 Project Discovery Module acts as a foundation for the second semester Individual Project Module. Guidance will be provided throughout. In the 6002CMD Project Discovery Module you will identify a suitable research question for your Individual Project, as well as conduct extensive background research in related topics, and use that information to form. a robust plan for executing both the technical and research aspects of the project. You will be allocated a member of staff as Supervisor to guide you with whom you will be able to discuss project proposal ideas. Your task to pass this module is to: A 1. Define an idea for a project related to your course and come up with a project proposal title 2. Craft a suitable research question/sub-questions and choose an appropriate methodology derived from reviewing scientific and technical literature B 3. Write-up your idea for an individual project presenting this in a proposal document in WORD which includes a reference list of real, existing sources at the end. 4. You must prepare an ethics application in CU Ethics online and include the ethics application number [Pxxxxx] in your proposal document. Walk-through of the CU Ethics online platform. will be provided to prepare you to answer the numerous questions you must address in the ethics application form. The deliverable is the proposal document which should be structured in a coherent, logical manner, such as this: 1. Title page with your name and student ID 2. Abstract: this should succinctly summarise the proposed project idea in approx. 300 words maximum 3. Contents page 4. Introduction to the project proposal idea outlining: a. Proposed research question or research statement to explore b. Motivation – why you have chosen this particular topic c. Aims and Objectives 5. Literature Review: this section should be written in narrative style presenting the latest research from reviewing scientific, technical, statistical and other literature available through Lanchester Library’s LOCATE online access to trustworthy sources. Use your university credentials to access here: Locate 6. Proposed research methodology derived from the literature review appropriate to execute your individual project. 7. Tentative timeline project plan presenting identified tasks and duration (you can use Gantt chart or other tool) 8. *Declaration of how a Generative AI/ Large language model was used, see below. 9. Reference list: sources must be real. Guidance on how to present sources using APA will be provided during the semester. Template for the proposal will be uploaded to Aula and walk-through to guide you on how to present your project proposal. Submission Instructions: Submissions must be made through Aula before the scheduled deadline. The word-count must be included. Reminder, the Reference List should be presented at the end of the proposal, the words in it do not count towards the word-count for your proposal, items 2-7 from above. Guidance on how to ethically use Generative AI/large language models will be provided to boost your research and understanding of topics. Before then, please do check OpenAI’s guidelines at the link below, on the responsible use of Generative AI/ Large language model: A Student’s Guide to Writing with ChatGPT | OpenAI: Note this warning from OpenAI: “There are also ways to use ChatGPT that are counterproductive to learning—like generating an essay instead of writing it oneself, which deprives students of the opportunity to practice, improve their skills, and grapple with the material.” “For students committed to becoming better writers and thinkers … some ways to use ChatGPT to engage more deeply with the learning process.” The same advice should be applied if you use other free Generative AI tools, such as Microsoft’s copilot. The university will not be responsible for compensating you if you use a subscription version of any Generative AI or any other AI tool used for the proposal. *In your proposal, you should include a summary of where and how you used Generative AI tools at the end of your work before your reference list. This could include the adaptation of the following table: Tool How used in this assignment e.g. ChatGPT-3.5 Key word search on topics related to learning outcomes e.g. Microsoft Copilot Summarising documents as part of background research If you experience any technical problems when trying to submit your work, please consult Aula help via the question mark link. If these problems are experienced at the time of the submission deadline and cannot be quickly resolved, please capture screenshots as evidence and email these and your completed assessment to the module leader as soon as possible. Whilst this cannot be marked it could be used as evidence that you’ve gained no time advantage on your work should this be needed for an appeal. Marking and Feedback How will my assignment be marked? Your assignment will be marked by the module team How will I receive my grades and feedback? Provisional marks will be released once internally moderated Feedback will be provided by the module team alongside grades release Feedback comments can be accessed by clicking on your submission in Turnitin and selecting the comments icon. Your provisional marks and feedback should be available within 2 weeks (10 working days). What will I be marked against? Details of the marking criteria for this task can be found at the bottom of this assignment brief. Assessed Module Learning Outcomes The Learning Outcomes for this module align to the marking criteria which can be found at the end of this brief. Ensure you understand the marking criteria to ensure successful achievement of the assessment task. The following module learning outcomes are assessed in this task: 1. Identify a suitable topic or problem relevant to both course title and chosen personal specialism. 2. Appraise current information resources relevant to the topic and justify appropriate problem-solving strategies with respect to resources, tools and techniques. 3. Deploy project planning skills for the development of a significant piece of individual work. 4. Assess professional, legal, social and ethical issues relating to research and project work. 5. Communicate effectively in formal and informal situations the topic with interested parties.
GGR201H5F Fall 2025 Practical Exercise 3: Sediment Analysis (Part ii) Due: Tuesday 2nd Dec, 9 pm Outline & rubric Practical class Assignment component Mark November 14th Part (i) Sediment description, roundness analysis November 21st Part (ii) Grain size analysis, report briefing November 28th Q&A 2nd December Online submission by 9 pm Total: 100 Introduction: In this practical you are investigating the sedimentary properties of seven sediment samples (Samples A-G) collected from contrasting depositional environments in the region; using the data compiled from a series of sediment descriptions and analyses you will attempt to match each sample to the location at which it was collected - Sample sites 1-7. The sample letters and site numbers have been randomised - accordingly, this exercise requires an appreciation of how sedimentary characteristics may reflect the geomorphological origin, transport history and depositional environment of contrasting landform. and environmental settings (although a simple visual assessment will provide plenty of clues!). The techniques used in this analysis are widely used in geomorphological studies: 1. Sediment description (a qualitative description of average grain size characteristics) 2. Clast roundness analysis (using the Powers roundness classification) 3. Grain size (sieve) analysis These techniques are outlined in the sections below, together with an outline of the required report structure and rubric. Sample site locations and details The seven sample sites are illustrated in the pdf file GGR201H5F_2025_Practical_3_Sediment_Sample_Sites and are listed below: • Woodbine Beach, Toronto: Sites 3 and 6 • Sonnet Beach, Oakville: Sites 1 and 4 • Sixteen-Mile Creek, Oakville (Glenorchy Conservation Area): Sites 2 (channel bed) and 5 (bar top) • Twelve-Mile Creek (un-named tributary), Pelham: Site 7 (channel bed – dry at time of sampling) Analysis 1: Sediment description This exercise entailed a simple description of the general grain size characteristics of each sample. For fine sediment samples this can be obtained using the fine sediment description flowchart (e.g. fine sand, silt, etc) and the Grain Size cards. Analysis 2: Powers Roundness Analysis Powers roundness analysis was conducted on a minimum of 25 randomly-selected individual clasts; reduced counts for Sample D reflects the fewer number of large clasts in this sample. Raw counts and percentage data are presented in the following Excel file: GGR201H5F_2025_Practical_3_Powers_roundness_data.xls Note the following abbreviations: • va = very angular • a = angular • sa = sub-angular • sr = sub-rounded • r = rounded • wr = well-rounded Analysis 3: Grain Size Analysis Grain size analysis was conducted for each sample outside of practical classes using a two-stage sieving methodology as follows: 1. Dried and weighed sub-samples were passed through a 64mm to 2mm sieve stack (-6 to -1 phi). This included a 30-minute period mounted in an automatic sieve-shaker. 2. The sediment retained on each sieve was weighed and recorded; sediments finer than 2mm (the
Business Economics - BUST08005 Assignment Two 2025 (weight 50%) This year’s second assignment comprises two tasks: a numerical problem and a 1000-word essay question. You must do BOTH of them. Use the knowledge acquired in class in combination with your own research. PROBLEM (max 10 pages) In early 2023, the clean-tech company Solora Energy launched its patented Solar Home Kit (SHK) in two neighboring countries with very different economic and demographic profiles. • In Auroria (AU), a high-income, developed nation, households purchase SHKs as part of a sustainability lifestyle. choice. Kits are often installed alongside existing grid connections, motivated by environmental awareness and government incentives. • In Borealis (BO), a lower-income, developing country, SHKs provide essential off-grid electricity access. Here, the kits are a basic necessity, enabling lighting, refrigeration, and mobile charging in rural areas with weak grid infrastructure. To secure its license in Borealis, Solora agreed with the local government to enforce a strict ban on cross - border trade of SHKs. The demand functions for the two markets (in millions of kits) are: QBO=36-3PBO QAU=48-2PAU The total cost (TC), in millions too, depends on the total amount of units produced Q = QAU + QBO and also includes 50 million of fixed costs. TC follows the expression: TC=50+4Q+Q2/12 i. Does Solora meet the conditions necessary to implement price discrimination between Auroria and Borealis? Explain. (10%) ii. What is Solora’s profit-maximization strategy? State the prices and quantities for both markets, and compute the resulting level of social welfare. (25%) iii. Are the prices derived above consistent with the elasticity rule for price discrimination? Comment on the results. (20%) iv. Soon after launch, Solora suspects that corrupt officials in Borealis are hoarding entire shipments of SHKs to resell illegally in Auroria. To address this, Solora considers investing in border security. What is the maximum amount Solora should be willing to invest in additional monitoring? (25%) v. Suppose Solora does not invest in security. A competitor, LumenPower, introduces its own patented solar kit. Consumers view both kits as identical, so the firms compete only on output, splitting demand at the same price. LumenPower’s cost function is: TC=50+4Q+Q²/36. Determine the equilibrium outputs and market shares of Solora and LumenPower. (10%) vi. Explain what would happen to the market as described in part v) if it was suddenly discovered that 50% of the SHKs supplied by both companies are defective, producing significantly less electricity. Buyers, who are risk-neutral, cannot distinguish defective kits from functional ones, and their demand for reduced-functionality kits is: QAU=12-2PAU (10%) You can scan your handwritten answers if you prefer. Please round your numbers to two decimals. Excellent answers always include five elements: A) the correct results, B) all workings, C) definitions of all relevant concepts, D) charts and diagrams when needed, and E) discussion of the results. Make sure you never go beyond the 10-page limit of the problem set. WRITTEN ESSAY (2x500=1000 words) For this assignment, you are required to connect recent news to the theoretical frameworks covered in class with Dr. Mustapha Douch. You must identify two press releases or news articles (published in 2024 or later) : 1. One article that relates to Game Theory and Oligopoly. 2. One article that relates to Asymmetric Information and/or Network Economics. You may choose news from anywhere in the world, but neither article may be one that was discussed in class. For each press release, you must write a 500-word discussion that: • Explains the economic issues presented in the article. • Establishes as many correct and relevant links as possible between the article and the theories discussed in class. • Provides critical analysis supported by academic or textbook references. The assessment will value relevance, originality, and quality of discussion, but a key focus will be the number of different, accurate theoretical links you can establish between the news item and the lecture content. Finally, you must include a reference list with at least 10 sources in total, using the Harvard referencing format. Your references should cover both the press releases and the academic material used to support your analysis. If a press release title is not originally in English, provide an English translation. Always include a working link to each press release. Finally, compile the two 500-word sections into a single 1,000-word essay, ready for submission alongside the problem set as one document. Word limit: 1000 words (essay) + 10 pages (problem) Deadline: 2pm on Friday, December 5th, 2025 Marking Rubric for the Written Essay Criteria Weight (%) Excellent (70-100%) Very Good (60-69%) Good (50-59%) Satisfactory (40-49%) Needs Improvement (0-39%) 1. Selection and Relevance of News Articles 25% Two highly relevant, original, and timely articles (2024+); strong alignment with required topic pairs; clear scope for multiple theory links; not previously discussed in class. Articles mostly relevant and timely; minor gaps in originality or topic coverage; generally suitable for analysis. Articles somewhat relevant but limited in scope; weak or partial connection to one of the topic areas. Articles weakly relevant; originality limited; minimal attempt to connect to required topics. Articles largely irrelevant or missing; fails to cover required topic pairs or repeats class material. 2. Number and Accuracy of Theoretical Links 35% Numerous correct and well-explained links between news and lecture content; demonstrates deep understanding of Game Theory, Oligopoly, Asymmetric Information, and/or Network Economics. Several strong, mostly correct links established; good understanding with minor errors or omissions. Some links identified but superficial or partially incorrect; understanding is limited. Few links established; vague, poorly explained, or containing multiple errors. Very few or no correct links; major misunderstandings of theory; fails to connect articles to lecture content. 3. Depth and Quality of Analysis (500 words per case) 25% Discussions are rigorous, insightful, and well-structured; issues clearly explained; analysis is critical and engaging; arguments supported with references. Discussions clear and structured; relevant issues identified; analysis generally sound though minor weaknesses in clarity or depth. Discussions uneven; some relevant points made but lack detail, depth, or clarity; analysis often descriptive rather than critical. Discussions weakly structured; explanations incomplete or unclear; little evidence of critical analysis. Discussions poorly written or incomplete; little or no evidence of understanding; one or both cases missing. 4. Structure, Presentation, and Referencing 15% Document is well-organized, coherent, and professional; polished writing style; Harvard referencing fully correct and consistent; at least 10 sources used; press releases linked and titles translated where necessary. Well-organized and mostly clear; minor referencing or formatting errors; sufficient sources; links provided. Organization adequate but uneven; referencing inconsistent; close to minimum sources; some missing details (e.g., links or translations). Weak organization; referencing incomplete or incorrect; fewer than 10 sources; clarity issues present. Poorly structured; many referencing errors or missing references; links not provided; difficult to follow.
DL-Fall-25 Kaggle Contest In this competition, participants are tasked with the Supervised-Fine Tuning(SFT) of Llama3-8B model to predict the correctness of answers to math questions. The goal is to assess whether the provided answer to each question is correct or not. We will host this competition on Kaggle. You must join the hosted competition on Kaggle and make a submission. You can find a detailed description of the contest on the overview page on Kaggle. We hope you enjoy this contest and have a great learning experience. All the best! Competition Rules 1. Model: Only Llama3-8B model is permitted 2. Dataset: NO external dataset is permitted. You must use the given training dataset. You can NOT use the test partition for any kind of training. 3. Max team size: 3 4. Every participant of your team should register on Kaggle with their NYU NetID email address and join the contest and the respective team. 5. NYU's academic rules and Kaggle's contest rules hold true. Joining the contest ● Register your team here: DL Fall 25 Registration ● Create an account on Kaggle using your NYU email id(Net Id) and use this link to join t ● he contest. ● Make sure to form. a team and join your teammates on Kaggle. Deadlines ● Contest Deadline: EST - 11:55 PM, Nov 2, 2025 ● Report submission deadline on the Gradescope: EST - 11:55 PM, Nov 4, 2025 Grading rubric ● Accuracy [50/100] ○ 0.80 / in among top 20% in the leaderboard : 50 ● Report [35/100] ● Code [15/100] ○ Create a Github repository and upload related code. Include a link in your report. ○ Share a link to your model's weight by uploading on cloud storage. ○ Training, Validation, Inference code quality and reproducibility. ● Extra 20 points to First three ranks and 10 extra points to fourth to sixth ranks on the final Kaggle leaderboard. ● PS: Half of the test cases are hidden. Kaggle will show scores on only 50% of the test cases before the contest ends. Once the contest ends it will show the final leaderboard. Submission Instructions Kaggle Contest You can do 5 submissions per day per team on the Kaggle. You must do it at least once throughout the contest. You need to submit a CSV file with two columns ‘ ID’ and ‘is_correct’ . More details and a sample submission file is available on the contest page. Report ● You must submit a report in ACL format on the Gradescope. Overleaf template: ACL 2023 Proceedings Template - Overleaf, Online LaTeX Editor . ● Make sure you have Introduction, Dataset, Model description, Experimentation description and hyperparameters settings, Results and Conclusion sections. What methods you tried, what worked and what didn’t. ● Include a link to your training/inference notebook and the model weights. Getting Started Starter Notebook: ● DL_Fall_2025_starter_notebook Ideas for improvement on the baseline: ● Read more about LoRA and adjust LoRA parameters and Quantization strategies. ● Hyperparameter tuning. ● Try different prompts. ● Make use of the ‘Solution’ column in your training as they can impart a sense of reasoning to your model.
