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Introduction to
Methodology of Research in Computer Science

 
Graduate course information, Fall 2001 (Preliminary!).

 

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Course leader: Sture Hägglund

Lectures and seminars might be given in Swedish or English depending on the preferences of the participants. 

Preliminary schedule of lectures and seminars:
Tuesdays 13.15-15.00, unless otherwise stated: IDA conference room Eliten.

2/10
Introduction to the science of computing. Sture Hägglund.
9/10
(15.15 - 17.00) Introduction to the philosophy of science. Ingemar Nordin
16/10
Research structures in Computer Science.  Sture Hägglund.
23/10
Scientific and electronic publishing 
30/10
The PhD student experience. Formalia and practical issues in research and graduate studies. Lillemor Wallgren.  Checkpoint for optional study groups. Time for advising. Sture Hägglund
6/11
(Conf. room Elogen) Ethics and quality control in scientific work. Sture Hägglund. 
13/11
(15.15 - 17.00)  Science and Technology. Ingemar Nordin .
20/11
Discussion of methodological issues in computer science research. Obligatory participation. Sture Hägglund
27/11
(Conf. room Estraden) Panel: Methodological issues in Computer and Information Science research. Invited speaker: Prof Bo Dahlbom.
 4/12
Examination 13 - 16. (preliminary.) 


Literature: (reading instructions are available here!)

A.F. Chalmers: What is this thing called Science?, Latest ed., Open University Press, (Previous edition can be used if the course leader is informed before the examination.).
P.J. Denning, et al.: Computing as a Discipline, Communications of the ACM, vol 12, no 1, Jan 1989.
S. Hägglund (ed.): Selected term papers on Methodology of Research in Computer Science, Vol II, Lecture Notes, IDA, LiTH, 1997
ACM Self Assessment Procedure XXII: Ethics, CACM, vol 33, no 11, November 1990.
Ned Kock. A Case of Academic Plagiarism. Comm of the ACM, vol 42, no 7, July 1999.
A.J. Smith: The task of the Referee, IEEE Computer, vol 23, no 4, April 1990
More reading material will be added during the course. 

 
 

 

Information:

Sture Hägglund, Inst f datavetenskap, Linköpings universitet, 581 83  LINKÖPING

Tel: 013 - 281431, Fax: 013 - 142231, Email: StuHa@ida.liu.se

 


Sidansvarig: Sture H
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