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Research Methods in Computing

and TechnologyCT098-3.5-2

Introduction to Disciplines


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CT098-3.5-2-RMCT (Research in Computin ! Technolo"# Introduction to module $lide 2 (o% 20#

Topic and structure o% the lesson

• Introduction to disciplines – The nature o% Computin ! Technolo"

pro&ect

– Di%%erences 'eteen disciplines

– Topics o% interest ithin each discipline


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)earnin *utcomes

• +" the end o% this session, "ou should 'e

a'le to –

$elect an appropriate Computin !Technolo" research area title accordin to

the discipline "ou are in


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/ature o% Computin and

Technolo" ro&ect

• 1nderstand hat s are – 4ithin academia ≠ ithin industr"

– )oo6 at thins more criticall" and more deepl"7

– cademic pro&ects should proide eidence o% amuch deeper understandin o% hat "ou are doin7

– re:uire some %orm o% &usti%ication and

conte;tualisation7

– Deelop "our on thouhts, aruments, ideas andconcepts7

– :uestion thins, loo6 at thins in a ne a" and %rom

ne anles7

(Dason,2009#


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Technolo" ro&ect

• 1nderstand hat s are – ppl" hat as studied in other modules

– Deelop ne s6ills

• Technical < (rorammin lanuae Tools Deelopmentmethods Desin techni:ue Research#

• ersonal - (time manaement discipline communication

s6ills report ritin#

– 4or6 independentl"

– Ma6e a contri'ution < that ma" 'e used '" or 'ene%it

others


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Technolo" ro&ect

• 1nderstand hat Computin and IT pro&ects are – R*=>CT

• something which has a beginning and an end”

• Purpose : to bring about some beneficial change

• Need to do more than develop a piece of software – must involve an

element of research, justify the context, evaluate and discuss itsresult


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$o%t issues application and

use o% computers and IT?

In%luence and impact o% IT

in oranisations and societ"

ractice 'ased computin

less on theor", more on

deelopment o% so%tare

s"stems

Theoretical

areas

mathematics,

loic, %ormalmethods and I



•

thorouh inestiation o% a particular area, improinunderstandin o% the area

Research 'ased

• Deelopment o% hardare, so%tare, process models, methods,alorithms, theories, desins and re:uirements speci%ication

Deelopment

• Comparin seeral approaches to a particular pro'lem? ealuatinto or more prorammin lanuaes? considerin alternatie andne technoloical approaches to a pro'lem.

>aluation

• $olin a pro'lem ithin either an oranisation or anotheruniersit" department. $ponsor not to hi&ac67 the pro&ect.

Industr"-'ased

•

Deelopin a ne techni:ue to sole a pro'lem? appl"in e;istinpro'lem solin techni:ue or theor" to a ne area?

ro'lem solin

Computin ro&ect T"pes



rinciples in choosin a pro&ect

• Capa'le o% doin in the time aaila'le

• Is o% "our interest 'ut not a personal issue

• ccordin to "our personal deelopment and assist in

"our oals• @ae a serious purpose and clear outcome that ill

'ene%it someone

• @ae clear deliera'les

•$uita'l" lin6ed ith "our proramme

• $u%%icient scope and :ualit" to %it the proramme

• Resources aaila'le



http://www.acm.org/education/curric_vols/IT_October_!!".pd#



+od" o% Anolede in IT


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+od" o% Anolede in I

(Intellient $"stems#

Ta6en %rom

http.learnarti%icialneuralnetor6s.comai.htmlBeneralpro'lemsolin



Techni$ues and In#ormation

%ources



Clustering

• )ist 6e"ords

• 4hen e;hausted all ords and phrases possi'le, cluster

them

• 1sed to deelop – Research Territor" Maps (RTMs# < ho topics relate to one

another in a particular %ield

– Releance Trees < similar to RTM 'ut has hierarchical structure?

loer leels o% detail? identi%"in ho a su'&ect is composed

–

$pider Diarams < similar to RTMs (ho topics relate# andreleance trees (ho topics 'rea6 don %rom central idea,

su'&ect or research :uestion#?


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hih-leel RTM %or the %ield o%

software engineering


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n e;ample releance tree %or

the %ield o% artificial intelligence


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n e;ample spider diaram %or

the %ield o% software engineering

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