Projects in Computing Systems (Dawson)

Dawson, C.W. Projects in Computing and Information Systems: A Student’s Guide

13 flashcards · Computer Science · by lakesare

1. Is master's degree an undergraduate or postgraduate course?

   It's in the middle!

2. What's Bologna Declaration? Bologna zone

   International agreement to harmonise higher education structure in Europe.

3. Name an example of a taught degree VS research degree.

   taught degree - bachelor's degree (BSc), master's degree (MSc) research degree - MPhil, PhD

4. What's the difference between a thesis for: taught degree (BSc, MSc) VS research degree (MPhil, PhD)?

   thesis for taught degree - doesn't need to be publishable. thesis for research degree - should be possible to publish, or presented at an international conference.

5. Supervisor VS director of research?

   supervisor - encourages you, explains stuff to you, pushed the project in the right direction director of research - usually more senior staff, interested in the strategic direction of your project

6. Who marks your project?

   Depends on the level: for bachelor thesis, it may be only your supervisor for master's thesis, it's likely to be another academic in your department for phd thesis, it's likely to be someone from another university!

7. What's a mortarboard?

   A square academic cap. The square academic cap, graduate cap, cap, mortarboard[1] (because of its similarity in appearance to the mortarboard used by brickmasons to hold mortar[2]) or Oxford cap, is an item of academic dress consisting of a horizontal square board fixed upon a skull-cap, with a tassel attached to the centre. In the UK and the US, it is commonly referred to informally in conjunction with an academic gown as a "cap and gown".The cap, together with the gown and sometimes a hood, n…

8. [Computing project types] 4 types of computing projects.

   research-based - when you thoroughly investigate some field, and discuss it. Many good dissertations do no more than review systematically and impose some structure on, a field of interest’ (Sharp et al., 2002: 27). A research-based project involves a thorough investigation of a particular area; improving your understanding of that area, identifying strengths and weaknesses within the field, discussing how the field has evolved, and acknowledging areas suitable for further development and inves…

9. Name 2 ways to be original.

   original method to do something - doing something someone has done before but using a different technique or approach. original idea - producing or developing something that has not been produced before.

10. [Solving a problem] What's the method of Pappus of solving the problem?

    Assume the problem is solved and calculate backwards

11. [Solving a problem] What's the method of Terullus of solving the problem?

    Assume a solution is impossible and try to prove why.

12. What's cross-sectional study VS longitudinal study?

    cross-sectional study - when data is collected at one point in time longitudinal study - when data is collected repeatedly over time

13. What's the Hawthorne Effect? (ХАуthорн)

    When the fact of observation changes the situation. The main point to draw from this study is that you should be aware of your influence on the situation you are observing. What you observe will not be under ‘normal’ conditions as anyone you look at will be conscious of your presence and may well act differently compared with how they normally behave.