Introduction to Methodology of Research in Computer Science
- Graduate
course information, Fall 2003 (Preliminary!).
For
current
news, refer to the course home page!
Course leader: Sture Hägglund
Lectures and seminars might be given in Swedish
or
English depending on the preferences of the participants.
Preliminary schedule of lectures and
seminars:
Tuesdays 13.15-15.00, unless
otherwise
stated: IDA conference room Herbert Simon (Elogen), E
Building.
30/9
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Introduction to the
science of computing. Sture
Hägglund |
7/10
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Methods of Computer Science. Writing a
thesis proposal. Kevin McGee.
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14/10
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Research
structures in Computer Science. Sture
Hägglund. |
21/10
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Introduction
to the philosophy of science. Ingemar
Nordin.
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28/10
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Scientific and electronic
publishing. Sture
Hägglund
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4/11
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Ethics and quality control
in scientific work. Sture
Hägglund. |
11/11
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Panel: Research Methods in Computer Science. Invited professors. Seminar room Alan Turing, E Building.
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18/11
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Science and Technology. Ingemar
Nordin.
Time
for advising for study groups. Sture Hägglund
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25/11
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The PhD student experience. Social and
practical issues in research education and graduate studies. Lillemor
Wallgren. |
2/12
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Discussion of methodological
issues in computer science research. Obligatory participation. Sture Hägglund
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9/12
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Examination
13 - 16.
(preliminary.)
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Literature: (reading instructions are
available here!)
A.F. Chalmers: What is this thing
called
Science?, Latest ed., Open University Press, (Previous edition can
be
used if the course leader is informed before the examination.).
P.J. Denning, et al.: Computing as a Discipline, Communications
of the ACM, vol 12, no 1, Jan 1989.
S. Hägglund (ed.): Selected term papers on
Methodology
of Research in Computer Science, Vol II, Lecture Notes, IDA, LiTH, 1997
ACM Self Assessment Procedure XXII: Ethics, CACM, vol 33, no
11,
November 1990.
Ned Kock. A Case of Academic Plagiarism. Comm of the
ACM, vol 42, no 7, July 1999.
H. Simon: Understanding the natural and the
artificial worlds, The Sciences of the Artificial, pp 3-29,
3rd printing, 1984.
A.J. Smith: The task of the Referee,
IEEE
Computer, vol
23, no 4, April 1990
More reading material will be added during the course.
Information:
Sture Hägglund, Inst f datavetenskap,
Linköpings universitet, 581 83 LINKÖPING
Tel: 013 - 281431, Fax: 013 - 142231, Email: StuHa@ida.liu.se
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