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Interests
❖ Human-computer interaction
❖ Eye tracking applications
❖ Virtual reality and human factors
❖ Modern research methods, technology commercialization
Warning:
Content of presentation may have bias due to my
educational background. My background is
engineering / computer science, so some of my
suggestions may not work for different disciplines
How to survive in postgraduate life?
Admit it. It is your reality.
Tips #1: Read carefully, dilligently
Notes: academic research is derived from scientific arguments
not from magic/assumptions
Tips # 2: Prepare for unexpected things
Always prepare your “plan B, C, and even D”
Tips # 3: Work-life balance
Healthy life equals to productivity
A brief overview about thesis
What is Thesis
contribution of
previous work (B)
(Dawson, 2009)
From idea to innovation
Existing Idea Creativity New product
Types of novelty (scientific contribution) in
Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, and IT
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Writing thesis is hard
• How can you know that your results are truly good?
(comparing your results with others)
Some weaknesses inside academic thesis
• No specific research problem (too broad statement). Please avoid assumptions in your
introduction.
• Scientific contribution (novelty) is not explained clearly. List so many previous works, but
don’t understand the difference between the proposed method and previous works.
• Working in very narrow object, but try to generalize the results for broader objects.
• Scheduled time
Writing process
• Prewriting (60%)
• Organize and synthesize information
• Define a take-away message
• Outline and road map
• Abstract (6)
Background
Research problems
• Introduction (4/5) Aim and scope
Contribution
• Chapter 2: (1)
Related works (research positioning)
Literature Review
Theoretical foundation (justification of selected
Theoretical background
approach)
Research questions
• Conclusions (4/5)
Storyline of your thesis
Why your research is important for
general society ? What is important
1 General issue in society issue faced by society?
3 Literature synthesis
Critically analyze advantage and
disadvantage of previous work. FInd
research gap from previous research
7 Conclusions
Summary of research problem and your solution
to solve the problem. Take-away message from your
research and general implications of your research
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Tahapan penelitian v.s Tesis
Tahapan&Peneli+an& Susunan&Tesis&
1.#Pendahuluan:#
####3#Latar#Belakang#
1.#Iden(fikasi#Masalah& ####3#Rumusan#Masalah#
####3#Tujuan#Peneli(an#
####3#Manfaat#Peneli(an#
2.#Landasan#Teori:#
####3#Peneli(an#yang#Berhubungan#
2.#Perumusan#Hipotesis& ####3#Landasan#Teori#
####3#Kerangka#Pemikiran#
3.#Metodologi#Peneli(an:#
####3#Metode#Peneli(an#
3.#Pengujian&Hipotesis& ####3#Metode#Pengumpulan#Data#
####3#Metode#Analisis#Data#
dan#Analisis#Hasil#
####3#Metode#Pengukuran#Peneli(an#
4.#Analisis#Hasil#dan#Pembahasan#
4.#Kesimpulan& 5.#Kesimpulan#dan#Saran#
• Put general issue faced by society to put your thesis in broader context
• What is known
Reference: M.J. Katz, “From research to manuscript”, 2nd Edition, Springer, 2009
Literature review and theoretical background
• Literature review:
• Introduce the limitations of these works and why these works don’t
solve your problems
• Theoretical background:
• Configuration of devices
• Design of experiment
3 Literature synthesis
Critically analyze advantage and
disadvantage of previous work. FInd
research gap from previous research
7 Conclusions
Summary of research problem and your solution
to solve the problem. Take-away message from your
research and general implications of your research
(c) sunu wibirama 2016
Preparing dissemination plan
(Dawson, 2009)
Warning:
Content of presentation may have bias due to my
educational background. My background is
engineering / computer science, so some of my
suggestions may not work for different disciplines
“Thank you”
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