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TDDD89 Scientific Method (6 ECTS)

HT2 2024


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, folder "Zoom-links".
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 4 Nov. 2024, 10-12
Reading Material  
Slides  

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 5 Nov. 2024, 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 (start 16:00 sharp) is highly recommended, as you will need the information for answering some mandatory questions before Seminar 1.
The zoom link for the online lectures can be found in the Lisam cooperative area, folder "Zoom-links".
 

Lecture 3

Finding and evaluating background literature and related work

Date and time

Lecturer Christoph Kessler 12 Nov. 2024 13-15
Reading Material

Reading material for seminar 1 and 2

 
Slides  

Lecture 4

Writing academic English

Date and time

Lecturer Mikael Svensson 15 Nov. 2024 15-17
Reading Material  
Slides PDF
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 26 Nov. 2024 13-15
Reading Material Suggested material for specific types of research methods: On the societal impacts of IT: 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 Mikael Svensson, Nicole Mosshammer, Brittany Shahmehri;
Christoph Kessler
13 Dec 2024 15:15-17:00 on zoom
NB: break 15:45-16:00
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/BibTeX hints.
Closing remarks: UPG1 submissions. Starting the Exjobb process - The next steps. Final advices.
Reading Material
Slides  

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Last updated: 2024-12-16