1. 1 Guidelines and Resources For conducting a Master Thesis or Project E-Business Technologies Graduate Program Bijan Raahemi Associate Professor Telfer School of Management University of Ottawa

2. 2 Introduction Project Thesis Supervisors Resources Agenda

3. Project Thesis 3 Electronic Business Technologies E-TechnologyE- Business Project Thesis

4. 6 credits Completed within 1 or 2 semesters Takes about 216 hours of work –AFTER your project supervisor has approved the proposal Should have clear goals and at least one concrete “deliverable” –e.g. data collection, conducting a survey, literature review, developing a software module, 4 Project

5. The proposal for a project should include, at the minimum:  title of the project  objectives and goals  tasks that need to be accomplished during the project  the outcome  a workplan (timetable) Note: Your project supervisor may have additional requirements that you must fulfill in order to successfully complete your project. 5 Project Proposal

6. Deliverables & final project report must be submitted to the project supervisor –by the last week of the semester Approximately 50 pages in length including figures,tables and appendices.  Executive summary  Introduction  Main body  Conclusion  Bibliography  Appendix 6 Submission & Evaluation

7. A thesis is worth 12 credits of work –AFTER your thesis proposal has been approved Students typically spend one full year on thesis-related work from the time they complete all courses (including the Research Methods course). 7 Thesis

8. Prepared in coordination with your thesis supervisor, must be submitted at the end of the semester you are registered for the proposal. The proposal should include, at the minimum:  title of the thesis  objectives and goals  motivation  literature review  methodology (and proposed solutions)  validation of the proposed solutions  a workplan (timetable) Note: Your thesis supervisor may have additional requirements that you must fulfill in order to successfully complete your thesis. 8 Thesis Proposal

9. As per the guidelines of the Faculty of Graduate and Post-doctoral Studies (FGPS) The thesis needs to be submitted to the “Thesis Examining Committee” at least 30 days before the date of the oral defence exam. For further information on writing and defending the thesis, please consult: Guide for Master’s Thesis or Project http://www.grad.uottawa.ca/Default.aspx?tabid=1374 http://www.etudesup.uottawa.ca/Default.aspx?tabid=1339 9 Submission & Evaluation

10. Minimize the amount of text you borrow from other sources. Shall use quotation marks and include complete reference (author’s name, date, pages). Even when you paraphrase sentences from other authors, you shall still cite the full references and give them credits. Even when you “properly” reference your sources, you should still avoid importing too much material from other sources in your writing. This is “Your” document. 10 Referencing and Plagiarism

11. WriteCheck (http://en.writecheck.com/), to check for plagiarism and grammarhttp://en.writecheck.com/ iThenticate (http://www.ithenticate.com/), used by publishers to check similarityhttp://www.ithenticate.com/ Turnitin (http://www.turnitin.com) available to all Telfer professors free of charge.http://www.turnitin.com 11 Similarity Check

12. Research the professors’ home page Email them on an individual basis Your qualifications  professors’ areas of research In your email include, at the minimum:  your CV  a short paragraph about your research areas of interest  the start date of your program  the expected date of your graduation  how many (which) courses you have taken in the program  how many (which) courses remained to be taken 12 Searching for a Supervisor

13. For additional guidelines on searching for a supervisor, see section 3.1 (pp. 6-8) : « Finding a thesis supervisor » of Guide for Master’s Thesis and Project: http://www.grad.uottawa.ca/Default.aspx?tabid=1374 http://www.etudesup.uottawa.ca/Default.aspx?tabid=1339 13 Searching for a Supervisor

14. Guide for Master’s Thesis and Project http://www.grad.uottawa.ca/Default.aspx?tabid=1374 http://www.etudesup.uottawa.ca/Default.aspx?tabid=1339 Academic Writing Help Centre (AWHC) http://www.sass.uottawa.ca/writing/ http://www.sass.uottawa.ca/redaction /http://www.sass.uottawa.ca/redaction / Graduate Student Mentoring Centre http://www.sass.uottawa.ca/mentoring/graduate/ http://www.sass.uottawa.ca/mentorat/superieurs/ 14 Resources

15. Library http://www.biblio.uottawa.ca/html/index.jsp?lang=en http://www.biblio.uottawa.ca/html/index.jsp?lang=fr The subject librarian responsible for the e- Business programs: Mish Boutet Replacement Librarian, Head, Management Library, Desmarais Building, Room 2141 mboutet@uottawa.ca Tel : 613-562-5800 ext. 4103 Special LibGuide available for e-Business students: http://uottawa.ca.libguides.com/ebiztechnologies http://uottawa.ca.libguides.com/ebiztechnologies 15 Resources

16. Stream Data Big Data Applications in Engineering, Healthcare, and Business 16 My Areas of Research in the KDD Lab Data Mining & Machine Learning Information Systems Data Communications Networks and Services Service Oriented Organizations

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