ITX8301 Magistriseminar I / MSc Seminar I

Lecturers:

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
Seminar 3: Thesis references: 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