| CODE | ICS5300 | ||||||||||||||||
| TITLE | Dissertation | ||||||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 85 | ||||||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Artificial Intelligence | ||||||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The dissertation is the largest single piece of work assigned to students throughout their degree. The assessable parts of this study-unit shall be as follows: 1. A written dissertation in the form of a report detailing the context, effort, reasoning and conclusions of the student`s academic endeavour. The specific qualities expected in this dissertation are summarized below: Work - Originality: to conceive of and develop original ideas and designs; - Research methods: to use sound scientific methods of research; - Problem-solving skills: to solve problems in a structured and rational manner; - Achievement: to produce complete and correctly functioning artefacts. Management - To work on one’s own initiative, subject to a minimum of one (1) communication per month between student and supervisor; - To keep to deadlines; - To adequately plan project work; - To coordinate with third parties (including artefacts developed by such). Communications Skills - To produce adequate user documentation relating to the artefact produced; - To identify and explain the relevant concepts clearly; - To report comprehensively on the work produced. 2. A presentation highlighting the effective and prominent elements of the student’s overall effort. In this presentation, the student should demonstrate adequate skills at verbally communicating his/her ideas and reasoning, as well as adequate skills in the preparation and use of suitable presentation techniques and material. The presentation must be given in a format as instructed by the Board of Studies, and may take the form of a poster presentation. 3. A Review Paper, in the form of a 6-page scientific paper, whose aim is to demonstrate the skills of the student in condensing the salient and relevant parts of his/her effort in the form of a review, highlighting the road-map of the scientific method that was adopted in tackling the issues that were exposed through the student’s background research, (including the background research itself), work carried out, results obtained, and conclusions drawn. This can also serve as a summary of the student’s work, as well as to guide the assessment process of the external examiner. Study-unit Aims: This study-unit is intended to consolidate the skills gained throughout the degree programme. Thus, the aims as well as the criteria of assessment of the final-year project are rather wide-ranging. The aims include: - To develop skills in independent critical thinking; - Scientific Research; - Investigation and analysis; - Scientific report writing and oral communication Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Analyse a problem and identify AI Techniques to solve it; - Describe how the proposed solution is related to relevant literature; - Explain how the solution should be evaluated; - Explain the results obtained following the evaluation; - Describe the process of problem analysis, solution design and implementation, evaluation, and analysis of results in a written report and presentation 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Independently investigate existing approaches to solving the problem described in the proposal; - Critically review relevant literature; - Design and implement a solution using appropriate AI techniques for the problem described in the proposal; - Measure the solution`s accuracy using an appropriate evaluation; - Write a scientific project report in an appropriate style; - Organise the work to complete the dissertation on time; - Summarise his/her work in a short review paper written in the style of a scientific paper. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Each FYP Proposal will have an initial reading list. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | **September Assessment Session: Students who fail to obtain an overall pass mark will be re-examined in the Dissertation. However, the resit availability for the Oral Examination/Presentation is at the discretion of the Board of Examiners. | ||||||||||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Dissertation | ||||||||||||||||
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2023/4. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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