Last modified: 28 Jun 2018 10:27
This course serves as a lead in to the individual summer project. In it you will analyse the domain of your chosen research topic and provide a report on the background or literature.
| Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Term | Second Term | Credit Points | 25 credits (12.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | None. | Sustained Study | No |
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- The topic for research may be self proposed by the student, or the student may take a topic suggested by an academic member of staff.
- Topics will be related to the area of the MSc dissertation and gaps in the students' knowledge. (some sample topics: Argumentation theory, Personalization, Machine Learning, Logic, Game Theory, Generating referring expressions.)
- How to analyse and specify gaps in knowledge.
- Independent study skills (how to use textbooks, internet, papers, colleagues; what level of detail to study at; time management)
- Reviewing materials, including scientific papers, technical documentation, and marketing materials about related products and services.
- Communicating knowledge to a general computer science audience.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
Continuous assessment (100%). Students will produce a dissertation about the topics they studied in the course, and the systems studied and critically analysed. Marking will be done by an expert in the area of their dissertation, moderated by the course organiser.
There are no assessments for this course.
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