COSC 6397 - Research Methods in Computer Science (Fall 2013)

 

SCHEDULE

In addition to the lectures, the students are also expected to watch the interviews in Research Diaries.

Semester Timeline
Date Topic    
8/27/2013Course IntroductionLecture Notes
8/29/2013Conference OrganizationLecture Notes
9/3/2013Research PaperLecture NotesResearch Paper Anatomy
9/5/2013Experiments and Metrics ILecture Notes
9/12/2013Probability and StatisticsLecture NotesGuest: Prof. Charles Peters
Essential Probability
9/17/2013Experiments and Metrics IILecture Notes
9/19/2013Experiments and Metrics IIILecture Notes
9/24/2013Experiments in uncontrolled environmentLecture Notes
9/26/2013Sampling biasLecture Notes
10/1/2013Introduction to VisualizationLecture NotesGuest: Prof. Guoning Chen
10/3/2013Graphs. Data Aggregation.Lecture Notes
10/8/2013Histogram. CDF Plots.Lecture Notes
10/10/2013Tips to produce legible graphs.Lecture Notes
10/15/2013Publication types, co-authorship.Lecture Notes
10/17/2013Writing: Purpose.Lecture NotesGuest: Cari-Sue Wilmot
10/22/2013Intellectual Property.Lecture Notes
10/24/2013Types of Papers.Guest: Prof. Carlos Ordonez
10/29/2013An Approach to Short Presentations.Lecture Notes
10/31/2013Intellectual Property at UH.
Evaluation of (Research) Work. Short Presentations.		IP at UH
Lecture Notes		Guest: Natalie Davis, PhD.
11/5/2013Research Paper: Introduction and Related Work.Lecture Notes
11/7/2013Research Paper: Experiments and Evaluation.Lecture Notes
11/12/2013Public Speaking.Guest: Prof. Suzanne Buck
11/14/2013Clarity in Technical Writing.Guest: Cari-Sue Wilmot
11/19/2013Advice to PhD Students
11/21/2013Research Proposals. Fellowship Applications.
11/26/2013Research Presentations Tips.Lecture NotesGuest: Prof. Jaspal Subhlok
12/3/2013In-class TPC meeting
12/5/2013Conference presentations and critique