1st year study
(1~12 months) |
The report should include:
- Literature survey: a clear description of the most relevant background material you have learned so far;
- The tentative research questions to be explored;
- Description of the methods that will be used;
- Results obtained, even if preliminary ones;
- Future plan;
- References;
- Your co-authored publications if any (listed at a separate page).
Presentation (20 minutes), suggested rundown for your reference:
- Introduction/Motivation: 2 minutes
- Literature survey: 3 minutes
- Research questions: 2 minutes
- Proposal/plan: 3 minutes
- Q&A: 10 minutes (must)
Assessment criteria:
- Students should demonstrate their understanding of the field of study;
- Student have made a reasonable start to the specific project;
- Students can demonstrate an understanding of the direction of their project;
- Students should have the potential to pursue research.
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2nd year study
(13~24 months) |
The report should include:
- Clear statement of your research problem and objectives;
- Detail the research methodology being used/proposed;
- Discuss the implications of any results obtained and how they relate to previous work;
- If the project has not reached the stage of generating significant amounts of results, more emphasis needs to be placed on the relevant design/building/theoretical issues;
- What you need to do to complete the work;
- References;
- Your co-authored publications if any (listed at a separate page).
Presentation (25 minutes), suggested rundown for your reference:
- Introduction/Motivation: 2 minutes
- Related work: 3 minutes
- Proposed methodology: 4 minutes
- Results: 3 minutes
- Future plan: 1 minute
- Q&A: 12 minutes (must)
Assessment criteria:
- Students should have understood the research problem;
- Students should have acquired the skills required to solve the problem;
- Students can write clearly about an scientific topic in their report;
- Students can explain and defend their work in the oral presentation;
- Students’ plan for completing the work within the deadline is realistic;
- Ideally the report can be turned into a published paper, or into a chapter of the student’s thesis.
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| 3rd or 4th year study (25~ months) |
The report should include:
- Clear statement of your research problem, which is to form the core of your thesis;
- Present relevant theoretical and methodological issues;
- Original contribution to knowledge in the field of study. The originality shall be shown by the discovery of new facts or theories, or the development of new methods;
- Technical and procedural aspects of data collection and analysis;
- Any significant results obtained and how they relate to previous work;
- What you need to do to complete the work;
- References;
- Your co-authored publications if any (listed at a separate page).
Presentation (25 minutes), suggested rundown for your reference:
- Introduction/Motivation: 2 minutes.
- Related work: 2 minutes
- Proposed methodology: 4 minutes
- Results: 4 minutes
- Conclusion: 1 minute
- Q&A: 12 minutes (must)
Assessment criteria:
- Students should demonstrate an advanced level of knowledge and understanding in the field of study;
- Students should have taken the initiative to develop and structure a research problem, rigorous solution, and analysis;
- Student should show high integrity in all tasks of collecting, analyzing, and presenting research data;
- Students can explain and defend their work in the oral presentation;
- Students’ plan for completing the work within the deadline is realistic;
- Students can write-up the research in a clear, organized and concise manner.
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