Research Methodology

General Objective

The "Research Methodology" course focuses on building basic research skills to design experiments, analyze information and present results.

General course information

  • Number of sessions: 14

  • Postgraduate program: Computer Science

  • Room: online (Friday from 09:00am to 12:00pm)

  • Period: Fall 2022 (August 19 - November 25)

  • First part: August 19 - September 30

    • Topics related to the course (presented by students with feedback by instructors)

  • Second part: October 07 - November 25 (need to double-check)

    • Presentation of research areas/topics by the Computer Sciences department researchers

Instructors

  • Julio César Pérez Sansalvador

  • Alejandro Medina Santiago

Topics to cover

  • Research methodology

  • Scientific method and experimental design

  • Scientific literature review

  • Scientific writing and presentation of results

  • Hypothesis validation and testing

  • Thesis

    • Motivation, justification, positioning and expected contributions

    • Problem statement

    • Research questions

    • Hypothesis

    • Objective

    • Methodology

    • Background

    • Results

Evaluation criteria

40% - Participation in Q&A sessions

60% - Topic presentations