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
• Feb 19 - No meeting
• Feb 26 - No meeting

• March 4: Student presentations
• March 11: Student presentations
• March 18:
• March 25:

• April 1:
• April 8:
• April 15:
• April 22:
• April 29:

• May 6:
• May 13

• : 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