Learning outcomes
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Skills to perform bibliographic resarch
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Critical appraisal of the sources
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Writing a scientific state-of-the-art
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Presenting scientific results
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:
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Scientific research: problem definition, search of scientific materials, reading of a research paper.
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Writing: problem formulation, document organization, writing of a related work, awareness of plagiarism.
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Oral presentation: slides contents, slides organizations, oral expression.
Teaching methods
The course is a short ex-cathedra introduction on scientific methods, writing and presentation. The work is mainly done in the state-of-the-art essay under guidance of the supervisor.
Evaluations
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25% for the reading summary and problematisation (in January)
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50% on the written state-of-the-art essay
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25 % on the presentation
Recommended readings
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Saunders, Mark N. K.; Bristow, Alexandra; Thornhill, Adrian and Lewis, Philip (2019). Understanding research philosophy and approaches to theory development. In: Research Methods for Business Students, 8th edition. Harlow: Pearson Education, pp. 128–171.
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Felderer, Michael and Guilherme Horta Travassos, eds. Contemporary Empirical Methods in Software Engineering. Springer, 2020.
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Paul Ralph et al. (2020). Empirical Standards for Software Engineering Research. arXiv:2010.03525. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2010.03525
Language of instruction
French / Français
Location for course
NAMUR
Organizer
Faculté d'informatique
rue Grandgagnage 21
5000 NAMUR
P. 081725252
F. 081724967
secretariat.info@unamur.be
Degree of Reference
Undergraduate Degree