Thesis A COMP4951/COMP4961 23T3

Thesis Topic Registration

Posted by Jing Hsu Friday 08 September 2023, 09:12:16 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 personally contact potential supervisors and get acceptance from a supervisor, who provide the topic and nominate an assessor for your thesis.

Then you can register the topic in Thesis Management System (TMS): https://thesis.cse.unsw.edu.au/ .

• The supervisor creates the topic and adds an assessor for the project if it doesn't exist in TMS.
• You can find the topic in TMS and apply for it.
• Your supervisor accepts you in TMS.
• You agree to take the project in TMS.

If a topic in TMS is not available to apply, please send me the accept email from your supervisor and the topic name or link, then I can make it available or allocate it to you.

Best Regards,

Dr. Jing Hsu, CSE Thesis Admin

Recording of Thesis A talk / topic nomination

Posted by Chun Tung Chou Wednesday 06 September 2023, 12:39:00 PM, last modified Wednesday 06 September 2023, 12:39:13 PM.

The recording and slides for the "Introduction to Thesis" talk are now available in the Thesis A course website under Week 0 of Week-by-week menu item on the left.

If you have not yet started your topic selection, I will ask you to make use of this week to speak to potential supervisors. We want to see that all Thesis A students to have a topic by Friday of Week 1 at the latest. However, it is preferable that you have a topic by the end of this week so that you can start meeting your supervisor in Week 1. All the best with your thesis.

Welcome to Thesis A (23T3)!

Posted by Chun Tung Chou Monday 04 September 2023, 07:52:00 AM, last modified Monday 04 September 2023, 07:52:54 AM.

Welcome to Thesis A for 23T3!

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. I am writing to tell you some important information about Thesis A.

• Thesis A does not use Moodle. Its web site is at: https://webcms3.cse.unsw.edu.au/COMP4951/23T3/ . You will find the course outline, marking criteria and resources to help you to work on your Thesis A.
• If you have not already found a supervisor, please visit the Thesis Management System (TMS) to browse through the thesis topics. You should use the TMS to nominate your thesis topic.

We have arranged two activities for you for Week 0. This is the double bonus that you get for starting Thesis in Term 3.

• I will be giving an online talk on Wednesday 6 Sept at 11am on "Introduction 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. The Zoom link is here (login required).
• On Friday 8 Sept at 11am. 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. This talk will be in hybrid format. The physical location is the Level 1 Seminar Room (Room 113) in Building K17. I would like to encourage you to attend in person. For online attendance, the Zoom login details are here (login required).

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