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Degree Project in Computer Science, First Level
Examensarbete inom datalogi, grundnivå
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- 110401: Slides from Richards halfway lecture now correctly linked below
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- 110201: Lectures and half way meeting schedules final.
- 110131: Lectures and half way meetings now scheduled (hopefully final)
- 110131: There is some confusion regarding information in TimeEdit and information here. Regarding the essay work it is *times on this page that apply, nothing else*.
- 110128: Hand in project specification to your group supervisor by mail in pdf (unless your supervisor tells you otherwise). You do not need to mail it to Mads
- 110126: New deadline for project specifications: midnight, 9 Feb
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- 110118: Slides from kickoff lecture now uploaded.
- 110118: Course activation in rapp is not yet ready.
Overview
The B.Sc. degree project has two independent parts:
- The programming project in the software engineering (MVK) course, 9 hp.
- A Bachelor's essay (sv. kandidatuppsats), 6 hp. This page addresses ONLY the Bachelor's essay.
The essay is a small project executed individually or in pairs, designed to test students skills in analysing, processing, evaluating, and presenting a piece of scientific or engineering work in computer science.
Supervisors
Group assignment here
- Mads Dam, theory, security, programming languages, distributed systems,
group 1, group 2
- Johan Boye, language technology, AI, group 3 and 4
- Lars Kjelldahl, HCI, graphics, group 5, group 6
- Henrik Eriksson, combinatorics, group 7
- Mikael Goldmann, theory, cryptography, security, group 8
- Alexander Baltatzis, programming, group 9
Examiner
Examiner is Mads Dam
Organisation
The essay work involves the following items:
- The essay itself, including project specification, written report, and an oral presentation at a final one-day "exjobbs" conference
- Review of another essay
- Lectures in report writing and presentation techniques
The essay work starts with a kickoff in January. At the kickoff we'll go through the what, how, why, and when's of the essay work, including choice of subject, supervisor assignment, and grading.
Subjects
A preliminary list of essay subjects is available here. Own subjects are welcome. Talk to your supervisor to make sure the subject is suitable.
Schedule
| What |
Time |
Location |
How and What |
Material |
| Kickoff |
18 Jan, 11-12 |
F2 |
Lecture |
Slides |
| Preferences for essay groups and supervisors |
21 Jan |
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Mail to mfd@kth.se |
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| Hand in of project specification |
9 Feb, 24.00 |
--- |
Mail to supervisor in pdf |
|
| Report writing |
7 Feb, 15-17 |
E1 |
Lecture |
Sambandssignaler,slides |
| Halfway meeting, grp 1+2 |
1 March, 8-12 |
H21 |
Workshop |
Here |
| Group 3+4 |
4 March, 13-17 |
E32 |
Workshop |
Here |
| Group 5+6 |
9 March, 8-12 |
E33 |
Workshop |
Here |
| Group 7+8+9 |
11 March, 13-17 |
K53 |
Workshop |
Here |
| Lecture on presentation techniques |
5 April, 15-17 |
D2 |
Lecture |
Slides |
| Essay hand in deadline |
14 April |
--- |
Mail to your supervisor |
|
| Review hand in deadline |
26 April |
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Mail to your supervisor |
|
| Exjobbs conference |
27 April 2011 all day |
V32, V34, V35 |
|
Program |
| Final version of essay |
TBA |
|
Mail to your supervisor |
|
Halfway Meetings
For the halfway meetings bring a draft essay in 3 copies. The draft must include the following:
- Title page with complete information regarding title, author(s) (name, full address, phone number, mailaddress), course information (this course w. name and number, school, university) and name of supervisor
- Current table of content with page numbers
- Complete list of headings expected to appear in the final essay
- General introduction explaining the larger context in which the essay project is donem including statements of problem and aims
- Summary of the literature (reports, papers, web sites, etc) which the author(s) have read in relation to the essay work
- As much of the project work as has been completed
- Results and conclusion as can be determined at the time of writing
- Reference list and references in the current text
- Richards slides, report checklist, review form for author, return form
- Here is a really useful resource for those of you writing in English
Requirements and Grading
- Approved subject and project specifikation, pass/fail
- Written essay, scientific and engineering quality, A-F
- Written essay, presention, A-F
- Oral presentation at the final conference, A-F
- Written review, A-F
- Oral opposition at final conference, pass/fail
More information on the grading criteria is available in the kickoff slides.
Prerequisites
Minimum is 120 hp completed of which 60 hp in computer science.
Registration
We use rapp. Registration information is imported from ladok, but it is very important that you activate your participation in rapp.
Mailing List
Once registration is complete the mailing list dkand-11 with suffix csc kth se will reach all active student and teachers. Feel free to use it for any relevant communication.
More Information
More information on the essay, contents, layout,and handin procedures will be available in the FAQ.
Contact
Coordinator for the essay project is Mads Dam, KTH phone 08 790 6229, mobile 0708764440. Best way of contacting Mads is by mail mfd aat kth dot se
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