This document outlines the components of a research operational template, including an overview of the study, problem statement with current issues and proposed solutions, objectives, theoretical framework, significance, research questions, instrumentation, data analysis, research design, sampling techniques, expected main findings, and contributions to existing knowledge. It provides guidance on how to structure each component and indicates what information should be included, such as citations and key terminologies. The purpose is to help develop a clear proposal for new research.
Thesis Writing
Parts of a Research (Experimental Design)
Chapter 1: THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND
Chapter 2: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
Chapter 3: MATERIALS AND METHODS
Chapter 4: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Chapter 5: SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
References
Appendix
Curriculum Vitae
FORM AND STYLE IN RESEARCH WRITING
Preliminaries to Research
Definition of Research, Importance and Purposes of Research, Characteristics of a good research, and the Scientific Method of Research
IMRAD format
An acronym for Introduction – Method – Results – and – Discussion. The IMRaD format is a way of structuring a scientific article. It is often used in health care and the natural sciences. Unlike theses in the social sciences, the IMRaD format does not include a separate theory chapter
Thesis Writing
Parts of a Research (Experimental Design)
Chapter 1: THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND
Chapter 2: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
Chapter 3: MATERIALS AND METHODS
Chapter 4: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Chapter 5: SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
References
Appendix
Curriculum Vitae
FORM AND STYLE IN RESEARCH WRITING
Preliminaries to Research
Definition of Research, Importance and Purposes of Research, Characteristics of a good research, and the Scientific Method of Research
IMRAD format
An acronym for Introduction – Method – Results – and – Discussion. The IMRaD format is a way of structuring a scientific article. It is often used in health care and the natural sciences. Unlike theses in the social sciences, the IMRaD format does not include a separate theory chapter
8.0 RESEARCH METHODS These guidelines address postgr.docxpriestmanmable
8.0 RESEARCH METHODS
These guidelines address postgraduate students who have completed course
requirements and assumed to have sufficient background experience of high-level
engagement activities like recognizing, relating, applying, generating, reflecting and
theorizing issues. It is an ultimate period in our academic life when we feel confident
at embarking on independent research.
It cannot be overemphasized that we must enjoy the experience of research process
and not look at it as an academic chore.
To enable such a desired behaviour, these guidelines consider the research process
in terms of the skills and knowledge needed to develop independent and critical
styles of thinking in order to evaluate and use research as well as to conduct fresh
research.
The guidelines should be viewed as briefs which the Research Supervisors are expected
to exemplify based on their own experience as well as expertise.
8.1 Chapter 1 - Introduction
INTRODUCE the subject or problem to be studied. This might require the
identification of key managerial concerns, theories, laws and governmental rulings,
critical incidents or social changes, and current environmental issues, that make the
subject critical, relevant and worthy of managerial or research attention.
• To inform the Reader (stylistically - forthright, direct, and brief / concise),
• The first sentence should begin with `This Study was intended
to’….’ And immediately tell the Reader the nature of the study for the
reader's interest and desire to read on.
8.1.1 The Research Problem
What is the statement of the problem? The statement of the problem or problem
statement should follow logically from what has been set forth in the background of
the problem by defining the specific research need providing impetus for the
study, a need not met through previous research. Present a clear and precise
statement of the central question of research, formulated to address the need.
8.1.2 The Purpose of the Study
What is the purpose of the study? What are the RESEARCH QUESTION (S) of
the study? What are the specific objective (s) of the study? Define the specific
research objective (s) that would answer the research Question (s) of the study.
8.1.3 The Rationale of the Study:
1. Why in a general sense?
2. One or two brief references to previous research or theories critical in structuring
this study to support and understand the rationale.
3. The importance of the study for the reader to know, to fully appreciate the need
for the study - and its significance.
4. Own professional experience that stimulated the study or aroused interest in the
area of research.
5. The Need for the Study - will deal with valid questions or professional concerns
to provide data leading to an answer - reference to literature helpful and
appropriate.
8.1.4 The Significance of the Study:
1. Clearly .
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It is suggested that you adopt the following format in presenting your SBP:
1. Title Page: Please use the standard cover page attached as per prescribed in SBP Handbook.
2. Abstract: It should provide a brief summary of the SBP not exceeding 300 words
3. Acknowledgements: Acknowledgements of outside help and support.
4. Table of Contents: It should list the sequence with page numbers of all relevant subdivisions of the dissertation; i.e. chapter headings, section and sub-section (if appropriate).
5. List of Tables
6. List of Figures / Illustrations
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7. Chapter 1: Introduction
8. Chapter 2: Literature Review
9. Chapter 3: Theoretical Framework and Research Methodology
10. Chapter 4: Data Presentation, Analysis and Findings
11. Chapter 5: Conclusion (s) and Recommendations
12. Reference List: The SB should include a list of all relevant texts / journals used following the Harvard Referencing System / Style. Please refer to Referencing Guide .
13. Appendices: The appendices should only include material that is not central to the arguments in the main text.
SBP Marking Criteria/ GuidePercentageMargin (up to 5%)SupervisorExaminer 2SupervisorExaminer 2Abstract, introduction, continuity and presentation (15%)Literature review (25%)Research Methods (20%)Results & Discussion ( 30%)Conclusion & Recommendations( 10%)
1. Abstract, introduction, continuity and presentation (15%)
In general, your markers will assess the clarity of stated aims and objectives, relevance to sector related issues, feasibility of aims of SBP, the rationale and significance of the research undertaken.
Title: is the title focused, summative, and does it reflect the proposed SBPcontent?
Abstract: is it short (300 words), self-contained, summative, objective, precise and easy to read.
Introduction: is background information included? Is an introduction to current research included and developed? An introduction to the organisation (if applicable)?
1. Abstract, introduction, continuity and presentation (15%)
Have you demonstrated the relevance of your SBP to the field and is it theoretically grounded? Links to relevant literature and academic debates, the evidence of extensive reading will be valued.
Aim(s): is the aim feasible and manageable (have resource and data accessibility been taken into account)? Is the aim original and does it have the potential to add insights to the field of study? D.
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The topic of the British thesis combines academic theories with the topics to be studied, and goes to Google Scholar. This is the most basic search.
It is also a prerequisite to ensure that you can write smoothly in the future. At least look at the academic materials. This blog post continues to send you a report on the opening of the so-called proposal. The UK dissertation format is basically the same, especially in business. Don't choose topics that are empty, don't choose topics that are not in academic concepts.
No matter what field of research you are, no matter what research method you choose, all research plans must address the following questions: 1. What are you going to achieve; 2. Why do you want to do this; 3. You will How to do this; the research plan should have enough concentration to convince the teacher, if you have an important research idea, or if you have a good idea of the relevant literature and major issues, then your research The original idea of the plan was successful. The quality of your research plan does not depend on the quality of your ideas, because a good research project may be rejected for the simple reason that the copy supporting the project is not well written, so your writing is a large part. 1. What needs to be written in the research plan? The research plan has a basic writing structure. You can refer to the structure and adjust it according to your own research theme. 1. Title Page The cover page writes the title and author, which is easy to understand. You need to know what you want to say from the Title. 2.Astract summary is about 200 words, this part is a brief summary of research topics, goals, and research methods. It is important to write out the general questions of research questions, research reasons, etc. in this part. About 300 words or so. 3.Table of Contents Contents 4.Introduction Introduction This section can state your research background, research questions, research purposes and meaning (focus), including: 1) research purposes 2) provide context (references) to highlight the importance of research Sex 3) Provide the theoretical basis of the research and explain why it is worth doing this research 4) Briefly introduce the main problems and sub-questions to be solved in your research 5) Explain your hypothesis (if necessary) 5.Background(Literature Review) This part of the research background can also be used as a part of the literature review to present your research questions, reviewing previous studies for comment and analysis. Therefore, you need to read the relevant subject literature, and sort through and analyze the previous research by searching, reading, and analyzing the literature. This requires a certain amount of retrieval ability and a certain number of papers and books to be summarized and summarized into a literature review, which is a relatively long time. 6. Mainbody (Hypothesis, Methodology, Research Design) The main part of RP can describe your research hypothe.
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Talk Delivered at Valencia Codes Meetup 2024-06.
Traditionally, databases have treated timestamps just as another data type. However, when performing real-time analytics, timestamps should be first class citizens and we need rich time semantics to get the most out of our data. We also need to deal with ever growing datasets while keeping performant, which is as fun as it sounds.
It is no wonder time-series databases are now more popular than ever before. Join me in this session to learn about the internal architecture and building blocks of QuestDB, an open source time-series database designed for speed. We will also review a history of some of the changes we have gone over the past two years to deal with late and unordered data, non-blocking writes, read-replicas, or faster batch ingestion.
Quantitative Data AnalysisReliability Analysis (Cronbach Alpha) Common Method...2023240532
Quantitative data Analysis
Overview
Reliability Analysis (Cronbach Alpha)
Common Method Bias (Harman Single Factor Test)
Frequency Analysis (Demographic)
Descriptive Analysis
Techniques to optimize the pagerank algorithm usually fall in two categories. One is to try reducing the work per iteration, and the other is to try reducing the number of iterations. These goals are often at odds with one another. Skipping computation on vertices which have already converged has the potential to save iteration time. Skipping in-identical vertices, with the same in-links, helps reduce duplicate computations and thus could help reduce iteration time. Road networks often have chains which can be short-circuited before pagerank computation to improve performance. Final ranks of chain nodes can be easily calculated. This could reduce both the iteration time, and the number of iterations. If a graph has no dangling nodes, pagerank of each strongly connected component can be computed in topological order. This could help reduce the iteration time, no. of iterations, and also enable multi-iteration concurrency in pagerank computation. The combination of all of the above methods is the STICD algorithm. [sticd] For dynamic graphs, unchanged components whose ranks are unaffected can be skipped altogether.
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Graph algorithms, like PageRank Compressed Sparse Row (CSR) is an adjacency-list based graph representation that is
Multiply with different modes (map)
1. Performance of sequential execution based vs OpenMP based vector multiply.
2. Comparing various launch configs for CUDA based vector multiply.
Sum with different storage types (reduce)
1. Performance of vector element sum using float vs bfloat16 as the storage type.
Sum with different modes (reduce)
1. Performance of sequential execution based vs OpenMP based vector element sum.
2. Performance of memcpy vs in-place based CUDA based vector element sum.
3. Comparing various launch configs for CUDA based vector element sum (memcpy).
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Sum with in-place strategies of CUDA mode (reduce)
1. Comparing various launch configs for CUDA based vector element sum (in-place).
06-04-2024 - NYC Tech Week - Discussion on Vector Databases, Unstructured Data and AI
Discussion on Vector Databases, Unstructured Data and AI
https://www.meetup.com/unstructured-data-meetup-new-york/
This meetup is for people working in unstructured data. Speakers will come present about related topics such as vector databases, LLMs, and managing data at scale. The intended audience of this group includes roles like machine learning engineers, data scientists, data engineers, software engineers, and PMs.This meetup was formerly Milvus Meetup, and is sponsored by Zilliz maintainers of Milvus.
Adjusting OpenMP PageRank : SHORT REPORT / NOTESSubhajit Sahu
For massive graphs that fit in RAM, but not in GPU memory, it is possible to take
advantage of a shared memory system with multiple CPUs, each with multiple cores, to
accelerate pagerank computation. If the NUMA architecture of the system is properly taken
into account with good vertex partitioning, the speedup can be significant. To take steps in
this direction, experiments are conducted to implement pagerank in OpenMP using two
different approaches, uniform and hybrid. The uniform approach runs all primitives required
for pagerank in OpenMP mode (with multiple threads). On the other hand, the hybrid
approach runs certain primitives in sequential mode (i.e., sumAt, multiply).
Data Centers - Striving Within A Narrow Range - Research Report - MCG - May 2...pchutichetpong
M Capital Group (“MCG”) expects to see demand and the changing evolution of supply, facilitated through institutional investment rotation out of offices and into work from home (“WFH”), while the ever-expanding need for data storage as global internet usage expands, with experts predicting 5.3 billion users by 2023. These market factors will be underpinned by technological changes, such as progressing cloud services and edge sites, allowing the industry to see strong expected annual growth of 13% over the next 4 years.
Whilst competitive headwinds remain, represented through the recent second bankruptcy filing of Sungard, which blames “COVID-19 and other macroeconomic trends including delayed customer spending decisions, insourcing and reductions in IT spending, energy inflation and reduction in demand for certain services”, the industry has seen key adjustments, where MCG believes that engineering cost management and technological innovation will be paramount to success.
MCG reports that the more favorable market conditions expected over the next few years, helped by the winding down of pandemic restrictions and a hybrid working environment will be driving market momentum forward. The continuous injection of capital by alternative investment firms, as well as the growing infrastructural investment from cloud service providers and social media companies, whose revenues are expected to grow over 3.6x larger by value in 2026, will likely help propel center provision and innovation. These factors paint a promising picture for the industry players that offset rising input costs and adapt to new technologies.
According to M Capital Group: “Specifically, the long-term cost-saving opportunities available from the rise of remote managing will likely aid value growth for the industry. Through margin optimization and further availability of capital for reinvestment, strong players will maintain their competitive foothold, while weaker players exit the market to balance supply and demand.”
Levelwise PageRank with Loop-Based Dead End Handling Strategy : SHORT REPORT ...Subhajit Sahu
Abstract — Levelwise PageRank is an alternative method of PageRank computation which decomposes the input graph into a directed acyclic block-graph of strongly connected components, and processes them in topological order, one level at a time. This enables calculation for ranks in a distributed fashion without per-iteration communication, unlike the standard method where all vertices are processed in each iteration. It however comes with a precondition of the absence of dead ends in the input graph. Here, the native non-distributed performance of Levelwise PageRank was compared against Monolithic PageRank on a CPU as well as a GPU. To ensure a fair comparison, Monolithic PageRank was also performed on a graph where vertices were split by components. Results indicate that Levelwise PageRank is about as fast as Monolithic PageRank on the CPU, but quite a bit slower on the GPU. Slowdown on the GPU is likely caused by a large submission of small workloads, and expected to be non-issue when the computation is performed on massive graphs.
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1. RESEARCH OPERATIONAL TEMPLATE (ROT) 2017
OTHMAN TALIB (UPM)
1. Brief Overview of the study
2. PROBLEM STATEMENT
i. Current issue / Symptom - with citations
ii. Specific problem(s) underpinning the issue - with citations
iii. Proposed solution – NOVELTY
3. OBJECTIVE
- use all main terminologies
4. THEORETICAL / CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
- a brief framework to highlight the relationship bet. variables and the terminologies
- a graphical framework is prefered
5. SIGNIFICANCE
- why other scholars in the same field care about this study
6. RESEARCH QUESTIONS 7. INSTRUMENTATION 8. DATA ANALYSIS
9.RESEARCH DESIGN: 10. SAMPLING TECHNIQUE / SAMPLING FRAME:
11. EXPECTED MAIN FINDING:
- this will answer your objective
12. CONTRIBUTION TO THE BODY OF KNOWLEDGE (THEORY, METHODOLOGY, PRACTICALITY):
- The contribution from the ‘expected’ main finding
REFERENCES: List of current ‘leading’ journals referred to prepare this proposal
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