Research Plan

Code:

PDEEC0079

Acronym:

PT

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Electrical and Computer Engineering

Instance: 2023/2024 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Course/CS Responsible:	Doctoral Program in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
PDEEC	24	Syllabus	1	-	18	60	486

Teaching language

Portuguese and english

Objectives

During this course students wil define the topic and scope of their PhD research. Typically, this consists of characterizing the state-of-the-art on a given subject, and developing a research plan. The output of the work carried out within the scope of this course is the Thesis Research Plan (TRP) to be submitted for discussion with the PhD Committee appointed by the Scientific Committee of the Program.

Learning outcomes and competences

The main result is the writing and presentation the thesis research plan.

Working method

Presencial

Program

The student must write a report (about 20 to 25 pages) identifying the subject of the thesis, and including a state-of-the-art survey on the proposed topic, together with preliminary results, if they exist, and cronogram with milestones and expected dates.

The document must be submitted by the last day of classes (end of May), in order to allow for its discussion to take place before the end of July.  Requests for extension must be well justified and have the support of the supervisor.

Mandatory literature

James E. Mauch and Jack W. Birch; Guide to the successful thesis and dissertation. ISBN: 0-8247-8972-5

Teaching methods and learning activities

The work in this course will be developed with the help of a supervisor, who needs to be defined as soon as possible.
Each student will submit to the course coordinator an abstract (one page max) describing the topic that will be addressed, before the end of the fourth week of the semester.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Defesa pública de dissertação, de relatório de projeto ou estágio, ou de tese	100,00
Exame	0,00
Participação presencial	0,00
Prova oral	0,00
Teste	0,00
Trabalho de campo	0,00
Trabalho escrito	0,00
Trabalho laboratorial	0,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de relatório/dissertação/tese	202,50
Total:	202,50

Eligibility for exams

Not applicable.

Calculation formula of final grade

The grading of this course is based on: 

• Merit and autonomy shown by the student during the semester;


• Overall quality of the submitted document, taking into account: 




• Structure, organization and form;


• Text quality: clarity of the writing and correctness of the English;


• Technical content: quality, pertinence and solidity;


• References: quality, relevance, and adequate referencing along the text;




• Quality of the oral defense.

Grading will be from 0 to 20. A passing grade corresponds to a minimum of 10.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

These students will be subject to all evaluation procedures of regular students.

Classification improvement

Not applicable