MSc seminar I 2019 Spring

ITX8301 Magistriseminar I / MSc Seminar I

Lecturers:

• Jüri Vain

Spring 2019: Monday 14:00 in room ICT-637 (NEW ROOM!!!)

Timetable in the Study Information System: https://ois.ttu.ee/timetable/ITX8301

Course description in the Study Information System: https://ois.ttu.ee/subject/ITX8301

Plan:

• Seminar 1: Reference structure: What parts the MSc thesis consist of?
• Seminar 2: Discussion on how to select thesis topic?
  • Students present their preliminary choice of topics and motivate their choice.
  • Discussion provides feedback on the feasibility of the choice, outlines possible risks and recommendations on the thesis preparation roadmap
• Introduction. How to perform search and evaluate sources I
• How to perform search and evaluate sources II.
• 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
• 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?

• Individual research period. No scheduled seminar, but students are welcome to contact the seminar staff in case they want to discuss their topic.

• : Structured writing (text processors and Latex). a sample template
• : How give talks?. In the seminar we looked at the following slides.
• April 8: Problem Statement submission deadline. Submission at https://ained.ttu.ee

Student presentations

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 2019

Methods for research

Selecting the Research Method