| 2018-10-12 | Master's thesis mingle. There will be an information session about Master's projects on Thursday 18 October from 12:00 to 13:00 in HC2. The main target audience for this are students in the Chalmers "MPALG" programme and students in the GU Computer Science programme. The first half will give information about the process and introduce the course DAT315 (which is similar to the course DIT875) - there is no need for you to join that part. From 12:30 there wiill be posters about available projects just outside HC2, and an opportunity to meet staff from the department offering projects. You are welcome to join from 12:30. |
| 2018-10-10 | Preparation for class on Thursday 18 October. Please look at two reports and watch a video (31 minutes) before the class on Thursday 18 October (local access). |
| 2018-10-05 | Meeting with Student Representatives. Notes from this meeting are now online (local access). |
| 2018-09-25 | Writing workshops on 2-4 October. Please select a workshop (Doodle poll). |
| 2018-09-18 | Summary exercise. The description of the summary exercise is now online (see below). |
| 2018-09-18 | Presentations on 25-27 September. Please select a session for your presentation on a research paper and its context (Doodle poll for DIT875 presentations). |
| 2018-09-18 | Revised schedule. New room bookings have been made and the schedule in TimeEdit has been updated. |
| 2018-09-13 | Possible schedule changes. Thanks to everyone who filled in the Doodle poll. It seems that the time slots currently scheduled for classes in DIT875 (Tuesdays 13-15 and Thursdays 13-15) are the worst possible slots for students. The best slots for students are Tuesdays 8-10, Wednesdays 8-10 and Thursdays 10-12. All of the students who are OK with the current schedule are also OK with these three slots, so would not be disadvantaged if we make changes. Please look at the suggested revised timetable and let the course representatives know whether you support the proposed changes. |
| 2018-09-13 | Course representatives. Three students have indicated that they are willing to be course representatives for DIT875. Please could those students contact me with their names and e-mail addresses - I'll then put these on a (local access) web page. |
| 2018-09-12 | The description of the first exercise is now online (see below). |
| 2018-09-04 | The first lecture in this course is at 13:15 on Tuesday 4 September in room EL41. |
| Date and time | Room | Teacher | Topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading period week 1 | |||
| Tuesday 4 September, 13:15 | EL41 | GK |
Introduction to the course; research data; challenges in integrating different kinds of research data (slides) Birgit Grohe will talk about preparing for your Masters thesis in the second half of the lecture. |
| Reading period week 2 | |||
| Tuesday 11 September, 13:15 | MB | JH |
Lecture: The Scientific Literature (slides) |
| Thursday 13 September, 13:15 | EL43 | JH |
Lecture: Unaccustomed as I am to public speaking (slides, and some accompanying notes). |
| Reading period week 3 | |||
| Tuesday 18 September, 13:15 | MB | JH |
Lecture: How to write a paper (slides) |
| Thursday 20 September, 10:00 | 6475 | GK |
Drop-in, questions about presentations. If you have any questions, e.g. regarding your choice of paper, you're welcome to drop-in any time on Wednesday, Thursday of Friday this week; in particular I plan to be available for this on Thursday 10-12. |
| Reading period week 4 | |||
| Tuesday 25 September, 08:00 | ES53 | GK |
Student presentations |
| Wednesday 26 September, 08:00 | EL43 | GK |
Student presentations |
| Thursday 27 September, 10:00 | ES53 | GK |
Student presentations |
| Reading period week 5 | |||
| Tuesday 2 October, 08:00 | ES53 | GK |
Writing workshop |
| Wednesday 3 October, 08:00 | 6471 | GK |
Writing workshop |
| Thursday 4 October, 08:00 | 6471 | GK |
Writing workshop |
| Thursday 4 October, 10:00 | ES53 | JH |
Lecture: Reviewing a technical document (slides); writing a proposal (slides) |
| Reading period week 6 | |||
| Tuesday 9 October, 08:30-10:00 | 6475 | GK |
Drop-in, questions about Master's proposal |
| Thursday 11 October, 10:00 | ES53 | JH |
Lecture: And now for something completely different: Ethics, from Ancient Greece to spam mail and Wittgenstein. (slides, ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct, The Ethics of Free Software) |
| Reading period week 7 | Tuesday 16 October, 08:30-10:00 | 6475 | GK |
Drop-in, feedback on Master's proposal |
| Thursday 18 October, 10:00 | ES53 | GK |
Lecture: Ethics in project work; data access and transparency (local access) |
| Reading period week 8 | |||
| Tuesday 23 October, 08:30 | 6475 | GK |
Drop-in, questions about summary |
| Thursday 25 October, 10:00 | 6475 | GK |
Drop-in, questions about summary |
| Exercise | Task | Date due |
|---|---|---|
| Literature Survey Exercise | N/A | N/A |
| Presentation Exercise | Presentation slides | Monday 24 September |
| Summary Exercise | First draft | Sunday 30 September |
| Second draft | Sunday 14 October | |
| Peer-reviews of drafts | Friday 19 October | |
| Final version | Friday 26 October | |
| Master's Thesis Proposal Exercise | First draft | Thursday 11 October |
| Final version | Sunday 21 October |
The course is examined by a written thesis proposal, normally carried out in pairs, and individual written assignments.