IT RESEARCH METHODOLOGY (4 Credits)

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to: Understand various aspects of research activities; Comprehend the importance of research to solve real life problems; Apply appropriate research methodology to achieve research goals; Analyze the current advancements in the selected research field; Evaluate the merit of the available solutions and discover their research problems; Design new approaches that can solve the research problems.

Topics:

1. Introduction to Research;
2. Getting and Developing Research Idea;
3. Thesis Guidelines;
4. Chapter Introduction;
5. Literature Review;
6. Methodology;
7. Statistical Tools for Data Analysis;
8. Data Science with R;
9. Reporting Research Results;
10. Publication and Technical Presentation;
11. Presentation by faculty members; Consultation to thesis supervisor;
12. Choosing Research Design (Guest Lecture);
13. Consultation to thesis supervisor;
14. Plagiarism and Fraud in Scientific Publications (Guest Lecture).