MSc seminar I 2020 Spring

ITX8301 Magistriseminar I / MSc Seminar I

Lecturer:

• Juhan Ernits

Spring 2020: Wed 16:00 in room ICT-A1.

Preliminary plan:

• Jan 29: Introduction. How to perform search and evaluate sources I
• Feb 5: How to perform search and evaluate sources II.

• Task: deadline March 4: Pick a research paper (with the help of supervisor / seminar lecturer), read it and be prepared to present the results.

• Feb 12 - No meeting https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/academic-program/write-great-research-paper/
• Feb 19 - No meeting https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/academic-program/give-great-research-talk/
• Feb 26 - No meeting

• March 4: Student presentations round I (research paper of interest or problem statement)
• March 11: Student presentations round I(research paper of interest or problem statement)
• March 18: Student presentations round I(research paper of interest or problem statement)
• March 25:

• April 1:
• April 8:
• April 15: Deadline for submitting problem statement (or extended thesis document containing problem statement, background and related work and methodology)
• April 22:
• April 29: Student presentations

• May 6: Student presentations
• May 13: Student presentations

• : Thesis topic presentations and meeting with potential supervisors HW: Read Error and Attack Tolerance. To be discussed in 2 weeks time.
• : How to set up research case studies based on former successful students
• Oct 5: How to prototype the MSc thesis outline. Analysis of the paper given in last seminar. Related reading: [1]
• : What constitutes a good problem statement for MSc thesis?

• : Structured writing (text processors and Latex). a sample template
• : How give talks?. In the seminar we looked at the following slides.
• : Problem Statement submission deadline. Submission at https://ained.ttu.ee

Student presentations

On your MSc topic

April - May

The discussion forum and problem statement upload is available at https://ained.ttu.ee

Problem Statement

Thesis topics

List of thesis topics for defence in Spring 2020

Methods for research

Selecting the Research Method

Grading

ITX8301:

• 50% Written problem statement.
• 20% Presentation of research paper (peresentation session I).
• 30% Final presentation and participation in sessions where fellow students give presentations.

ITX8302:

• 20% of 100%: Problem statement and methodology.
• 50% of 100%: Written 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