MEISI - MIC 2011/2012

MIC: Introdução a Metodologias de Investigação

 

Introduction to Research Methodologies

 

 

Year: 2011/2012, first semester - MEISI: Master on Informatics Engineering and Information Systems

 

Curricular Unit details

 

Teacher: Rute Sofia

 

 

Topic Date Details
Class 1: Introduction 02.11.2011 Course introduction – schedule – methodology – evaluation  - SITILabs – Thesis database and assignment
Class 2: Research and Scientific Method 08.11.2011 R&D principles and scientifc method – R&D projects and proposals - carriers in industry – R&D in academia  opportunities for students, how to participate, mobility – the national and international R&D community in Portugal and abroad – a few pointers
Class 3: Critical and Creative Thinking 22.11.2011 Developing critical thinking – stages – tools – self-motivation and organization – creativity – example (case-study) – innovation as seed for new business (entrepreneurship)
Class 4: Scientific Dissemination 23.11.2011 Different types of scientific results, and written tools – Development of scientific papers, the dos and the donts – different types of dissemination tools available in industry and academia – workshop preparation – what it is and how to develop it–  – developing a scientific paper, stages and main aspects to consider /
Class 5: Papers and workshop 29.11.2011 QUESTIONNAIRE 1 (20m)  - PAPER THEME SELECTION and team composition – Module 2 introduction
Class 6: Experimental design, tools and methodologies 06.12.2011 Different types of experimentation/validation in informatics – applicability of developed concepts in industrial and academic environments
Class 7: Publishing and Reviewing (Portuguese only) 13.12.2011 Related work analysis – revieweing tools – types of reviews; journal and conference reviewing; EDAS and similar tools
Class 8: Research sources (Portuguese only) 14.12.2011 Conferences, standardisation bodies, technology transfer , the informatics sciences/engineering perspective
Class 9: Questionnaire 2 and intro to module 3 03.01.2012 Questionnaire 2 – Introduction to module 3 –  workshop aspects
Class 10: Disseminating, intellectual property (Portuguese only) 10.01.2012 PAPER DELIVERY Dissemination and results protection tools and methodologies ; Patenting, how to write a patent – different scopes and steps – why YOU should care
Class 11 17.01.2012

Students' Workshop - presentation of work I

Class 12 24.01.2012

Students' Workshop - presentation of work II

  • 21:00-21:30 - A. Martins, H. Mota. Gamification
  • 21:30-22:00 - J. Gomes, P. Correia, T. Carvalho. Cloud Computing and its Issues
  • 22:00-22:30 - R. Farinha, R. Costa. Cloud Computing
  • 22:30 - 23:00 - D. Lourenço, Open-source Business Models.