1. Research
Seminar
Thesis
Projects
ICT
in
Business
Dr.
Michel
R.V.
Chaudron,
Leiden
Ins7tute
of
Advanced
Computer
Science
Program
director
M.Sc.
ICT
&
Business
Leiden
University.
The
university
to
discover.
2. Agenda
- Objec7ve
of
this
course
- Logis7cs
- 1st
:
What
and
how
thesis
projects
- 2nd
:
Case
study
research
(next
week?)
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3. Objec;ve
- Execu7ng
a
research
project
- Learning
through
experience
- Start
exploring
&
planning
for
final
M.S.c
research
thesis
project
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4. Objec;ve
- Execute
a
small
research
project
- Define
a
research
ques7on
- Define
a
research
approach
- Get
feedback/review
on
proposal
- Execute
(collect
data
+
analyze)
- Report
and
present
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5. How
to
get
a
thesis
project
- The
student
is
responsible
for
- crea7ng
a
research
project
- finding
a
supervisor
- Involvement
of
a
company
is
not
a
university
requirement,
(but
a
possibility);
examples:
- Effec7veness
of
in-‐game
adver7sing,
- What
is
the
value
of
Enterprise
Architecture
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6. How
to
execute
- Get
approval
from
your
university
supervisor
at
the
start
of
your
project
- Get
feedback
early
and
oen
Don’t
show
up
in
July
with
your
final
thesis
aer
your
last
talk
was
in
march.
Plan
an
intermediate
presenta7on
- Make
a
planning
that
can
accommodate
changes
- The
risk
of
your
project
should
decrease
over
7me
- Include
a
trial
phase
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7. How
to
execute
- Mo7va7on
- If
you
radiate
that
you
don’t
really
like
your
project,
or
only
complain,
…
- Scien7fic
goals
- High
standard
on
yourself
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8. How
to
not
start
a
thesis
project
- Company
internships
- Internships
≠
research
project
- some
work
needs
to
be
done
no
intellectual
challenge
- Do
not
combine
internship
with
research
project
by
splibng
7me
across
both
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9. Guidelines
for
grading
Category Arguments
in
favour
and
against
(pro’s
and
con’s) Grade
Thesis
Work
(including
software,
paper)
Please
mention
authors,
title,
conference/journal
and
whether
the
paper
has
been
accepted
Publications
that
came
out
of
the
project
(if
any)
Project
Execution
Final
Presentation
Defense
Other
items
delivered
(poster,
exhibit,
…)
Grades
can
be
‘halves’
except
for
5.5.
Overall
grade
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10. Components
of
Grading
- Quality
of
the
thesis
- Originality
of
the
research
ques7on
- Crea7vity
in
crea7ng
a
solu7on
- Depth
of
Analysis
- Soundness
of
the
approach
- Systema7c
applica7on
of
methods
and
techniques
- Quality
of
the
repor7ng
(structure
of
the
thesis,
grammar)
- Cri7cal
Thinking:
the
student
does
not
take
presented
informa7on
for
granted,
but
challenges
this.
- Contribu7on
to
scien7fic
knowledge
(Has
a
publica7on
been
realized?)
- Characteris7cs
of
execu7ng
the
project
- The
student
has
made
a
good
planning
and
largely
stuck
to
this
planning
- Autonomy
(self-‐propelling):
student
has
performed
the
work
largely
autonomously
with
lidle
input
required
from
the
supervisors
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11. High
Diving
Grade
is
determined
by
- Difficulty
of
the
jump
- Quality
of
the
execu7on
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- Oen
not
easy
to
increase
difficulty
during
flight
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12. Originality
- A
study
into
success
and
failure
factors
of
…
- Best
Prac7ces
in
…
- Think
about
the
surprise
factor
of
the
findings
when
you
define
your
ques7on.
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13. Contribu;on
- Most
important:
scien7fic
contribu7on
Which
new
knowledge
does
your
project
discover?
- Don’t:
label
your
sec7on
‘relevance’.
relevance
≠
contribu7on
- Avoid
the
obvious
(“open
deuren”).
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14. Quality
of
the
thesis
(repor;ng)
- Quality
of
the
content!
- Clear
Structure
- Clear
and
Concise
English
–
Grammar
- Be
precise
and
to
the
point
- Traceability
of
the
argumenta7on
‘Chain
of
Evidence’
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15. Example
thesis
outline
- Introduc7on
- Context
- Problem
descrip7on
- Mo7va7on
of
relevance/importance
- Related
work
- Exis7ng
State
of
the
Art
/
Literature
study
- Approach
- Process
&
Method
(for
collec7ng
&
analysing
data)
- Results
- Conclusions
- Future
work
- Discussion
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16. Conclusion
includes:
Chain
of
Evidence
Conclusion
è
Claim
è
Evidence
è
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19. Descrip;on
of
Research
Method
- Don’t:
- We
analyzed
according
to
‘Yin’.
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20. Analysing
Interviews
- Yin
- Coding
Handbook
–
Saldana
- Transcribe
–
all/most/important
parts
- Read
-‐>
iden7fy
theme’s
- Link
cita7ons
to
theme’s
- Analyse
theme’s.
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21. Using
a
DB
in
analyzing
interviews
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22. Depth
of
Analysis
- Don’t
Just
list
the
outcomes
of
the
survey.
- Do’s
Try
to
explain
–
build
a
theory!
Find
rela7ons,
contradic7ons,
…
Relate
to
theories/findings
in
related
literature.
Have
the
goal
in
mind
to
publish
your
work
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26. Create
a
theory
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27. Future
work
- Not:
…
more
case
studies
…
survey
in
addi7on
to
a
case
study
- Suggest
ques7ons
that
delve
deeper:
- In
this
thesis
we
found
that
Reviewing
Requirements
is
cost
effec5ve
for
preven5ng
defects.
- Future
work:
for
all
types
of
defects?
Maybe
you
have
a
suspicion
about
something…
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28. Planning
- A
plan
includes:
- Reading
relevant
literature
- A
phase
of
exploratory
research
• Either
interviews,
surveys,
…
• Perform
a
trial
before
the
real
thing
- A
phase
of
in-‐depth
research
• This
builds
on
the
findings
of
the
exploratory
research
- No
exploratory
research
only
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29. Manage
risk
- In
your
planning
you
can
have
some
decision
points
where
you
can
resort
to
‘plan
B’
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30. Be
realis;c
- Is
it
realis7c
to:
- Get
access
to
all
CIO’s
of
AEX
companies?
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31. Finishing
a
research
project
- The
quality
of
the
work
determines
the
grade
- Not
how
much
7me
you
spent
on
it
- On
average
thesis
projects
take
longer
than
6
months
to
finish.
- “Dear
supervisor,
my
project
needs
to
be
finished
by
august.”
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32. Confiden;ality
- We
need
to
be
able
to
assess
the
difficulty
(and
amount)
of
work
- We
will
sign
an
Non-‐disclosure
if
asked
- We
will
not
sign
off
IP
- We
do
not
provide
insurance
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33. Administra;ve
procedure
- Send
Judith
Havelaar
an
e-‐mail
that
you
would
like
to
join
a
diploma
ceremony
- Your
last
grade
need
to
be
in
5
weeks
before
the
diploma
ceremony
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34. Final
Presenta;on
&
Defense
- Select
a
date
with
your
supervisors
- Reserve
a
room
- Presenta7on:
- about
30
minutes
- ques7ons:
un7l
the
commidee
is
sa7sfied
- Send
your
presenta7on
to
your
supervisor(s)
for
review
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35. - BinckBank
–
rela7on
between
corporate
strategy
and
IT
strategy
- Walter
Kosters
/
Frank
Taakes
(LIACS)
Social
Networks
(find
company
yourself)
- Pieter
Kwantes
(ABNAMRO)
Domain
Specific
Language
for
Securi7es
Trading
- Thomas
Ba”ck
- Op7miza7on
,
Gene7c
Algorithms
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36. - Chaudron:
- Empirical
studies
in
Soware
Engineering
• Cost
of
Quality/Defects
over
lifecycle
- Architecture
(value,
offshore,
modeling,
reasoning)
- Risk
measurement
- Katzy
- E-‐learning
- Innova7on
Management,
Entrepreneurship
- Virtual
Teams
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38. Other
contacts
- ING
- Na7onale
Nederlanden
- KPMG
- Heineken
- KLM
- Soware
Improvement
Group
(SIG)
- Ministry
of
Finance
- ChipSo
- T-‐mobile
- ….
- Check
out
ICTIB
alumni
on
LinkedIn
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39. Objec;ve
- Execute
a
small
research
project
- Define
a
research
ques7on
- Define
a
research
approach
- Get
feedback/review
on
proposal
- Execute
(collect
data
+
analyze)
- Report
and
present
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41. Ideas
TB
- Give
a
list
of
good
ICTiB
thesis
topics
which
we
consider
of
high
quality
- Outline
table
of
contents
of
a
thesis
- We
could
introduce
a
masterclass
ICTiB
(similar
to
the
masterclass
CS;
I
am
happy
to
explain
this
in
further
detail)
- I
think
we
should
have
topics
in
collabora7on
with
industry,
may
be
not
necessarily
combined
with
an
internship
- Emphasize
the
idea
to
produce
scien7fically
publishable
work
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42. Ques;ons
to
address
in
your
plan
-‐
A
Time
plan
with
intermediate
milestones
(to
monitor
the
progress
of
the
project
,
and
to
get
early
warning
signals
if
something
goes
wrong)
- What
are
the
necessary
resources
(data,
money,
access
to
interviewees,
IT)
and
where
do
you
get
them
from?
(to
avoid
surprises
and
delays
in
the
process)
-‐
Project
risks
and
how
to
mi7gate
them
(e.g.
case/company/person/...
disappears,
etc.)
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43. Ques;ons
to
address
in
your
plan
-‐
What
is
the
scien7fic
domain
and
what
are
the
literature
keywords
and
the
main
literature?
(make
sure
what
to
contribute
to)
- How
does
your
research
relate
to
the
research
agenda
of
the
group?
(so
that
they
integrate
and
re-‐use
work
instead
of
repea7ng
it
endlessly)
- What
is
the
intended
academic
contribu7on?
- What
is
the
intended
concrete
result?
-‐
What
is
the
research
method?
(to
make
sure
the
work
is
scien7fically
credible/rigorous)
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