COMP4951 Notices

Invitation to the CSE Thesis Showcase 2021

Posted by Chun Tung Chou Tuesday 07 December 2021, 07:16:47 AM.

Dear Thesis A students,

Each year we organise a Thesis Showcase where outstanding Thesis students will show off their work to the School staff and their fellow students. I am delighted to invite you to attend the Showcase for this year where 10 students will be presenting their work in an online poster session.

The Showcase will on 2-4pm on Friday, 10 Dec 2021. The link and passcode to join the Showcase are below.

Please do come and support your fellow students.

https://teams.microsoft.com/l/team/19:L2gFaZ7X0m...

Passcode: mqyn66b

Thesis A Report submission

Posted by Jing Hsu Tuesday 16 November 2021, 04:32:01 PM, last modified Tuesday 16 November 2021, 04:51:30 PM.

Dear Thesis A Students,

Hope your thesis is going well.

In Week 11, you are required to submit your Thesis A report.

The word and latex templates can be found under the week 3 category. Topic ID is not required for the latex template.

Key facts about your report:

• Worth 75% of your thesis A total result.
• Only a PDF file is accepted.
• Submit the report by 10pm 24th Nov Wednesday Week 11 (firm). If you cannot submit it by the deadline due to some valid reasons, contact me for an extension (Supervisor approval email required).

IMPORTANT things to note:

• Submit Thesis A report:
  • If the project is managed by TMS , you need to submit the report once, and don't submit the report to Moodle.
  • If the project is managed by Moodle, you need to submit the SAME FILE TWICE ( one for supervisor , the other for assessor ) to complete your submission.
• The Thesis Plagiarism Check is setup on Moodle, you need to submit the report whatever the project is managed by TSM or Moodle. The similarity rate must be equal or below 20%. You have three chances to get immediate result, then the following modified submission needs to wait for 24 hours to get the result.

If you have further information to be included, please let me know. Thanks.

Regards,

Dr. Jing Hsu, CSE Thesis Administrator

Presentation Slides reminder

Posted by Jing Hsu Friday 05 November 2021, 10:17:59 PM.

Please submit the slides for your Thesis A presentation as soon as you finish the presentation.

If your project is registered in TMS, then please submit it there.

If you're doing your project via Moodle, submit it on Moodle.

Thanks, Jing

Thesis A Presentation

Posted by Jing Hsu Thursday 21 October 2021, 11:31:22 AM.

Dear Thesis A Students,

In Week 8, you are required to give a presentation about your thesis project. Please schedule a time in Week 8 for the presentation with your supervisor and assessor. Although no other attendees are required, it is good to have relevant people who are interested in your project, to attend your presentation so that you can get more feedback.

Due to Covid-19, you need to do the presentation online. We recommend Microsoft Teams which is included in UNSW office 365 and can be login by using your zpass.

You can also discuss with you supervisor and assessor to choose another online meeting software, such as skype, google meeting, and zoom…

Key facts about your presentation:

• Worth 25% of your Thesis A final result.
• Follow the Marking Criteria and Assessment Components to prepare your presentation .
• Organise the time/date yourself with supervisor and assessor
• A 45-minute demonstration about your Thesis A topic and the plan (including talk/demo, Q&A, debrief with supervisor/assessor)
• Submit the presentation slides by 10pm 7th Nov Sunday Week 8 (firm) . If you cannot submit it by the deadline due to some valid reasons, contact me for an extension (supervisor approval must be provided).

One IMPORTANT thing to note:

If you cannot find a suitable time to do the presentation in week 8, you can do it later, but you MUST submit your slides by the due date. Otherwise, you will get the late penalty .

• If the project is managed by TMS , you need to submit your slides once.
• If the project is managed by Moodle, you need to submit the SAME FILE TWICE ( one for supervisor , the other for assessor ) to complete your submission.

If you have further information to be included, please let me know. Thanks.

Good luck with the presentation.

Regards,
Dr. Jing Hsu, CSE Thesis Admin

Record of "How to Write a Good Thesis" by Prof. Gernot Heiser

Posted by Jing Hsu Friday 10 September 2021, 04:44:39 PM.

Dear Thesis A students,

The talk "How to Write a Good Thesis" by Prof. Gernot Heiser has been recorded.

You can listen it from Week-by-week - week 0 - How to Write a Good Thesis .

Best Regards,

Jing

Thesis A Intro Lecture

Posted by Chun Tung Chou Thursday 09 September 2021, 02:30:45 PM.

The lecture slides and recording for today's Thesis A Intro Lecture are now available on the Thesis A WebCMS3 sites:

https://webcms3.cse.unsw.edu.au/COMP4951/21T3/

You can find them under "Week-by-Week" on the menu. This is also the same place where you can find marking criteria, guide to writing, LaTex help, sample presentations and sample reports etc. We ask you to explore them. The slides and recording links will be available on the Moodle Thesis A site soon.

I mentioned in the lecture that an important skill is to be able to write well. I highly recommend you to attend the "How to write a good thesis?" talk tomorrow (Fri 10 Sept) at noon. ( Zoom login details ) Hope to see you tomorrow online.

Thesis Topic Register

Posted by Jing Hsu Thursday 09 September 2021, 12:18:59 PM.

Dear Thesis A students,

By the end of Week 1, you need to register your thesis topic details and set up a thesis project (project = topic + you + supervisor + assessor).

IMPORTANT: students without a topic by this deadline will be asked to discontinue Thesis A and try again next term.

Before registering your topic, you need to contact potential supervisors and get acceptance from a supervisor, who provide the topic and nominate an assessor for your thesis.

We have two systems available to manage Thesis projects. Please ask your supervisor which system they would prefer to use.

• Thesis Management System: https://thesis.cse.unsw.edu.au/ .
  • The supervisor creates the topic and adds an assessor for the project.
  • You can find the topic in TMS and select it.
  • Your supervisor accepts you in TMS.
• Moodle: COMP4951-5219_01206: Your Project Details (unsw.edu.au)
  • The supervisor sends the the topic and assessor information to you.
  • You add the topic detail in Moodle - week 1 - Your Project Details .
  • If your supervisor or assessor are not in the dropdown list, please let me know.

Note that your supervisor might not know about thesis.cse.unsw.edu.au and may not have put their topic there. You could ask them politely that if they're sick of Moodle, they can add their topic to the new thesis system, and you can run the whole project from there.

Best Regards,

Jing

Welcome / Activities in Week 0

Posted by Chun Tung Chou Tuesday 07 September 2021, 09:38:34 AM.

Welcome to Thesis A for 21T3!

I hope you're excited to start Thesis A as it heralds, for most of you, the beginning of your last year of your degree.

My name is Chun Tung Chou and I am the convenor for CSE Research Thesis. We have arranged two online activities for you for Week 0. This is the double bonus that you get for starting Thesis in Term 3.

• Thur Week 0 (9 Sept) at 11am. I will give a talk on "Introductory to Thesis" which tells you about the mechanics of Thesis A/B/C and to give you some general tips on how to succeed in your Thesis. (Zoom login details)
• Fri Week 0 (10 Sept) at 12noon. Prof. Gernot Heiser will give a talk on "How to write a good thesis?" Prof. Heiser is an award winning professor from CSE and his work has been used in billions of devices worldwide. (Zoom login details)

I look forward to seeing you in both talks. Both talks will be recorded and made available.