Lehekülje MScSeminar II 2019 Autumn lähteteksti vaatamine


Course description: https://ois.ttu.ee/subject/ITX8302

Course timetable: https://ois.ttu.ee/timetable/ITX8302

=Deadlines=

* date <strike>Oct 17</strike> Oct 20: Add description of which method you are going to use in your MSc thesis. Submit it to [https://ained.ttu.ee/course/view.php?id=281 ained.ttu.ee] to the appropriate assignment.
[[Problem Statement]]

* No seminar on Oct 24. Check the Schedule on https://ained.ttu.ee for next meetings.

* date Oct 30: Review deadline (3 reviews each)

* date Nov 21: Background and related work chapter submission.

* date TBA:

* October - December: Defence talk practice.

=Plan=

* Intro
* Seminar on reviewing.
** Ian Parberry's advice: [https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~dahlin/professional/parbery-referee.pdf]
** Bertrand Meyer: Why I sign my reviews: [http://se.ethz.ch/~meyer/publications/online/whysign/]
*** HW: Read [http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v406/n6794/full/406378a0.html Error and Attack Tolerance].
* Interactive session on problem statement and methodology.
* Seminar on background and related work. [https://usingsources.fas.harvard.edu]
* Seminar on how to write papers / theses. [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/academic-program/write-great-research-paper/ How to write a great research paper]
* Seminar on how to give presentations. [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/academic-program/give-great-research-talk/ A set of slides and video by Simon Peyton Jones]. We will take a look at [http://cs.au.dk/~amoeller/talks/talks.pdf  another] take on the matter in class.
* October 17 - December: Student presentations according to the schedule at [https://ained.ttu.ee/course/view.php?id=281 ained.ttu.ee]. NB! You should sign yourself up ASAP for an open slot!

=Grading=

* 10% of 100%: Problem statement and methodology, another 10% of  100% for giving feedback to problem statements submitted by others.
* 50% of 100%: Background and related work submission.
* 30% of 100%: Your mock defence talk and participation in seminars where other students give talks. Note that you will need to submit your current draft of the thesis by the time you give the talk. The draft is not marked, but it will be used for questions after your talk.

The final grade will be calculated as follows from the sum of the above results:

* 90% or more: 5
* 80% or more: 4
* 70% or more: 3
* 60% or more: 2
* 50% or more: 1
* less than 50%: 0

=Useful links=

[https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/academic-program/write-great-research-paper/ How to write a great research paper (thesis)] by Simon Peyton Jones.

[[Selecting the Research Method]]

[https://livettu-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/juhan_ernits_ttu_ee/EQjrSbBeTKpOo1zpzVzdS18BYRkhY5hxcB2Fj_UJOeLVqw?e=cvhM3L list of available thesis topics for defence in the Summer 2019]

[https://livettu-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/juhan_ernits_ttu_ee/EX7g7yXZIVdPqBOcMsEd4ooB7TN955AtDh5Qxs-XQWrgaw?e=hxGo2c list of available thesis topics for defence in the Summer 2020]

Ian Parberry's advice: [https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~dahlin/professional/parbery-referee.pdf]

Bertrand Meyer: Why I sign my reviews: [http://se.ethz.ch/~meyer/publications/online/whysign/]

Seminar on writing thesis in Latex. An example of TTÜ thesis template in Latex is [https://github.com/antirais/thesis_template here].

Digital library TalTech [https://digi.lib.ttu.ee/?]