Week 10
Feedback Incorporated
Month 3 focuses on polish - reproducibility, advisor feedback, code release, and presentation readiness - while locking the core thesis for Review 2.
Place in the arc
Month 3 focuses on polish - reproducibility, advisor feedback, code release, and presentation readiness - while locking the core thesis for Review 2.
Objectives
These objectives define what success looked like for Week 10. Meeting them either unlocked the next experiment, closed a risk, or produced evidence for the thesis claim that diffusion expansion is domain-dependent.
- [ ] Complete reproducibility verification
- [ ] Incorporate advisor feedback
- [ ] Finalize code release
- [ ] Draft presentation
What we built and measured
Below is the detailed record for the week - methods, implementation notes, and experimental setup - expanded from the team log so a reader can follow the technical path without the repository open.
1. Reproducibility Verification Complete
All main results reproduced from fresh clone:
| Experiment | Paper | Reproduced | Δ | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NFCorpus nDCG@10 | 0.371 | 0.370 | 0.001 | ✅ |
| FiQA nDCG@10 | 0.451 | 0.452 | 0.001 | ✅ |
| SciFact nDCG@10 | 0.679 | 0.678 | 0.001 | ✅ |
| TREC-COVID nDCG@10 | 0.634 | 0.635 | 0.001 | ✅ |
All ablations also verified. Results match within expected variance.
2. Advisor Feedback Incorporated
Feedback received:
| Feedback | Action Taken |
|---|---|
| "Clarify semantic anchoring definition" | Added formal definition in Section 3.1 |
| "Add computational cost comparison" | Added Table 4 with GPU-hours and API costs |
| "Strengthen negative result framing" | Rewrote SciFact discussion as hypothesis validation |
| "Missing reproducibility details" | Added hyperparameter appendix |
3. Code Release Finalized
Repository ready for public release:
- All tests passing
- Documentation complete
- License added (MIT)
- Citation file added
- Example notebooks included
# Verify installation works
pip install -r requirements.txt
python experiments/run_beir.py --dataset nfcorpus --method quid
# Output: nDCG@10 = 0.370 ✓4. Presentation Draft
15-minute presentation outline:
| Section | Time | Key Points |
|---|---|---|
| Problem | 2 min | Query-document asymmetry |
| Current Solutions | 2 min | HyDE, limitations |
| QUID Method | 3 min | Diffusion as anchoring |
| Results | 5 min | Main table, ablations |
| Contributions | 3 min | Summary, future work |
Slides: 18 slides, key visualizations from paper.
Numbers and what they mean
Metrics are only useful with interpretation. Where tables appear, read the deltas as claims about when QUID helps (vocabulary gap) versus when HyDE or vanilla wins (knowledge / claim gap). Agentic weeks emphasize tool-call policies over blind expansion.
1. Reproducibility Verification Complete
All main results reproduced from fresh clone:
| Experiment | Paper | Reproduced | Δ | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NFCorpus nDCG@10 | 0.371 | 0.370 | 0.001 | ✅ |
| FiQA nDCG@10 | 0.451 | 0.452 | 0.001 | ✅ |
| SciFact nDCG@10 | 0.679 | 0.678 | 0.001 | ✅ |
| TREC-COVID nDCG@10 | 0.634 | 0.635 | 0.001 | ✅ |
All ablations also verified. Results match within expected variance.
2. Advisor Feedback Incorporated
Feedback received:
| Feedback | Action Taken |
|---|---|
| "Clarify semantic anchoring definition" | Added formal definition in Section 3.1 |
| "Add computational cost comparison" | Added Table 4 with GPU-hours and API costs |
| "Strengthen negative result framing" | Rewrote SciFact discussion as hypothesis validation |
| "Missing reproducibility details" | Added hyperparameter appendix |
3. Code Release Finalized
Repository ready for public release:
- All tests passing
- Documentation complete
- License added (MIT)
- Citation file added
- Example notebooks included
# Verify installation works
pip install -r requirements.txt
python experiments/run_beir.py --dataset nfcorpus --method quid
# Output: nDCG@10 = 0.370 ✓4. Presentation Draft
15-minute presentation outline:
| Section | Time | Key Points |
|---|---|---|
| Problem | 2 min | Query-document asymmetry |
| Current Solutions | 2 min | HyDE, limitations |
| QUID Method | 3 min | Diffusion as anchoring |
| Results | 5 min | Main table, ablations |
| Contributions | 3 min | Summary, future work |
Slides: 18 slides, key visualizations from paper.
Challenges
- Feedback turnaround: Quick turnaround needed for revisions. Completed in 2 days.
- Appendix formatting: Page limits required careful organization.
Key learnings
- Advisor feedback significantly improved paper clarity
- Reproducibility documentation is essential for credibility
- Presentation forces distillation of key messages
Plan for next week
- Final paper polish
- Practice presentation
- Prepare supplementary materials
Hours logged
| Activity | Hours |
|---|---|
| Reproducibility verification | 8 |
| Feedback incorporation | 10 |
| Code finalization | 8 |
| Presentation drafting | 6 |
| Total | 32 |
Notes for advisor
All feedback incorporated. Paper ready for final review. Presentation draft ready for practice session.