10
- The problem definition and the research questions are excellently motivated, with underlined urgency and scientific, technological and societal relevance for the present and the future;
- The choice of an approach to solve the problem is visionary, original and argued to be future-proof and possibly applicable to other fields;
- The relevance of the problem must be supported by examples and evidences (e.g. literature);
- The paper decomposes the main problem, in a motivated way, into manageable and clear sub-problems;
- The discussion of the paper maintains full control over all assumptions;
- There are relevant illustrative qualitative and quantitative examples;
- The hypothetical solutions of the problem are argued to be far reaching;
- The paper manages complexity and presents difficult concept in an pleasantly comprehensive way;
- The problem definition, the research questions and project objectives are connected in visionary ways which go beyond the narrow field of the project (e.g. various applications, enabling technologies).
9
- Motivated problem definition and research questions with underlined scientific and technological relevance;
- The paper analyses and scrutinizes the problem definition, e.g. why the problem is relevant and not solved yet by others, what makes it possible to solve the problem now;
- The addressed problems are quantified;
- Relevant qualitative examples which illustrate the problem are given;
- The main problem is exposed as topical and urgent;
- The choice of an approach to solve the problem is clearly motivated and compared to alternatives;
- Clear links to applications and utilization are given;
- Alternative hypothetical solutions with respect to the SOTA and trends in the field are discussed;
- The problem definition, the research questions and the project objectives are connected in deep and original ways.
8
- The addressed problem(s) and research question(s) become quickly and easily clear (efficient exposition);
- The main problem is profoundly motivated via different angles, e.g. both own analysis and literature sources;
- The choice of an approach to solve the problem is clearly motivated;
- Relevant examples are given;
- Specific examples are given on how a bigger problem can be decomposed into manageable smaller challenges;
- The set goals of the work are clear and realistic;
- The problem definition, the research questions and project objectives are logically connected.
7
- There are explicit problem definitions, research questions and goals of the project;
- The addressed problem is clear and made explicit;
- Examples are given;
- The approach to solve the problem in the paper is clear and made explicit;
- The report is focused;
- The problem definition and project objectives are connected.
6
- The goals of the paper and the addressed problem can be inferred from the text;
- The target application is mentioned;