Topics in Information Technology

Working methods in IT research, innovation and dissemination. Insights in a wide spectrum of research methods relevant for a cross-disciplinary field like IT. Overview of ongoing research in the department (IDI). Academic writing and publication, oral presentations.

Knowledge: Understand how different research methods supplement each other. Overview of IT as a research area in general, and specifically of the ongoing research at the department. Insights in research ethics and academic honesty.

Skills: Academic writing and refereeing skills, as well as public presentations and discussions of research works.

General competence: Be able to make well-reflected choices of research methods relative to the research problem at hand.

Seminars and exercises, which include both written assignments and oral presentations by the students themselves. Preparation for and participation in the department's PhD conference.