CS4042 / CS4032 – Directed Study 28/01/200925/01/2011 Digital Media Design Music and Performance Technology Jim Buckley CS1-031 (21)3531 Directed Study (CS4042 – CS4032)

CS4042 / CS4032 – Directed Study 28/01/2009 Labs: Current Status The agenda: Why? (based on what? / how?) Had first practical: –Wordpress; Next week’s practical –Placing all attendees in groups; –Start you thinking about topics; –You will have a provisional topic and associated book / article for week 4; It is your responsibility to be at this stage for the practical week 4. If not, you will lose 5% of the module mark and already be behind BUT, even if you miss this 5%, make sure to attend, to get in a group now. Otherwise you will miss 5% AND fall further behind, missing more practical marks later on.

CS4042 / CS4032 – Directed Study 28/01/2009 Resources Reviewed material –Books; –PhD Theses; –MSc Theses; –MSc Dissertations; –Journals; –Conferences; Workshops: Other material: –Web pages; –YouTube; –Company material;

CS4042 / CS4032 – Directed Study 28/01/2009 Books General overview of area (possibly in one chapter) Books generally assessed by publishers, editor; Sometimes peer-reviewed - particularly edited books Generally trusted; Provides a framework from where you can then go deep, using other academic articles (journal, conference and workshop articles); Library Catalogue

CS4042 / CS4032 – Directed Study 28/01/2009 Theses 3 types: –PhD: detailed, novel research – typically very specific –MSc by Research: Not quite so detailed, not quite so novel research –MSc Dissertation: Really a stepping stone to academic research. Relevance –Reviewed by supervisor and external examiners; –All 3 have good state of the art chapters. For more specific detail, go to the PhDs, for more general, less specific / deep, go to MSc dissertations; Where in library?

CS4042 / CS4032 – Directed Study 28/01/2009 Journals What are Journals? Individual papers are heavily peer-reviewed by a number of experts, over a period of years sometimes; The reviewers have final sign-off Journal papers are accepted as a valid source of ESTABLISHED research output Typically very specific, but you can get review articles and/or specifics on your topics

CS4042 / CS4032 – Directed Study 28/01/2009 Journals availability in Library Journals section of the library system; Database section of library system;

CS4042 / CS4032 – Directed Study 28/01/2009 Conferences Conference papers are normally peer- reviewed by a number of people (particularly sources such as IEEE) Once off review and no final sign off. Conference papers are accepted as a valid source of research findings: Not quite as established as journals (on average), slightly more contemporary. Databases / Databases by Subject

CS4042 / CS4032 – Directed Study 28/01/2009 Workshops More cutting edge Less established: well based ideas as important as rigorous evidence Once off review and no final sign off. Valid source of research ideas and preliminary findings: more contemporary.

CS4042 / CS4032 – Directed Study 28/01/2009 Other Techniques / Tools –Finding feed-on articles; References; Google scholar ( ISI Web of knowledge (from the library database page – generate citation map); –Filtering: Abstracting; So, failing that, introduction, conclusion;

CS4042 / CS4032 – Directed Study 28/01/2009 A Process for Beginning Research Suggested Overall Process: –Use a book / Book chapter as a basis Gives you overview Gives you structure Gives you places you would like to find out more; –Find other papers that tell you more; –Slot them into that structure

CS4042 / CS4032 – Directed Study 28/01/2009 When Bugs Sing All about academic reading: Article and handout sheet attached; Spend 1 hour looking over this in advance of the lab: –They to summarize it; –Think about its structure; –What does it make you want to know more about?