PEGEPROPOSALYou should prepare a proposal by yourself. The typical situation is thinking at a

subject, present this subject to a potential technology supervisor, and write and

amelioratetheproposalwiththissupervisor.Webelievethatformulatingyourown

PEGEproposalisagoodexercise.

Inthisprocess,youcanfinddifficultieswithfindingthesubjectand/orwithfinding

thesupervisor.Inbothcases,youcametoDEGandtalkwithmeormycolleagues.

In PEGE you normally have two supervisors – a professor that guides you in the

technology featuresandanother thatwill guideyou in formaldetails, structureof

theworkandbusiness/managementtopics.

Your proposal doesn’t need to be very formal but should be very clear. It should

contain:

1.PEGEI(orII,concerningwhatapplies)

2.Technologysupervisor(alreadyassumed,withnameandcontact,orintended,or

yousayyouarenotabletodefineit)

3.Atitle

4.Oneparagraphsaboutyourmotivationtoworkonthatsubject

5.Acontextofyourwork(whataretheboundaries,yourbroadscopedefinition).

6.Atentativeresearchquestionshouldalwaysbepresented.Theresearchquestion

issomethingthatwillguideyouthroughyourresearch,andthroughthewritingof

yourreport.

The title is always provisional as it can change through time adapting to your

learningcurve(thatis,themoreyouknowaboutthesubject,themoreyouareable

todefinewhatyoureallywanttodo).

ApartfromclarifyingwhichPEGEyouaredoing,appointingatechnologysupervisor,

defining a title, expressing yourmotivation, explaining your context, and research

question,youshouldprovidetworeferences(justthereferences,notthearticles)to

two articles (papers, conference proceedings, book chapters, books) on the same

subject.

7.Referencestotwoarticles

You can use IST digital library/ Publicações Electrónicas/ and B-ON, and EBSCO

Databasestolookforgoodreferences.Pleaselookat:http://bist.tecnico.ulisboa.pt

http://bist.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/pesquisa/biblioteca-digital/bases-de-dados-online/

Whenyouhaveyourproposalreadyyousendittomebymail.AfterIapproveyour

proposal (which is almostautomatic) you can start yourwork. You shouldpresent

theprogressofyourworktometwice.First,aboutamonthaftertheapprovalofthe

proposal, to see if are settled and ready to perform thework, and second, at the

end,whenyousubmityourworktome.

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Ahhhhhh. If you failanyof the (seven)detailswedefinedasmandatory (clarifying

which PEGE you are doing, appointing a technology supervisor (with name and

email), defining a title, expressing your motivation, explaining your context, and

researchquestion,youshouldprovidetworeferences (just thereferences,notthe

articles)totwoarticles(papers,conferenceproceedings,bookchapters,books)and

sendtheproposaltomeinduetimeandreportonthemiddleofthesemesteryou

maybeconsideredoutofcontest,thatmeansyoufailPEGE!Letmebeclear,ifyou

don’texplicitlysaywhatPEGE1,or2,youaredoingitisamotiveforfailing!

PEGEwillhavethreemandatorysessions/workshopsonethicsandsustainability,

allat7pm.OnMarch29,April19,andMay17.Savethedates!

PEGEREPORTPEGE1orPEGE2reportshouldbeabout25,30pages.

IfyouareengagedinPEGE1&2(6ECTS+6ECTS=12ECTS)andyouprefertodevelop

oneworkonly,yourreportshoulddisplaythesamestructureandhave50,60pages.

Thestructureofyourreportshouldbe:

Abstract

Introduction

Literature review [literature review, or state of the art can be part of the

introduction]

....[hereitisupwithyou,itisthebodyofyourwork]

Conclusion

References

Referencesshouldfollowanorm,andyoushouldalwaysusethesamenormduring

yourwork.

Apart from referencing authors and published work, you need to reference all

Figures and Tables and, if it is the case, report the source of the information

presented in these figures and tables.When I say reference to a figureor table, I

mean you need to say in the text something like “As we can see in Figure 1,

blablabla”.Youcannotsay“intheFigureabove,orbelow”!

Abstract

Itisanecessarilyshorttext,150–200words,thatclarifiesthegoalofyourworkand

ofyourreport.Methodsusedtoconstructyourworkandconclusions.Itshouldstate

whattheauthorachieved,howheworkedtoachievethat,andresultsobtained.

Introduction

It isacontextualisationofwhatyoulookedforandactuallydid, inwhatconditions

youoperated,andaclarificationofthescope. Inthe introductionaclearResearch

Question should be declared. Whatwere themethods (procedures) and/or tools

used?Then,attheendoftheintroduction,youshouldaddressthestructureofthe

document(section2wehave,section3relatesto,...)

Conclusion

Hereyoushouldclarifyyourassumptions,thedecisionstaken,andresultsobtained.

Youshouldalsodetailwhatyouhave learnedwithyourworkandeventually refer

possiblefuturework.