production
Skip to Content

Log In

  1. University Home
  2. Catalogue of Courses
  3. Postgraduate
  4. 2015-2016
  5. Computing Science
  6. CS5577: Technological, Scientific and Market Research

CS5577: TECHNOLOGICAL, SCIENTIFIC AND MARKET RESEARCH (2015-2016)

Last modified: 25 Mar 2016 11:38


Course Overview

This course serves as a lead in to the individual summer project. In it you will analyse the domain of your chosen research topic and provide a report on the background or literature.




Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Session Second Sub Session Credit Points 25 credits (12.5 ECTS credits)
Campus None. Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Professor George Coghill

Qualification Prerequisites

None.

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Computing Science (CS) (Studied)
  • Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

- The topic for research may be self proposed by the student, or the student may take a topic suggested by an academic member of staff. - Topics will be related to the area of the MSc dissertation and gaps in the students' knowledge. (some sample topics: Argumentation theory, Personalization, Machine Learning, Logic, Game Theory, Generating referring expressions.) - Hoe to analyse and specify gaps in knowledge. - Independent study skills (how to use textbooks, internet, papers, colleagues; what level of detail to study at; time management) - Reviewing materials, including scientific papers, technical documentation, and marketing materials about related products and services. - Communicating knowledge to a general computer science audience.

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers


Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 31 August 2023 for 1st half-session courses and 22 December 2023 for 2nd half-session courses.

Summative Assessments

Continuous assessment (100%). Students will produce a dissertation about the topics they studied in the course, and the systems studied and critically analysed. Marking will be done by an expert in the area of their dissertation, moderated by the course organiser.

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Feedback

None.

Course Learning Outcomes

None.
 

Compatibility Mode

We have detected that you are have compatibility mode enabled or are using an old version of Internet Explorer. You either need to switch off compatibility mode for this site or upgrade your browser.