Introduction to Methodology of Research in Computer Science
- Graduate
course information, Fall 2005 (Preliminary!).
For
current
news, refer to the course news 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:
Mondays 13.15-16.00, unless
otherwise
stated: IDA conference room Herbert
Simon, E
Building.
19/9
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Introduction to the
science of computing. Sture
Hägglund
Seminar room
Alan Turing, E Building
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26/9
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The world of
Science. Ethics
and quality control
in scientific work. Sture
Hägglund.
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3/10
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No lecture
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10/10
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Introduction
to the philosophy of science. Ingemar
Nordin.
Time
for advising for study groups. Sture Hägglund |
17/10
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Methods
of Computer Science. Writing a
thesis proposal. Kevin McGee.
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24/10
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No lecture |
31/10
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Science and Technology. Ingemar
Nordin.
The PhD student experience. Social and
practical issues in research education and graduate studies. Lillemor
Wallgren.
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7/11
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Scientific and electronic
publishing. Sture
Hägglund
Library resources. Ingegerd Baurén
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14/11
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Discussion of methodological
issues in computer science research and reports from
study groups. Obligatory participation. Sture Hägglund
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Examination
13 - 16. (Date to be decided.)
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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.).
Timothy Colburn:
Methodology of Computer Science. In Philosophy
of Computing and Information, pp 318 - 326, Blackwell, 2004.
P.J. Denning, et al.: Computing as a Discipline, Communications
of the ACM, vol 12, no 1, Jan 1989.
B. Gustafsson, G. Hermerén, B. Pettersson: Vad
är god forskningssed? Vetenskapsrådets rapportserie, 2005:1.
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.
A.J. Smith: The task of the
Referee,
IEEE
Computer, vol
23, no 4, April 1990
More reading material may 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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