Progress Report

150 Bleeker Street

Newark, NJ 07102

March 22, 2016

Martha Kein

Cullimore Hall, Room 431

Department of Humanities, NJIT

Newark, NJ 07102

Dear Professor Kein,

Good afternoon, Professor Kein. I hope you had a wonderful spring break. In this letter, I will be reporting on my progress on the research paper for HUM 102 L64 class. I will explain what I have accomplished so far, what I still must complete, what problems I have faced, and what my specific schedule for completing this report.

I have polished my research question as well as assembled my annotated bibliography on my sources that I am currently using. I have not yet written an introductory paragraph for my paper, but I have written multiple paragraphs pertaining to the basic idea of my project, as well as an explanation on the areas that I would like to implement my program. At this moment, I believe that I have almost enough sources to use for my research paper. I will most likely need at most two more library sources that have more to do with medical diagnosis and implementation of a machine learning artificial intelligence into a program. I still need complete an introductory paragraph with a compelling thesis statement that sets and provides a good introduction for my paper. I also still need to scavenge through some of the sources I have listed for more pertinent information regarding the medical diagnosis aspect of my project. I may also have to alter the way that my paragraphs are ordered to create a more coherent and logical flow of information. The problems I have faced so far are mostly in the medical aspect of my proposal. I am finding it quite hard to find a reliable source that will help me solidify my claim that the medical diagnosis done by the program will be reliable. I am also finding it difficult to depict my proposed program in a compelling way. Since I will not be actually creating a program for this paper, it is hard to describe the details on the program. At this point in time, I am certain that I will finish a draft of the paper by March 29th. I will finish writing up an initial draft by Saturday March 26th. I have a meeting scheduled with the writing center on the week of March 28th, to have another pair of eyes look at my paper.

Sincerely,

Taiga Akiyama