- Beginning on September 10, students can start seeing professors to discuss possible interest on their papers. Students are asked not to "negotiate" with more than two professors at any given time.

- Students are strongly encouraged not to make a firm choice before meeting at least once with the professor to get a clear understanding of the nature and extend of the intended work. When a student has chosen a paper, he/she must immediately e-mail this decision to the course coordinator (Ruben) and the Grad Secretary (Viena) , and cc the professor. The professor should then mark this paper as "unavailable".

- The intended deadline for submitting the fifth report is Wednesday, April 8 (last day of class). Individual professors may have a tighter/looser deadline. In all cases, the last report submission date must be clearly determined and mutually agreed betweeen the student and professor.

- Professors are asked to keep the status of their papers as "available" until the paper has been firmly chosen by a student. The rule "first come first serve" should be applied. In case of "tie" or "close call", the professor makes a choice and immediately informs all the involved students.