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Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Faculty of Computer Science
PhD in Computer Science
Home page of the course
Research Methods
37th PhD Cycle - January - March 2022
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 -
Diego Calvanese (24/1/2022 - 28/1/2022)
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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 24/1/2022, 10:30-13:00 and 16:00-17:30 (MS Teams)
- Lecture 1.2: Friday 28/1/2022, 15:00-17:00 (MS Teams)
- Unit 2:
Empirical/experimental
CS research methods -
Matteo Ceccarello (1/2/2022 - 4/2/2022)
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Schedule:
- Lecture 2.1: Tuesday 1/2/2022, 9:30-12:30 (MS Teams)
- Lecture 2.2: Friday 4/2/2022, 14:00-17:00 (MS Teams)
- Unit 3:
Research evaluation -
Werner Nutt (7/2/2022 - 11/2/2022)
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- Bibliometrics
- Peer reviewing
Schedule:
- Lecture 3.1: Monday 7/2/2022, 9:00-12:30 (MS Teams)
- Lecture 3.2: Friday 11/2/2022, 14:00-17:30 (MS Teams)
- Unit 4:
How to write a research
plan
-
Antonella De Angeli (14/2/2022 - 18/2/2022)
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Schedule:
- Lecture 4.1: Monday 14/2/2022, 9:30-12:30 (MS Teams)
- Lecture 4.2: Friday 18/2/2022, 9:30-12:30 (MS Teams)
- Unit 5:
Presenting
scientific work -
Marco Montali (22/2/2022 - 25/2/2022)
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Example presentations:
Schedule:
- Lecture 5.1: Tuesday 22/2/2022, 9:30-12:30 (MS Teams)
- Lecture 5.2: Friday 25/2/2022, 9:30-12:30 (MS Teams)
- Unit 3: Good scientific writing style -
Enrico Franconi (11/3/2022 - 14/3/2022)
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Schedule:
- Lecture 6.1: Monday 7/3/2022, 9:00-12:00 (MS Teams)
- Lecture 6.2: Friday 11/3/2022, 9:00-12:00 (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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