TDDD89 Scientific Method (6 ECTS)

HT2 2023

The lecture slides and related material used during the lectures will be made available for download after each lecture. Please check regularly this page for the latest update of the course material.

Some lectures are given physically (on-campus) and some are virtual (on zoom), see the schedule.
The zoom link for the virtual lectures can be found in the Lisam cooperative area. Physical lectures will not be transmitted on zoom.
Lectures and seminars in this course will not be recorded. Please take notes instead.

Lecture 1	Introduction to the course and writing a Master's thesis	Date and time
Lecturer	Christoph Kessler	30 Oct. 2023, 10-12
Reading Material	Checklist for degree project at the second cycle (Master's) level (LiU-2014-01598), J. Åberg: Instructions for final thesis reports. (English, Swedish)
Slides	PDF

Lecture 2	Master thesis (project) types. 16:00 (sharp!): Panel discussion: Outlook to a professional career in industrial or academic R&D (and what the thesis topic selection may have to do with it...)	Date and time
Lecturer	Christoph Kessler; guest speakers	31 Oct 2023, 15:15-17:00, on zoom. NB: break 15:45-16:00.
Reading Material	N/A
Slides	PDF For the panel discussion: See the Lisam folder "Panel discussion slides"
Remark	Attendance in the panel discussion is highly recommended, as you will need the information for answering a mandatory question before Seminar 1.

Lecture 3	Finding and evaluating background literature and related work	Date and time
Lecturer	Christoph Kessler	7 Nov. 2023 13-15
Reading Material	Reading material for seminar 1 and 2
Slides	PDF

Lecture 4	Writing academic English	Date and time
Lecturer	Shelley Torgnysson	13 Nov. 2023 10-12
Reading Material	Åberg J. (2015). Instructions for final thesis reports. (English, Swedish). Ramsey, N. "Learning Technical Writing Using The Engineering Method", Tufts University, 2016 IEEE Editorial Style Manual, official manual by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, used by engineers in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering. (pdf). The Academic Phrasebank from Manchester University, UK, may be used to find synonyms and useful phrases in academic writing. C. Kessler: Stylistic advice to my students for writing a thesis
Slides	on Lisam, folder "Academic_English". See there also for an additional document on useful linking words in Lisam.

Lecture 5	Research Methods in Computer Science and Engineering; The Work in a Wider Context	Date and time
Lecturer	Christoph Kessler	21 Nov. 2023 13-15
Reading Material	Suggested material for specific types of research methods: P. R. Cohen: Empirical Methods in Artificial Intelligence. The MIT Press, 1995. C. Wohlin, P. Runeson, M. Höst, M. C. Ohlsson, B. Regnell, and A. Wesslén: Experimentation in Software Engineering. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012. P. Runeson, M. Höst, A. Rainer, and B. Regnell: Case Study Research in Software Engineering. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2012. A. Cockburn, P. Dragicevic, L. Besancon, C. Gutwin: Threats of a replication crisis in empirical computer science. Communications of the ACM 63(8):70-79, Aug. 2020. T. Hoefler, R. Belli: Scientific Benchmarking of Parallel Computing Systems - Twelve ways to tell the masses when reporting performance results. Proc. SC'15, Nov. 2015. ACM. On the societal impacts of IT: Section 2.6 of HiPEAC Vision 2019 And on the perils of using opaque models and Big Data: C. O'Neil, Weapons of Math Destruction - How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy. New York, NY, USA: Broadway Books, 2017.
Slides	PDF

Lecture 6	Feedback on academic English / Outlook	Date and time
Lecturers	Shelley Torgnysson; Christoph Kessler	8 Dec 2023 15:15-17:00 on zoom
Description	1. Feedback lecture on academic English writing (and opportunity to ask about your corrected introductions during the extended break until 16:00) 2. (from 16:00) Stylistic issues and LaTeX hints. 3. Closing remarks: UPG1 submissions. Starting the Exjobb process - The next steps. Final advices.
Reading Material	LiU Academic English Support (AES) presentation (see the guest lecture by Shelley for updated web references) Exjobb process at IDA / at ISY
Slides	Slides (PDF) on stylistic issues, UPG1, starting the exjobb process, and final advices Feedback on Academic English Writing slides in Lisam cooperative area, folder Academic_English-material

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Last updated: 2023-12-06

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TDDD89 Scientific Method (6 ECTS)

HT2 2023

Lecture 1

Introduction to the course and writing a Master's thesis

Date and time

Lecture 2

Master thesis (project) types. 16:00 (sharp!): Panel discussion: Outlook to a professional career in industrial or academic R&D (and what the thesis topic selection may have to do with it...)

Date and time

Lecture 3

Finding and evaluating background literature and related work

Date and time

Lecture 4

Writing academic English

Date and time

Lecture 5

Research Methods in Computer Science and Engineering;The Work in a Wider Context

Date and time

Lecture 6

Feedback on academic English / Outlook

Date and time

Master thesis (project) types.
16:00 (sharp!): Panel discussion: Outlook to a professional career in industrial or academic R&D (and what the thesis topic selection may have to do with it...)

Research Methods in Computer Science and Engineering;
The Work in a Wider Context