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Winfried E. Kühnhauser, Peter Amthor, Marius SchlegelCSIIlmenau Technical Universitywww.tu-ilmenau.de

Seminar IntroSommer 2019

Proseminar (Bachelor)Hauptseminar (Master)Research Seminar I and II (Master RCSE)

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About Pro- and Advanced Seminars

GoalSelf-assessment of a complex scientific topic

Approach■ Literature research

■ Presentation■ Written summary

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Literature Research

■ Find, Select, Understand

Getting help

■ Your advisor

■ Course on literature research, tuned to CS students

(mandatory for BSc and RCSE students!)

◆ Tuesday, 9.4. 2019, 13 Uhr, Z 1021/22 (english)

◆ Montag, 8.4.2019, 13 Uhr, Z 1021/22 (german)

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Presentation

■ 60 Minutes

■ Quality Aspects◆ Content◆ Didactics◆ Rhetorics

→ see Web pages of RCSE Research Skills, Winter 2018/19, ”How to give a research talk“

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Written Summary

■ ≈ 10 pages summary■ Quality Aspects

◆ Motivation◆ Problem Statement◆ Technical Soundness◆ Personal View◆ Discussion

→ see Web pages of RCSE Research Skills, Winter 2018/19 “How to write a research paper“

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The Works

Our Job

Coaching and quality management

■ Personal advisor

■ Support in ◆ Literature selection and understanding

→ ask him!

■ Quality check◆ 7-days mandatory and hard deadline

→ ask for a meeting in good time!

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Summary: Your Job in a Seminar is ...

■ To research literature◆ Find, select, understand

◆ Pester your advisor!

■ To present your topic◆ Presentation

◆ Written summary (due 2 weeks after last presentation)

■ To provide feedback to other student’s presentations (mandatory: presence at every presentation)

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Grades are based on

■ Preparation phase◆ Autonomy, initiative, thoroughness

■ Presentation and discussion◆ Content

• Relevance, correctness, depth, knowledge in the field◆ Didactics

• Presentation structure, slide layout, audience management◆ Rhetorics

• Gestures and language◆ Management

• Timing, technology management

■ Written Summary