PhD Student Seminar

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A total of 6 credits (i.e., six semesters) from PhD Student Seminars are compulsory for a PhD degree. All 6 credits are given at the end of the PhD studies of a student. See the seminar web page for more details.
Year Semester Date Period Language In charge
2016 spring 11.03-13.05. 3-4 English Pirjo Moen

Lectures

Time Room Lecturer Date
Fri 12-14 C222 Pirjo Moen 11.03.2016-11.03.2016
Fri 9-12 C222 Pirjo Moen 13.05.2016-13.05.2016

Information for international students

The language of the seminar is English. The seminar is intended for PhD students of the Department of Computer Science.

General

The PhD seminar is an ongoing seminar with two meetings per term (four times per year). It is is an obligatory part of the PhD studies for all the DoCS students that started their studies after 1 August 2008.

Each term corresponds to 1 credit point. The credits for the seminar are given at the end of the PhD studies. If some requirements for passing the seminar are not fullfilled, the number of credits given can be less than the maximum of 6 credits.

Completing the course

To pass the seminar, doctoral students should

  • attend at least 75% of the meetings during 3 years (i.e., 9 times out of 12 if the seminar meets twice/term),
  • introduce themselves for the others at the beginning of their studies, i.e., give a new student presentation (name, supervisor, group, topic of PhD studies), and
  • give at least two longer presentations
    • a presentation after about two years of studies on the student's progress so far: the first half of the presentation would be on a general level (remember your audience) about that you have done so far, the other half about what your thesis will look like and also how your plan to finish the thesis looks like, and
    • a presentation on a chosen subject, e.g., the topic of an accepted conference article. 

Please make a pdf version of the slide, bring it along to the seminar meeting on a USB stick, or put it on the web beforehand.

A possibility to replace some of the obligatory requirements with some other tasks must be agreed with the coordinator of the DoCS programme.