Submit your research topic for your final project. Use as much space as you think you need to describe the idea. If one or two paragraphs seem enough, that is fine, and if you feel a bit more background might be helpful, you can go up to 1 page (not more).

This needs to be precisely and concretely scoped; do not say something vague like “I want to write a paper on [some broad AI topic].” Think carefully about something that would make sense for a paper that is 5-7 pages long.

I suggest you discuss your idea with me in the weeks leading up to this date so by the time you submit this it is in as good shape as possible already. This will give you as much time as possible to work on the paper itself.

If you want to propose something that is not a paper but some other kind of project (data analysis or visualization, some kind of code, a website, whatever), make sure you are really explicit about what you’re thinking.