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Research Methods
COSC2148/COSC2149/COSC2150(formerly known as CS700)
• ..be considerate to others – switch off mobile phones during lectures and seminars, or put them into silent mode.
Please…
Welcome to Research Methods!
Teaches you the skills and practices of researchReadingExperimentingAnalysingWritingPresentingCritical thinking!
Directly relevant to your thesis.Likely to be relevant to your future activities (research or otherwise…)
Staff
Course Leader:James Harland, [email protected].
Lecturers:Vic CiesielskiJames HarlandJames ThomFalk ScholerAndrew TurpinLin Padgham
Resources
Course home page:https://inside.cs.rmit.edu.au/students/courses/ResearchMethods/
Includes official timetable and assignment deadlinesCourse newsgroup:
rmit.cs.ResearchMethods
You should read this regularly; all course-related announcements will be made there.
Course notes are available in the RMIT bookshop.
Course Structure
Lectures:Weekly 2 hours
Labs:Held in some weeks (check course home page for current information)Unsupervised Relate to assignments
Exam:There is no exam
Lecture Topics
Week Date Lecturer Topic
1 25/7 James Harland;
Vic Ciesielski
Introduction; What is Research? (a)
2 1/8 Vic Ciesielski What is Research? (b)
3 8/8 James Harland
Falk Scholer
Research Literature
Information Resources
4 15/8 James Thom Writing a Research Proposal
Lecture Topics
Week Date Lecturer Topic
5 22/8 James Harland Technical Writing
6 29/8 Falk Scholer Laboratory Skills
7 12/9 Lin Padgham Ethics in Research
8 19/9 Falk Scholer Empirical Research
Note: no lecture on 5th September for mid-semester break
Lecture Topics
Week Date Lecturer Topic
9 26/9 Falk Scholer Empirical Research
10 3/10 TBC Managing and Planning Research
11 10/10 Andrew Turpin Research Presentations
12 17/10 You! Student Presentations
Assignments
# Description Due by 9.30pm on:
1 What is research? 1/8
2 Supervisor 8/8
3 Lab Skills 5/9
4 Research Paper - First submission 12/9
5 Research Paper - Reviews of two student papers
19/9
6 Empirical Research 3/10
7 Presentations (nothing to be submitted)
17/10
8 Research Paper - Final version 17/10
Assignments…
Assignments are due by 9:30pm on Thursday evenings (before the next RM lecture).
Except for lab skills, due Friday night because no lecture that week
A penalty of 10% per day will be applied for late submissions.
Note that this course has many assignments – plan your time carefully.
Labs (Unsupervised)
# Description Date
1 Generating PDF Week 1 (25/7, today)
2 Finding papers Week 3 (8/8)
3 LaTex Week 4 (15/8)
4 Lab Skills Mid-semester break (5/9)
5 Presentation Tools Week 10 (3/10)
Expected Work
You are expected to make progress on your thesis as part of doing this course.In particular, if you don’t already have a supervisor and a topic – now would be a good time to start talking to potential supervisors …For a list of possible projects/supervisors, see:
https://inside.cs.rmit.edu.au/students/pgrad_projects/
Failing RM will prevent you from enrolling in a thesis subject!
Plagiarism:Submitting an assignment that contains other people's work. Helping other students to plagiarise.
All submitted work must be your own.
The only exception is where the assignment has explicit instructions to do so.All copied work (from the Internet, other students, or staff) must be fully identified.
Plagiarism is an offence…
Students are responsible for ensuring that their work is kept in a secure place. It is also a disciplinary offence for students to allow their work to be plagiarised by another student.
Students should be aware of their rights and responsibilities regarding the use of copyright material.
Plagiarism is an offence…
A student who submits copied work receives no marks for that assignment. Partial marks will not be given. Even if only part of the assignment was copied, the student will get no marks. If this means that a hurdle is not reached, then the student fails the subject. A student who plagiarises a second time will be sent to the disciplinary committee. Penalties include failure, fines, and expulsion from the university. For more information, see “Plagiarism" under:
http://www.cs.rmit.edu.au/students/integrity
Plagiarism is an offence…
Turnitin Software
For Research Methods, assignments are checked using turnitin.Turnitin is a software package that is used to detect plagiarism.It checks submissions against other assignments, material from the Web, and so on.See: http://www.rmit.edu.au/teachingandlearning/links/academicintegrity
Other Aspects of Doing Research
Being part of a community(mailing lists, news groups, conferences, … )Seeking papersReading both within and outside your areaAttending seminars
RMIT School seminars are held onFridays, 11:30-12:30http://www.cs.rmit.edu.au/general/seminars/Your group may have their own meetings – ask your supervisor
Your Supervisor
Is expected to be involved:Weekly meetingsFeedback on drafts of paper (but you need to give them time)
If your supervisor tries to tell you that they aren’t meant to be involved, or that the research doesn’t start until next semester then they are WRONG and you need to talk with James Harland (RM coordinator).
