Introduction to the scientific approach [IHDCB339]

Learning outcomes

• Skills to perform bibliographic resarch
• Critical appraisal of the sources
• Writing a scientific state-of-the-art
• Defending orally

Objectives

The main objective of the personal project is to carry out an in-depth study related to an information system issue. Students take up a project that is offered by the professors of the Faculty of Computer Science. The project must reflect an understanding of a research problem (definition, context, motivation, research questions, etc.) and a good knowldege of the related work.

Content

The project involves:

1. Scientific research: problem definition, search of scientific materials, reading of a research paper.
2. Writing: problem formulation, document organization, writing of a related work, awareness of plagiarism.
3. Oral presentation: slides contents, slides organizations, oral expression.