Seminar Meetings:
IMPORTANT: The introduction session and all presentation sessions are mandatory and printed in red below. At the current point in time, the plan is that mandatory sessions will be exclusively conducted in-class. No virtual option will be offered. If you miss more than one mandatory seminar session you have failed the seminar. In case of illness, you must produce a doctor's certificate that clearly states you couldn't attend the session due to illness. Other important impediments must be discussed at least 48 hours before the session with Dietmar Pfahl. Decisions will be made on a case by case basis. Trips abroad do not count as sufficient justification for not attending a seminar session.
NB: If you cannot be physically present, please enrol in TalTech's Seminar II. Usually, they allow online participation. Seminar II is an acceptable replacement of this seminar. Similarly, if your MSc thesis supervisor is not from the Chair of Software Engineering, i.e., your thesis is not in the scope of software engineering, please try to enrol in a seminar offered by the chair in which your prospective MSc supervisor is located.
- 17-Sep-2025: Introduction Session (delivered in classroom)
- In this session, I give an overview of the seminar course:
- In preparation to the session, please have a look at the "Thesis deadlines and guidelines" web-page:
- Link: https://cs.ut.ee/en/content/thesis-deadlines-and-guidelines
- In particular, check out the documents titled "Requirements for graduation theses ...". There are two documents, one from the Institute of Computer Science (ICS), and one from the Faculty.
- Thesis topics and supervisors can be found in three places:
- ICS thesis topic database: https://topics.cs.ut.ee
- Research group's web-pages: https://cs.ut.ee/en/content/research
- UniTartuCS Day on Sep 24: https://cs.ut.ee/en/content/unitartucs-day-2025
- Information about research methods in software engineering is available here:
- 24-Sep-2025 / 01-Oct-2025 / 08-Oct-2025 / 15-Oct-2025 / 22-Oct-2025 / 29-Oct-2025: Individual Consultation Session (not mandatory - delivered face-to-face in my office (room 3007) or online: use Zoom link in Moodle) - please schedule an individual consultation via Slack upfront
- 05-Nov-2025: Presentation Session 1 (delivered in classroom; no virtual option)
- Due to data protection regulations, details are only available in Moodle
- 12-Nov-2025: Presentation Session 2 (delivered in classroom; no virtual option)
- Due to data protection regulations, details are only available in Moodle
- 19-Nov-2025: Presentation Session 3 (delivered in classroom; no virtual option)
- Due to data protection regulations, details are only available in Moodle
- 26-Nov-2024: Presentation Session 4 (delivered in classroom; no virtual option)
- Due to data protection regulations, details are only available in Moodle
- No session on 03-Dec-2024 due to a conference trip (planned)
- 10-Dec-2025: Presentation Session 5 (delivered in classroom; no virtual option)
- Due to data protection regulations, details are only available in Moodle
- 17-Dec-2025: Presentation Session 6 (delivered in classroom; no virtual option)
- Due to data protection regulations, details are only available in Moodle
Individual Consultation Session on Final Report are possible (but not mandatory - delivered face-to-face in room 3007 or online: use Zoom link in Moodle). If you wish to have a consultation, please schedule an individual consultation via Slack upfront.