Week 1 - September 12, 2019
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Topics/Presenters |
Resources |
Assignments/Readings |
Presenter: B. Mobasher
Topics:
Introduction to the Course
What is Research?
What's PhD All About?
Research as a Science
Starting the research project: problem
formulation and research lifecycle.
Lecture Slides: *
PhD and
Research
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Problem Formulation |
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Read the articles
listed under resources (for the O'Leary article focus on sections 8 and
9). Then write down at least 2 questions/issues about what
you've read in the articles that you would like to discuss. Bring these
questions to class next week. |
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Read Chapter 1 of
Leedy & Ormrod (LO) |
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Submit a ranked list of 3 topics for your
classroom presentation during weeks 5-8. [See
the List of Topics] |
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Write and bring to class an informal statement of a problem you are
working on. See the last slide in PhD and
Research. |
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Week 2 - September 19, 2019 |
Topics/Presenters |
Resources |
Assignments/Readings |
Presenter: Jonathan Gemmell
Topics:
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Practical advice about research |
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How to write and review a research paper. |
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Ethical
considerations in research and publishing. |
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Doing
a Literature Review. |
Lecture Slides: *
Practical
Advice on PhD Research |
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Read Chapters 2-3
of LO and Chapter 4 of Justin Zobel's book (JZ). |
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Reading Assignment
for Next Week:
Is Computer Science, Science, by Peter Denning. Write a
Brief Response Report (BR2) and submit by email no later than
11:59 PM on Sept. 24. Also bring a copy with you to class and be
prepared to discuss it. [Note: A
BR2 summarizes the goal and main points of an article and then
makes two or more primary points that critique, dispute, reinforce, or
extend findings or observations of the article.] |
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Start working
on the Paper review
assignment. First
draft due: October 19. |
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Week 3 - September 26, 2019 |
Topics/Presenters |
Resources |
Assignments/Readings |
Presenter: B. Mobasher
Topics:
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Week 4 - October 3, 2019 |
Topics/Presenters |
Resources |
Assignments/Readings |
Presenter: B. Mobasher
Topics:
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Read Chapters 13 of
LO and Chapter 14 of JZ.. |
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Reading Assignment
for Next Week: read the article:
Strong
Inference - by John R. Platt. Science, October 1964?. For next week (Week
5), write a
Brief Response Report (BR2) and submit by 11:59 PM on
Oct. 8. Also bring a copy with you to class and be
prepared to discuss it. |
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Research Proposal Abstracts due on Saturday, October 5. |
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Week 5 - October 10, 2019 |
Topics/Presenters |
Resources |
Assignments/Readings |
Presenters: Arman, Lebna, Nicole, Caroline, Ian, Bowen
Topics:
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Read Chapters 7 of LO and review the additional online resources for this week
(middle column). |
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Reading Assignment
for Next Week: read the article:
Should Computer Scientists Experiment More? by Walter Tichy.
For next week (Week 6), write a Brief Response Report (BR2)
and submit by email no later than midnight on Oct. 15. Also bring a copy
with you to class and be prepared to discuss it. |
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Please submit you
Presentation Evaluation From for Week 5 by email.
Due date: Oct. 15.. |
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Week 6 - October 17, 2019
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Topics/Presenters |
Resources |
Assignments/Readings |
Presenters: Saeed, Amal, Mohammed (Alhroub), Keith,
Seth, Muheeb
Topics:
Finagle and Fraud in Research? See
Stephen Colbert's segment on the Rogoff and Reinhart Austerity paper.
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Week 7 - October 24, 2019 |
Topics/Presenters |
Resources |
Assignments/Readings |
Presenters: Mohammed (Albluwi), Ronan, Maria
Topics:
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Read Chapter 8 of
LO, Chapter 15 of JZ, and review the additional online resources for
this week (middle column). |
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Please submit you
Presentation Evaluation From for Week 7 by email.
Due date: Oct. 29. |
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Reading Assignment
for Next Week: read the article:
Reliable Research: Towards Experimental Standards
for Computer Science, by Justin
Zobel. For next week (Week 8), write a
Brief Response Report (BR2) and submit by email no later than
11:59 PM on Oct. 29. Also bring a copy with you to class and be prepared
to discuss it. |
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Week 8 - October 31, 2019 |
Topics/Presenters |
Resources |
Assignments/Readings |
Presenters: Ali, Shatabdi, Jing, Mirtha
Topics:
Notes on Proposals & Presentations (Bamshad)
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Week 9 - November 7, 2019 |
Research Proposal Presentations |
Presenters |
Proposal Title &
Presentation Slides |
- Keith
- Ian
- Muheeb
- Arman
- Caroline
- Bowen
- Saeed
- Amal
- Mohammed (Alhroub)
- Maria
- Seth
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Note: Each presenter will have 10 minutes for
presentation and up o 5 minutes for Q&A. |
Week 10 - November 14, 2019
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Research Proposal Presentations |
Presenters |
Proposal Title &
Presentation Slides |
- Ali
- Mohammed (Albluwi)
- Ronan
- Shatabdi
- Jing
- Mirtha
- Lebna
- Nicole
Course Summary (Bamshad)
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Note: Each presenter will have 10 minutes for
presentation and up tp 5 minutes for Q&A. |
Final Draft of Research
Proposals Due on November 21, 2019 |