Methodologies for Scientific Research

Code:

PRODEI032

Acronym:

MIC

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Multidisciplinary Themes

Instance: 2022/2023 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	https://moodle.up.pt/course/view.php?id=1539
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	11	Syllabus	1	-	12	42	324

Teaching language

English

Objectives

• Learn the Methods, Processes and best Practices for Scientific Research in several different scientific domains, namely Informatics (Computer Science and Computer Engineering).


• Develop a critical scientific attitude.


• Develop the ability to produce adequate scientific documents, both in terms of form as well as concerning the quality of the content.


• Learn the processes related with the organization, participation and monitoring of scientific meetings. 

Learning outcomes and competences

The skills to be acquired are directly related with the previous exposed goals:

• Use of scientific methods for research
• Critical analysis and review of scientific papers
• Write scientific documents (papers, reports, theses)
• Oral presentations of scientific work
• Organize scientific meetings

Working method

Presencial

Program

• Methods and Techniques for developing research projects


• Systematic Methods of Scientific Information Resaerch


• Techniques for writing a research paper for publication


• Invited Talks


• Participation in a Workshop

Mandatory literature

Eugénio Oliveira; Notes for Scientific research methodology (Handouts available in the course webpage. It includes several links to other bibliography)
Thomas Kuhn; The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, The University of Chicago Press

Complementary Bibliography

Michael P. Marder ; Research Methods for Science, Cambridge University Press, 2011. ISBN: 9780521145848 (A textbook example)
• R. A. Day and B. Gastel; How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper, Oryx Press, 2006
P. Bock; Getting It Right: R&D Methods for Science and Engineering, Academic Press, 2001
Gavin Brown; How to Get Your PhD: A Handbook for the Journey, Oxford University Press, 2021. ISBN: 978-0198866923

Teaching methods and learning activities

• Discussion (argumentation as well as counter-argumentation) about how adequate the philosophical and scientific principles are to the student's areas of interest


• Critical analysis of scientific publications, with supervision


• Attending and interacting with invited speakers


• Participation in an internal workshop, including:




• production of papers in an appropriate format


• reviewing of papers


• presentation of paper

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	10,00
Prova oral	30,00
Trabalho de campo	30,00
Trabalho escrito	30,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Frequência das aulas	42,00
Total:	42,00

Eligibility for exams

• Class attendance


• Review of scientific papers


• Write a research paper


• Presentaiton of the pape at the internal workshop

Calculation formula of final grade

• Attending and participating during classes 10%


• Selected paper reviewing 15%


• Internal workshop:




• Paper reviewing process 20%


• Writing the scientific paper 35%


• Oral presentation 20%

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

The same of regular students

Classification improvement

N.A.