1. SWM43: Research in Computing Anja Belz With Richard Byrne, Jane Challenger Gillitt, Richard Griffiths, David Horner, Lyn Pemberton, Gem Stapleton and Graham Winstanley

2. Module Introduction Double module, i.e. two semesters long 20 CATS points Assessment: – 20% on-line assignments – 50% written report – 30% oral presentation

3. Module Introduction Teaching: – Intensive week: aims to give you the skills needed to tackle the assessed module components: online assignments written report presentation – Online learning environment: on studentcentral materials from intensive teaching week online assignments feedback on assignments

4. Module Introduction Intensive teaching week: Introduction to Computing Research: aims to briefly touch on all subjects that will be covered in more depth during the rest of the week Planning Research/Lab Sessions 1&2: The first steps in research, how to plan a research project, how to get started doing background research; Use lab sessions to conduct background research in Speech Recognition OR Machine Translation. Research Methodologies – theoretical research – applied research quantitative qualitative

5. Module Introduction Intensive teaching week (cont.): Presenting research (1) – in writing – orally Assessing research – self-assessment – evaluating research results – peer review for publication decisions for funding decisions

6. Module Introduction Intensive teaching week (cont.): Research in society context – legal issues; – social and ethical aspects. Presenting research (2)/Lab sessions 3&4: – 5 min presentation of the background research in Speech Recognition/Machine Translation you did in Lab Sessions 1&2; – use lab sessions to prepare presentations.

7. Module Introduction Online assignments: Aim: – to lead step by step towards completion of literature review, – while teaching key generic skills for compiling and critically assessing a bibliography for a literature review 7 individual assignments, each worth 3% of overall module grade (assignment 1 is 2%)

8. Module Introduction List of online assignments: 1.Select topic for your literature review 2.Identify key characteristics of your research area 3.Compile a bibliography for your literature review 4.Analyse 1 paper from your bibliography in depth 5.Identify research methodologies in 2-3 papers 6.Write comprehensive peer review of 1 paper 7.Write draft version of your literature review

9. Module Introduction List of online assignments: 1.Select topic for your literature review 2.Identify key characteristics of your research area 3.Compile a bibliography for your literature review 4.Analyse 1 paper from your bibliography in depth 5.Identify research methodologies in 2-3 papers 6.Write comprehensive peer review of 1 paper 7.Write draft version of your literature review 2009-10-16 2009-11-06 2009-12-04 2010-01-22 2010-02-12 2010-03-12 2010-04-09 SUBMIT BY

10. Module Introduction Online assignments: For each assignment: – submit assignment itself – 1 week later (assignment 5, 6 days later), submit peer reviews for assignment Submit on studentcentral – in the assignment drop box – in the wiki area for the given assignment

11. Module Introduction Online learning environment: lecture materials from intensive teaching week wiki-based peer learning environment: – all assignments can be viewed by all peers – 3 peer reviews per assignment – all reviews can be viewed by all peers – aim: learn from each other, get ideas how to do things better (and worse), help each other improve – greater responsibility than usual: must submit assignments and reviews on time, otherwise peers have disadvantage

12. Module Introduction Literature review (50%) and presentation (30%): showcase skills you’ve learned in lectures and online assignments assignment 7 (due 2010-04-09) is draft of literature review, use feedback from peers and module leader to improve it for submission as final literature review submit final literature review: week starting 2010-05-17 presentations: week starting 2010-05-31