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Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Faculty of Computer Science
PhD in Computer Science
Home page of the course
Research Methods
35th PhD Cycle - March-April 2020
Course Overview
The course consists of six units, taught in six different weeks by different
lecturers from the Faculty of Computer Science.
Each unit foresees two lectures, one at the beginning of the week and one at
the end of the week.
- Unit 1:
Introduction to research and
scientific paper reading and writing -
D. Calvanese (2/2/2020 - 6/3/2020)
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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 2/3/2020, 9:00-13:00 (Sernesi E4.20)
- Lecture 1.2: Friday 13/4/2020, 9:30-11:30 (MS Teams)
- Unit 2:
Research evaluation -
W. Nutt (9/3/2020 - 13/3/2020)
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- Bibliometrics
- Peer reviewing
Schedule:
- Lecture 2.1: Monday 9/3/2020, 9:30-12:30 (MS Teams)
- Lecture 2.2: Friday 13/3/2020, 14:00-17:00 (MS Teams)
- Unit 3:
Presenting scientific work -
M. Montali (16/3/2020 - 20/3/2020)
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Example presentations:
Schedule:
- Lecture 3.1: Monday 16/3/2020, 14:00-17:00 (MS Teams)
- Lecture 3.2: Friday 20/3/2020, 9:30-12:30 (MS Teams)
- Unit 4: Good scientific writing style -
E. Franconi (25/3/2020 - 27/3/2020)
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Schedule:
- Lecture 4.1: Wednesday 25/3/2020, 9:00-12:00 (MS Teams)
- Lecture 4.2: Friday 27/3/2020, 14:00-17:00 (MS Teams)
- Unit 5:
Empirical/experimental
CS research methods -
A. Dignös (30/3/2020 - 3/4/2020)
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Schedule:
- Lecture 5.1: Monday 30/3/2020, 14:00-17:00 (MS Teams)
- Lecture 5.2: Friday 12/4/2020, 9:30-12:30 (MS Teams)
- Unit 6:
How to write a research plan
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A. De Angeli (14/4/2020 - 17/4/2020)
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Schedule:
- Lecture 6.1: Tuesday 14/4/2020, 9:30-12:30 (MS Teams)
- Lecture 6.2: Friday 17/4/2020, 9:30-12:30 (MS Teams)
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
On Reading
On Scholarly Publishing
On Doing Research
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