This course is designed for graduate students who are interested in enhancing their presentation and research skills. The objective of this course is: 1) guide students to recognize the research steps; 2) identify their research topics; and 3) write a research proposal in the related fields. Students will learn how to find an interesting IT application problem by surveying a specific application domain, understand the current information techniques available to solve the problem, assess the applicability and weakness of the current IT technology to the problem, narrow down specific aims as research goal for writing a research problem.
Supporting this course
She offers the research method and writing course for many years. She's currently the director of center for Cognition and Mind Sciences, director of lab for Language and Cognitive Neurology, and section chief of Center for Teaching and Learning Development.
She offers this course for several years but it's her first time to collaborate with Prof. Yang in the same course. Her current research interests are: social networks, data mining, emotion analysis, and web intelligence.
Orientation2017/2/14 for 3 hours |
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You will get familiar with the course, the instructor, your classmates, and the learning environment. The overview of the course will also be covered during the same session. Activities
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Research and Presentation Overview2017/2/21 for 3 hours |
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What is research? We will have an overview this week. In these three hours, we also cover the tips of presentation skills and the correct attitude for listening presentations. Activities
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Proposal Writing2017/3/7 for 3 hours |
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This session will cover the tips of writing a research proposal in the related fields. Activities
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Private Discussion2017/3/14 for 3 hours |
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Students need to identify their corresponding research topic before the end of this week. It it quite important for students to discuss with their own advisers and instructors. Activities
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First Student Presentation2017/3/21 for 3 hours |
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Students need to present their research topics, motivation, related works, and objectives. Activities
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Research Strategies - Hypothesis, Objectives, and Methods2017/3/28 for 3 hours |
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Different research strategies will be covered in this session. We will discuss the differences between hypothesis, objectives, and methodology. Activities
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Practice Presentation Skills2017/4/11 for 3 hours |
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Students of their groups should select presenters the revised slides. We will practice the skills in this session. Activities
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Research Framework Design2017/4/18 for 3 hours |
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Students will discuss their framework design in the classroom. Activities
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Correlational research strategy2017/4/25 for 3 hours |
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This session will emphasizes on the correlational research strategy. Activities
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Second Student Presentation2017/5/2 for 3 hours |
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Students need to present their research topics, motivation, objectives, hypothesis, and proposed methods. Activities
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Experimental Design2017/5/9 for 3 hours |
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This session will cover the experimental design. Activities
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Writing Practices2017/5/16 for 3 hours |
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We will study the selected papers and understand the paper structures and flows Activities
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Poster2017/5/23, 6/6 for 6 hours |
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Students should present their research topics in poster format. Activities
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