week 1: introducing advanced topics in cs / is / bc * prof. martin shepperd dr steve counsell dr...
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Week 1: Introducing Advanced Topics in
CS / IS / BC
* Prof. Martin ShepperdDr Steve Counsell
Dr Simon Kent* Prof. Panos Louvieris
Dr Tim Cribbin
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Today's Lecture
1. Module aims2. Structure and organisation3. Assessment4. Teasers
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1. Module Aims
To develop skills in working as team members; researching and synthesising an
advanced topic from both academic and practical perspectives; conduct critical
analysis; make an effective presentation and discuss issues
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1. Module Aims
To develop skills in working as team members; researching and synthesising an
advanced topic from both academic and practical perspectives; conduct critical
analysis; make an effective presentation and discuss issues
CS3001/6: Lecture 1 - Introduction 6
1. Module Aims
To develop skills in working as team members; researching and synthesising an
advanced topic from both academic and practical perspectives; conduct critical
analysis; make an effective presentation and discuss issues
CS3001/6: Lecture 1 - Introduction 7
1. Module Aims
To develop skills in working as team members; researching and synthesising an
advanced topic from both academic and practical perspectives; conduct critical
analysis; make an effective presentation and discuss issues
CS3001/6: Lecture 1 - Introduction 8
1. Module Aims
To develop skills in working as team members; researching and synthesising an
advanced topic from both academic and practical perspectives; conduct critical
analysis; make an effective presentation and discuss issues
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Motivators?
The process of evaluating and combining evidence to construct arguments is an important graduate
skill wanted by employers.
Opportunity to research advanced material in Computer Science / Information Systems.
Recent advances are astonishing. There was never a better time to study.
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Motivators?
Get a greater appreciation of the diversity, reach and impact of computer science
What drives DISC research?
What do we do?
Why does it matter?
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A Leading CS Department
Ranked top in the UK for 'Research Power' and we are by far the largest research grouping in the area
(RAE 2008)
NTU 2013 ranking of 8th in the UK
84th in the world (Microsoft Academic Search)
Three members of the department are ranked in the top 100 researchers in the world in their fields
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A Leading CS DepartmentAugmented Reality
Business Intelligence Cyber Security
Federated Cloud Computing Grid Computing
Healthcare informatics Machine Learning and Data Mining
Ontologies Sentiment Analysis in Social Media
Serious Gaming Software Engineering
...
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2. Structure and Organisation
Week TopicW16 IntroductionW17 Finding, evaluating and making
sense of source material W18-22 Four specialist research topics
(DISC senior researchers)W22-23 Specialist research topics
(student groups)W27 Revision
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split
split
split
Semnono
yes
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no
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3. Assessment
1. Group presentation (Pass/Fail)• but must also pass exam
2. Unseen examination (3 hours)• Section One is based on staff presentations• Section Two is based on student group
investigations• Therefore one question per topic
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Blackboard
Announcements
Teaching Materials
Lecturer and GTA engagement
Discussion Groups
Coursework
Feedback
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4. Appetisers
"As of 2013, the World Wide Web is estimated to have reached 4 Zettabytes." (wikipedia)
A zettabyte is 1000000000000000000000 bytes!
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Example: Soon and Baliunas controversy
Deeply flawed anti-climate change journal paper
published despite 4 reviews. See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soon_and_Baliunas_controversy
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Gastric freezing Pain relief
Treatment 1Gastric freezing
Treatment 2Placebo
Compare pain relief
Group 1
Group 2
Random allocation of subjects
Understanding Experiments
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Probabilistic Reasoning
Salt Lake Tribune, Friday, October 11, 2002 The menu at the Coffee Garden at 900 East and 900 South in Salt Lake City has included a scrumptious selection of quiche for about 10 years. The recipe calls for four fresh eggs for each quiche. A Salt Lake County Health Department inspector paid a visit recently and pointed out that research by the Food and Drug Administration indicates that one in four eggs carries salmonella bacterium, so restaurants should never use more than three eggs when preparing quiche. The manager on duty wondered aloud if simply throwing out three eggs from each dozen and using the remaining nine in four-egg-quiches would serve the same purpose. The inspector wasn't sure, but she said she would research it.
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Reading
There are no set text books.
You will need to read widely and critically.
Don't restrict yourself just to journal papers.
Share resources.