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The Art of Doing a PhD Jakob E. Bardram
How hard can it be? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Agenda ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Why get at PhD?
Why get a PhD degree? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Small exercise ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
The Fish Model
Important Milestone in a PhD ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
How to get good ideas? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
…  a word on plagiarism ,[object Object],Copied from Owl online writing lab, owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_plagiar.html
How to avoid plagiarism ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Source: Saul Greenberg’s presentation on plagiarism, “Plag.ppt” from his homepage.
Literature Review ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Types of literature reviews ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
The “Related Work Matrix” J. Hightower & G. Borriello. Location Systems for Ubiquitous Computing.  IEEE Computer , Aug. 2001
Chapter 1 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Source: Saul Greenberg’s homepage.
Exercise Try to outline chapter 1 of your thesis
How to make the “Abstract” ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Background Innovation Problem Method Results
Try
Exercise Try to write an abstract for a paper describing the invention of the paper clip
Refereeing ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Source: Saul Greenberg’s presentation on refereeing, “HowToReferee.ppt” from his homepage.
A Template for Reviewing ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Receiving reviews
Other just as important issues… ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
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The Art of Doing a PhD
The Art of Doing a PhD

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