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
Orientation2019/2/19 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 Overview2019/2/26, 2019/3/5 for 6 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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Presentation Skills2019/3/12 for 3 hours |
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This session will cover the tips of presentations. Activities |
Proposal Writing2019/3/19 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 Discussion2019/3/26 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 Presentation2019/4/02, 2019/4/9 for 6 hours |
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Students need to present their research topics, motivation, related works, and objectives. Activities
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Practice Presentation Skills2019/4/16 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. |
Research Strategies - Hypothesis, Objectives, And Methods2019/4/23 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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Research Framework Design2019/4/30 for 3 hours |
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Students will discuss their framework design in the classroom. Activities
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Second Student Presentation2019/5/7, 2019/5/14 for 6 hours |
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Students need to present their research topics, motivation, objectives, hypothesis, and proposed methods. Activities
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Writing Practices2019/5/21, 2019/5/28 for 6 hours |
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We will study the selected papers and understand the paper structures and flows Activities
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Poster Dry Run6/4 for 3 hours |
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Students should present their research topics in poster format. Activities |
Poster2019/6/11 for 3 hours |
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Students should present their research topics in public. |