Research Seminar in Software Engineering 2021/22 sügis

Seminar Milestones:

• 20-Sep-2021: MSc topic and supervisor confirmed ( required is either an e-mail from the supervisor to dietmar.pfahl@ut.ee or a direct Slack message from the student showing evidence that the supervisor has agreed the specified topic)
  • List of students & topics & supervisors (Status: 28-Sep-2021 at 23:00)
• 22-Sep-2021: Last possibility to withdraw from the seminar (without going through the Dean's office)
• 27-Sep-2021: Classification of thesis topic
  • In case you do not know what type of thesis you have and also your supervisor cannot tell you, please consult slides 7-19 of the introductory session. In your submission, say what type your thesis is and give one or two sentences of explanation/support for your classification.
  • Submit here -- make sure to select the correct submission option (T1)
• 18-Oct-2021: 1st draft of report
  • Expected contents (mandatory):
    • Statement of goals that shall be achieved (What results will be delivered? / What problems will be solved?)
    • Motivation: why is it interesting/important to achieve the stated goals?
    • List of criteria that will be used to decide whether you have achieved the stated goals
    • Description of starting situation
  • Additional content (optional)
    • Description of process/method how you will achieve your goals
  • Format: You must use the MSc thesis template
    • The MSc thesis template can be found here (Word and TeX templates)
  • Submit report here -- make sure to select the correct submission option (T2) -- Submission must be a PDF file
  • Links to examples of short work-in-progress publications at major SE conferences/workshops (2-4 pages):
    • https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9054844
    • https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9054833
• 22-Nov-2021: 2nd draft of report + presentation slides (for presenters on 24-Nov-2021)
  • Expected contents of report (mandatory):
    • Statement of goals that shall be achieved (What results will be delivered? / What problems will be solved?)
    • Motivation: why is it interesting/important to achieve the stated goals?
    • List of criteria that will be used to decide whether you have achieved the stated goals
    • Description of starting situation
    • Description of process/method how you will achieve your goals
  • Additional content of report (optional)
    • Description of first results
  • Expected contents of presentation (mandatory):
    • Cover slide with name of student, name(s) of supervisor(s), topic/title
    • Slides 1-2: Motivation & Baseline situation (starting point of your thesis)
    • Slide 3: Goals || Research Questions || Expected Results (it's up to you, which of the three you present -- all have roughly the same meaning)
    • Slides 4-6: Method (= Process how you will: achieve the goals || answer the RQs || produce the expected results))
    • Slide 7: Related work / alternative solutions; basically, here you say what is different / new in your thesis
  • Submit report here -- make sure to select the correct submission option (T3A-Nov22)
  • Submit slides here -- make sure to select the correct submission option (T3B-Nov22)
• 24-Nov-2021: Feedback on presentation (for presentations on 24-Nov-2021)
  • Submit feedback report here -- make sure to select the correct submission option (T3C-Nov24)
  • Link to feedback form: template-24Nov2021 (shows evaluation criteria)
  • Use the presentation scoring rubric as reference; you find the link to the PDF of the scoring rubric under Assessment criteria of the seminar here: https://courses.cs.ut.ee/2021/ResSemSE/fall/Main/Assignments
• 29-Nov-2021: 2nd draft of report + presentation slides (for presenters on 01-Dec-2021)
  • Expected contents: see above (22-Nov-2021)
  • Submit report here -- make sure to select the correct submission option (T3A-Nov29)
  • Submit slides here -- make sure to select the correct submission option (T3B-Nov29)
• 01-Dec-2021: Feedback on presentation (for presentations on 01-Dec-2021)
  • Submit feedback report here -- make sure to select the correct submission option (T3C-Dec01)
  • Link to feedback form: template-01Dec2021 (shows evaluation criteria)
  • Use the presentation scoring rubric as reference; you find the link to the PDF of the scoring rubric under Assessment criteria of the seminar here: https://courses.cs.ut.ee/2021/ResSemSE/fall/Main/Assignments
• 22-Dec-2021: Final report submission
  • Expected contents: see above (22-Nov-2021)
  • Submit final report here -- make sure to select the correct submission option (T4)