Unit name | Individual Project: Research Proposal |
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Unit code | COMSM0011 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Professor. Dave Cliff |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
COMSM0111 |
School/department | Department of Computer Science |
Faculty | Faculty of Engineering |
This unit covers the skills needed to carry out technical and scientific research and to exploit the results of the research. This may be in a University research group or in a Research and Development Laboratory in a company. It will be delivered in the context of technical, theoretical or experimental research relating to areas of Computer Science. The emphasis will be on mechanisms for effective research, including teamwork and the generation of ideas, writing technical strategy documents (whitepapers) and academic publications, and for successful exploitation, such as gaining funding and commercial or social enterprise. Topics will range from how to carry out literature searches, formulate research problems and publish academic papers, through to writing research proposals and applying for patents.
On completion of this unit students will:
One three-hour session per week. Over the duration of the unit, this session involves lectures, seminar discussions, student presentations, and directed reading.
100% coursework. Students will submit a Research Proposal relating to their project conducted in unit COMSM0111 Individual Project : Implementation
W Booth, G Colomb J M Williams The Craft of Research, University of Chicago Press, 2005