SET seminar

Course code: 2IS95 (OWInfo description can be found here).

Time and location: Tuesday, 15:45-17:30 (7th and 8th hour) and Friday, 8:45-10:30 (1st and 2nd hour), at Potentiaal 2.19 (plan).
Target audience: Master (CSE, ES, BIS) students interested in Software Engineering. Students intending to work on their graduation project with Software Engineering & Technology as specialisation are expected to participate in the seminar.
Responsible lecturer: Alexander Serebrenik
Submission: Peach

Background information on the course:

This SET seminar has several purposes:

• Getting acquainted with the research topics related to the Software Engineering and Technology specialisation.
• Getting acquainted with the basic principles of academic research, such are reading and reviewing scientific papers, presenting scientific results both in oral and written form. This can be seen as a preparation for your Master Thesis project.

• Preparing and executing a literature search; including preparation of bibliographic references
• Critical reading, reviewing of literature; judging relevance/quality, summarizing, classifying, comparing, etc.
• Critical listening to presentations, asking probing questions in dicussions.
• Setting up a small-scale academic investigation.
• Preparing and giving oral presentations.
• Writing a technical article/report.

The SET seminar consists of compulsory meetings. Frequency and the exact schedule of the meetings will depend on the number of participants.

Assignments and grading Focus of the seminar is on conducting a small independent study and presenting its results orally and in writing. MDSE/SET staff members and/or PhD students will act as supervisors of the study. You are expected to choose the topic of your study and get it approved by a staff member and the responsible lecturer.

• P1: research proposal, preliminary version. This version of the research proposal will be reviewed by your fellow students and not by the responsible lecturer. Hence, it will not be graded.
• RP: review of the research proposal.
• P2: research proposal, final version.
• W1: final report, preliminary version. This version of the research proposal will be reviewed by your fellow students and not by the responsible lecturer. Hence, it will not be graded.
• RW: review of the final report.
• W2: final report, final version.
• O1: short oral presentation during the mini-workshop (5 minutes), not graded
• RO1: review of the mini-workshop presentation
• O2: final oral presentation (30 minutes)
• RO2: review of the oral presentation

The final grade = 0.15 * P2 + 0.3 * O2 + 0.4 * W2 + 0.075 * RW + 0.025 * RP + 0.025 * RO1 + 0.025 * RO2.

All written assignments should be submitted via Peach not later than midnight (Eindhoven time) of the stated date. When you register for the course via OASE, you will automatically be added to the course in Peach.

Choosing a research topic: Research proposal
You will conduct a mini-research either related to the themes presented by the staff or related to your MSc project. You have to find the relevant papers, write a report on these papers based on some by yourself formulated research proposition. There is no minimal number of papers you have to read. Details concerning the P assignment can be found in Peach. You are expected to regularly meet with your supervisor to keep track of your progress.

Oral presentations
You will give two presentations at the seminar. The first one (O1) will be part of a mini-workshop which is meant to present an initial idea for your research proposal before writing it down. This presentation should take 5 minutes, and will not be graded. It allows the audience to give early feedback and pointers. In the second presentation (O2), you will present the findings of your research. This should take 30 minutes. After this presentation, the audience will get an opportunity to ask questions and provide the presenter with feedback.

• Tips for giving scientific presentations

Writing an essay
The essay should be at least 10 pages. If the selected topic is related to the MSc project, the written report could be the related work section or the feasibility study of the final thesis.

• Scientific writing
• Ian Parberry's TCS Guides
• Writing of technical reports

Reviewing a paper / presentation (Use this form to review each other's presentations)

• Peer review form
• Peer review guidelines