Introduction seminar for PhD-students
PhD students are important for the recruitment of well qualified academic staff and a cornerstone in the research activities of NTNU. Experience has shown that there are some challenges related to the initiation of the study, the continued research activities and process of writing up the final thesis. Faculty of Information Technology, Mathematics and Electrical Engineering is therefore trying to improve the procedures for the start-up as well as the continued progress evaluation of the PhD studies. Important activities in this process are to:
- provide the students with important background information
- start the process of reflection on required activities, possible challenges and priorities in completing a PhD degree at NTNU
- strengthen the procedures around the preparation of a research plan, in order to facilitate the continued research work and to finalize the thesis.
The mandatory PhD introduction seminar shall be taken at the first opportunity after what occurs first of the "start date for employment" or "admission" for the PhD education. PhD introduction seminars are arranged each semester.
PhD introduction seminar 24. October 2011
- Introduction (Olav Bjarte Fosso)
- Experiences and challenges of being a PhD-student (Mauritz Panggebean)
- Group work
- keywords for discussion: Motivation factors – Efficient work styles – Scheduling of activities – Organization of multiple activities
- IME procedures for the PhD-studies (Harald Lenschow)
- PhD student at NTNU; supervisors' and university's expectations (Bjarne E. Helvik)
- Key issues: Getting started; Role of PhD student and supervisor: mutual expectations; Phases of the research work: literature search, modeling/programming, experiments, documentation, writing papers/thesis; Department work: lab assistance, guidance of assignments and final-year projects, lectures - duty or opportunity?
- Scientific publication – the key to success! (Guttorm Sindre)
- Presentation of different thesis formats and different publication channels (conferences, journals, paper review system) - advantages and disadvantages (Guttorm Sindre)
- Ethics in research and scientific publishing (Guttorm Sindre)
- Presentation of requirements to a research plan (Henning Omre)
- Summary and Closing (Olav B. Fosso)
Workshop in technical writing , 30th January
PhD Introductionseminar, 2nd Day
For PhD candidates that attended the PhD introductionseminar, arranged for the 24th of October 2011.
The Faculty will arrange a workshop in technical writing in collaboration with Stuart Clark, Student and Academic Division, NTNU.
Workshop in technical writing for new PhD candidates at IME
WHEN: Monday 30th January 2012, 09.15 to 15.15
WHERE: Room G144 Electro (Rådsrommet)
Programme:
- Theme 1: Characteristics of academic writing
- Theme 2: Format and content of papers and theses, editing, varieties of English
- Theme 3: Stylistic issues, ISO standards, standard practice in academic writing
- Theme 4: Readability and web resources, academic register, online course in academic writing
- A compendium will be handed out on the workshop.
- Please bring your laptop to the seminar for the last session.
- The workshop is mandatory for invited new PhD candidates.
Contact: Harald Lenschow
