Interoperation Report
Negotiate a shared working protocol with a partner over three labs, then report what each of you conceded, and what held.
Submission instructions: the hand-in process and whether uploads are available.
Agree a protocol with someone who runs a different one, and write down what it cost you both.
In week 9’s lab you meet a partner the tutor chose, deliberately, to mix the room. Over the labs of weeks 9, 10 and 11, and the working weeks in between, the two of you negotiate a shared protocol for how you work together: reply times, how either of you says “I need a pause”, what depth your conversations stay at, and how either of you flags a mismatch.
Then each of you, separately, reports what happened.
What a strong response does#
The fix is bilateral. A report in which one partner conceded everything describes conversion, not interoperation, and should say so plainly if that’s what happened. That can still be a strong report, if it’s honest about it.
It reports disagreement as data. If you and your partner remember the concessions differently, describe the difference in the report rather than settling on one account.
It uses the course’s terms exactly: payload, timeout, rate limit, mismatch.
What you submit#
- The final bilateral protocol, in the week 11 format: clause, who concedes, how either of you checks it.
- A report of 1000–1500 words, written by you alone: what you conceded, what your partner conceded, what held, what didn’t, and why.
Each partner submits their own report. You may share the protocol document; you may not share the report.
If the partnership stops working, tell Jonah by the end of week 10’s lab. A renegotiated partnership is a legitimate thing to report.
Due Sunday 30 May 2027, 23:59 Canberra time.
The spec
These are the checks a marker uses. Work through them before you submit.
- The report includes the final bilateral protocol, with at least four clauses, each saying who concedes and how either of you checks it.
- It includes a mismatch signal that either partner can use without explaining.
- It says what you conceded and what your partner conceded, and reports any place your two accounts differ.
- Each partner submits their own report, written separately.
How it is marked
| Criterion | Weight |
|---|---|
| The protocol: clauses are specific, and each says how either partner checks it | 30% |
| Concessions: an honest account of what both partners gave up, including disagreements | 30% |
| What held: evidence from the three labs and the weeks between | 25% |
| Terms: course vocabulary used exactly, not re-coined | 15% |