MSc seminar I 2021 Spring

ITX8301 Magistriseminar I / MSc Seminar I

Lecturer:

• Juhan Ernits

Spring 2021: Mon 16:00-17:30 online only in [Teams Team for ITX8301 in Spring 2021] at least until the end of February 2021. When we can move to the hybrid option then we will be able to use the room ICT-A2.

Preliminary plan:

• Jan 25: Introduction. How to perform search and evaluate sources I

[1], [2]

• Feb 1: How to perform search and evaluate sources II.

• Task: deadline March 1: Pick a research paper (with the help of supervisor / seminar lecturer), read it and be prepared to present the results.

• Feb 8 - Discussion on how research papers are written and how to read them. Please watch the following video before the seminar: [3]
• Feb 15 Research talks by example. Please watch some talk videos, e.g. ESEC/FSE2019 keynotes Satya Nadella's keynote at CVPR2020 (Current videos from the CVF youtube channel [4]) (more links to be provided according to your interests).
• Feb 22 Discussion on how to give research talks. Please watch the video ahead of the seminar [5]

• March 1: Student presentations round I (research paper of interest or problem statement)
  • Lauri
• March 8: Student presentations round I(research paper of interest or problem statement)
  • Sander
  • Jonathan
  • Molika
• March 15: Student presentations round I(research paper of interest or problem statement)
  • Lino
  • Semjon
  • Mike
• March 22 : What constitutes a good problem statement for MSc thesis?

• April 5:
• April 12:
• April 19: Structured writing in Latex
• April 26: Discussion of submissions (submissions due on April 30)

• May 3: Student presentations
• May 10: 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: [6]
• :

• : 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