Research Planning

Code:

PRODEI036

Acronym:

PI

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Multidisciplinary Themes

Instance: 2023/2024 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	https://moodle2324.up.pt/course/view.php?id=5931
Responsible unit:	Department of Informatics Engineering
Course/CS Responsible:	Doctoral Program in Informatics Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
PRODEI	23	Syllabus	1	-	18	14	486

Teaching language

English

Objectives

Enable doctoral students to clarify and select the topic of their doctoral thesis

Support students in writing their Thesis Projects in their various components.

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of the course, students should be able to:
- analyse a research topic;
- carry out research focused on the topic;
- identify the main publications, as well as the respective individuals and groups;
- critically summarise the previous information in a state-of-the-art document;
- identify and state a hypothesis, as well as the main research questions;
- state the methods, methodologies, as well as establish the research work plan potentially leading to an innovative solution to the proposed topic.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1- Presentation and discussion of potential doctoral thesis topics
2- Support for writing thesis reports / projects:
    - State of the art
    - Work plan
3- Scientific presentations of the work carried out and their collective discussion

Mandatory literature

Apontamentos de PI / Handouts for the course (Handouts available in the course webpage)
vários; Links to Bibliographic material (Link to the course specific website and get links to bibliographic material)

Teaching methods and learning activities

Individual presentations and collective discussion in the classroom.

Individual work may have the collaboration of potential tutors.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Prova oral	35,00
Trabalho escrito	65,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	80,00
Frequência das aulas	14,00
Trabalho de campo	40,00
Trabalho de investigação	190,00
Total:	324,00

Eligibility for exams

Positive assessment of the final Thesis Report / Project by the course teachers and potential supervisors.

Calculation formula of final grade

• 10% Mid-term presentation


• 25% Evaluation of final presentation


• 65% Evaluation of report / thesis project

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

The same applied to the regular students.

Observations

The collaboration of potential supervisors in the writing of the report/thesis project is possible and even desirable, but the doctoral student's authorship and responsibility for the material produced must be made clear.