Guidelines, and some policies

• Skrive prosjekt- eller semesteroppgave (Universitetsbiblioteket)
• Kriterier for bedømmelse av prosjekt- og hovedoppgaver
• Forsidemaler for diplomoppgave (ikke fordypningsprosjekt)
• Evaluering av fordypning, Kyb.
• Skriveveiledning Ex.Phil.
• Referansemal fra SVT-fakultetet
• JAMIA instructions (gjelder ikke for vårt fordypningsprosjekt, selvfølgelig)
• Information for LNCS Authors Gjelder for SDM'05.
• Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: Writing and Editing for Biomedical Publication
• Define terms before using them.

Writing reports

• Start as early as possible (now!)
  • – Make or use a template for an academic report.
  • –As you read them, write short summaries of articles, use them in the state-of-the art part of the report.
  • –Define research questions/research goals early.
• Technical reports should be written in English rather than Norwegian, except when the audience is exclusively Norwegian/Danish/Swedish. English reports give
• – Good practice for work
• – Wider audience
• – Can be used as starting points for scientific articles for publishing.

Process for the project

• Make a rough project plan
• Delve into the problem and the state-of-the-art
• Make a detailed plan with milestones
• Iterations:
  • – Do one increment (read, document, design, programming)
  • – Discuss with supervisor, customer, etc.
• Make a complete report
• Last check with supervisor.

Evaluation criteria.

• The project is evaluated based on:
  • –Significance and originality (Novelty)
  • –Methodical approach
  • –Presentation
• Grades, old meaning:
  • – A: Outstanding. High level of knowledge, good analytic ability. Uses the knowledge in an independent way.
  • – B: Very good. Good level of knowledge. Uses the knowledge in an independent way.
  • – C: Good. Grasps the most important elements of the subject. Uses the knowledge in a partially independent way.
  • – D: OK, usable. Lacks a grasp of the most important knowledge elemnts. No independent ability.
  • – E: Sufficient. Satisfies minimum requirements.
  • – F: Fail
• Grades, new meaning:
  • A outstanding. Presentation that clearly stands out. The candidate shows good judgement and a high degree of independence.
  • B very good Very good presentation. The candidate shows good judgement and independence.
  • C good Overall, a good presentation that that is good on most areas. The kandidate shows good judgment and independence on the most important areas.
  • D sort of good Acceptable presentation with some significant shortcommings. The candidate shows some judgement and independence.
  • E sufficient The presentation satisfies the minimal requirements, but no more. Little judgement or independence.
  • F fail Does not meet minimal requirements. Lack of good judgement and independence.

Report structure

• Discuss the structure with the supervisor.
• Suggestion:
  • – Front page.
  • – Abstract: Summary of project (1 p).
  • – Preface: context, thanks to advisors etc. (1 p).
  1. – 1. Introduction (3-8 p): Motivation, Project context, Problem definition, Report outline.
  2. – 2. Prestudy: Survey of state-of-theart/ practice.
  3. – 3. Research agenda/Method/Process
  4. – 4. Requirement specification/problem elaboration
  5. v 5. Own contribution: Outlines the contribution of your work (can be several chapters)
  6. v 6. Results from trying out the work in ch. 5, related to the stated hypothesis, often by empirical work -- for validation.
  7. v 7. Evaluation of results (separate from ch. 6!) -- for validation. Suggestions for improvements.
  8. v 8. Conclusion and further work.
  • v Appendices: A) references and possibly bibliography, B) glossary, C) technical stuff (software/questionnaires etc.).