Initiation to Research 1 (Lectures)

Undergraduate course, University of Ahmed Draia, Computer Science Department, 2020

Contact & Discussions

Instructor 🧑‍🏫: Dr. Abdelghani DAHOU
Email 📧 : dahou.abdghani@univ-adrar.edu.dz
Slack 💬 : fill the following form on Google Forms and I will add you to the course channel.
Course Info Card

Para	Info
Title	Initiation to Research 1
Audience	2nd year master students
Semester	03
Teaching unit	Transverse UET3 الوحدة الدراسية للثقافة العامة
Credit	1
Coefficient	1
Evaluation mode	Written/oral
Duration	13-15 weeks
Prerequisite (prior knowledge)	basic knowledge of maths, algorithms, latex, and github.

Overview

This course introduces the basis of the computer science research methodology with a strong emphasis on bringing these methodologies to a production environment.

Course Objectives

Course General Objectives 🎯
- Familiarize with the fundamental concepts and basic techniques as well as the tools of scientific research.
- Develop, plan and conduct research work in the fall: a master’s dissertation or a doctoral thesis.
Course Specific Objectives 🎯
- Studying some research papers in the fields covered by artificial intelligence (AI) 🤖.
  - Identify and read relevant research papers.
  - Extract and understand key contributions.
  - Analyzing the results with a critical view 📊.
  - Analyzing the limits of the presented study.
  - Summarize and present the studied subject.

Course Content 📖 (subject to change)

Lecture 1: Introduction (1 week)
Lecture 2: Project proposal (1 week)
Lecture 3: Ethics & information seeking (1 week)
Lecture 4: Project planning (1 week)
Lecture 5: Literature survey (2 weeks)
Lecture 6: Introduction to research methodology (2 weeks)
Lecture 7: Editorial standards for scientific work (1 weeks)
Lecture 8: Course project presentation (2-3 weeks)

Tentative Schedule of Lectures مواعيد المحاضرات - مؤقت

Lecture	Date التاريخ	Topics المحتوى	Lecture (Slides/Video)	Additional Readings (if any)
1	SUN 13/12/2020 11:00 - 12:30 AM	Introduction	Video record 🎥	Check HW0 content 📝
2	SAT 19/12/2020 8:00 - 10:00 AM	Project proposal	Video record 🎥	Check HW1 content 📝
3	SAT 26/12/2020 8:00 - 10:00 AM	Ethics & information seeking	Video record 🎥	القرار 1082 المتعلق بالسرقة العلمية Turnitin plagiarism quiz Plagiarism quiz Plagiarism quiz set 1 Avoiding plagiarism in engineering and IT (tutorial + quiz)
-	SAT 02/01/2021 8:00 - 10:00 AM	Winter vacation (postponed to 23/02/2021)	Video record 🎥	🔕
4	SUN 09/01/2021 8:00 - 10:00 AM	Project planning	Video record 🎥	Check HW2 content 📝
5	SUN 17/01/2021 8:00 - 10:00 AM	Literature survey (Literature search) (Part 1)	Video record 🎥	How to Read a Paper How to navigate a scientific paper with time constraints
6	FRI 29/01/2021 8:00 - 10:00 AM	Literature survey (Information management) (Part 2-1)	Video record 🎥	Report template 🔗
7	FRI 5/02/2021 8:00 - 10:00 AM	Literature survey (Critical evaluation) (Part 3)	Video record 🎥	🔕
8	SAT 20/02/2021 8:00 - 10:00 AM	Literature survey (Literature review) (Part 4)	Video record 🎥	🔕
9	SUN 21/02/2021 8:00 - 10:00 AM	Final project report presentations (Part 1)	Video record 🎥	🔕
10	THU 25/02/2021 8:00 - 10:00 AM	Final project report presentations (Part 2)	Video record 🎥	🔕

Homework Schedule 📝

Number	Part	Topics المحتوى	Release Date	Deadline	Links
HW0	1/1	Familiarizing with Github & Git	13/12/2020	24/12/2020	HWs page 🔗
HW1	1/1	Project Proposal (initial draft)	19/12/2020	09/01/2021	HWs page 🔗
HW2	1/1	Gantt chart	09/01/2021	15/02/2021	HWs page 🔗

Course Project Timeline 📅

Assignment	Deadline	Description	Links
Team Formation	24/12/2020	Teams will be formed in groups of two each (or be randomly grouped)	Teaming Form 🔗 Closed
Project Proposal (initial draft)	09/01/2021	Submit your initial draft on Github	Check HW1 🔗 Closed
Final Proposal Project Report	15/2/2021	Final report submission for the project	Report template 🔗
Project Proposal Presentation	20-23-27/2/2021	Final presentation of the project	Click me 🔗