Initial proposal outline

proposal.md

+# Title:
+3-5 word title
+
+### Summary:
+One or two sentence summary of the problem and the proposed solution approach
+
+### Project git repo(s):
+Link to repo(s) which will have all project-related content
+
+### Splash images
+One or two graphics that capture and communicate the problem and proposed solution to technical but non-expert audiences. 
+
+
+## Big picture 
+
+### What is the overall problem that this and related research is trying to solve?
+
+### Why should people care about the problem?
+
+### What has been done so far to solve this problem?
+
+## Specific project scope
+
+### What subset of the overall problem are you addressing in particular?
+
+### How does solving this subproblem lead towards solving the big picture problem?
+
+### What is your specific approach to solving this subproblem?
+
+### How will this approach result in a solution?
+
+### How will we know that this subproblem has been satisfactorily solved, using quantitative metrics?
+
+## Broader impact
+(even if someone doesn't care about the big picture problem that you started with, why should they still care about the specific work that you've produced?  Who else can use your processes and results, and how?)
+
+### What is the value of your approach beyond this specific solution?
+
+### What is the value of this solution beyond solely solving this subproblem and getting us closer to solving the big picture problem?
+
+## Background / related work / references
+
+Link to your literature review in your repo.
+
+## Goals, deliverables, tasks
+
+### Concrete external deadlines (paper submissions):
+Include deadlines as well as research targets
+
+### Detailed schedule (weekly goals / deliverables / tasks):
+Link to schedule in your repo.
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