195.038 PhD seminar
This course is in all assigned curricula part of the STEOP.
This course is in at least 1 assigned curriculum part of the STEOP.

2012W, VU, 2.0h, 3.0EC

Properties

  • Semester hours: 2.0
  • Credits: 3.0
  • Type: VU Lecture and Exercise

Aim of course

- find broad, major research questions which will become relevant in the next 5-10 years
- based on dissertation topics/results of the participants
- mutual review, refinement of questions, presentation
- discussion, consensus on most important research questions

Subject of course

Course structure
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Part 1: questions
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- Students develop future relevant research questions based on their dissertation
- work in pairs (students form pairs or certain combinations (of areas) are forced)
- questions need to feature aspects of the phd work of both students, possibly combined
- important: broad questions, understandable to non-experts of particular CS area
- short summary of their proposals  ("a few pages")

Part 2: review
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- student pairs review other students' questions, suggestions for improvement
- students revise their questions based on feedback

Part 3: presentation and discussion
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- students give a presentation on revised questions
- final discussion: all participants try to reach a consensus on the 3-5 most important future reserach questions/directions among all that were presented
- discussion should take place at a later date than presentations, to let ideas "sink in" first

Students will use easy chair for their reviews

Additional information

This is a fundamental course of the Vienna PhD School of Informatics.

Prediscusssion: Friday, 12.10, 13.00-14.30, Seminarraum 188/2,

Further meetings will be defined there.

Lecturers

Institute

Course dates

DayTimeDateLocationDescription
Fri13:00 - 14:3012.10.2012Seminarraum FAV 01 C (Seminarraum 188/2) First discussion - organisational issues
Thu09:00 - 15:0022.11.2012Seminarraum FAV 01 C (Seminarraum 188/2) First Ideas - Brainstorming (2. Lecture)
Thu09:00 - 12:0020.12.2012Seminarraum FAV 01 C (Seminarraum 188/2) Presentation (3. Lecture)
Thu09:00 - 12:0031.01.2013Seminarraum FAV EG C (Seminarraum Gödel) Final Presentation (4. Lecture)

Examination modalities

based on the contribution of the students (discussions, presentations, reports and reviews)

Course registration

Begin End Deregistration end
06.10.2012 00:00 05.11.2012 23:59 05.11.2012 23:59

Registration modalities

Please register in TISS.

Curricula

Study CodeObligationSemesterPrecon.Info
PhD Vienna PhD School of Informatics Not specified

Literature

No lecture notes are available.

Previous knowledge

This is a fundamental course of the vienna phd school of informatics (5. semester) and based on their intermediate phd results

Miscellaneous

  • Attendance Required!

Language

English