Courses
Academic Skills in Computer Science (ASiCS)
Lecture with exercise (SS 18) - LectureNotice
The following outline is tentative and is subject to changes throughout the semester as the contents of the lecture will be adjusted based on the type of participants (BA/MA/PhD-level).
The links to materials are updated throughout the semester.
The links to materials are updated throughout the semester.
Structure of the lecture
0 - Introduction | ||
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2018-04-10 | Overview and Introductory Material | |
I - Fundamental Research Activities | ||
2018-04-17 | What is science? | |
Different forms of science. Structural, technical science and technology research. Basic research and technology research. The limits of science. Data, information, knowledge and wisdom (DIKW). Interpretation according to value systems. | ||
2018-04-24 | The Research Process ADED | |
The research process ADED and its variants, in particular for technical science. Examples for elementary techniques for every step. The 7 W-questions. Structuring and textification in overview. Clusters, mind maps, concept maps. How to structure your Master or PhD thesis. | ||
2018-05-01 | Public Holiday | |
2018-05-08 | Information Gathering | |
Reading, Screening, Strategy, Literature Analysis | ||
2018-05-15 | Solution Design Processes | |
Solution design methods. Assessment of solution ideas. Multi-criteria analysis. Writing a solution paper and a design chapter. | ||
II - Writing Papers | ||
2018-05-22 | Pentecost | |
Lecture-free week | ||
2018-05-29 | Research Hypotheses | |
What is a research hypothesis? Automation and optimization hypotheses | ||
2018-06-05 | Types of Research Papers | |
Shaw's and other's classifications of research papers | ||
III - Presenting Ideas | ||
2018-06-12 | How To Do Scientific Presentations | |
Researchers must be able to give good presentations to share and discuss our daily work. This lecture gives a primer on how to prepare and present excellent presentations. | ||
2018-06-19 (Takes place in Room SCH/A117!) | Individual Presentations | |
Individual presentation of students participating in the exercise. | ||
2018-06-26 | Individual Presentations | |
Individual presentation of students participating in the exercise. | ||
IV - Assessment | ||
2018-07-03 | Revising and Reviewing | |
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2018-07-10 | Ethics in Computer Science | |
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2018-07-17 | They Say / I Say | |
This lecture introduces and discusses the internal DNA of all effective arguments, as argued by Graff and Birkenstein. |