Critical Computing Systems Engineering

DISSERTATION RESEARCH PLAN DEVELOPMENT

General Data

Type of credits: ECTS
Number of credits: 8.00
Status: Mandatory
Type: Course
Academic Year:
Term:
Languages: English, Portuguese
Available for Mobility Students: No
Restricted to alliance: No
Code: Sin codigo

Coordination

Description

Theory/Practice
16

Instructors

Luís Miguel Pinho


 

Contents

The syllabus provides the best principles for reviewing literature, to write scientific papers and research proposals, and to build and organize scientific content to formulate state-of-the-art and identify the building blocks of a new scientific proposal.
In parallel, each student, individually, will be mentored by the selected MSc thesis advisor, and will write hers/his thesis plan.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the curricular unit, the student must be able to:
CO1. Identify and define scientific building blocks of a thesis research proposal;
CO2. Perform literature reviews and identify the fundamental scientific information that needs to part of a state-of-the-art formulation for a research proposal;
CO3. Show the capability to write scientific critiques;
CO4. Write a thesis research proposal, including introduction state-of-the-art, approach and methods, and time line.