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Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Faculty of Computer Science
PhD in Computer Science
Home page of the course
Research Methods
34th PhD Cycle - April 2019
Course Overview
The course consists of six modules, taught in six different weeks by different
lecturers from the Faculty of Computer Science.
Each module foresees two lectures, one at the beginning of the week and one at
the end of the week.
- Module 1:
Introduction to research and
scientific paper reading and writing -
D. Calvanese (1/4/2019 - 4/4/2019)
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- What is Research?
- Research in Computer Science
- Selection of PhD topic
- Reading scientific papers
- How to write a scientific paper
Schedule:
- Lecture 1.1: Monday 1/4/2019, 8:30-12:30 (Sernesi E4.20)
- Lecture 1.2: Thursday 4/4/2019, 10:30-12:30 (Sernesi C4.01)
- Module 2:
Empirical/experimental
CS research methods -
A. Dignös (8/4/2019 - 12/4/2019)
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Schedule:
- Lecture 2.1: Monday 8/4/2019, 9:30-12:30 (Sernesi E4.20)
- Lecture 2.2: Friday 12/4/2019, 9:30-12:30 (Sernesi E3.31)
- Module 3:
How to write a research plan -
A. De Angeli (29/4/2019 - 3/5/2019)
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Schedule:
- Lecture 3.1: Monday 29/4/2019, 9:30-12:30 (Sernesi E3.31)
- Lecture 3.2: Friday 3/5/2019, 9:30-12:30 (Sernesi E4.31)
- Module 4:
Research evaluation -
W. Nutt (13/5/2019 - 17/5/2019)
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- Peer reviewing
- Bibliometrics
Schedule:
- Lecture 4.1: Monday 13/5/2019, 9:15-12:30 (Sernesi E4.31)
- Lecture 4.2: Friday 17/5/2019, 14:00-17:15 (Sernesi E4.20)
- Module 5:
Presenting scientific work -
M. Montali (20/5/2019 - 24/5/2019)
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Example presentations:
Schedule:
- Lecture 5.1: Monday 20/5/2019, 9:30-12:30 (Sernesi E4.20)
- Lecture 5.2: Friday 24/5/2019, 9:30-12:30 (Sernesi E4.11)
- Module 6: Good scientific writing style -
E. Franconi (27/5/2019 - 30/5/2019)
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Schedule:
- Lecture 6.1: Monday 27/5/2019, 9:00-12:00 (Sernesi E4.20)
- Lecture 6.2: Thursday 30/5/2019, 9:00-12:00 (Sernesi E4.31)
Course Material
Writing for Computer Science (3rd Edition). Justin Zobel. Springer.
2015.
ISBN: 978-1-4471-6638-2 (Print), 978-1-4471-6639-9 (Online).
Electronic edition available via the unibz library through SpringerLink.
Additional useful material
On Writing and Scholarly Publishing
On Reading
On Doing Research
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