27. OCTOBER The Thesis M.Sc. In Technical IT (Civilingeniør) Electrical Engineering and ICT
Who are we? Henrik Karstoft (hka@iha.dk) Ingeniørdocent @ASE, Leading the group in Signal Processing and Control@ASE/EICT Supervision 40+ Master Thesis student. --- Thomas S. Toftegaard (tst@iha.dk) Professor@ASE, Director of Research and Development@ASE, Leading the group in Communication Technology@ASE/EICT, 2
Master Thesis Contract Must be completed before the thesis work is started. ( Kandidat samtaler ). Thomas S. Toftegaard must approve and sign together with supervisior. Note date for handing in the work, is the same for all TechnicalIT students. Handing in thesis too late => FAILS together with new contract. 3
Regulations Load: 30 ECTS in 1 semester. Check date for handing in the thesis. Will be announced before the Kandidat samtaler. Thesis in English or Danish as you prefer. Supervisor from ASE, DAIMI or company (needs additional university supervisor). Individual work or in groups (2 or 3 students) For groups: must stress responsibility. 4
Regulations Tekst from the studieordning : Under specialet arbejder den studerende selvstændigt med en faglig problemstilling og civilingeniøren kan ved specialets afslutning: på videnskabeligt grundlag identificere, afgrænse og formulere en faglig problemstilling, definere og opstille testbare hypotese inden for fagets emneområde, selvstændigt planlægge og under anvendelse af fagets videnskabelige metode gennemføre et større fagligt projekt, analysere, kritisk diskutere og perspektivere en faglig problemstilling, vurdere, kritisk analysere og sammenfatte den videnskabelige litteratur inden for et afgrænset emneområde, formidle videnskabelige resultater objektivt og koncist til et videnskabeligt forum 5
Choosing the right Project and Supervisor Consult potential supervisor for proposals Consult heads of R&D groups @ ASE/EICT http://kurser.iha.dk/eit/tienprau01/erdp_internalrdcontacts.htm Company (must be supplemented with main supervisor from university) The main supervisor is responsible for maintaining all rules and ensuring the quality of the work, and must participate in the final exam. A successful project is must often a combination of a good project proposal and good chemistry within the project group (student~student, student~supervisor). Be ready to start at time, 1 semester is not a lot of time! 6
Project types Implementation of a theoretical result New theoretical result Real-life problem Empirical investigation Survey 7
Thesis work Have a plan, keep it updated, discuss it with our supervisor Weekly meetings with your supervisor Literature for guides on writing process: "Den gode opgave, Lotte Rienecker og Peter Stray Jørgensen - med bidrag af Lis Hedelund, Signe Hegelund og Christan Kock, Samfundslitteratur, 3. udgave 2005, ISBN 87-593-1164-9. 8
Thesis exam Hand in your work on time. Exam Oral presentation of your work, based on question from your supervisor, Question handed out 1 week before the exam (30 min) Examination. Questions form the supervisor and the extern examiner (30 min) Grade on the 7-scale 9
Relevant links http://kurser.iha.dk/eit/tienprau01/erdp_internalrdcontacts.htm http://science.au.dk/uddannelse/undervisning/studieordninger/stu dieordninger-for-kandidatuddannelser/2010/teknisk-it-cand-polyt- 2010/ http://cs.au.dk/studies/mostly-for-students/planning-youreducation-and-contracts/study-contracts 10