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Student projects

2025-12-08T09:19:44Z

Slawek:

For students starting their MSc Thesis course in November 2025, the deadline for selecting thesis topics is Wednesday, 29th of October, using [https://forms.gle/1NXiMjzgP5c1nf446 this form]

== Information about MSc Thesis process ==
This page contains some information about the MSc thesis project (courses DT7001 and DT7002 and ET7002).

[https://hh.se/student-web/content-a-z/thesis-information-for-students-at-school-of-information-technology.html MSc thesis project information] (the LaTeX template can be found here) and [https://hh.se/student-web/content-a-z/thesis-templates.html information about accessibility and the official front cover you should use] 

MSc thesis Introductory lecture: [https://hanko.hh.se/slanow/2024.09.30-MSc-project-intro.pdf slides from 2024.09.30] and [https://hanko.hh.se/slanow/2020.10.15-MSc-project-intro.mp4 video recording] (from a few years back, but mostly still applicable)

[https://hanko.hh.se/slanow/DT7001-course-description-2019.pdf MSc thesis Course Description]

[https://hanko.hh.se/slanow/DT7001-grading-criteria-2023.pdf MSc thesis Grading Criteria]

[https://www.hh.se/sitevision/proxy/student-web/content-a-z/course-syllabus.html/svid12_16be565916914b791c7d0bd8/752680950/se_proxy/utb_kursplan.asp?kurskod=DT7001&revisionsnr=20&format=pdf&lang=EN DT7001 course syllabus] and [https://www.hh.se/sitevision/proxy/student/innehall-a-o/kursplan.html/svid12_464ca102168ed1f8d3b1293f/752680950/se_proxy/utb_kursplan.asp?kurskod=DT7002&revisionsnr=4%2C1&format=pdf DT7002 course syllabus]

Plagiarism course: [https://academy.sitehost.iu.edu/index.html https://academy.sitehost.iu.edu/index.html] or [https://plagiarism.tedfrick.me/ https://plagiarism.tedfrick.me/] 
Another course, from Umeå University, which includes genAI (in Swedish, but with English subtitles available): [https://oer.ub.umu.se/en/plagiarism/#/ https://oer.ub.umu.se/en/plagiarism/#/]

[https://hanko.hh.se/slanow/CivilingenjorPresentation2023.pdf Civilingenjör Presentation 2023] Specialisations Artificial Intelligence (TACDA) and Robotics and autonomous systems (TACIS)

== Useful resources for your MSc Thesis process ==

[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi11EUthpHD2TGZYnPaMozA/playlists A YouTube course from Lund University on academic writing (in English and in Swedish)]

[https://www.cs.tufts.edu/~nr/pubs/eng-abstract.html Teaching Technical Writing Using the Engineering Method course from Tufts University]

[https://chemistrycommunity.nature.com/posts/43071-how-to-write-an-abstract How to write an abstract]

A checklist based on common issues:

* The link to contemporary development within the area is often weak; theses rarely discuss international research sufficiently in-depth (use the references poorly)

* Clear research questions are often missing (having a clear research question that is answered in the report usually results in a much clearer evaluation and conclusions.)

* The text must argue for the research questions, hypothesis, methods and results; often, there is no argument to support the choice.

* Citations should not be used as a word in a sentence, e.g., "as [1] says ..."

* Make sure your figure/table captions are informative; all figures must be references in the text

* The abstract should be clear, specifying exactly what is to be investigated and why

* Results should be put in context to the previous works that they identified in the report

* Social aspects of the work are rarely discussed

== Current Proposals of Msc and Bsc Project (as of Autumn 2025) ==

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== Draft Proposals of Msc and Bsc Project (do not pick this unless you have checked with the supervisor!) ==

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== Older Proposals of Msc and Bsc Project ==

Those project proposals may still be valid, but contact supervisors before assuming so.

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Introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations on MSc project will take place on Monday, 14 October 2019 at 15:15.

The next opportunity for MSc presentations is on Monday, '''23 September 2019 at 13:15''' (contact Slawomir if you intend to make the presentation, so that we know how many to plan for). Also, make sure to send the supervisor-approved reports to the examiners a week before, so by '''16 September 2019'''. After that we will have the '''final'''(!) opportunity sometime in late December/early January.

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long, and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results and conclusions from the work. 



Final presentation is scheduled on '''Wednesday, 29 May 2019''' [turns out Thursday is a holiday] (which means the examiners need to receive your reports by '''Thursday, 23 May 2019 at noon'''). 



There will be a chance to re-do half-time presentations, for those who were not ready in March, around middle of May. 
Half-time presentations should be '''20 minutes''' long, and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed. 



Topic selections are due on 27th of October 15:00 (use this [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVZ2JfHViLKDojbfqiXxZdlkJnc6Au2DVbAfap7Qlx-TgE4Q/viewform GoogleForms] link).



For students who started their MSc in 2018, the final opportunity to present their thesis will be on Friday, 13th of December 2019, at 16:00 (room F506). Deadline (strict!) for submitting reports is Wednesday, 11th of December, at noon.



Half-time seminar will be on 19th of February (preliminary time: 9-15, depending on number of projects that are ready in time). This means you should send the reports to the examiners on the 18th of February before lunch ([https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScis7kd6ofp0I9NWWeQZbNrNxr5BhPjytf62oi66JeBrLn-TA/viewform?usp=sf_link|using this form]). Please note that it's a bit earlier than I've indicated during the introductory lecture, as we've decided it makes more sense to provide this feedback sooner rather than later. The final seminar will be at the end of May (reports due in the middle of May).



Start report is due (approved by supervisors!) on 6th of December 23:59, and presentations will be done on 9th and 11th of December (you are expected to attend & listen both days). 
You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review and project plan.



The second chance for half-time presentations will be on Thursday, 12th of March (preliminary time: 13-16, depending on number of projects that are ready in time). This means you should send the reports to the examiners on the 11th of March before lunch ([https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScis7kd6ofp0I9NWWeQZbNrNxr5BhPjytf62oi66JeBrLn-TA/viewform?usp=sf_link|using this form]). The final seminar will be at the end of May (reports due in the middle of May).



Half-time presentations should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions), and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.



The final presentation is scheduled on '''Thursday, 28 May 2020''' (which means the examiners and opponent need to receive your supervisor-approved reports by '''Thursday, 21 May 2020 at noon''' -- use [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeXSqoOFeAsvG-xaD9COvdzMbWYvavSD9JhyDEEuWA2Pifljg/viewform this form] to send your report to supervisors, and email it to the opponent). 
Make sure to have at least two iterations of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at latest in the '''first week of May'''. If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be at the end of August/beginning of September.



Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results and conclusions from the work. It will be followed by 15 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 



The second opportunity for final presentations will be on '''Thursday, 3 September 2020''' (done online, on Zoom)... which means the examiners and opponent need to receive your supervisor-approved reports by '''Friday, 28 August 2020 at noon''' -- use [https://forms.gle/jdoMgP7vdpqMvBqKA this Google form] to send your report to examiners, and email it to the opponent. 
Make sure to have at least two iterations of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at latest in the '''first week of August''' (take into account any vacation plans!). If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be in December/January.



Introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations on MSc project will take place on Thursday, 15 October 2020 at 10:00 (sharp) through Zoom. The link should be available in your schedules.



Topic selection: provide a ranking of three preferred topics by Wednesday, 28th of October, 18:00 using [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVZ2JfHViLKDojbfqiXxZdlkJnc6Au2DVbAfap7Qlx-TgE4Q/viewform this GoogleForm]



A start report is due (approved by supervisors!) on 10th of December 23:59 ([https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScreuarA6jB87nkbz0ePHOgIivXm6mKOGKo-vQ5-rPN5BcZtg/viewform using this link]).
 Schedule for presentations in week 51 (you are expected to attend & listen to all) is available [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rUYc4uyVTd2tg4-vjwIlkC3IdSR8YmWBrB9oefbjlBY here] (please observe some changes are still expected, mainly based on supervisors' availability, so please check it regularly).
 You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review and project plan.
 Presentations [https://hh-se.zoom.us/j/61901966606 Zoom link]



The next deadline for start reports, for those who didn't make it this time, is 15th of January 23:59 ([https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScreuarA6jB87nkbz0ePHOgIivXm6mKOGKo-vQ5-rPN5BcZtg/viewform using this link]).

 
For those who were not ready with halftime reports in March, there will be another opportunity on Wednesday, 12 May 2021 (the deadline for submitting reports is 9th of May, [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfptsXlPYJcpWqAMMl2b3O-jabLpJdef8J8B_qneni0OINTmQ/viewform same Google Form])
 
Half-time presentations should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions) and must precisely specify the goals/objectives, clearly explain the expected contribution/novelty, showcase the results achieved so far, and present a refined plan on how to proceed further.
 



The final seminar will be in about two weeks, preliminarily on 2nd, 3rd and/or 4th of June, depending on the number of projects that are ready (reports due on 25th of May at 12:00 noon, using [https://forms.gle/WHzNYkmridBuKwvg8 this form]). 



The second opportunity for final presentations of MSc theses will be on '''Friday, 20 August 2021''' (done online, on Zoom)... which means the examiners and opponent need to receive your supervisor-approved reports '''one week earlier''' -- use [https://forms.gle/wE83yj17Q1nJiYR16 this Google form] to send your report to examiners, and email it to the opponent. 
Make sure to have at least two iterations of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at the latest in the '''first week of August''' (take into account any vacation plans!). If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be in December/January. 

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results and conclusions from the work. It will be followed by 20-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 
 
The next and final opportunity for half-time presentations will be in late August. Submit your reports on [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfptsXlPYJcpWqAMMl2b3O-jabLpJdef8J8B_qneni0OINTmQ/viewform Google Form] and email Slawomir to schedule the presentation.



Introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations on the MSc project will take place on Wednesday, 13 October 2021 at 15:15 in D315. 
Please note that it will not appear in your schedule, since the course has not started yet.
Before the lecture, please watch the [https://bidaf.hh.se/public/2020.10.15-MSc-project-intro.mp4 video recording] and read [https://bidaf.hh.se/public/2021.10.13-MSc-project-intro.pdf updated slides]. 
This way, in the physical meeting we can focus on discussion and answering any questions you might have.



For the selection of thesis topics, you should provide a ranking of three preferred topics by Wednesday, 27 October 2021, 18:00 using [https://forms.gle/K34DS8XLT2YbuLwC7 GoogleForm].



A start report is due (approved by supervisors!) on 12th of December 18:00 [https://forms.gle/GFjXefJNBL5pa7gm8 using this form]. This means that you should send a reasonably complete draft to your supervisors before the end of November, so that they have time to provide feedback, and you have time to incorporate this feedback into your final report...
 Presentations will take place in week 50 (you are expected to attend & listen to all, or at least most, of them).
 You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review and project plan.



For those students who started in January, the initial report is due (approved by supervisors!) on 30th of January at 16:00 [https://forms.gle/GFjXefJNBL5pa7gm8 using this form]. This means that you should send a reasonably complete draft to your supervisors quite soon, so that they have time to provide feedback, and you have time to incorporate this feedback into your report...
 Presentations will take place in week 5, probably on Friday, 4 February 2022.
 You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review and project plan.



Dear students, you should have received an email with a link to Google Spreadsheet with thesis topics assignment. It was sent to all those who submitted thesis topic selections using GoogleForm. If you have not received it, please let me (Slawomir) know ASAP.



Half-time reports are due tomorrow. However, I have been hearing that many of you have problems making the deadline. Thus, we've decided to offer an (additional) second opportunity -- in two weeks.
If you can have a good quality report ready tomorrow you should still submit it, since timeliness is an important part of MSc project.

If you cannot, on the other hand, your next deadline for sending the reports to the examiners is Friday, 01 April 2022, at lunchtime ([https://forms.gle/3QkP7qrdoCXKkv4t6 using this form]).
 Presentations, in that case, will be sometime in week 14.

Half-time presentations will be in week 12, probably between Wednesday, 23 March and Friday, 25 March 2022 (depending on number of projects that are ready in time).
 This means the deadline for sending the reports to the examiners is the Friday, 18 March 2022, lunchtime ([https://forms.gle/3QkP7qrdoCXKkv4t6 using this form]).
 The final seminar will be at the end of May (reports due in the middle of May).



The schedule for half-time presentations has now been updated with (preliminary) presentation times for those who submitted their reports on the second deadline:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FK-OjzhQdIbfMkeyvGLneJzSV6znejgG9fG19Wv1VXU/edit#gid=223334201

 Half-time presentations should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions), and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.
 



Final presentations of MSc theses will be primarily on '''Wednesday, 1 June''' and '''Thursday, 2 June'''... which means the examiners and opponent need to receive your supervisor-approved reports '''one week earlier''' -- use [https://forms.gle/sH3hf1tyMT82GKTf7 this Google form] (deadline: Wednesday, 25 May 2021 at 12:00 noon) to send your report to examiners, and email it to the opponent.
Make sure to have at least two iterations of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at the latest in the '''second week of May'''. If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be in late August/early September. 

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results and conclusions from the work. It will be followed by 25-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 



You should pick your topic (select three, in order of preference) by Wednesday, 26th of October, 18:00. Submit your choice on [https://forms.gle/pK1rKbeRFVVfJjtF9 this GoogleForm]. 
The introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations of the MSc project took place on Monday, 3 October 2022. Slides are available below. 



The start reports are due on '''December 8th''' at 21:00 ([https://forms.gle/WaUcxqJoC56n2CobA using this form]); presentations will take place in week 50. 
Please remember that the report must be approved by supervisors first, so a reasonable schedule is: on the 25th of November send the report to supervisors; around the 2nd of December, you get feedback; then you have a week to address the comments.

 
For those who begin the Thesis course in January, the start report is due on ''Wednesday, 25th of January'' (make sure to also account for supervisor approval and revision time).

The second deadline for half-time reports, for those who didn't make it in March, is ''Monday, 17th of April'' (using [https://forms.gle/iCCuAqyv344t8XxC7 this form]).

The deadline for half-time reports is ''Wednesday, 15th of March'' (using [https://forms.gle/iCCuAqyv344t8XxC7 this form]), and the half-time presentations will be scheduled in week 12.

Half-time presentations should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions) and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.

Please remember that the report must be approved by supervisors first, so a reasonable schedule is: send the report to supervisors around the 1st of March; around the 8th of March, you get feedback; then you have a week to address the comments.



The deadline for final MSc reports (as always, supervisor-approved) is Tuesday, '''23 May 2023''', at 12:00 '''noon'''. Use [https://forms.gle/cBLfsmEVKnABUoHa6 this Google form] to send your report to examiners.

Make sure to have at least '''two iterations''' of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at the latest in the '''second week of May'''. If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be in late August/early September. 

Remember that you also need to email the final report to the '''opponent'''. The opponent is decided by your supervisors, and it is generally one of the researchers here at ITE.

The final presentations will be in '''week 22'''. I'll make a schedule when I receive all your reports, but the time slots you can find already now in the same Google Sheet document as all the previous schedules. If you have any constraints, please let me know in the comment when submitting your report, and I'll do my best to accommodate them.

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results, and conclusions from your work. It will be followed by 25-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 



For students starting their MSc Thesis course in November 2023 (or January 2024), we'll have and '''introduction lecture''' on Friday, 29 September at 9:00 in room S1078.



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For those who are planning to do the halftime or final MSc presentation now after summer, the deadline for submitting the report is Thursday, 31 August. We'll then try to schedule presentations in the first half of September. The third and final opportunity for thesis defense will be in December 2023, or possibly January 2024. 
Submit final reports using [https://forms.gle/cBLfsmEVKnABUoHa6 this Google form] and half-time reports using [https://forms.gle/iCCuAqyv344t8XxC7 this form].

Make sure to have at least '''two iterations''' of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors early enough. Also, remember that you also need to email the final report to the '''opponent'''. The opponent is decided by your supervisors, and it is generally one of the researchers here at ITE.

'''Final presentations''' should be 15 minutes long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results, and conclusions from your work. It will be followed by 25-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 

'''Half-time presentations''' should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions) and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.



I've sent out emails with (preliminary) topic assignments. If you've submitted the topic selection form, but did not receive this email, contact me (Slawomir) ASAP! 

You should pick your topic (select three, in order of preference) by Wednesday, 25th of October, 18:00. Submit your choice on this [https://forms.gle/Ly892R3K8dVXgBxJ9 GoogleForm]. 
The introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations of the MSc project took place on Friday, 29 September 2023. Slides from that lecture are available below.



The schedule for the Project Proposal presentations is now available in the GoogleSheet.
For those who didn't quite make it on Friday, there will be an additional report deadline on Wednesday, 20 December, with presentations in week 2.
 
A reminder: the deadline for the "project proposal" report is the 8th of December at 17:00 (please submit it [https://forms.gle/syQSBh7NNySJ8iq49 here]). 
Remember that it must be approved by the supervisor first, and you need to give them sufficient time to read it, provide feedback, *and* for yourselves to incorporate this feedback. This means that you should send a reasonably complete draft to your supervisors as soon as possible if you haven't done it yet...
 Presentations will take place in week 50 (you are expected to attend & listen to all, or at least most, of them).



For students starting the thesis work in LP3, the deadline for the project proposal is 25 January at 17:00 (please submit it [https://forms.gle/syQSBh7NNySJ8iq49 here]). 
 
Presentations will be scheduled one/two weeks later (you are expected to attend & listen to all, or at least most, of them).
You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review, and project plan.
 
For the halftime report, the middle of March deadline is common for all.



For those who didn't make it for the report submission last week, the next deadline for sending in the halftime report is Sunday, 7 April at 23:59 -- using [https://forms.gle/aiFqUW5AxcoD3RrE9 this form]. 
 
The first batch of the halftime presentations will take place on 25-26 March (detailed schedule is [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K0TZNllTSeyWr7mhvwscSf-2IXRSvCBnbBU8mJPQf78/edit#gid=2059471719 here]). Please note that attending the halftime presentations (at least the majority of them) is mandatory -- and I '''will be''' taking attendance lists!
 



The second batch of the halftime presentations will take place on Thursday, 18 April (detailed schedule is [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K0TZNllTSeyWr7mhvwscSf-2IXRSvCBnbBU8mJPQf78/edit#gid=2059471719 here]). Please note that attending the halftime presentations (at least the majority of them) is mandatory -- and I '''will be''' taking attendance lists! 

'''Half-time presentations''' should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions) and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.



The deadline for final MSc reports (as always, supervisor-approved) is Friday, '''24 May 2024''', at 23:59. Use [https://forms.gle/yAqFkiiBBTnBf6Dw8 this Google form] to send your report to examiners.

Make sure to have at least '''two iterations''' of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors '''more or less right now'''. 
Remember that you also need to email the final report to the '''opponent'''. The opponent is decided by your supervisors, and it is generally one of the teachers/researchers here at ITE.

The final presentations will be in '''weeks 22 and 23'''. I'll make a schedule when I receive all your reports, but the time slots you can find already now in the same Google Sheet document as all the previous schedules. If you have any constraints, please let me know in the comments when submitting your report, and I'll do my best to accommodate them.

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results, and conclusions from your work. It will be followed by 25-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects.

If you don't make it this time, the next opportunity will be in late August/early September.



The second deadline for final MSc reports (as always, supervisor-approved) is Sunday, '''15 September 2024''', at 23:59. Use [https://forms.gle/yAqFkiiBBTnBf6Dw8 this Google form] to send your report to examiners. If that deadline is problematic for you, discuss it with your supervisors and contact Slawomir.

If you don't make it this time, the next (and final) opportunity will be in December.
The new thesis topic (for students starting in '''November 2024''') are listed below. 
You should choose a topic by '''Monday, 28th of October, 12:00 noon''': submit three preferences using [https://forms.gle/ngYNJKNwcsMP3aE7A this form].











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Student projects

2025-10-27T21:09:00Z

Slawek:

For students starting their MSc Thesis course in November 2025, the deadline for selecting thesis topics is Wednesday, 29th of October, using [https://forms.gle/1NXiMjzgP5c1nf446 this form]

== Information about MSc Thesis process ==
This page contains some information about the MSc thesis project (courses DT7001 and DT7002 and ET7002).

[https://hh.se/student-web/content-a-z/thesis-information-for-students-at-school-of-information-technology.html MSc thesis project information] (the LaTeX template can be found here) and [https://hh.se/student-web/content-a-z/thesis-templates.html information about accessibility and the official front cover you should use] 

MSc thesis Introductory lecture: [https://bidaf.hh.se/public/2024.09.30-MSc-project-intro.pdf slides from 2024.09.30] and [https://bidaf.hh.se/public/2020.10.15-MSc-project-intro.mp4 video recording] (from a few years back, but mostly still applicable)

[https://bidaf.hh.se/public/DT7001-course-description-2019.pdf MSc thesis Course Description]

[https://bidaf.hh.se/public/DT7001-grading-criteria-2023.pdf MSc thesis Grading Criteria]

[https://www.hh.se/sitevision/proxy/student-web/content-a-z/course-syllabus.html/svid12_16be565916914b791c7d0bd8/752680950/se_proxy/utb_kursplan.asp?kurskod=DT7001&revisionsnr=20&format=pdf&lang=EN DT7001 course syllabus] and [https://www.hh.se/sitevision/proxy/student/innehall-a-o/kursplan.html/svid12_464ca102168ed1f8d3b1293f/752680950/se_proxy/utb_kursplan.asp?kurskod=DT7002&revisionsnr=4%2C1&format=pdf DT7002 course syllabus]

Plagiarism course: [https://academy.sitehost.iu.edu/index.html https://academy.sitehost.iu.edu/index.html] or [https://plagiarism.tedfrick.me/ https://plagiarism.tedfrick.me/] 
Another course, from Umeå University, which includes genAI (in Swedish, but with English subtitles available): [https://oer.ub.umu.se/en/plagiarism/#/ https://oer.ub.umu.se/en/plagiarism/#/]

[https://bidaf.hh.se/public/CivilingenjorPresentation2023.pdf Civilingenjör Presentation 2023] Specialisations Artificial Intelligence (TACDA) and Robotics and autonomous systems (TACIS)

== Useful resources for your MSc Thesis process ==

[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi11EUthpHD2TGZYnPaMozA/playlists A YouTube course from Lund University on academic writing (in English and in Swedish)]

[https://www.cs.tufts.edu/~nr/pubs/eng-abstract.html Teaching Technical Writing Using the Engineering Method course from Tufts University]

[https://chemistrycommunity.nature.com/posts/43071-how-to-write-an-abstract How to write an abstract]

A checklist based on common issues:

* The link to contemporary development within the area is often weak; theses rarely discuss international research sufficiently in-depth (use the references poorly)

* Clear research questions are often missing (having a clear research question that is answered in the report usually results in a much clearer evaluation and conclusions.)

* The text must argue for the research questions, hypothesis, methods and results; often, there is no argument to support the choice.

* Citations should not be used as a word in a sentence, e.g., "as [1] says ..."

* Make sure your figure/table captions are informative; all figures must be references in the text

* The abstract should be clear, specifying exactly what is to be investigated and why

* Results should be put in context to the previous works that they identified in the report

* Social aspects of the work are rarely discussed

== Current Proposals of Msc and Bsc Project (as of Autumn 2025) ==

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Introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations on MSc project will take place on Monday, 14 October 2019 at 15:15.

The next opportunity for MSc presentations is on Monday, '''23 September 2019 at 13:15''' (contact Slawomir if you intend to make the presentation, so that we know how many to plan for). Also, make sure to send the supervisor-approved reports to the examiners a week before, so by '''16 September 2019'''. After that we will have the '''final'''(!) opportunity sometime in late December/early January.

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long, and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results and conclusions from the work. 



Final presentation is scheduled on '''Wednesday, 29 May 2019''' [turns out Thursday is a holiday] (which means the examiners need to receive your reports by '''Thursday, 23 May 2019 at noon'''). 



There will be a chance to re-do half-time presentations, for those who were not ready in March, around middle of May. 
Half-time presentations should be '''20 minutes''' long, and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed. 



Topic selections are due on 27th of October 15:00 (use this [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVZ2JfHViLKDojbfqiXxZdlkJnc6Au2DVbAfap7Qlx-TgE4Q/viewform GoogleForms] link).



For students who started their MSc in 2018, the final opportunity to present their thesis will be on Friday, 13th of December 2019, at 16:00 (room F506). Deadline (strict!) for submitting reports is Wednesday, 11th of December, at noon.



Half-time seminar will be on 19th of February (preliminary time: 9-15, depending on number of projects that are ready in time). This means you should send the reports to the examiners on the 18th of February before lunch ([https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScis7kd6ofp0I9NWWeQZbNrNxr5BhPjytf62oi66JeBrLn-TA/viewform?usp=sf_link|using this form]). Please note that it's a bit earlier than I've indicated during the introductory lecture, as we've decided it makes more sense to provide this feedback sooner rather than later. The final seminar will be at the end of May (reports due in the middle of May).



Start report is due (approved by supervisors!) on 6th of December 23:59, and presentations will be done on 9th and 11th of December (you are expected to attend & listen both days). 
You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review and project plan.



The second chance for half-time presentations will be on Thursday, 12th of March (preliminary time: 13-16, depending on number of projects that are ready in time). This means you should send the reports to the examiners on the 11th of March before lunch ([https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScis7kd6ofp0I9NWWeQZbNrNxr5BhPjytf62oi66JeBrLn-TA/viewform?usp=sf_link|using this form]). The final seminar will be at the end of May (reports due in the middle of May).



Half-time presentations should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions), and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.



The final presentation is scheduled on '''Thursday, 28 May 2020''' (which means the examiners and opponent need to receive your supervisor-approved reports by '''Thursday, 21 May 2020 at noon''' -- use [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeXSqoOFeAsvG-xaD9COvdzMbWYvavSD9JhyDEEuWA2Pifljg/viewform this form] to send your report to supervisors, and email it to the opponent). 
Make sure to have at least two iterations of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at latest in the '''first week of May'''. If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be at the end of August/beginning of September.



Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results and conclusions from the work. It will be followed by 15 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 



The second opportunity for final presentations will be on '''Thursday, 3 September 2020''' (done online, on Zoom)... which means the examiners and opponent need to receive your supervisor-approved reports by '''Friday, 28 August 2020 at noon''' -- use [https://forms.gle/jdoMgP7vdpqMvBqKA this Google form] to send your report to examiners, and email it to the opponent. 
Make sure to have at least two iterations of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at latest in the '''first week of August''' (take into account any vacation plans!). If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be in December/January.



Introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations on MSc project will take place on Thursday, 15 October 2020 at 10:00 (sharp) through Zoom. The link should be available in your schedules.



Topic selection: provide a ranking of three preferred topics by Wednesday, 28th of October, 18:00 using [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVZ2JfHViLKDojbfqiXxZdlkJnc6Au2DVbAfap7Qlx-TgE4Q/viewform this GoogleForm]



A start report is due (approved by supervisors!) on 10th of December 23:59 ([https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScreuarA6jB87nkbz0ePHOgIivXm6mKOGKo-vQ5-rPN5BcZtg/viewform using this link]).
 Schedule for presentations in week 51 (you are expected to attend & listen to all) is available [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rUYc4uyVTd2tg4-vjwIlkC3IdSR8YmWBrB9oefbjlBY here] (please observe some changes are still expected, mainly based on supervisors' availability, so please check it regularly).
 You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review and project plan.
 Presentations [https://hh-se.zoom.us/j/61901966606 Zoom link]



The next deadline for start reports, for those who didn't make it this time, is 15th of January 23:59 ([https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScreuarA6jB87nkbz0ePHOgIivXm6mKOGKo-vQ5-rPN5BcZtg/viewform using this link]).

 
For those who were not ready with halftime reports in March, there will be another opportunity on Wednesday, 12 May 2021 (the deadline for submitting reports is 9th of May, [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfptsXlPYJcpWqAMMl2b3O-jabLpJdef8J8B_qneni0OINTmQ/viewform same Google Form])
 
Half-time presentations should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions) and must precisely specify the goals/objectives, clearly explain the expected contribution/novelty, showcase the results achieved so far, and present a refined plan on how to proceed further.
 



The final seminar will be in about two weeks, preliminarily on 2nd, 3rd and/or 4th of June, depending on the number of projects that are ready (reports due on 25th of May at 12:00 noon, using [https://forms.gle/WHzNYkmridBuKwvg8 this form]). 



The second opportunity for final presentations of MSc theses will be on '''Friday, 20 August 2021''' (done online, on Zoom)... which means the examiners and opponent need to receive your supervisor-approved reports '''one week earlier''' -- use [https://forms.gle/wE83yj17Q1nJiYR16 this Google form] to send your report to examiners, and email it to the opponent. 
Make sure to have at least two iterations of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at the latest in the '''first week of August''' (take into account any vacation plans!). If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be in December/January. 

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results and conclusions from the work. It will be followed by 20-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 
 
The next and final opportunity for half-time presentations will be in late August. Submit your reports on [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfptsXlPYJcpWqAMMl2b3O-jabLpJdef8J8B_qneni0OINTmQ/viewform Google Form] and email Slawomir to schedule the presentation.



Introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations on the MSc project will take place on Wednesday, 13 October 2021 at 15:15 in D315. 
Please note that it will not appear in your schedule, since the course has not started yet.
Before the lecture, please watch the [https://bidaf.hh.se/public/2020.10.15-MSc-project-intro.mp4 video recording] and read [https://bidaf.hh.se/public/2021.10.13-MSc-project-intro.pdf updated slides]. 
This way, in the physical meeting we can focus on discussion and answering any questions you might have.



For the selection of thesis topics, you should provide a ranking of three preferred topics by Wednesday, 27 October 2021, 18:00 using [https://forms.gle/K34DS8XLT2YbuLwC7 GoogleForm].



A start report is due (approved by supervisors!) on 12th of December 18:00 [https://forms.gle/GFjXefJNBL5pa7gm8 using this form]. This means that you should send a reasonably complete draft to your supervisors before the end of November, so that they have time to provide feedback, and you have time to incorporate this feedback into your final report...
 Presentations will take place in week 50 (you are expected to attend & listen to all, or at least most, of them).
 You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review and project plan.



For those students who started in January, the initial report is due (approved by supervisors!) on 30th of January at 16:00 [https://forms.gle/GFjXefJNBL5pa7gm8 using this form]. This means that you should send a reasonably complete draft to your supervisors quite soon, so that they have time to provide feedback, and you have time to incorporate this feedback into your report...
 Presentations will take place in week 5, probably on Friday, 4 February 2022.
 You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review and project plan.



Dear students, you should have received an email with a link to Google Spreadsheet with thesis topics assignment. It was sent to all those who submitted thesis topic selections using GoogleForm. If you have not received it, please let me (Slawomir) know ASAP.



Half-time reports are due tomorrow. However, I have been hearing that many of you have problems making the deadline. Thus, we've decided to offer an (additional) second opportunity -- in two weeks.
If you can have a good quality report ready tomorrow you should still submit it, since timeliness is an important part of MSc project.

If you cannot, on the other hand, your next deadline for sending the reports to the examiners is Friday, 01 April 2022, at lunchtime ([https://forms.gle/3QkP7qrdoCXKkv4t6 using this form]).
 Presentations, in that case, will be sometime in week 14.

Half-time presentations will be in week 12, probably between Wednesday, 23 March and Friday, 25 March 2022 (depending on number of projects that are ready in time).
 This means the deadline for sending the reports to the examiners is the Friday, 18 March 2022, lunchtime ([https://forms.gle/3QkP7qrdoCXKkv4t6 using this form]).
 The final seminar will be at the end of May (reports due in the middle of May).



The schedule for half-time presentations has now been updated with (preliminary) presentation times for those who submitted their reports on the second deadline:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FK-OjzhQdIbfMkeyvGLneJzSV6znejgG9fG19Wv1VXU/edit#gid=223334201

 Half-time presentations should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions), and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.
 



Final presentations of MSc theses will be primarily on '''Wednesday, 1 June''' and '''Thursday, 2 June'''... which means the examiners and opponent need to receive your supervisor-approved reports '''one week earlier''' -- use [https://forms.gle/sH3hf1tyMT82GKTf7 this Google form] (deadline: Wednesday, 25 May 2021 at 12:00 noon) to send your report to examiners, and email it to the opponent.
Make sure to have at least two iterations of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at the latest in the '''second week of May'''. If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be in late August/early September. 

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results and conclusions from the work. It will be followed by 25-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 



You should pick your topic (select three, in order of preference) by Wednesday, 26th of October, 18:00. Submit your choice on [https://forms.gle/pK1rKbeRFVVfJjtF9 this GoogleForm]. 
The introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations of the MSc project took place on Monday, 3 October 2022. Slides are available below. 



The start reports are due on '''December 8th''' at 21:00 ([https://forms.gle/WaUcxqJoC56n2CobA using this form]); presentations will take place in week 50. 
Please remember that the report must be approved by supervisors first, so a reasonable schedule is: on the 25th of November send the report to supervisors; around the 2nd of December, you get feedback; then you have a week to address the comments.

 
For those who begin the Thesis course in January, the start report is due on ''Wednesday, 25th of January'' (make sure to also account for supervisor approval and revision time).

The second deadline for half-time reports, for those who didn't make it in March, is ''Monday, 17th of April'' (using [https://forms.gle/iCCuAqyv344t8XxC7 this form]).

The deadline for half-time reports is ''Wednesday, 15th of March'' (using [https://forms.gle/iCCuAqyv344t8XxC7 this form]), and the half-time presentations will be scheduled in week 12.

Half-time presentations should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions) and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.

Please remember that the report must be approved by supervisors first, so a reasonable schedule is: send the report to supervisors around the 1st of March; around the 8th of March, you get feedback; then you have a week to address the comments.



The deadline for final MSc reports (as always, supervisor-approved) is Tuesday, '''23 May 2023''', at 12:00 '''noon'''. Use [https://forms.gle/cBLfsmEVKnABUoHa6 this Google form] to send your report to examiners.

Make sure to have at least '''two iterations''' of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at the latest in the '''second week of May'''. If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be in late August/early September. 

Remember that you also need to email the final report to the '''opponent'''. The opponent is decided by your supervisors, and it is generally one of the researchers here at ITE.

The final presentations will be in '''week 22'''. I'll make a schedule when I receive all your reports, but the time slots you can find already now in the same Google Sheet document as all the previous schedules. If you have any constraints, please let me know in the comment when submitting your report, and I'll do my best to accommodate them.

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results, and conclusions from your work. It will be followed by 25-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 



For students starting their MSc Thesis course in November 2023 (or January 2024), we'll have and '''introduction lecture''' on Friday, 29 September at 9:00 in room S1078.



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For those who are planning to do the halftime or final MSc presentation now after summer, the deadline for submitting the report is Thursday, 31 August. We'll then try to schedule presentations in the first half of September. The third and final opportunity for thesis defense will be in December 2023, or possibly January 2024. 
Submit final reports using [https://forms.gle/cBLfsmEVKnABUoHa6 this Google form] and half-time reports using [https://forms.gle/iCCuAqyv344t8XxC7 this form].

Make sure to have at least '''two iterations''' of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors early enough. Also, remember that you also need to email the final report to the '''opponent'''. The opponent is decided by your supervisors, and it is generally one of the researchers here at ITE.

'''Final presentations''' should be 15 minutes long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results, and conclusions from your work. It will be followed by 25-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 

'''Half-time presentations''' should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions) and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.



I've sent out emails with (preliminary) topic assignments. If you've submitted the topic selection form, but did not receive this email, contact me (Slawomir) ASAP! 

You should pick your topic (select three, in order of preference) by Wednesday, 25th of October, 18:00. Submit your choice on this [https://forms.gle/Ly892R3K8dVXgBxJ9 GoogleForm]. 
The introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations of the MSc project took place on Friday, 29 September 2023. Slides from that lecture are available below.



The schedule for the Project Proposal presentations is now available in the GoogleSheet.
For those who didn't quite make it on Friday, there will be an additional report deadline on Wednesday, 20 December, with presentations in week 2.
 
A reminder: the deadline for the "project proposal" report is the 8th of December at 17:00 (please submit it [https://forms.gle/syQSBh7NNySJ8iq49 here]). 
Remember that it must be approved by the supervisor first, and you need to give them sufficient time to read it, provide feedback, *and* for yourselves to incorporate this feedback. This means that you should send a reasonably complete draft to your supervisors as soon as possible if you haven't done it yet...
 Presentations will take place in week 50 (you are expected to attend & listen to all, or at least most, of them).



For students starting the thesis work in LP3, the deadline for the project proposal is 25 January at 17:00 (please submit it [https://forms.gle/syQSBh7NNySJ8iq49 here]). 
 
Presentations will be scheduled one/two weeks later (you are expected to attend & listen to all, or at least most, of them).
You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review, and project plan.
 
For the halftime report, the middle of March deadline is common for all.



For those who didn't make it for the report submission last week, the next deadline for sending in the halftime report is Sunday, 7 April at 23:59 -- using [https://forms.gle/aiFqUW5AxcoD3RrE9 this form]. 
 
The first batch of the halftime presentations will take place on 25-26 March (detailed schedule is [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K0TZNllTSeyWr7mhvwscSf-2IXRSvCBnbBU8mJPQf78/edit#gid=2059471719 here]). Please note that attending the halftime presentations (at least the majority of them) is mandatory -- and I '''will be''' taking attendance lists!
 



The second batch of the halftime presentations will take place on Thursday, 18 April (detailed schedule is [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K0TZNllTSeyWr7mhvwscSf-2IXRSvCBnbBU8mJPQf78/edit#gid=2059471719 here]). Please note that attending the halftime presentations (at least the majority of them) is mandatory -- and I '''will be''' taking attendance lists! 

'''Half-time presentations''' should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions) and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.



The deadline for final MSc reports (as always, supervisor-approved) is Friday, '''24 May 2024''', at 23:59. Use [https://forms.gle/yAqFkiiBBTnBf6Dw8 this Google form] to send your report to examiners.

Make sure to have at least '''two iterations''' of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors '''more or less right now'''. 
Remember that you also need to email the final report to the '''opponent'''. The opponent is decided by your supervisors, and it is generally one of the teachers/researchers here at ITE.

The final presentations will be in '''weeks 22 and 23'''. I'll make a schedule when I receive all your reports, but the time slots you can find already now in the same Google Sheet document as all the previous schedules. If you have any constraints, please let me know in the comments when submitting your report, and I'll do my best to accommodate them.

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results, and conclusions from your work. It will be followed by 25-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects.

If you don't make it this time, the next opportunity will be in late August/early September.



The second deadline for final MSc reports (as always, supervisor-approved) is Sunday, '''15 September 2024''', at 23:59. Use [https://forms.gle/yAqFkiiBBTnBf6Dw8 this Google form] to send your report to examiners. If that deadline is problematic for you, discuss it with your supervisors and contact Slawomir.

If you don't make it this time, the next (and final) opportunity will be in December.
The new thesis topic (for students starting in '''November 2024''') are listed below. 
You should choose a topic by '''Monday, 28th of October, 12:00 noon''': submit three preferences using [https://forms.gle/ngYNJKNwcsMP3aE7A this form].











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Slawek:

For students starting their MSc Thesis course in November 2025, the deadline for selecting thesis topics is Wednesday, 29th of October, using [https://forms.gle/1NXiMjzgP5c1nf446 this form]

== Information about MSc Thesis process ==
This page contains some information about the MSc thesis project (courses DT7001 and DT7002 and ET7002).

[https://hh.se/student-web/content-a-z/thesis-information-for-students-at-school-of-information-technology.html MSc thesis project information] (the LaTeX template can be found here) and [https://hh.se/student-web/content-a-z/thesis-templates.html information about accessibility and the official front cover you should use] 

MSc thesis Introductory lecture: [https://bidaf.hh.se/public/2024.09.30-MSc-project-intro.pdf slides from 2024.09.30] and [https://bidaf.hh.se/public/2020.10.15-MSc-project-intro.mp4 video recording] (from a few years back, but mostly still applicable)

[https://bidaf.hh.se/public/DT7001-course-description-2019.pdf MSc thesis Course Description]

[https://bidaf.hh.se/public/DT7001-grading-criteria-2023.pdf MSc thesis Grading Criteria]

[https://www.hh.se/sitevision/proxy/student-web/content-a-z/course-syllabus.html/svid12_16be565916914b791c7d0bd8/752680950/se_proxy/utb_kursplan.asp?kurskod=DT7001&revisionsnr=20&format=pdf&lang=EN DT7001 course syllabus] and [https://www.hh.se/sitevision/proxy/student/innehall-a-o/kursplan.html/svid12_464ca102168ed1f8d3b1293f/752680950/se_proxy/utb_kursplan.asp?kurskod=DT7002&revisionsnr=4%2C1&format=pdf DT7002 course syllabus]

Plagiarism course: [https://academy.sitehost.iu.edu/index.html https://academy.sitehost.iu.edu/index.html] 
Another course, from Umeå University, which includes genAI (in Swedish, but with English subtitles available): [https://oer.ub.umu.se/en/plagiarism/#/ https://oer.ub.umu.se/en/plagiarism/#/]

[https://bidaf.hh.se/public/CivilingenjorPresentation2023.pdf Civilingenjör Presentation 2023] Specialisations Artificial Intelligence (TACDA) and Robotics and autonomous systems (TACIS)

== Useful resources for your MSc Thesis process ==

[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi11EUthpHD2TGZYnPaMozA/playlists A YouTube course from Lund University on academic writing (in English and in Swedish)]

[https://www.cs.tufts.edu/~nr/pubs/eng-abstract.html Teaching Technical Writing Using the Engineering Method course from Tufts University]

[https://chemistrycommunity.nature.com/posts/43071-how-to-write-an-abstract How to write an abstract]

A checklist based on common issues:

* The link to contemporary development within the area is often weak; theses rarely discuss international research sufficiently in-depth (use the references poorly)

* Clear research questions are often missing (having a clear research question that is answered in the report usually results in a much clearer evaluation and conclusions.)

* The text must argue for the research questions, hypothesis, methods and results; often, there is no argument to support the choice.

* Citations should not be used as a word in a sentence, e.g., "as [1] says ..."

* Make sure your figure/table captions are informative; all figures must be references in the text

* The abstract should be clear, specifying exactly what is to be investigated and why

* Results should be put in context to the previous works that they identified in the report

* Social aspects of the work are rarely discussed

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Introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations on MSc project will take place on Monday, 14 October 2019 at 15:15.

The next opportunity for MSc presentations is on Monday, '''23 September 2019 at 13:15''' (contact Slawomir if you intend to make the presentation, so that we know how many to plan for). Also, make sure to send the supervisor-approved reports to the examiners a week before, so by '''16 September 2019'''. After that we will have the '''final'''(!) opportunity sometime in late December/early January.

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long, and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results and conclusions from the work. 



Final presentation is scheduled on '''Wednesday, 29 May 2019''' [turns out Thursday is a holiday] (which means the examiners need to receive your reports by '''Thursday, 23 May 2019 at noon'''). 



There will be a chance to re-do half-time presentations, for those who were not ready in March, around middle of May. 
Half-time presentations should be '''20 minutes''' long, and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed. 



Topic selections are due on 27th of October 15:00 (use this [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVZ2JfHViLKDojbfqiXxZdlkJnc6Au2DVbAfap7Qlx-TgE4Q/viewform GoogleForms] link).



For students who started their MSc in 2018, the final opportunity to present their thesis will be on Friday, 13th of December 2019, at 16:00 (room F506). Deadline (strict!) for submitting reports is Wednesday, 11th of December, at noon.



Half-time seminar will be on 19th of February (preliminary time: 9-15, depending on number of projects that are ready in time). This means you should send the reports to the examiners on the 18th of February before lunch ([https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScis7kd6ofp0I9NWWeQZbNrNxr5BhPjytf62oi66JeBrLn-TA/viewform?usp=sf_link|using this form]). Please note that it's a bit earlier than I've indicated during the introductory lecture, as we've decided it makes more sense to provide this feedback sooner rather than later. The final seminar will be at the end of May (reports due in the middle of May).



Start report is due (approved by supervisors!) on 6th of December 23:59, and presentations will be done on 9th and 11th of December (you are expected to attend & listen both days). 
You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review and project plan.



The second chance for half-time presentations will be on Thursday, 12th of March (preliminary time: 13-16, depending on number of projects that are ready in time). This means you should send the reports to the examiners on the 11th of March before lunch ([https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScis7kd6ofp0I9NWWeQZbNrNxr5BhPjytf62oi66JeBrLn-TA/viewform?usp=sf_link|using this form]). The final seminar will be at the end of May (reports due in the middle of May).



Half-time presentations should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions), and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.



The final presentation is scheduled on '''Thursday, 28 May 2020''' (which means the examiners and opponent need to receive your supervisor-approved reports by '''Thursday, 21 May 2020 at noon''' -- use [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeXSqoOFeAsvG-xaD9COvdzMbWYvavSD9JhyDEEuWA2Pifljg/viewform this form] to send your report to supervisors, and email it to the opponent). 
Make sure to have at least two iterations of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at latest in the '''first week of May'''. If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be at the end of August/beginning of September.



Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results and conclusions from the work. It will be followed by 15 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 



The second opportunity for final presentations will be on '''Thursday, 3 September 2020''' (done online, on Zoom)... which means the examiners and opponent need to receive your supervisor-approved reports by '''Friday, 28 August 2020 at noon''' -- use [https://forms.gle/jdoMgP7vdpqMvBqKA this Google form] to send your report to examiners, and email it to the opponent. 
Make sure to have at least two iterations of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at latest in the '''first week of August''' (take into account any vacation plans!). If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be in December/January.



Introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations on MSc project will take place on Thursday, 15 October 2020 at 10:00 (sharp) through Zoom. The link should be available in your schedules.



Topic selection: provide a ranking of three preferred topics by Wednesday, 28th of October, 18:00 using [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVZ2JfHViLKDojbfqiXxZdlkJnc6Au2DVbAfap7Qlx-TgE4Q/viewform this GoogleForm]



A start report is due (approved by supervisors!) on 10th of December 23:59 ([https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScreuarA6jB87nkbz0ePHOgIivXm6mKOGKo-vQ5-rPN5BcZtg/viewform using this link]).
 Schedule for presentations in week 51 (you are expected to attend & listen to all) is available [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rUYc4uyVTd2tg4-vjwIlkC3IdSR8YmWBrB9oefbjlBY here] (please observe some changes are still expected, mainly based on supervisors' availability, so please check it regularly).
 You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review and project plan.
 Presentations [https://hh-se.zoom.us/j/61901966606 Zoom link]



The next deadline for start reports, for those who didn't make it this time, is 15th of January 23:59 ([https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScreuarA6jB87nkbz0ePHOgIivXm6mKOGKo-vQ5-rPN5BcZtg/viewform using this link]).

 
For those who were not ready with halftime reports in March, there will be another opportunity on Wednesday, 12 May 2021 (the deadline for submitting reports is 9th of May, [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfptsXlPYJcpWqAMMl2b3O-jabLpJdef8J8B_qneni0OINTmQ/viewform same Google Form])
 
Half-time presentations should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions) and must precisely specify the goals/objectives, clearly explain the expected contribution/novelty, showcase the results achieved so far, and present a refined plan on how to proceed further.
 



The final seminar will be in about two weeks, preliminarily on 2nd, 3rd and/or 4th of June, depending on the number of projects that are ready (reports due on 25th of May at 12:00 noon, using [https://forms.gle/WHzNYkmridBuKwvg8 this form]). 



The second opportunity for final presentations of MSc theses will be on '''Friday, 20 August 2021''' (done online, on Zoom)... which means the examiners and opponent need to receive your supervisor-approved reports '''one week earlier''' -- use [https://forms.gle/wE83yj17Q1nJiYR16 this Google form] to send your report to examiners, and email it to the opponent. 
Make sure to have at least two iterations of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at the latest in the '''first week of August''' (take into account any vacation plans!). If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be in December/January. 

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results and conclusions from the work. It will be followed by 20-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 
 
The next and final opportunity for half-time presentations will be in late August. Submit your reports on [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfptsXlPYJcpWqAMMl2b3O-jabLpJdef8J8B_qneni0OINTmQ/viewform Google Form] and email Slawomir to schedule the presentation.



Introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations on the MSc project will take place on Wednesday, 13 October 2021 at 15:15 in D315. 
Please note that it will not appear in your schedule, since the course has not started yet.
Before the lecture, please watch the [https://bidaf.hh.se/public/2020.10.15-MSc-project-intro.mp4 video recording] and read [https://bidaf.hh.se/public/2021.10.13-MSc-project-intro.pdf updated slides]. 
This way, in the physical meeting we can focus on discussion and answering any questions you might have.



For the selection of thesis topics, you should provide a ranking of three preferred topics by Wednesday, 27 October 2021, 18:00 using [https://forms.gle/K34DS8XLT2YbuLwC7 GoogleForm].



A start report is due (approved by supervisors!) on 12th of December 18:00 [https://forms.gle/GFjXefJNBL5pa7gm8 using this form]. This means that you should send a reasonably complete draft to your supervisors before the end of November, so that they have time to provide feedback, and you have time to incorporate this feedback into your final report...
 Presentations will take place in week 50 (you are expected to attend & listen to all, or at least most, of them).
 You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review and project plan.



For those students who started in January, the initial report is due (approved by supervisors!) on 30th of January at 16:00 [https://forms.gle/GFjXefJNBL5pa7gm8 using this form]. This means that you should send a reasonably complete draft to your supervisors quite soon, so that they have time to provide feedback, and you have time to incorporate this feedback into your report...
 Presentations will take place in week 5, probably on Friday, 4 February 2022.
 You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review and project plan.



Dear students, you should have received an email with a link to Google Spreadsheet with thesis topics assignment. It was sent to all those who submitted thesis topic selections using GoogleForm. If you have not received it, please let me (Slawomir) know ASAP.



Half-time reports are due tomorrow. However, I have been hearing that many of you have problems making the deadline. Thus, we've decided to offer an (additional) second opportunity -- in two weeks.
If you can have a good quality report ready tomorrow you should still submit it, since timeliness is an important part of MSc project.

If you cannot, on the other hand, your next deadline for sending the reports to the examiners is Friday, 01 April 2022, at lunchtime ([https://forms.gle/3QkP7qrdoCXKkv4t6 using this form]).
 Presentations, in that case, will be sometime in week 14.

Half-time presentations will be in week 12, probably between Wednesday, 23 March and Friday, 25 March 2022 (depending on number of projects that are ready in time).
 This means the deadline for sending the reports to the examiners is the Friday, 18 March 2022, lunchtime ([https://forms.gle/3QkP7qrdoCXKkv4t6 using this form]).
 The final seminar will be at the end of May (reports due in the middle of May).



The schedule for half-time presentations has now been updated with (preliminary) presentation times for those who submitted their reports on the second deadline:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FK-OjzhQdIbfMkeyvGLneJzSV6znejgG9fG19Wv1VXU/edit#gid=223334201

 Half-time presentations should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions), and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.
 



Final presentations of MSc theses will be primarily on '''Wednesday, 1 June''' and '''Thursday, 2 June'''... which means the examiners and opponent need to receive your supervisor-approved reports '''one week earlier''' -- use [https://forms.gle/sH3hf1tyMT82GKTf7 this Google form] (deadline: Wednesday, 25 May 2021 at 12:00 noon) to send your report to examiners, and email it to the opponent.
Make sure to have at least two iterations of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at the latest in the '''second week of May'''. If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be in late August/early September. 

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results and conclusions from the work. It will be followed by 25-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 



You should pick your topic (select three, in order of preference) by Wednesday, 26th of October, 18:00. Submit your choice on [https://forms.gle/pK1rKbeRFVVfJjtF9 this GoogleForm]. 
The introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations of the MSc project took place on Monday, 3 October 2022. Slides are available below. 



The start reports are due on '''December 8th''' at 21:00 ([https://forms.gle/WaUcxqJoC56n2CobA using this form]); presentations will take place in week 50. 
Please remember that the report must be approved by supervisors first, so a reasonable schedule is: on the 25th of November send the report to supervisors; around the 2nd of December, you get feedback; then you have a week to address the comments.

 
For those who begin the Thesis course in January, the start report is due on ''Wednesday, 25th of January'' (make sure to also account for supervisor approval and revision time).

The second deadline for half-time reports, for those who didn't make it in March, is ''Monday, 17th of April'' (using [https://forms.gle/iCCuAqyv344t8XxC7 this form]).

The deadline for half-time reports is ''Wednesday, 15th of March'' (using [https://forms.gle/iCCuAqyv344t8XxC7 this form]), and the half-time presentations will be scheduled in week 12.

Half-time presentations should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions) and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.

Please remember that the report must be approved by supervisors first, so a reasonable schedule is: send the report to supervisors around the 1st of March; around the 8th of March, you get feedback; then you have a week to address the comments.



The deadline for final MSc reports (as always, supervisor-approved) is Tuesday, '''23 May 2023''', at 12:00 '''noon'''. Use [https://forms.gle/cBLfsmEVKnABUoHa6 this Google form] to send your report to examiners.

Make sure to have at least '''two iterations''' of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at the latest in the '''second week of May'''. If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be in late August/early September. 

Remember that you also need to email the final report to the '''opponent'''. The opponent is decided by your supervisors, and it is generally one of the researchers here at ITE.

The final presentations will be in '''week 22'''. I'll make a schedule when I receive all your reports, but the time slots you can find already now in the same Google Sheet document as all the previous schedules. If you have any constraints, please let me know in the comment when submitting your report, and I'll do my best to accommodate them.

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results, and conclusions from your work. It will be followed by 25-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 



For students starting their MSc Thesis course in November 2023 (or January 2024), we'll have and '''introduction lecture''' on Friday, 29 September at 9:00 in room S1078.



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For those who are planning to do the halftime or final MSc presentation now after summer, the deadline for submitting the report is Thursday, 31 August. We'll then try to schedule presentations in the first half of September. The third and final opportunity for thesis defense will be in December 2023, or possibly January 2024. 
Submit final reports using [https://forms.gle/cBLfsmEVKnABUoHa6 this Google form] and half-time reports using [https://forms.gle/iCCuAqyv344t8XxC7 this form].

Make sure to have at least '''two iterations''' of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors early enough. Also, remember that you also need to email the final report to the '''opponent'''. The opponent is decided by your supervisors, and it is generally one of the researchers here at ITE.

'''Final presentations''' should be 15 minutes long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results, and conclusions from your work. It will be followed by 25-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 

'''Half-time presentations''' should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions) and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.



I've sent out emails with (preliminary) topic assignments. If you've submitted the topic selection form, but did not receive this email, contact me (Slawomir) ASAP! 

You should pick your topic (select three, in order of preference) by Wednesday, 25th of October, 18:00. Submit your choice on this [https://forms.gle/Ly892R3K8dVXgBxJ9 GoogleForm]. 
The introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations of the MSc project took place on Friday, 29 September 2023. Slides from that lecture are available below.



The schedule for the Project Proposal presentations is now available in the GoogleSheet.
For those who didn't quite make it on Friday, there will be an additional report deadline on Wednesday, 20 December, with presentations in week 2.
 
A reminder: the deadline for the "project proposal" report is the 8th of December at 17:00 (please submit it [https://forms.gle/syQSBh7NNySJ8iq49 here]). 
Remember that it must be approved by the supervisor first, and you need to give them sufficient time to read it, provide feedback, *and* for yourselves to incorporate this feedback. This means that you should send a reasonably complete draft to your supervisors as soon as possible if you haven't done it yet...
 Presentations will take place in week 50 (you are expected to attend & listen to all, or at least most, of them).



For students starting the thesis work in LP3, the deadline for the project proposal is 25 January at 17:00 (please submit it [https://forms.gle/syQSBh7NNySJ8iq49 here]). 
 
Presentations will be scheduled one/two weeks later (you are expected to attend & listen to all, or at least most, of them).
You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review, and project plan.
 
For the halftime report, the middle of March deadline is common for all.



For those who didn't make it for the report submission last week, the next deadline for sending in the halftime report is Sunday, 7 April at 23:59 -- using [https://forms.gle/aiFqUW5AxcoD3RrE9 this form]. 
 
The first batch of the halftime presentations will take place on 25-26 March (detailed schedule is [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K0TZNllTSeyWr7mhvwscSf-2IXRSvCBnbBU8mJPQf78/edit#gid=2059471719 here]). Please note that attending the halftime presentations (at least the majority of them) is mandatory -- and I '''will be''' taking attendance lists!
 



The second batch of the halftime presentations will take place on Thursday, 18 April (detailed schedule is [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K0TZNllTSeyWr7mhvwscSf-2IXRSvCBnbBU8mJPQf78/edit#gid=2059471719 here]). Please note that attending the halftime presentations (at least the majority of them) is mandatory -- and I '''will be''' taking attendance lists! 

'''Half-time presentations''' should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions) and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.



The deadline for final MSc reports (as always, supervisor-approved) is Friday, '''24 May 2024''', at 23:59. Use [https://forms.gle/yAqFkiiBBTnBf6Dw8 this Google form] to send your report to examiners.

Make sure to have at least '''two iterations''' of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors '''more or less right now'''. 
Remember that you also need to email the final report to the '''opponent'''. The opponent is decided by your supervisors, and it is generally one of the teachers/researchers here at ITE.

The final presentations will be in '''weeks 22 and 23'''. I'll make a schedule when I receive all your reports, but the time slots you can find already now in the same Google Sheet document as all the previous schedules. If you have any constraints, please let me know in the comments when submitting your report, and I'll do my best to accommodate them.

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results, and conclusions from your work. It will be followed by 25-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects.

If you don't make it this time, the next opportunity will be in late August/early September.



The second deadline for final MSc reports (as always, supervisor-approved) is Sunday, '''15 September 2024''', at 23:59. Use [https://forms.gle/yAqFkiiBBTnBf6Dw8 this Google form] to send your report to examiners. If that deadline is problematic for you, discuss it with your supervisors and contact Slawomir.

If you don't make it this time, the next (and final) opportunity will be in December.
The new thesis topic (for students starting in '''November 2024''') are listed below. 
You should choose a topic by '''Monday, 28th of October, 12:00 noon''': submit three preferences using [https://forms.gle/ngYNJKNwcsMP3aE7A this form].











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Project opportunities at Saab

2025-10-22T18:49:50Z

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Saab Surveillance in Halmstad is offering this project opportunity:

https://www.saab.com/career/job-opportunities/examensarbete-30-hp-navigations--och-styrmekanismer-for-autonoma-dronare

If you find one that is interesting to you, please get in touch with the contact person mentioned there. Those opportunities are managed by Saab, so they make the final decision on who is selected for any given thesis. From the University side, we can, of course, support you throughout the process, but we cannot make any guarantees or influence the selection in any way.

In addition, as with all industry-driven projects, you will also need to find a suitable supervisor here at the University. Based on the topics presented here, you should be able to identify a couple of people with related interests; feel free to contact them directly. If you have trouble finding the right supervisor, contact Slawomir/Carlos and we'll try to help you.

Empowering Adult Learners and Educators through AI

2025-10-18T15:11:25Z

Slawek:

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|Summary=This project is part of an international collaborative project LEAD-AI, which aims to create a capacity-building programme designed to enhance AI skills of both educators and adult learners.
|TimeFrame=Fall 2025
|Prerequisites=Good knowledge of machine learning
|Supervisor=Sławomir Nowaczyk, Aurora Esteban Toscano
|Level=Master
|Status=Open
}}
LEAD-AI project will create a capacity-building programme designed to enhance AI skills of both educators and adult
learners. It will develop tailored methodologies and AI-related content across various fields, integrated into an AI-enhanced
e-learning platform. Educators will benefit from a personalized Train the Trainer methodology, while learners will receive
personalized training interactive tools, for workplace applications, ensuring professional development and digital skill
enhancement.

The LEAD-AI project will implement a hands-on AI capacity-building program to help educators and trainees to effectively
use AI/Generative AI in their teaching practices, and professional development. Through an AI-enhanced e-learning
platform, participants will explore adapted learning methodologies, tailoring training to individual needs.The project includes
interactive modules, group work, and real-world AI applications, ensuring practical AI upskilling and enhanced professional
development.

Project results will include: PR1:Methodological framework for capacity building using AI for enhanced training for Adult
Education/PR2:Train-of-Trainers methodology & toolkit/PR3: Best practices & pedagogical guidelines/PR4: Training
modules & materials for AI skills development for Adults/PR5: Personalized AI enhanced e-learning platform. Results will be
disseminated during the project lifespan through communication activities, dissemination strategies, multiplier events &
partners' networks.

Workshop Automation together with Volvo Group

2025-10-14T06:52:06Z

Slawek:

{{StudentProjectTemplate
|Summary=This project, in collaboration with Volvo Group, investigates how automation can raise workshop throughput, repair quality, and technician experience through data-driven perception and pragmatic use of automation.
|TimeFrame=Fall 2025
|Prerequisites=Good knowledge of machine learning & robotics
|Supervisor=Sławomir Nowaczyk, Saeed Gholami Shahbandi
|Level=Master
|Status=Open
}}
Next-generation Orchestrated Workshop Automation (NOWA) is a pre-study where Volvo and the CAISR group at Halmstad University investigate how automation can raise workshop throughput, repair quality and technician experience through data-driven perception and pragmatic use of automation. We will demonstrate five focused showcases that create immediate value while de-risking future robotics: (1) camera-based visual checks for component inspection; (2) an LLM-supported check-in that structures driver symptom descriptions ; (3) engine idle-sound anomaly pre-screening; (4) a mobile parts & tool runner to reduce technician “walking waste”; and (5) robotic support for oil change operation. Each pilot will be co-designed with technicians, instrumented with clear KPIs, and packaged with site-agnostic Standard Operating Procedures—forming a scalable pathway from today’s assisted workflows to tomorrow’s robot-enabled workshop automation.

Since the five showcases are at different levels of maturity, the expected results will also vary, from the practical demonstration of the quantifiable benefits of robot-guided cameras over existing manual procedures for (1) to requirements specification and initial cost-benefit analysis for (5). Overall, however, NOWA directly advances the call’s focus on productivity, sustainability, and human-centred digitalisation in the heavy-vehicle aftermarket.

This pre-study couples rigorous analysis of existing multimodal data (images and idle-sound) with pragmatic automation showcases (LLM-assisted check-in and robotic tool/parts runner) to deliver near-term, measurable value while laying a scalable foundation for future robotic inspection.

Student projects

2025-10-14T06:51:16Z

Slawek:

== Information about MSc Thesis process ==
This page contains some information about the MSc thesis project (courses DT7001 and DT7002 and ET7002).

[https://hh.se/student-web/content-a-z/thesis-information-for-students-at-school-of-information-technology.html MSc thesis project information] (the LaTeX template can be found here) and [https://hh.se/student-web/content-a-z/thesis-templates.html information about accessibility and the official front cover you should use] 

MSc thesis Introductory lecture: [https://bidaf.hh.se/public/2024.09.30-MSc-project-intro.pdf slides from 2024.09.30] and [https://bidaf.hh.se/public/2020.10.15-MSc-project-intro.mp4 video recording] (from a few years back, but mostly still applicable)

[https://bidaf.hh.se/public/DT7001-course-description-2019.pdf MSc thesis Course Description]

[https://bidaf.hh.se/public/DT7001-grading-criteria-2023.pdf MSc thesis Grading Criteria]

[https://www.hh.se/sitevision/proxy/student-web/content-a-z/course-syllabus.html/svid12_16be565916914b791c7d0bd8/752680950/se_proxy/utb_kursplan.asp?kurskod=DT7001&revisionsnr=20&format=pdf&lang=EN DT7001 course syllabus] and [https://www.hh.se/sitevision/proxy/student/innehall-a-o/kursplan.html/svid12_464ca102168ed1f8d3b1293f/752680950/se_proxy/utb_kursplan.asp?kurskod=DT7002&revisionsnr=4%2C1&format=pdf DT7002 course syllabus]

Plagiarism course: [https://academy.sitehost.iu.edu/index.html https://academy.sitehost.iu.edu/index.html] 
Another course, from Umeå University, which includes genAI (in Swedish, but with English subtitles available): [https://oer.ub.umu.se/en/plagiarism/#/ https://oer.ub.umu.se/en/plagiarism/#/]

[https://bidaf.hh.se/public/CivilingenjorPresentation2023.pdf Civilingenjör Presentation 2023] Specialisations Artificial Intelligence (TACDA) and Robotics and autonomous systems (TACIS)

== Useful resources for your MSc Thesis process ==

[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi11EUthpHD2TGZYnPaMozA/playlists A YouTube course from Lund University on academic writing (in English and in Swedish)]

[https://www.cs.tufts.edu/~nr/pubs/eng-abstract.html Teaching Technical Writing Using the Engineering Method course from Tufts University]

[https://chemistrycommunity.nature.com/posts/43071-how-to-write-an-abstract How to write an abstract]

A checklist based on common issues:

* The link to contemporary development within the area is often weak; theses rarely discuss international research sufficiently in-depth (use the references poorly)

* Clear research questions are often missing (having a clear research question that is answered in the report usually results in a much clearer evaluation and conclusions.)

* The text must argue for the research questions, hypothesis, methods and results; often, there is no argument to support the choice.

* Citations should not be used as a word in a sentence, e.g., "as [1] says ..."

* Make sure your figure/table captions are informative; all figures must be references in the text

* The abstract should be clear, specifying exactly what is to be investigated and why

* Results should be put in context to the previous works that they identified in the report

* Social aspects of the work are rarely discussed

== Current Proposals of Msc and Bsc Project (as of Autumn 2025) ==

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== Draft Proposals of Msc and Bsc Project (do not pick this unless you have checked with the supervisor!) ==

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== Older Proposals of Msc and Bsc Project ==

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Introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations on MSc project will take place on Monday, 14 October 2019 at 15:15.

The next opportunity for MSc presentations is on Monday, '''23 September 2019 at 13:15''' (contact Slawomir if you intend to make the presentation, so that we know how many to plan for). Also, make sure to send the supervisor-approved reports to the examiners a week before, so by '''16 September 2019'''. After that we will have the '''final'''(!) opportunity sometime in late December/early January.

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long, and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results and conclusions from the work. 



Final presentation is scheduled on '''Wednesday, 29 May 2019''' [turns out Thursday is a holiday] (which means the examiners need to receive your reports by '''Thursday, 23 May 2019 at noon'''). 



There will be a chance to re-do half-time presentations, for those who were not ready in March, around middle of May. 
Half-time presentations should be '''20 minutes''' long, and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed. 



Topic selections are due on 27th of October 15:00 (use this [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVZ2JfHViLKDojbfqiXxZdlkJnc6Au2DVbAfap7Qlx-TgE4Q/viewform GoogleForms] link).



For students who started their MSc in 2018, the final opportunity to present their thesis will be on Friday, 13th of December 2019, at 16:00 (room F506). Deadline (strict!) for submitting reports is Wednesday, 11th of December, at noon.



Half-time seminar will be on 19th of February (preliminary time: 9-15, depending on number of projects that are ready in time). This means you should send the reports to the examiners on the 18th of February before lunch ([https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScis7kd6ofp0I9NWWeQZbNrNxr5BhPjytf62oi66JeBrLn-TA/viewform?usp=sf_link|using this form]). Please note that it's a bit earlier than I've indicated during the introductory lecture, as we've decided it makes more sense to provide this feedback sooner rather than later. The final seminar will be at the end of May (reports due in the middle of May).



Start report is due (approved by supervisors!) on 6th of December 23:59, and presentations will be done on 9th and 11th of December (you are expected to attend & listen both days). 
You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review and project plan.



The second chance for half-time presentations will be on Thursday, 12th of March (preliminary time: 13-16, depending on number of projects that are ready in time). This means you should send the reports to the examiners on the 11th of March before lunch ([https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScis7kd6ofp0I9NWWeQZbNrNxr5BhPjytf62oi66JeBrLn-TA/viewform?usp=sf_link|using this form]). The final seminar will be at the end of May (reports due in the middle of May).



Half-time presentations should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions), and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.



The final presentation is scheduled on '''Thursday, 28 May 2020''' (which means the examiners and opponent need to receive your supervisor-approved reports by '''Thursday, 21 May 2020 at noon''' -- use [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeXSqoOFeAsvG-xaD9COvdzMbWYvavSD9JhyDEEuWA2Pifljg/viewform this form] to send your report to supervisors, and email it to the opponent). 
Make sure to have at least two iterations of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at latest in the '''first week of May'''. If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be at the end of August/beginning of September.



Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results and conclusions from the work. It will be followed by 15 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 



The second opportunity for final presentations will be on '''Thursday, 3 September 2020''' (done online, on Zoom)... which means the examiners and opponent need to receive your supervisor-approved reports by '''Friday, 28 August 2020 at noon''' -- use [https://forms.gle/jdoMgP7vdpqMvBqKA this Google form] to send your report to examiners, and email it to the opponent. 
Make sure to have at least two iterations of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at latest in the '''first week of August''' (take into account any vacation plans!). If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be in December/January.



Introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations on MSc project will take place on Thursday, 15 October 2020 at 10:00 (sharp) through Zoom. The link should be available in your schedules.



Topic selection: provide a ranking of three preferred topics by Wednesday, 28th of October, 18:00 using [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVZ2JfHViLKDojbfqiXxZdlkJnc6Au2DVbAfap7Qlx-TgE4Q/viewform this GoogleForm]



A start report is due (approved by supervisors!) on 10th of December 23:59 ([https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScreuarA6jB87nkbz0ePHOgIivXm6mKOGKo-vQ5-rPN5BcZtg/viewform using this link]).
 Schedule for presentations in week 51 (you are expected to attend & listen to all) is available [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rUYc4uyVTd2tg4-vjwIlkC3IdSR8YmWBrB9oefbjlBY here] (please observe some changes are still expected, mainly based on supervisors' availability, so please check it regularly).
 You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review and project plan.
 Presentations [https://hh-se.zoom.us/j/61901966606 Zoom link]



The next deadline for start reports, for those who didn't make it this time, is 15th of January 23:59 ([https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScreuarA6jB87nkbz0ePHOgIivXm6mKOGKo-vQ5-rPN5BcZtg/viewform using this link]).

 
For those who were not ready with halftime reports in March, there will be another opportunity on Wednesday, 12 May 2021 (the deadline for submitting reports is 9th of May, [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfptsXlPYJcpWqAMMl2b3O-jabLpJdef8J8B_qneni0OINTmQ/viewform same Google Form])
 
Half-time presentations should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions) and must precisely specify the goals/objectives, clearly explain the expected contribution/novelty, showcase the results achieved so far, and present a refined plan on how to proceed further.
 



The final seminar will be in about two weeks, preliminarily on 2nd, 3rd and/or 4th of June, depending on the number of projects that are ready (reports due on 25th of May at 12:00 noon, using [https://forms.gle/WHzNYkmridBuKwvg8 this form]). 



The second opportunity for final presentations of MSc theses will be on '''Friday, 20 August 2021''' (done online, on Zoom)... which means the examiners and opponent need to receive your supervisor-approved reports '''one week earlier''' -- use [https://forms.gle/wE83yj17Q1nJiYR16 this Google form] to send your report to examiners, and email it to the opponent. 
Make sure to have at least two iterations of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at the latest in the '''first week of August''' (take into account any vacation plans!). If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be in December/January. 

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results and conclusions from the work. It will be followed by 20-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 
 
The next and final opportunity for half-time presentations will be in late August. Submit your reports on [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfptsXlPYJcpWqAMMl2b3O-jabLpJdef8J8B_qneni0OINTmQ/viewform Google Form] and email Slawomir to schedule the presentation.



Introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations on the MSc project will take place on Wednesday, 13 October 2021 at 15:15 in D315. 
Please note that it will not appear in your schedule, since the course has not started yet.
Before the lecture, please watch the [https://bidaf.hh.se/public/2020.10.15-MSc-project-intro.mp4 video recording] and read [https://bidaf.hh.se/public/2021.10.13-MSc-project-intro.pdf updated slides]. 
This way, in the physical meeting we can focus on discussion and answering any questions you might have.



For the selection of thesis topics, you should provide a ranking of three preferred topics by Wednesday, 27 October 2021, 18:00 using [https://forms.gle/K34DS8XLT2YbuLwC7 GoogleForm].



A start report is due (approved by supervisors!) on 12th of December 18:00 [https://forms.gle/GFjXefJNBL5pa7gm8 using this form]. This means that you should send a reasonably complete draft to your supervisors before the end of November, so that they have time to provide feedback, and you have time to incorporate this feedback into your final report...
 Presentations will take place in week 50 (you are expected to attend & listen to all, or at least most, of them).
 You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review and project plan.



For those students who started in January, the initial report is due (approved by supervisors!) on 30th of January at 16:00 [https://forms.gle/GFjXefJNBL5pa7gm8 using this form]. This means that you should send a reasonably complete draft to your supervisors quite soon, so that they have time to provide feedback, and you have time to incorporate this feedback into your report...
 Presentations will take place in week 5, probably on Friday, 4 February 2022.
 You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review and project plan.



Dear students, you should have received an email with a link to Google Spreadsheet with thesis topics assignment. It was sent to all those who submitted thesis topic selections using GoogleForm. If you have not received it, please let me (Slawomir) know ASAP.



Half-time reports are due tomorrow. However, I have been hearing that many of you have problems making the deadline. Thus, we've decided to offer an (additional) second opportunity -- in two weeks.
If you can have a good quality report ready tomorrow you should still submit it, since timeliness is an important part of MSc project.

If you cannot, on the other hand, your next deadline for sending the reports to the examiners is Friday, 01 April 2022, at lunchtime ([https://forms.gle/3QkP7qrdoCXKkv4t6 using this form]).
 Presentations, in that case, will be sometime in week 14.

Half-time presentations will be in week 12, probably between Wednesday, 23 March and Friday, 25 March 2022 (depending on number of projects that are ready in time).
 This means the deadline for sending the reports to the examiners is the Friday, 18 March 2022, lunchtime ([https://forms.gle/3QkP7qrdoCXKkv4t6 using this form]).
 The final seminar will be at the end of May (reports due in the middle of May).



The schedule for half-time presentations has now been updated with (preliminary) presentation times for those who submitted their reports on the second deadline:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FK-OjzhQdIbfMkeyvGLneJzSV6znejgG9fG19Wv1VXU/edit#gid=223334201

 Half-time presentations should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions), and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.
 



Final presentations of MSc theses will be primarily on '''Wednesday, 1 June''' and '''Thursday, 2 June'''... which means the examiners and opponent need to receive your supervisor-approved reports '''one week earlier''' -- use [https://forms.gle/sH3hf1tyMT82GKTf7 this Google form] (deadline: Wednesday, 25 May 2021 at 12:00 noon) to send your report to examiners, and email it to the opponent.
Make sure to have at least two iterations of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at the latest in the '''second week of May'''. If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be in late August/early September. 

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results and conclusions from the work. It will be followed by 25-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 



You should pick your topic (select three, in order of preference) by Wednesday, 26th of October, 18:00. Submit your choice on [https://forms.gle/pK1rKbeRFVVfJjtF9 this GoogleForm]. 
The introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations of the MSc project took place on Monday, 3 October 2022. Slides are available below. 



The start reports are due on '''December 8th''' at 21:00 ([https://forms.gle/WaUcxqJoC56n2CobA using this form]); presentations will take place in week 50. 
Please remember that the report must be approved by supervisors first, so a reasonable schedule is: on the 25th of November send the report to supervisors; around the 2nd of December, you get feedback; then you have a week to address the comments.

 
For those who begin the Thesis course in January, the start report is due on ''Wednesday, 25th of January'' (make sure to also account for supervisor approval and revision time).

The second deadline for half-time reports, for those who didn't make it in March, is ''Monday, 17th of April'' (using [https://forms.gle/iCCuAqyv344t8XxC7 this form]).

The deadline for half-time reports is ''Wednesday, 15th of March'' (using [https://forms.gle/iCCuAqyv344t8XxC7 this form]), and the half-time presentations will be scheduled in week 12.

Half-time presentations should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions) and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.

Please remember that the report must be approved by supervisors first, so a reasonable schedule is: send the report to supervisors around the 1st of March; around the 8th of March, you get feedback; then you have a week to address the comments.



The deadline for final MSc reports (as always, supervisor-approved) is Tuesday, '''23 May 2023''', at 12:00 '''noon'''. Use [https://forms.gle/cBLfsmEVKnABUoHa6 this Google form] to send your report to examiners.

Make sure to have at least '''two iterations''' of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at the latest in the '''second week of May'''. If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be in late August/early September. 

Remember that you also need to email the final report to the '''opponent'''. The opponent is decided by your supervisors, and it is generally one of the researchers here at ITE.

The final presentations will be in '''week 22'''. I'll make a schedule when I receive all your reports, but the time slots you can find already now in the same Google Sheet document as all the previous schedules. If you have any constraints, please let me know in the comment when submitting your report, and I'll do my best to accommodate them.

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results, and conclusions from your work. It will be followed by 25-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 



For students starting their MSc Thesis course in November 2023 (or January 2024), we'll have and '''introduction lecture''' on Friday, 29 September at 9:00 in room S1078.



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For those who are planning to do the halftime or final MSc presentation now after summer, the deadline for submitting the report is Thursday, 31 August. We'll then try to schedule presentations in the first half of September. The third and final opportunity for thesis defense will be in December 2023, or possibly January 2024. 
Submit final reports using [https://forms.gle/cBLfsmEVKnABUoHa6 this Google form] and half-time reports using [https://forms.gle/iCCuAqyv344t8XxC7 this form].

Make sure to have at least '''two iterations''' of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors early enough. Also, remember that you also need to email the final report to the '''opponent'''. The opponent is decided by your supervisors, and it is generally one of the researchers here at ITE.

'''Final presentations''' should be 15 minutes long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results, and conclusions from your work. It will be followed by 25-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 

'''Half-time presentations''' should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions) and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.



I've sent out emails with (preliminary) topic assignments. If you've submitted the topic selection form, but did not receive this email, contact me (Slawomir) ASAP! 

You should pick your topic (select three, in order of preference) by Wednesday, 25th of October, 18:00. Submit your choice on this [https://forms.gle/Ly892R3K8dVXgBxJ9 GoogleForm]. 
The introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations of the MSc project took place on Friday, 29 September 2023. Slides from that lecture are available below.



The schedule for the Project Proposal presentations is now available in the GoogleSheet.
For those who didn't quite make it on Friday, there will be an additional report deadline on Wednesday, 20 December, with presentations in week 2.
 
A reminder: the deadline for the "project proposal" report is the 8th of December at 17:00 (please submit it [https://forms.gle/syQSBh7NNySJ8iq49 here]). 
Remember that it must be approved by the supervisor first, and you need to give them sufficient time to read it, provide feedback, *and* for yourselves to incorporate this feedback. This means that you should send a reasonably complete draft to your supervisors as soon as possible if you haven't done it yet...
 Presentations will take place in week 50 (you are expected to attend & listen to all, or at least most, of them).



For students starting the thesis work in LP3, the deadline for the project proposal is 25 January at 17:00 (please submit it [https://forms.gle/syQSBh7NNySJ8iq49 here]). 
 
Presentations will be scheduled one/two weeks later (you are expected to attend & listen to all, or at least most, of them).
You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review, and project plan.
 
For the halftime report, the middle of March deadline is common for all.



For those who didn't make it for the report submission last week, the next deadline for sending in the halftime report is Sunday, 7 April at 23:59 -- using [https://forms.gle/aiFqUW5AxcoD3RrE9 this form]. 
 
The first batch of the halftime presentations will take place on 25-26 March (detailed schedule is [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K0TZNllTSeyWr7mhvwscSf-2IXRSvCBnbBU8mJPQf78/edit#gid=2059471719 here]). Please note that attending the halftime presentations (at least the majority of them) is mandatory -- and I '''will be''' taking attendance lists!
 



The second batch of the halftime presentations will take place on Thursday, 18 April (detailed schedule is [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K0TZNllTSeyWr7mhvwscSf-2IXRSvCBnbBU8mJPQf78/edit#gid=2059471719 here]). Please note that attending the halftime presentations (at least the majority of them) is mandatory -- and I '''will be''' taking attendance lists! 

'''Half-time presentations''' should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions) and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.



The deadline for final MSc reports (as always, supervisor-approved) is Friday, '''24 May 2024''', at 23:59. Use [https://forms.gle/yAqFkiiBBTnBf6Dw8 this Google form] to send your report to examiners.

Make sure to have at least '''two iterations''' of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors '''more or less right now'''. 
Remember that you also need to email the final report to the '''opponent'''. The opponent is decided by your supervisors, and it is generally one of the teachers/researchers here at ITE.

The final presentations will be in '''weeks 22 and 23'''. I'll make a schedule when I receive all your reports, but the time slots you can find already now in the same Google Sheet document as all the previous schedules. If you have any constraints, please let me know in the comments when submitting your report, and I'll do my best to accommodate them.

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results, and conclusions from your work. It will be followed by 25-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects.

If you don't make it this time, the next opportunity will be in late August/early September.



The second deadline for final MSc reports (as always, supervisor-approved) is Sunday, '''15 September 2024''', at 23:59. Use [https://forms.gle/yAqFkiiBBTnBf6Dw8 this Google form] to send your report to examiners. If that deadline is problematic for you, discuss it with your supervisors and contact Slawomir.

If you don't make it this time, the next (and final) opportunity will be in December.
The new thesis topic (for students starting in '''November 2024''') are listed below. 
You should choose a topic by '''Monday, 28th of October, 12:00 noon''': submit three preferences using [https://forms.gle/ngYNJKNwcsMP3aE7A this form].











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Lightweight foundation model for time series classification

2025-10-11T16:07:31Z

Slawek: Created page with "{{StudentProjectTemplate |Summary=Lightweight foundation model for time series classification |TimeFrame=Fall 2025 |Supervisor=Aurora Esteban Toscano & Slawomir Nowaczyk |Leve..."

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|Level=Master
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Time series data is everywhere — from industrial sensors and financial markets to healthcare monitoring and environmental systems. Classifying time series patterns is key to many applications, such as detecting equipment failures, predicting stock movements, or diagnosing medical conditions. However, training accurate models for time series classification (TSC) often requires large, labeled datasets, which are expensive and time-consuming to obtain.

Foundation models have transformed fields like natural language processing and computer vision by enabling powerful generalization from large-scale pretraining. In time series, similar models have started to emerge, mainly for forecasting tasks. Such models can be adapted efficiently to new datasets and domains — a huge advantage when data is scarce or labeling is difficult.

Existing time series foundation models primarily target forecasting (e.g., TimeGPT, Chronos), whereas classification-focused foundation models remain underexplored. Recent efforts like “Moment" demonstrate the potential of pretraining on large, diverse time series collections, but most current approaches rely on transformer architectures, which are computationally heavy and memory-intensive.

This project proposes to develop a fast, lightweight foundation model for time series classification, following principles introduced by efficient architectures such as "Tiny Time Mixers". The objective is to explore whether compact, mixer-style models can capture rich temporal representations while maintaining strong generalization and computational efficiency.

The work will be done in connection with the KEEPER project using data from our industrial partners such as Volvo, HMS, Toyota, etc.
https://www.hh.se/english/research/our-research/research-at-the-school-of-information-technology/technology-area-aware-intelligent-systems/research-projects-within-aware-intelligent-systems/keeper---knowledge-creation-for-efficient-and-predictable-industrial-operations-.html

Deep Decision Forest

2025-10-11T16:04:54Z

Slawek:

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|Summary=Designing a deep model that uses decision trees instead of artificial neurons
|Keywords=deep decision forest, explainable AI
|TimeFrame=Fall 2025
|Supervisor=Sławomir Nowaczyk & Aurora Esteban Toscano
|Level=Master
|Status=Open
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The success of Deep Learning is largely attributed to the ability to create/extract "hierarchical features" from the data. This is successful using artificial neurons or perceptrons, and the backpropagation algorithm.

The price is, however, the very large size of the model, which translates into computational costs and a "black-box" nature, or lack of explainability.

This project aims to explore ways to train a deep model using a chain of decision trees, like layers in a neural network. It promises to significantly reduce model complexity and increase interpretability.

It's a continuation of a project done in 2024...

Project opportunities at zenseact

2025-10-07T07:53:02Z

Slawek:

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|Status=Open
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One of the very interesting technology companies in the region, [https://zenseact.com/ zenseact], often offers several thesis topics for students, at both BSc and MSc levels.

These can be found here: 
https://career.zenseact.com/jobs/ 
https://career.zenseact.com/jobs/6537044-master-thesis-projects-in-sensing-perception

If you find one that is interesting to you, please get in touch with the contact person mentioned there. Those opportunities are managed by the company, so they make the final decision on who is selected for any given thesis. From the University side, we can, of course, support you throughout the process, but we cannot make any guarantees or influence the selection in any way.

In addition, as with all industry-driven projects, you will also need to find a suitable supervisor here at the University. Based on the topics presented here, you should be able to identify a couple of people with related interests; feel free to contact them directly. If you have trouble finding the right supervisor, contact Slawomir, and I'll try to help you.

HUMAI - Test and Demonstration of HUMan-centered AI

2025-09-25T19:53:48Z

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|TimeFrame=Fall 2025
|Prerequisites=Good knowledge of machine learning
|Supervisor=Sławomir Nowaczyk, Parisa Jamshidi
|Level=Master
|Status=Open
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HUMAI stands for test and Demonstration of HUMan-centered AI, and in its foundation lies the vision of Industry 5.0, stating that industry can become more efficient while at the same time focusing on our planet and the humans living there. The vision relies on three pillars: sustainability, human-centeredness and resilience; HUMAI will demonstrate two of those pillars: sustainability and human-centeredness.

National Gummi AB is a medium-sized company in Trönninge that manufactures rubber products based on fossil raw materials and are also developing eco/bio polymers for radical CO2 reduction1. The rubber-making process is complex since the quality and the properties of the end product are affected by many variables that are difficult to control. The complexity lies in that it is only in the third main production stage, the extrusion, that the effects of the material quality, mixing, and environmental factors can be seen. During each production stage, many individual adjustments need to be made, and each adjustment could generate a significant amount of unusable end products. National Gummi now want to decrease their waste levels radically while at the same time increasing the engagement of their operators; they want them to understand the process better through advanced digital tools.

The goal of HUMAI is to increase communication and engagement through testing an advanced digitalized solution in a naturalistic environment and demonstrating how business KPIs can be reached. The naturalistic environment is National Gummi, and the results of HUMAI will be a) the technical solution and b) a process implementation template for how companies can implement advanced digitalization solutions in a human-centered way in the manufacturing industry. The results will be demonstrated to a reference group, industrial companies with similar needs, as well as the public.

Empowering Adult Learners and Educators through AI

2025-09-25T19:49:58Z

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|TimeFrame=Fall 2025
|Prerequisites=Good knowledge of machine learning
|Supervisor=Sławomir Nowaczyk, TBD
|Level=Master
|Status=Open
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LEAD-AI project will create a capacity-building programme designed to enhance AI skills of both educators and adult
learners. It will develop tailored methodologies and AI-related content across various fields, integrated into an AI-enhanced
e-learning platform. Educators will benefit from a personalized Train the Trainer methodology, while learners will receive
personalized training interactive tools, for workplace applications, ensuring professional development and digital skill
enhancement.

The LEAD-AI project will implement a hands-on AI capacity-building program to help educators and trainees to effectively
use AI/Generative AI in their teaching practices, and professional development. Through an AI-enhanced e-learning
platform, participants will explore adapted learning methodologies, tailoring training to individual needs.The project includes
interactive modules, group work, and real-world AI applications, ensuring practical AI upskilling and enhanced professional
development.

Project results will include: PR1:Methodological framework for capacity building using AI for enhanced training for Adult
Education/PR2:Train-of-Trainers methodology & toolkit/PR3: Best practices & pedagogical guidelines/PR4: Training
modules & materials for AI skills development for Adults/PR5: Personalized AI enhanced e-learning platform. Results will be
disseminated during the project lifespan through communication activities, dissemination strategies, multiplier events &
partners' networks.

Workshop Automation together with Volvo Group

2025-09-25T19:46:15Z

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|Summary=This project, in collaboration with Volvo Group, investigates how automation can raise workshop throughput, repair quality, and technician experience through data-driven perception and pragmatic use of automation.
|TimeFrame=Fall 2025
|Prerequisites=Good knowledge of machine learning & robotics
|Supervisor=Sławomir Nowaczyk, TBD
|Level=Master
|Status=Open
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Next-generation Orchestrated Workshop Automation (NOWA) is a pre-study where Volvo and the CAISR group at Halmstad University investigate how automation can raise workshop throughput, repair quality and technician experience through data-driven perception and pragmatic use of automation. We will demonstrate five focused showcases that create immediate value while de-risking future robotics: (1) camera-based visual checks for component inspection; (2) an LLM-supported check-in that structures driver symptom descriptions ; (3) engine idle-sound anomaly pre-screening; (4) a mobile parts & tool runner to reduce technician “walking waste”; and (5) robotic support for oil change operation. Each pilot will be co-designed with technicians, instrumented with clear KPIs, and packaged with site-agnostic Standard Operating Procedures—forming a scalable pathway from today’s assisted workflows to tomorrow’s robot-enabled workshop automation.

Since the five showcases are at different levels of maturity, the expected results will also vary, from the practical demonstration of the quantifiable benefits of robot-guided cameras over existing manual procedures for (1) to requirements specification and initial cost-benefit analysis for (5). Overall, however, NOWA directly advances the call’s focus on productivity, sustainability, and human-centred digitalisation in the heavy-vehicle aftermarket.

This pre-study couples rigorous analysis of existing multimodal data (images and idle-sound) with pragmatic automation showcases (LLM-assisted check-in and robotic tool/parts runner) to deliver near-term, measurable value while laying a scalable foundation for future robotic inspection.

AI-driven Automotive Service Market Logistics

2025-09-25T19:42:11Z

Slawek:

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|Summary=This project, in collaboration with Volvo Logistics, focuses on using state-of-the-art methods based on meta-learning to improve demand forecasting, inventory management and spare parts availability at Volvo dealers and warehouses.
|TimeFrame=Fall 2025
|Prerequisites=Good knowledge of machine learning
|Supervisor=Sławomir Nowaczyk, TBD
|Level=Master
|Status=Open
}}
This thesis topic is connected to our research project AIM-TRUE (AI-driven Automotive Service Market: Towards more Resource-Efficient and Sustainable Vehicle Maintenance). The project focuses on using state-of-the-art methods based on meta-learning to improve the services provided by the Service Market. In particular, more predictability enables the use of environmentally friendly transport channels and reduces the scrapping of parts due to obsolescence. AIM-TRUE will leverage ML to better understand the factors affecting parts availability and enable individualised inventory control policies. The project’s primary goal is to improve heavy-duty aftermarket resource efficiency and sustainability by reducing three aspects: urgent transport orders, back-and-forth haulage, and part scrapping. The new generation of predictive logistics provides opportunities for better system understanding, large-scale optimisation, quality monitoring, and new data-driven innovative services, all of which are prerequisites for the efficient use of resources – while providing the right parts at the right place and time.

https://www.hh.se/english/research/our-research/research-at-the-school-of-information-technology/technology-area-aware-intelligent-systems/research-projects-within-aware-intelligent-systems/aim-true-ai-driven-automotive-service-market---towards-more-resource-efficient-and-sustainable-vehicle-maintenance.html

Thesis in connection with KEEPER project

2025-09-25T19:41:44Z

Slawek:

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|Summary=KEEPER – knowledge creation for efficient and predictable industrial operations
|TimeFrame=Fall 2025
|Prerequisites=Good knowledge of machine learning
|Supervisor=Sławomir Nowaczyk & TBD
|Level=Master
|Status=Open
}}
We are offering a few MSc thesis projects connected to the KEEPER project, as described here:
https://www.hh.se/english/research/our-research/research-at-the-school-of-information-technology/technology-area-aware-intelligent-systems/research-projects-within-aware-intelligent-systems/keeper---knowledge-creation-for-efficient-and-predictable-industrial-operations-.html

https://www.hh.se/english/about-the-university/events/keeper-kick-off.html

Anomaly Detection for Time Series using Diffusion Approaches

2025-09-25T19:41:07Z

Slawek:

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|Summary=Development of Anomaly Detection techniques based on diffusion models (instead of autoencoders) for time series data
|TimeFrame=Fall 2025
|Supervisor=Sławomir Nowaczyk & TBD
|Level=Master
|Status=Open
}}
Anomaly Detection (AD) is one of the key tasks in Artificial Intelligence (AI), particularly important in industrial settings where data from machines and processes needs to be monitored to ensure safety and efficiency. AD is particularly challenging for time series data, where trends and timing relations within sensor readings are key information sources to be exploited. Many “classical” AD techniques are not useable without extensive feature engineering, which is time-consuming and error-prone – especially for multivariate data. On the contrary, recent AI progress is mainly driven by the benefits of end-to-end solutions.

Current time series AD state-of-the-art are various techniques based on autoencoders (AEs), where reconstruction error is used as an anomaly score. In this project, we propose to use diffusion models instead. While most successful for images, diffusion models have several critical characteristics that hold great promise for time series data.

One of the key characteristics of time series data is the importance of different time scales, or granularities – both small details in the near vicinity of the time point in question are important, as well as the overall long-term trends and big-picture patterns. Autoencoders inherently lack the capability to handle that – and while some attempts are made to deal with those issues (for example, hierarchical RNNs, and, to some degree, transformer-based architectures), they are typically rather ad hoc techniques – a well-founded general solution to this problem is lacking. As an example, Han et al. (2023) investigate different views of the original signals by reconstructing them from the different transformations to learn more comprehensive representations of normal patterns. Specifically, their method is based on self-supervised multi-transformation learning by jointly capturing the noise and filter transformation of the normal time series, which allows capturing the anomaly simultaneously in both transformation patterns.

Diffusion-based approaches promise to address many issues with modern AD approaches. They have a much stronger theoretical foundation in a probabilistic setting, so instead of considering reconstruction error, one can actually calculate (or, at least, approximate in a rigorous fashion) relevant conditional probabilities. This helps with both false positives and false negatives. Most importantly, though, the diffusion process inherently aligns well with the multi-scale nature of time series data. Detailed and context-specific patterns can be captured early in the diffusion process, as the amount of noise is low. The overall trends and long-term dependencies can be captured in the late diffusion stages when the increased noise leaves out only the key skeleton of the time series by abstracting away the finer details. While AEs are generative models, they belong to the “single ground truth” family, i.e., one where an input is mapped to a single output. The anomaly detection task, however, is inherently better suited for Energy-Based Models (EBMs), cf LeCun et al. (2006), which address the partition function problem. Unlike AEs, diffusion-based models can be seen as ways to measure the compatibility between an observed variable X and a variable to be predicted Y through an energy function E(Y;X).

Deep Decision Forest

2025-09-25T19:40:56Z

Slawek:

{{StudentProjectTemplate
|Summary=Designing a deep model that uses decision trees instead of artificial neurons
|Keywords=deep decision forest, explainable AI
|TimeFrame=Fall 2025
|Supervisor=Sławomir Nowaczyk & TBD
|Level=Master
|Status=Open
}}
The success of Deep Learning is largely attributed to the ability to create/extract "hierarchical features" from the data. This is successful using artificial neurons or perceptrons, and the backpropagation algorithm.

The price is, however, the very large size of the model, which translates into computational costs and a "black-box" nature, or lack of explainability.

This project aims to explore ways to train a deep model using a chain of decision trees, like layers in a neural network. It promises to significantly reduce model complexity and increase interpretability.

It's a continuation of a project done in 2024...

Project opportunities at HMS

2025-09-25T19:40:15Z

Slawek:

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|Summary=Each year there are several project opportunities at HMS (a company with motto of "We create products that enable industrial equipment to communicate and share information")
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|Supervisor=TBD
|Level=Master
|Status=Open
}}
One of the largest technology companies at Halmstad, [https://www.hms-networks.com/about HMS], often offers several thesis topics for students, at both BSc and MSc levels.

These can be found here: 
https://career.hms-networks.com/forstudents

If you find one that is interesting to you, please get in touch with the contact person mentioned there. Those opportunities are managed by HMS, so they make the final decision on who is selected for any given thesis. From the University side, we can, of course, support you throughout the process, but we cannot make any guarantees or influence the selection in any way.

In addition, as with all industry-driven projects, you will also need to find a suitable supervisor here at the University. Based on the topics presented here, you should be able to identify a couple of people with related interests; feel free to contact them directly. If you have trouble finding the right supervisor, contact Slawomir and I'll try to help you.

The CatFish project

2025-09-25T19:40:03Z

Slawek:

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|Summary=The project within Innovation Lab called CatFish has the aim of collecting data from water bodies through a system of drones
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|Supervisor=To be decided (contact Slawomir Nowaczyk for more details)
|Level=Master
|Status=Open
}}
Harvey and Alireza from Innovation Lab are working on a project called CatFish with the aim of collecting data from water bodies through a system of drones.

The project is funded by the school of business, Innovation and Sustainability with the aim of tackling environmental issues in the Nissan river. The project is also working on collaboration with “Saving Norra” research project in the Baltic sea. See the link below:
[https://norradragsvikenassociation.wordpress.com https://norradragsvikenassociation.wordpress.com]

They would like to invite students from ITE to frame and write their thesis around this project. With this, 
1. Students can experience a multi-disciplinary R&D environment 
2. They can work on a meaningful innovation with the aim of saving the environment 
3. They can actually build their ideas and learn by doing.

[[File:CatFish-theses.png|600px]]

Students will have the opportunity to experience a multidisciplinary research and development environment in a real setup. The project is divided within six teams (2 people per team); each team writes an individual thesis according to their specialty or subject of interest. Teams must work cross functional to reach the ultimate goal of building CatFish 2.0. The prototype must be built and functioning by the first week of March 2021, so that it can be deployed in the Nissan River and in the Baltic sea.

Innovation-Lab makes sure of the synergy of the teams and provides the required support, equipment, and materials for the development of the project. Besides writing a thesis, at the end of the project, students will be certified by the innovation-lab for this research and development experience.

Additional information is available in [[Media:CatFish.pdf|this description]]

If you are interested in writing your thesis with CatFish project 2.0, please send an email to innovation.lab@hh.se and Michael Alexander Georg Forschlé <micfor19@student.hh.se> (CC:ing Slawomir) with the following information:
* Name(s)
* Program
* Subject of interest (ie. Power & motors, data & sensors etc.)
* Supervisor(s) name (if known already)

Project(s) at Volvo Cars Corporation

2025-09-25T19:39:42Z

Slawek:

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|Summary=Thesis topics at Volvo Car Corporation
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|Level=Master
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One of the very interesting technology companies in the region, [https://www.volvocars.com/ Volvo Cars], often offers several thesis topics for students, at both BSc and MSc levels.

These can be found here: 
https://jobs.volvocars.com/search/

If you find one that is interesting to you, please get in touch with the contact person mentioned there. Those opportunities are managed by the company, so they make the final decision on who is selected for any given thesis. From the University side, we can, of course, support you throughout the process, but we cannot make any guarantees or influence the selection in any way.

In addition, as with all industry-driven projects, you will also need to find a suitable supervisor here at the University. Based on the topics presented here, you should be able to identify a couple of people with related interests; feel free to contact them directly. If you have trouble finding the right supervisor, contact Slawomir, and I'll try to help you.

Make sure to check the prerequisites and how to apply. Also, be advised that sometimes it's a bit tricky with how the thesis schedule works -- most companies expect it to start in January. 
Still, it's often possible to work something out with them.

Project opportunities at zenseact

2025-09-25T19:39:29Z

Slawek:

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|Summary=Each year there are several project opportunities at zenseact
|TimeFrame=Fall 2025
|Supervisor=TBD
|Level=Master
|Status=Open
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One of the very interesting technology companies in the region, [https://zenseact.com/ zenseact], often offers several thesis topics for students, at both BSc and MSc levels.

These can be found here: 
https://career.zenseact.com/jobs/

If you find one that is interesting to you, please get in touch with the contact person mentioned there. Those opportunities are managed by the company, so they make the final decision on who is selected for any given thesis. From the University side, we can, of course, support you throughout the process, but we cannot make any guarantees or influence the selection in any way.

In addition, as with all industry-driven projects, you will also need to find a suitable supervisor here at the University. Based on the topics presented here, you should be able to identify a couple of people with related interests; feel free to contact them directly. If you have trouble finding the right supervisor, contact Slawomir, and I'll try to help you.

Project opportunities at RISE

2025-09-25T19:38:57Z

Slawek:

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[https://www.ri.se/ RISE] often offers several thesis topics for students.

One example can be found here: 
https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/3731846138/?refId=p%2FFGMbMH3OjPIlBv6SzGcw%3D%3D&trackingId=p%2FFGMbMH3OjPIlBv6SzGcw%3D%3D

If you find one that is interesting to you, please get in touch with the contact person mentioned there. Those opportunities are managed by RISE, so they make the final decision on who is selected for any given thesis. From the University side, we can, of course, support you throughout the process, but we cannot make any guarantees or influence the selection in any way.

In addition, as with all industry-driven projects, you will also need to find a suitable supervisor here at the University. Based on the topics presented here, you should be able to identify a couple of people with related interests; feel free to contact them directly. If you have trouble finding the right supervisor, contact Slawomir and I'll try to help you.

Project opportunities at ElectronicArts

2025-09-25T19:38:49Z

Slawek:

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[https://www.linkedin.com/company/electronic-arts/life/next-gen-talent/ Electronic Arts] often offers several thesis topics for students.

An example can be found here: 
[https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/3734807071/?refId=T%2FA09O3OuuG61ZpQBeWntA%3D%3D&trackingId=T%2FA09O3OuuG61ZpQBeWntA%3D%3D SEED Master Thesis Intern] 

If you find one that is interesting to you, please get in touch with the contact person mentioned there. Those opportunities are managed by Electronic Arts, so they make the final decision on who is selected for any given thesis. From the University side, we can, of course, support you throughout the process, but we cannot make any guarantees or influence the selection in any way.

In addition, as with all industry-driven projects, you will also need to find a suitable supervisor here at the University. Based on the topics presented here, you should be able to identify a couple of people with related interests; feel free to contact them directly. If you have trouble finding the right supervisor, contact Slawomir and I'll try to help you.

Project opportunities at Toyota

2025-09-25T19:36:24Z

Slawek:

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[https://toyota-forklifts.se/ Toyota] often offers several thesis topics for students.

Two examples can be found here: 
[https://toyota-forklifts.se/lediga-tjanster/2023-2564_external_master_thesis_machine_learningiot_unsupervised_driver_behaviour_classification_using_machine_learning/ Master Thesis Machine Learning/IoT: Unsupervised driver behavior classification using Machine Learning] 
[https://toyota-forklifts.se/lediga-tjanster/2023-2565_external_master_thesis_machine_learningiot_unsupervised_activity_recognition_using_machine_learning/ Master Thesis Machine Learning/IoT: Unsupervised activity recognition using Machine Learning]

If you find one that is interesting to you, please get in touch with the contact person mentioned there. Since Toyota manages those opportunities, they make the final decision on who is selected for any given thesis. From the University side, we will support you throughout the process, but we cannot make any guarantees or influence the selection in any way.

In addition, as with all industry-driven projects, you will also need to find a suitable supervisor here at the University. Based on the topics presented here, you should be able to identify some people with related interests; feel free to contact them directly. If you have trouble finding the right supervisor, contact Slawomir, and he will try to help you.

Student projects

2025-09-23T07:51:14Z

Slawek:

== Information about MSc Thesis process ==
This page contains some information about the MSc thesis project (courses DT7001 and DT7002 and ET7002).

[https://hh.se/student-web/content-a-z/thesis-information-for-students-at-school-of-information-technology.html MSc thesis project information] (the LaTeX template can be found here) and [https://hh.se/student-web/content-a-z/thesis-templates.html information about accessibility and the official front cover you should use] 

MSc thesis Introductory lecture: [https://bidaf.hh.se/public/2024.09.30-MSc-project-intro.pdf slides from 2024.09.30] and [https://bidaf.hh.se/public/2020.10.15-MSc-project-intro.mp4 video recording] (from a few years back, but mostly still applicable)

[https://bidaf.hh.se/public/DT7001-course-description-2019.pdf MSc thesis Course Description]

[https://bidaf.hh.se/public/DT7001-grading-criteria-2023.pdf MSc thesis Grading Criteria]

[https://www.hh.se/sitevision/proxy/student-web/content-a-z/course-syllabus.html/svid12_16be565916914b791c7d0bd8/752680950/se_proxy/utb_kursplan.asp?kurskod=DT7001&revisionsnr=20&format=pdf&lang=EN DT7001 course syllabus] and [https://www.hh.se/sitevision/proxy/student/innehall-a-o/kursplan.html/svid12_464ca102168ed1f8d3b1293f/752680950/se_proxy/utb_kursplan.asp?kurskod=DT7002&revisionsnr=4%2C1&format=pdf DT7002 course syllabus]

Plagiarism course: [https://academy.sitehost.iu.edu/index.html https://academy.sitehost.iu.edu/index.html] 
Another course, from Umeå University, which includes genAI (in Swedish, but with English subtitles available): [https://oer.ub.umu.se/en/plagiarism/#/ https://oer.ub.umu.se/en/plagiarism/#/]

[https://bidaf.hh.se/public/CivilingenjorPresentation2023.pdf Civilingenjör Presentation 2023] Specialisations Artificial Intelligence (TACDA) and Robotics and autonomous systems (TACIS)

== Useful resources for your MSc Thesis process ==

[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi11EUthpHD2TGZYnPaMozA/playlists A YouTube course from Lund University on academic writing (in English and in Swedish)]

[https://www.cs.tufts.edu/~nr/pubs/eng-abstract.html Teaching Technical Writing Using the Engineering Method course from Tufts University]

[https://chemistrycommunity.nature.com/posts/43071-how-to-write-an-abstract How to write an abstract]

A checklist based on common issues:

* The link to contemporary development within the area is often weak; theses rarely discuss international research sufficiently in-depth (use the references poorly)

* Clear research questions are often missing (having a clear research question that is answered in the report usually results in a much clearer evaluation and conclusions.)

* The text must argue for the research questions, hypothesis, methods and results; often, there is no argument to support the choice.

* Citations should not be used as a word in a sentence, e.g., "as [1] says ..."

* Make sure your figure/table captions are informative; all figures must be references in the text

* The abstract should be clear, specifying exactly what is to be investigated and why

* Results should be put in context to the previous works that they identified in the report

* Social aspects of the work are rarely discussed

== Current Proposals of Msc and Bsc Project (as of Autumn 2025) ==

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== Older Proposals of Msc and Bsc Project ==

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Introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations on MSc project will take place on Monday, 14 October 2019 at 15:15.

The next opportunity for MSc presentations is on Monday, '''23 September 2019 at 13:15''' (contact Slawomir if you intend to make the presentation, so that we know how many to plan for). Also, make sure to send the supervisor-approved reports to the examiners a week before, so by '''16 September 2019'''. After that we will have the '''final'''(!) opportunity sometime in late December/early January.

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long, and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results and conclusions from the work. 



Final presentation is scheduled on '''Wednesday, 29 May 2019''' [turns out Thursday is a holiday] (which means the examiners need to receive your reports by '''Thursday, 23 May 2019 at noon'''). 



There will be a chance to re-do half-time presentations, for those who were not ready in March, around middle of May. 
Half-time presentations should be '''20 minutes''' long, and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed. 



Topic selections are due on 27th of October 15:00 (use this [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVZ2JfHViLKDojbfqiXxZdlkJnc6Au2DVbAfap7Qlx-TgE4Q/viewform GoogleForms] link).



For students who started their MSc in 2018, the final opportunity to present their thesis will be on Friday, 13th of December 2019, at 16:00 (room F506). Deadline (strict!) for submitting reports is Wednesday, 11th of December, at noon.



Half-time seminar will be on 19th of February (preliminary time: 9-15, depending on number of projects that are ready in time). This means you should send the reports to the examiners on the 18th of February before lunch ([https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScis7kd6ofp0I9NWWeQZbNrNxr5BhPjytf62oi66JeBrLn-TA/viewform?usp=sf_link|using this form]). Please note that it's a bit earlier than I've indicated during the introductory lecture, as we've decided it makes more sense to provide this feedback sooner rather than later. The final seminar will be at the end of May (reports due in the middle of May).



Start report is due (approved by supervisors!) on 6th of December 23:59, and presentations will be done on 9th and 11th of December (you are expected to attend & listen both days). 
You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review and project plan.



The second chance for half-time presentations will be on Thursday, 12th of March (preliminary time: 13-16, depending on number of projects that are ready in time). This means you should send the reports to the examiners on the 11th of March before lunch ([https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScis7kd6ofp0I9NWWeQZbNrNxr5BhPjytf62oi66JeBrLn-TA/viewform?usp=sf_link|using this form]). The final seminar will be at the end of May (reports due in the middle of May).



Half-time presentations should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions), and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.



The final presentation is scheduled on '''Thursday, 28 May 2020''' (which means the examiners and opponent need to receive your supervisor-approved reports by '''Thursday, 21 May 2020 at noon''' -- use [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeXSqoOFeAsvG-xaD9COvdzMbWYvavSD9JhyDEEuWA2Pifljg/viewform this form] to send your report to supervisors, and email it to the opponent). 
Make sure to have at least two iterations of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at latest in the '''first week of May'''. If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be at the end of August/beginning of September.



Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results and conclusions from the work. It will be followed by 15 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 



The second opportunity for final presentations will be on '''Thursday, 3 September 2020''' (done online, on Zoom)... which means the examiners and opponent need to receive your supervisor-approved reports by '''Friday, 28 August 2020 at noon''' -- use [https://forms.gle/jdoMgP7vdpqMvBqKA this Google form] to send your report to examiners, and email it to the opponent. 
Make sure to have at least two iterations of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at latest in the '''first week of August''' (take into account any vacation plans!). If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be in December/January.



Introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations on MSc project will take place on Thursday, 15 October 2020 at 10:00 (sharp) through Zoom. The link should be available in your schedules.



Topic selection: provide a ranking of three preferred topics by Wednesday, 28th of October, 18:00 using [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVZ2JfHViLKDojbfqiXxZdlkJnc6Au2DVbAfap7Qlx-TgE4Q/viewform this GoogleForm]



A start report is due (approved by supervisors!) on 10th of December 23:59 ([https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScreuarA6jB87nkbz0ePHOgIivXm6mKOGKo-vQ5-rPN5BcZtg/viewform using this link]).
 Schedule for presentations in week 51 (you are expected to attend & listen to all) is available [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rUYc4uyVTd2tg4-vjwIlkC3IdSR8YmWBrB9oefbjlBY here] (please observe some changes are still expected, mainly based on supervisors' availability, so please check it regularly).
 You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review and project plan.
 Presentations [https://hh-se.zoom.us/j/61901966606 Zoom link]



The next deadline for start reports, for those who didn't make it this time, is 15th of January 23:59 ([https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScreuarA6jB87nkbz0ePHOgIivXm6mKOGKo-vQ5-rPN5BcZtg/viewform using this link]).

 
For those who were not ready with halftime reports in March, there will be another opportunity on Wednesday, 12 May 2021 (the deadline for submitting reports is 9th of May, [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfptsXlPYJcpWqAMMl2b3O-jabLpJdef8J8B_qneni0OINTmQ/viewform same Google Form])
 
Half-time presentations should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions) and must precisely specify the goals/objectives, clearly explain the expected contribution/novelty, showcase the results achieved so far, and present a refined plan on how to proceed further.
 



The final seminar will be in about two weeks, preliminarily on 2nd, 3rd and/or 4th of June, depending on the number of projects that are ready (reports due on 25th of May at 12:00 noon, using [https://forms.gle/WHzNYkmridBuKwvg8 this form]). 



The second opportunity for final presentations of MSc theses will be on '''Friday, 20 August 2021''' (done online, on Zoom)... which means the examiners and opponent need to receive your supervisor-approved reports '''one week earlier''' -- use [https://forms.gle/wE83yj17Q1nJiYR16 this Google form] to send your report to examiners, and email it to the opponent. 
Make sure to have at least two iterations of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at the latest in the '''first week of August''' (take into account any vacation plans!). If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be in December/January. 

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results and conclusions from the work. It will be followed by 20-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 
 
The next and final opportunity for half-time presentations will be in late August. Submit your reports on [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfptsXlPYJcpWqAMMl2b3O-jabLpJdef8J8B_qneni0OINTmQ/viewform Google Form] and email Slawomir to schedule the presentation.



Introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations on the MSc project will take place on Wednesday, 13 October 2021 at 15:15 in D315. 
Please note that it will not appear in your schedule, since the course has not started yet.
Before the lecture, please watch the [https://bidaf.hh.se/public/2020.10.15-MSc-project-intro.mp4 video recording] and read [https://bidaf.hh.se/public/2021.10.13-MSc-project-intro.pdf updated slides]. 
This way, in the physical meeting we can focus on discussion and answering any questions you might have.



For the selection of thesis topics, you should provide a ranking of three preferred topics by Wednesday, 27 October 2021, 18:00 using [https://forms.gle/K34DS8XLT2YbuLwC7 GoogleForm].



A start report is due (approved by supervisors!) on 12th of December 18:00 [https://forms.gle/GFjXefJNBL5pa7gm8 using this form]. This means that you should send a reasonably complete draft to your supervisors before the end of November, so that they have time to provide feedback, and you have time to incorporate this feedback into your final report...
 Presentations will take place in week 50 (you are expected to attend & listen to all, or at least most, of them).
 You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review and project plan.



For those students who started in January, the initial report is due (approved by supervisors!) on 30th of January at 16:00 [https://forms.gle/GFjXefJNBL5pa7gm8 using this form]. This means that you should send a reasonably complete draft to your supervisors quite soon, so that they have time to provide feedback, and you have time to incorporate this feedback into your report...
 Presentations will take place in week 5, probably on Friday, 4 February 2022.
 You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review and project plan.



Dear students, you should have received an email with a link to Google Spreadsheet with thesis topics assignment. It was sent to all those who submitted thesis topic selections using GoogleForm. If you have not received it, please let me (Slawomir) know ASAP.



Half-time reports are due tomorrow. However, I have been hearing that many of you have problems making the deadline. Thus, we've decided to offer an (additional) second opportunity -- in two weeks.
If you can have a good quality report ready tomorrow you should still submit it, since timeliness is an important part of MSc project.

If you cannot, on the other hand, your next deadline for sending the reports to the examiners is Friday, 01 April 2022, at lunchtime ([https://forms.gle/3QkP7qrdoCXKkv4t6 using this form]).
 Presentations, in that case, will be sometime in week 14.

Half-time presentations will be in week 12, probably between Wednesday, 23 March and Friday, 25 March 2022 (depending on number of projects that are ready in time).
 This means the deadline for sending the reports to the examiners is the Friday, 18 March 2022, lunchtime ([https://forms.gle/3QkP7qrdoCXKkv4t6 using this form]).
 The final seminar will be at the end of May (reports due in the middle of May).



The schedule for half-time presentations has now been updated with (preliminary) presentation times for those who submitted their reports on the second deadline:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FK-OjzhQdIbfMkeyvGLneJzSV6znejgG9fG19Wv1VXU/edit#gid=223334201

 Half-time presentations should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions), and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.
 



Final presentations of MSc theses will be primarily on '''Wednesday, 1 June''' and '''Thursday, 2 June'''... which means the examiners and opponent need to receive your supervisor-approved reports '''one week earlier''' -- use [https://forms.gle/sH3hf1tyMT82GKTf7 this Google form] (deadline: Wednesday, 25 May 2021 at 12:00 noon) to send your report to examiners, and email it to the opponent.
Make sure to have at least two iterations of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at the latest in the '''second week of May'''. If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be in late August/early September. 

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results and conclusions from the work. It will be followed by 25-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 



You should pick your topic (select three, in order of preference) by Wednesday, 26th of October, 18:00. Submit your choice on [https://forms.gle/pK1rKbeRFVVfJjtF9 this GoogleForm]. 
The introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations of the MSc project took place on Monday, 3 October 2022. Slides are available below. 



The start reports are due on '''December 8th''' at 21:00 ([https://forms.gle/WaUcxqJoC56n2CobA using this form]); presentations will take place in week 50. 
Please remember that the report must be approved by supervisors first, so a reasonable schedule is: on the 25th of November send the report to supervisors; around the 2nd of December, you get feedback; then you have a week to address the comments.

 
For those who begin the Thesis course in January, the start report is due on ''Wednesday, 25th of January'' (make sure to also account for supervisor approval and revision time).

The second deadline for half-time reports, for those who didn't make it in March, is ''Monday, 17th of April'' (using [https://forms.gle/iCCuAqyv344t8XxC7 this form]).

The deadline for half-time reports is ''Wednesday, 15th of March'' (using [https://forms.gle/iCCuAqyv344t8XxC7 this form]), and the half-time presentations will be scheduled in week 12.

Half-time presentations should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions) and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.

Please remember that the report must be approved by supervisors first, so a reasonable schedule is: send the report to supervisors around the 1st of March; around the 8th of March, you get feedback; then you have a week to address the comments.



The deadline for final MSc reports (as always, supervisor-approved) is Tuesday, '''23 May 2023''', at 12:00 '''noon'''. Use [https://forms.gle/cBLfsmEVKnABUoHa6 this Google form] to send your report to examiners.

Make sure to have at least '''two iterations''' of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at the latest in the '''second week of May'''. If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be in late August/early September. 

Remember that you also need to email the final report to the '''opponent'''. The opponent is decided by your supervisors, and it is generally one of the researchers here at ITE.

The final presentations will be in '''week 22'''. I'll make a schedule when I receive all your reports, but the time slots you can find already now in the same Google Sheet document as all the previous schedules. If you have any constraints, please let me know in the comment when submitting your report, and I'll do my best to accommodate them.

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results, and conclusions from your work. It will be followed by 25-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 



For students starting their MSc Thesis course in November 2023 (or January 2024), we'll have and '''introduction lecture''' on Friday, 29 September at 9:00 in room S1078.



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For those who are planning to do the halftime or final MSc presentation now after summer, the deadline for submitting the report is Thursday, 31 August. We'll then try to schedule presentations in the first half of September. The third and final opportunity for thesis defense will be in December 2023, or possibly January 2024. 
Submit final reports using [https://forms.gle/cBLfsmEVKnABUoHa6 this Google form] and half-time reports using [https://forms.gle/iCCuAqyv344t8XxC7 this form].

Make sure to have at least '''two iterations''' of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors early enough. Also, remember that you also need to email the final report to the '''opponent'''. The opponent is decided by your supervisors, and it is generally one of the researchers here at ITE.

'''Final presentations''' should be 15 minutes long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results, and conclusions from your work. It will be followed by 25-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 

'''Half-time presentations''' should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions) and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.



I've sent out emails with (preliminary) topic assignments. If you've submitted the topic selection form, but did not receive this email, contact me (Slawomir) ASAP! 

You should pick your topic (select three, in order of preference) by Wednesday, 25th of October, 18:00. Submit your choice on this [https://forms.gle/Ly892R3K8dVXgBxJ9 GoogleForm]. 
The introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations of the MSc project took place on Friday, 29 September 2023. Slides from that lecture are available below.



The schedule for the Project Proposal presentations is now available in the GoogleSheet.
For those who didn't quite make it on Friday, there will be an additional report deadline on Wednesday, 20 December, with presentations in week 2.
 
A reminder: the deadline for the "project proposal" report is the 8th of December at 17:00 (please submit it [https://forms.gle/syQSBh7NNySJ8iq49 here]). 
Remember that it must be approved by the supervisor first, and you need to give them sufficient time to read it, provide feedback, *and* for yourselves to incorporate this feedback. This means that you should send a reasonably complete draft to your supervisors as soon as possible if you haven't done it yet...
 Presentations will take place in week 50 (you are expected to attend & listen to all, or at least most, of them).



For students starting the thesis work in LP3, the deadline for the project proposal is 25 January at 17:00 (please submit it [https://forms.gle/syQSBh7NNySJ8iq49 here]). 
 
Presentations will be scheduled one/two weeks later (you are expected to attend & listen to all, or at least most, of them).
You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review, and project plan.
 
For the halftime report, the middle of March deadline is common for all.



For those who didn't make it for the report submission last week, the next deadline for sending in the halftime report is Sunday, 7 April at 23:59 -- using [https://forms.gle/aiFqUW5AxcoD3RrE9 this form]. 
 
The first batch of the halftime presentations will take place on 25-26 March (detailed schedule is [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K0TZNllTSeyWr7mhvwscSf-2IXRSvCBnbBU8mJPQf78/edit#gid=2059471719 here]). Please note that attending the halftime presentations (at least the majority of them) is mandatory -- and I '''will be''' taking attendance lists!
 



The second batch of the halftime presentations will take place on Thursday, 18 April (detailed schedule is [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K0TZNllTSeyWr7mhvwscSf-2IXRSvCBnbBU8mJPQf78/edit#gid=2059471719 here]). Please note that attending the halftime presentations (at least the majority of them) is mandatory -- and I '''will be''' taking attendance lists! 

'''Half-time presentations''' should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions) and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.



The deadline for final MSc reports (as always, supervisor-approved) is Friday, '''24 May 2024''', at 23:59. Use [https://forms.gle/yAqFkiiBBTnBf6Dw8 this Google form] to send your report to examiners.

Make sure to have at least '''two iterations''' of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors '''more or less right now'''. 
Remember that you also need to email the final report to the '''opponent'''. The opponent is decided by your supervisors, and it is generally one of the teachers/researchers here at ITE.

The final presentations will be in '''weeks 22 and 23'''. I'll make a schedule when I receive all your reports, but the time slots you can find already now in the same Google Sheet document as all the previous schedules. If you have any constraints, please let me know in the comments when submitting your report, and I'll do my best to accommodate them.

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results, and conclusions from your work. It will be followed by 25-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects.

If you don't make it this time, the next opportunity will be in late August/early September.



The second deadline for final MSc reports (as always, supervisor-approved) is Sunday, '''15 September 2024''', at 23:59. Use [https://forms.gle/yAqFkiiBBTnBf6Dw8 this Google form] to send your report to examiners. If that deadline is problematic for you, discuss it with your supervisors and contact Slawomir.

If you don't make it this time, the next (and final) opportunity will be in December.
The new thesis topic (for students starting in '''November 2024''') are listed below. 
You should choose a topic by '''Monday, 28th of October, 12:00 noon''': submit three preferences using [https://forms.gle/ngYNJKNwcsMP3aE7A this form].











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Student projects

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Slawek:

Project proposal reports are due (approved by supervisors!) on the '''8th of December at 23:59''' (please submit them on Blackboard).
 Presentations will take place in week 51 (you are expected to attend & listen to all, or at least most, of them).
 You should prepare a 10-minute presentation focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review, and project plan.

== Information about MSc Thesis process ==
This page contains some information about the MSc thesis project (courses DT7001 and DT7002 and ET7002).

[https://hh.se/student-web/content-a-z/thesis-information-for-students-at-school-of-information-technology.html MSc thesis project information] (the LaTeX template can be found here) and [https://hh.se/student-web/content-a-z/thesis-templates.html information about accessibility and the official front cover you should use] 

MSc thesis Introductory lecture: [https://bidaf.hh.se/public/2024.09.30-MSc-project-intro.pdf slides from 2024.09.30] and [https://bidaf.hh.se/public/2020.10.15-MSc-project-intro.mp4 video recording] (from a few years back, but mostly still applicable)

[https://bidaf.hh.se/public/DT7001-course-description-2019.pdf MSc thesis Course Description]

[https://bidaf.hh.se/public/DT7001-grading-criteria-2023.pdf MSc thesis Grading Criteria]

[https://www.hh.se/sitevision/proxy/student-web/content-a-z/course-syllabus.html/svid12_16be565916914b791c7d0bd8/752680950/se_proxy/utb_kursplan.asp?kurskod=DT7001&revisionsnr=20&format=pdf&lang=EN DT7001 course syllabus] and [https://www.hh.se/sitevision/proxy/student/innehall-a-o/kursplan.html/svid12_464ca102168ed1f8d3b1293f/752680950/se_proxy/utb_kursplan.asp?kurskod=DT7002&revisionsnr=4%2C1&format=pdf DT7002 course syllabus]

Plagiarism course: [https://academy.sitehost.iu.edu/index.html https://academy.sitehost.iu.edu/index.html] 
Another course, from Umeå University, which includes genAI (in Swedish, but with English subtitles available): [https://oer.ub.umu.se/en/plagiarism/#/ https://oer.ub.umu.se/en/plagiarism/#/]

[https://bidaf.hh.se/public/CivilingenjorPresentation2023.pdf Civilingenjör Presentation 2023] Specialisations Artificial Intelligence (TACDA) and Robotics and autonomous systems (TACIS)

== Useful resources for your MSc Thesis process ==

[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi11EUthpHD2TGZYnPaMozA/playlists A YouTube course from Lund University on academic writing (in English and in Swedish)]

[https://www.cs.tufts.edu/~nr/pubs/eng-abstract.html Teaching Technical Writing Using the Engineering Method course from Tufts University]

[https://chemistrycommunity.nature.com/posts/43071-how-to-write-an-abstract How to write an abstract]

A checklist based on common issues:

* The link to contemporary development within the area is often weak; theses rarely discuss international research sufficiently in-depth (use the references poorly)

* Clear research questions are often missing (having a clear research question that is answered in the report usually results in a much clearer evaluation and conclusions.)

* The text must argue for the research questions, hypothesis, methods and results; often, there is no argument to support the choice.

* Citations should not be used as a word in a sentence, e.g., "as [1] says ..."

* Make sure your figure/table captions are informative; all figures must be references in the text

* The abstract should be clear, specifying exactly what is to be investigated and why

* Results should be put in context to the previous works that they identified in the report

* Social aspects of the work are rarely discussed

== Current Proposals of Msc and Bsc Project (as of Autumn 2025) ==

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== Draft Proposals of Msc and Bsc Project (do not pick this unless you have checked with the supervisor!) ==

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Introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations on MSc project will take place on Monday, 14 October 2019 at 15:15.

The next opportunity for MSc presentations is on Monday, '''23 September 2019 at 13:15''' (contact Slawomir if you intend to make the presentation, so that we know how many to plan for). Also, make sure to send the supervisor-approved reports to the examiners a week before, so by '''16 September 2019'''. After that we will have the '''final'''(!) opportunity sometime in late December/early January.

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long, and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results and conclusions from the work. 



Final presentation is scheduled on '''Wednesday, 29 May 2019''' [turns out Thursday is a holiday] (which means the examiners need to receive your reports by '''Thursday, 23 May 2019 at noon'''). 



There will be a chance to re-do half-time presentations, for those who were not ready in March, around middle of May. 
Half-time presentations should be '''20 minutes''' long, and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed. 



Topic selections are due on 27th of October 15:00 (use this [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVZ2JfHViLKDojbfqiXxZdlkJnc6Au2DVbAfap7Qlx-TgE4Q/viewform GoogleForms] link).



For students who started their MSc in 2018, the final opportunity to present their thesis will be on Friday, 13th of December 2019, at 16:00 (room F506). Deadline (strict!) for submitting reports is Wednesday, 11th of December, at noon.



Half-time seminar will be on 19th of February (preliminary time: 9-15, depending on number of projects that are ready in time). This means you should send the reports to the examiners on the 18th of February before lunch ([https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScis7kd6ofp0I9NWWeQZbNrNxr5BhPjytf62oi66JeBrLn-TA/viewform?usp=sf_link|using this form]). Please note that it's a bit earlier than I've indicated during the introductory lecture, as we've decided it makes more sense to provide this feedback sooner rather than later. The final seminar will be at the end of May (reports due in the middle of May).



Start report is due (approved by supervisors!) on 6th of December 23:59, and presentations will be done on 9th and 11th of December (you are expected to attend & listen both days). 
You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review and project plan.



The second chance for half-time presentations will be on Thursday, 12th of March (preliminary time: 13-16, depending on number of projects that are ready in time). This means you should send the reports to the examiners on the 11th of March before lunch ([https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScis7kd6ofp0I9NWWeQZbNrNxr5BhPjytf62oi66JeBrLn-TA/viewform?usp=sf_link|using this form]). The final seminar will be at the end of May (reports due in the middle of May).



Half-time presentations should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions), and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.



The final presentation is scheduled on '''Thursday, 28 May 2020''' (which means the examiners and opponent need to receive your supervisor-approved reports by '''Thursday, 21 May 2020 at noon''' -- use [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeXSqoOFeAsvG-xaD9COvdzMbWYvavSD9JhyDEEuWA2Pifljg/viewform this form] to send your report to supervisors, and email it to the opponent). 
Make sure to have at least two iterations of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at latest in the '''first week of May'''. If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be at the end of August/beginning of September.



Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results and conclusions from the work. It will be followed by 15 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 



The second opportunity for final presentations will be on '''Thursday, 3 September 2020''' (done online, on Zoom)... which means the examiners and opponent need to receive your supervisor-approved reports by '''Friday, 28 August 2020 at noon''' -- use [https://forms.gle/jdoMgP7vdpqMvBqKA this Google form] to send your report to examiners, and email it to the opponent. 
Make sure to have at least two iterations of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at latest in the '''first week of August''' (take into account any vacation plans!). If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be in December/January.



Introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations on MSc project will take place on Thursday, 15 October 2020 at 10:00 (sharp) through Zoom. The link should be available in your schedules.



Topic selection: provide a ranking of three preferred topics by Wednesday, 28th of October, 18:00 using [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVZ2JfHViLKDojbfqiXxZdlkJnc6Au2DVbAfap7Qlx-TgE4Q/viewform this GoogleForm]



A start report is due (approved by supervisors!) on 10th of December 23:59 ([https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScreuarA6jB87nkbz0ePHOgIivXm6mKOGKo-vQ5-rPN5BcZtg/viewform using this link]).
 Schedule for presentations in week 51 (you are expected to attend & listen to all) is available [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rUYc4uyVTd2tg4-vjwIlkC3IdSR8YmWBrB9oefbjlBY here] (please observe some changes are still expected, mainly based on supervisors' availability, so please check it regularly).
 You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review and project plan.
 Presentations [https://hh-se.zoom.us/j/61901966606 Zoom link]



The next deadline for start reports, for those who didn't make it this time, is 15th of January 23:59 ([https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScreuarA6jB87nkbz0ePHOgIivXm6mKOGKo-vQ5-rPN5BcZtg/viewform using this link]).

 
For those who were not ready with halftime reports in March, there will be another opportunity on Wednesday, 12 May 2021 (the deadline for submitting reports is 9th of May, [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfptsXlPYJcpWqAMMl2b3O-jabLpJdef8J8B_qneni0OINTmQ/viewform same Google Form])
 
Half-time presentations should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions) and must precisely specify the goals/objectives, clearly explain the expected contribution/novelty, showcase the results achieved so far, and present a refined plan on how to proceed further.
 



The final seminar will be in about two weeks, preliminarily on 2nd, 3rd and/or 4th of June, depending on the number of projects that are ready (reports due on 25th of May at 12:00 noon, using [https://forms.gle/WHzNYkmridBuKwvg8 this form]). 



The second opportunity for final presentations of MSc theses will be on '''Friday, 20 August 2021''' (done online, on Zoom)... which means the examiners and opponent need to receive your supervisor-approved reports '''one week earlier''' -- use [https://forms.gle/wE83yj17Q1nJiYR16 this Google form] to send your report to examiners, and email it to the opponent. 
Make sure to have at least two iterations of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at the latest in the '''first week of August''' (take into account any vacation plans!). If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be in December/January. 

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results and conclusions from the work. It will be followed by 20-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 
 
The next and final opportunity for half-time presentations will be in late August. Submit your reports on [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfptsXlPYJcpWqAMMl2b3O-jabLpJdef8J8B_qneni0OINTmQ/viewform Google Form] and email Slawomir to schedule the presentation.



Introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations on the MSc project will take place on Wednesday, 13 October 2021 at 15:15 in D315. 
Please note that it will not appear in your schedule, since the course has not started yet.
Before the lecture, please watch the [https://bidaf.hh.se/public/2020.10.15-MSc-project-intro.mp4 video recording] and read [https://bidaf.hh.se/public/2021.10.13-MSc-project-intro.pdf updated slides]. 
This way, in the physical meeting we can focus on discussion and answering any questions you might have.



For the selection of thesis topics, you should provide a ranking of three preferred topics by Wednesday, 27 October 2021, 18:00 using [https://forms.gle/K34DS8XLT2YbuLwC7 GoogleForm].



A start report is due (approved by supervisors!) on 12th of December 18:00 [https://forms.gle/GFjXefJNBL5pa7gm8 using this form]. This means that you should send a reasonably complete draft to your supervisors before the end of November, so that they have time to provide feedback, and you have time to incorporate this feedback into your final report...
 Presentations will take place in week 50 (you are expected to attend & listen to all, or at least most, of them).
 You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review and project plan.



For those students who started in January, the initial report is due (approved by supervisors!) on 30th of January at 16:00 [https://forms.gle/GFjXefJNBL5pa7gm8 using this form]. This means that you should send a reasonably complete draft to your supervisors quite soon, so that they have time to provide feedback, and you have time to incorporate this feedback into your report...
 Presentations will take place in week 5, probably on Friday, 4 February 2022.
 You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review and project plan.



Dear students, you should have received an email with a link to Google Spreadsheet with thesis topics assignment. It was sent to all those who submitted thesis topic selections using GoogleForm. If you have not received it, please let me (Slawomir) know ASAP.



Half-time reports are due tomorrow. However, I have been hearing that many of you have problems making the deadline. Thus, we've decided to offer an (additional) second opportunity -- in two weeks.
If you can have a good quality report ready tomorrow you should still submit it, since timeliness is an important part of MSc project.

If you cannot, on the other hand, your next deadline for sending the reports to the examiners is Friday, 01 April 2022, at lunchtime ([https://forms.gle/3QkP7qrdoCXKkv4t6 using this form]).
 Presentations, in that case, will be sometime in week 14.

Half-time presentations will be in week 12, probably between Wednesday, 23 March and Friday, 25 March 2022 (depending on number of projects that are ready in time).
 This means the deadline for sending the reports to the examiners is the Friday, 18 March 2022, lunchtime ([https://forms.gle/3QkP7qrdoCXKkv4t6 using this form]).
 The final seminar will be at the end of May (reports due in the middle of May).



The schedule for half-time presentations has now been updated with (preliminary) presentation times for those who submitted their reports on the second deadline:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FK-OjzhQdIbfMkeyvGLneJzSV6znejgG9fG19Wv1VXU/edit#gid=223334201

 Half-time presentations should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions), and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.
 



Final presentations of MSc theses will be primarily on '''Wednesday, 1 June''' and '''Thursday, 2 June'''... which means the examiners and opponent need to receive your supervisor-approved reports '''one week earlier''' -- use [https://forms.gle/sH3hf1tyMT82GKTf7 this Google form] (deadline: Wednesday, 25 May 2021 at 12:00 noon) to send your report to examiners, and email it to the opponent.
Make sure to have at least two iterations of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at the latest in the '''second week of May'''. If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be in late August/early September. 

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results and conclusions from the work. It will be followed by 25-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 



You should pick your topic (select three, in order of preference) by Wednesday, 26th of October, 18:00. Submit your choice on [https://forms.gle/pK1rKbeRFVVfJjtF9 this GoogleForm]. 
The introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations of the MSc project took place on Monday, 3 October 2022. Slides are available below. 



The start reports are due on '''December 8th''' at 21:00 ([https://forms.gle/WaUcxqJoC56n2CobA using this form]); presentations will take place in week 50. 
Please remember that the report must be approved by supervisors first, so a reasonable schedule is: on the 25th of November send the report to supervisors; around the 2nd of December, you get feedback; then you have a week to address the comments.

 
For those who begin the Thesis course in January, the start report is due on ''Wednesday, 25th of January'' (make sure to also account for supervisor approval and revision time).

The second deadline for half-time reports, for those who didn't make it in March, is ''Monday, 17th of April'' (using [https://forms.gle/iCCuAqyv344t8XxC7 this form]).

The deadline for half-time reports is ''Wednesday, 15th of March'' (using [https://forms.gle/iCCuAqyv344t8XxC7 this form]), and the half-time presentations will be scheduled in week 12.

Half-time presentations should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions) and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.

Please remember that the report must be approved by supervisors first, so a reasonable schedule is: send the report to supervisors around the 1st of March; around the 8th of March, you get feedback; then you have a week to address the comments.



The deadline for final MSc reports (as always, supervisor-approved) is Tuesday, '''23 May 2023''', at 12:00 '''noon'''. Use [https://forms.gle/cBLfsmEVKnABUoHa6 this Google form] to send your report to examiners.

Make sure to have at least '''two iterations''' of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at the latest in the '''second week of May'''. If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be in late August/early September. 

Remember that you also need to email the final report to the '''opponent'''. The opponent is decided by your supervisors, and it is generally one of the researchers here at ITE.

The final presentations will be in '''week 22'''. I'll make a schedule when I receive all your reports, but the time slots you can find already now in the same Google Sheet document as all the previous schedules. If you have any constraints, please let me know in the comment when submitting your report, and I'll do my best to accommodate them.

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results, and conclusions from your work. It will be followed by 25-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 



For students starting their MSc Thesis course in November 2023 (or January 2024), we'll have and '''introduction lecture''' on Friday, 29 September at 9:00 in room S1078.



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For those who are planning to do the halftime or final MSc presentation now after summer, the deadline for submitting the report is Thursday, 31 August. We'll then try to schedule presentations in the first half of September. The third and final opportunity for thesis defense will be in December 2023, or possibly January 2024. 
Submit final reports using [https://forms.gle/cBLfsmEVKnABUoHa6 this Google form] and half-time reports using [https://forms.gle/iCCuAqyv344t8XxC7 this form].

Make sure to have at least '''two iterations''' of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors early enough. Also, remember that you also need to email the final report to the '''opponent'''. The opponent is decided by your supervisors, and it is generally one of the researchers here at ITE.

'''Final presentations''' should be 15 minutes long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results, and conclusions from your work. It will be followed by 25-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 

'''Half-time presentations''' should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions) and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.



I've sent out emails with (preliminary) topic assignments. If you've submitted the topic selection form, but did not receive this email, contact me (Slawomir) ASAP! 

You should pick your topic (select three, in order of preference) by Wednesday, 25th of October, 18:00. Submit your choice on this [https://forms.gle/Ly892R3K8dVXgBxJ9 GoogleForm]. 
The introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations of the MSc project took place on Friday, 29 September 2023. Slides from that lecture are available below.



The schedule for the Project Proposal presentations is now available in the GoogleSheet.
For those who didn't quite make it on Friday, there will be an additional report deadline on Wednesday, 20 December, with presentations in week 2.
 
A reminder: the deadline for the "project proposal" report is the 8th of December at 17:00 (please submit it [https://forms.gle/syQSBh7NNySJ8iq49 here]). 
Remember that it must be approved by the supervisor first, and you need to give them sufficient time to read it, provide feedback, *and* for yourselves to incorporate this feedback. This means that you should send a reasonably complete draft to your supervisors as soon as possible if you haven't done it yet...
 Presentations will take place in week 50 (you are expected to attend & listen to all, or at least most, of them).



For students starting the thesis work in LP3, the deadline for the project proposal is 25 January at 17:00 (please submit it [https://forms.gle/syQSBh7NNySJ8iq49 here]). 
 
Presentations will be scheduled one/two weeks later (you are expected to attend & listen to all, or at least most, of them).
You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review, and project plan.
 
For the halftime report, the middle of March deadline is common for all.



For those who didn't make it for the report submission last week, the next deadline for sending in the halftime report is Sunday, 7 April at 23:59 -- using [https://forms.gle/aiFqUW5AxcoD3RrE9 this form]. 
 
The first batch of the halftime presentations will take place on 25-26 March (detailed schedule is [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K0TZNllTSeyWr7mhvwscSf-2IXRSvCBnbBU8mJPQf78/edit#gid=2059471719 here]). Please note that attending the halftime presentations (at least the majority of them) is mandatory -- and I '''will be''' taking attendance lists!
 



The second batch of the halftime presentations will take place on Thursday, 18 April (detailed schedule is [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K0TZNllTSeyWr7mhvwscSf-2IXRSvCBnbBU8mJPQf78/edit#gid=2059471719 here]). Please note that attending the halftime presentations (at least the majority of them) is mandatory -- and I '''will be''' taking attendance lists! 

'''Half-time presentations''' should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions) and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.



The deadline for final MSc reports (as always, supervisor-approved) is Friday, '''24 May 2024''', at 23:59. Use [https://forms.gle/yAqFkiiBBTnBf6Dw8 this Google form] to send your report to examiners.

Make sure to have at least '''two iterations''' of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors '''more or less right now'''. 
Remember that you also need to email the final report to the '''opponent'''. The opponent is decided by your supervisors, and it is generally one of the teachers/researchers here at ITE.

The final presentations will be in '''weeks 22 and 23'''. I'll make a schedule when I receive all your reports, but the time slots you can find already now in the same Google Sheet document as all the previous schedules. If you have any constraints, please let me know in the comments when submitting your report, and I'll do my best to accommodate them.

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results, and conclusions from your work. It will be followed by 25-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects.

If you don't make it this time, the next opportunity will be in late August/early September.



The second deadline for final MSc reports (as always, supervisor-approved) is Sunday, '''15 September 2024''', at 23:59. Use [https://forms.gle/yAqFkiiBBTnBf6Dw8 this Google form] to send your report to examiners. If that deadline is problematic for you, discuss it with your supervisors and contact Slawomir.

If you don't make it this time, the next (and final) opportunity will be in December.
The new thesis topic (for students starting in '''November 2024''') are listed below. 
You should choose a topic by '''Monday, 28th of October, 12:00 noon''': submit three preferences using [https://forms.gle/ngYNJKNwcsMP3aE7A this form].











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Student projects

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Slawek:

Project proposal reports are due (approved by supervisors!) on the '''8th of December at 23:59''' (please submit them on Blackboard).
 Presentations will take place in week 51 (you are expected to attend & listen to all, or at least most, of them).
 You should prepare a 10-minute presentation focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review, and project plan.

== Information about MSc Thesis process ==
This page contains some information about the MSc thesis project (courses DT7001 and DT7002 and ET7002).

[https://hh.se/student-web/content-a-z/thesis-information-for-students-at-school-of-information-technology.html MSc thesis project information] (the LaTeX template can be found here) and [https://hh.se/student-web/content-a-z/thesis-templates.html information about accessibility and the official front cover you should use] 

MSc thesis Introductory lecture: [https://bidaf.hh.se/public/2024.09.30-MSc-project-intro.pdf slides from 2024.09.30] and [https://bidaf.hh.se/public/2020.10.15-MSc-project-intro.mp4 video recording] (from a few years back, but mostly still applicable)

[https://bidaf.hh.se/public/DT7001-course-description-2019.pdf MSc thesis Course Description]

[https://bidaf.hh.se/public/DT7001-grading-criteria-2023.pdf MSc thesis Grading Criteria]

[https://www.hh.se/sitevision/proxy/student-web/content-a-z/course-syllabus.html/svid12_16be565916914b791c7d0bd8/752680950/se_proxy/utb_kursplan.asp?kurskod=DT7001&revisionsnr=20&format=pdf&lang=EN DT7001 course syllabus] and [https://www.hh.se/sitevision/proxy/student/innehall-a-o/kursplan.html/svid12_464ca102168ed1f8d3b1293f/752680950/se_proxy/utb_kursplan.asp?kurskod=DT7002&revisionsnr=4%2C1&format=pdf DT7002 course syllabus]

Plagiarism course: [https://academy.sitehost.iu.edu/index.html https://academy.sitehost.iu.edu/index.html] 
Another course, from Umeå University, which includes genAI (in Swedish, but with English subtitles available): [https://oer.ub.umu.se/en/plagiarism/#/ https://oer.ub.umu.se/en/plagiarism/#/]

[https://bidaf.hh.se/public/CivilingenjorPresentation2023.pdf Civilingenjör Presentation 2023] Specialisations Artificial Intelligence (TACDA) and Robotics and autonomous systems (TACIS)

== Useful resources for your MSc Thesis process ==

[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi11EUthpHD2TGZYnPaMozA/playlists A YouTube course from Lund University on academic writing (in English and in Swedish)]

[https://www.cs.tufts.edu/~nr/pubs/eng-abstract.html Teaching Technical Writing Using the Engineering Method course from Tufts University]

[https://chemistrycommunity.nature.com/posts/43071-how-to-write-an-abstract How to write an abstract]

A checklist based on common issues:

* The link to contemporary development within the area is often weak; theses rarely discuss international research sufficiently in-depth (use the references poorly)

* Clear research questions are often missing (having a clear research question that is answered in the report usually results in a much clearer evaluation and conclusions.)

* The text must argue for the research questions, hypothesis, methods and results; often, there is no argument to support the choice.

* Citations should not be used as a word in a sentence, e.g., "as [1] says ..."

* Make sure your figure/table captions are informative; all figures must be references in the text

* The abstract should be clear, specifying exactly what is to be investigated and why

* Results should be put in context to the previous works that they identified in the report

* Social aspects of the work are rarely discussed

== Current Proposals of Msc and Bsc Project (as of Autumn 2024) ==

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== Draft Proposals of Msc and Bsc Project (do not pick this unless you have checked with the supervisor!) ==

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Introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations on MSc project will take place on Monday, 14 October 2019 at 15:15.

The next opportunity for MSc presentations is on Monday, '''23 September 2019 at 13:15''' (contact Slawomir if you intend to make the presentation, so that we know how many to plan for). Also, make sure to send the supervisor-approved reports to the examiners a week before, so by '''16 September 2019'''. After that we will have the '''final'''(!) opportunity sometime in late December/early January.

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long, and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results and conclusions from the work. 



Final presentation is scheduled on '''Wednesday, 29 May 2019''' [turns out Thursday is a holiday] (which means the examiners need to receive your reports by '''Thursday, 23 May 2019 at noon'''). 



There will be a chance to re-do half-time presentations, for those who were not ready in March, around middle of May. 
Half-time presentations should be '''20 minutes''' long, and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed. 



Topic selections are due on 27th of October 15:00 (use this [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVZ2JfHViLKDojbfqiXxZdlkJnc6Au2DVbAfap7Qlx-TgE4Q/viewform GoogleForms] link).



For students who started their MSc in 2018, the final opportunity to present their thesis will be on Friday, 13th of December 2019, at 16:00 (room F506). Deadline (strict!) for submitting reports is Wednesday, 11th of December, at noon.



Half-time seminar will be on 19th of February (preliminary time: 9-15, depending on number of projects that are ready in time). This means you should send the reports to the examiners on the 18th of February before lunch ([https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScis7kd6ofp0I9NWWeQZbNrNxr5BhPjytf62oi66JeBrLn-TA/viewform?usp=sf_link|using this form]). Please note that it's a bit earlier than I've indicated during the introductory lecture, as we've decided it makes more sense to provide this feedback sooner rather than later. The final seminar will be at the end of May (reports due in the middle of May).



Start report is due (approved by supervisors!) on 6th of December 23:59, and presentations will be done on 9th and 11th of December (you are expected to attend & listen both days). 
You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review and project plan.



The second chance for half-time presentations will be on Thursday, 12th of March (preliminary time: 13-16, depending on number of projects that are ready in time). This means you should send the reports to the examiners on the 11th of March before lunch ([https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScis7kd6ofp0I9NWWeQZbNrNxr5BhPjytf62oi66JeBrLn-TA/viewform?usp=sf_link|using this form]). The final seminar will be at the end of May (reports due in the middle of May).



Half-time presentations should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions), and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.



The final presentation is scheduled on '''Thursday, 28 May 2020''' (which means the examiners and opponent need to receive your supervisor-approved reports by '''Thursday, 21 May 2020 at noon''' -- use [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeXSqoOFeAsvG-xaD9COvdzMbWYvavSD9JhyDEEuWA2Pifljg/viewform this form] to send your report to supervisors, and email it to the opponent). 
Make sure to have at least two iterations of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at latest in the '''first week of May'''. If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be at the end of August/beginning of September.



Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results and conclusions from the work. It will be followed by 15 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 



The second opportunity for final presentations will be on '''Thursday, 3 September 2020''' (done online, on Zoom)... which means the examiners and opponent need to receive your supervisor-approved reports by '''Friday, 28 August 2020 at noon''' -- use [https://forms.gle/jdoMgP7vdpqMvBqKA this Google form] to send your report to examiners, and email it to the opponent. 
Make sure to have at least two iterations of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at latest in the '''first week of August''' (take into account any vacation plans!). If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be in December/January.



Introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations on MSc project will take place on Thursday, 15 October 2020 at 10:00 (sharp) through Zoom. The link should be available in your schedules.



Topic selection: provide a ranking of three preferred topics by Wednesday, 28th of October, 18:00 using [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVZ2JfHViLKDojbfqiXxZdlkJnc6Au2DVbAfap7Qlx-TgE4Q/viewform this GoogleForm]



A start report is due (approved by supervisors!) on 10th of December 23:59 ([https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScreuarA6jB87nkbz0ePHOgIivXm6mKOGKo-vQ5-rPN5BcZtg/viewform using this link]).
 Schedule for presentations in week 51 (you are expected to attend & listen to all) is available [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rUYc4uyVTd2tg4-vjwIlkC3IdSR8YmWBrB9oefbjlBY here] (please observe some changes are still expected, mainly based on supervisors' availability, so please check it regularly).
 You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review and project plan.
 Presentations [https://hh-se.zoom.us/j/61901966606 Zoom link]



The next deadline for start reports, for those who didn't make it this time, is 15th of January 23:59 ([https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScreuarA6jB87nkbz0ePHOgIivXm6mKOGKo-vQ5-rPN5BcZtg/viewform using this link]).

 
For those who were not ready with halftime reports in March, there will be another opportunity on Wednesday, 12 May 2021 (the deadline for submitting reports is 9th of May, [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfptsXlPYJcpWqAMMl2b3O-jabLpJdef8J8B_qneni0OINTmQ/viewform same Google Form])
 
Half-time presentations should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions) and must precisely specify the goals/objectives, clearly explain the expected contribution/novelty, showcase the results achieved so far, and present a refined plan on how to proceed further.
 



The final seminar will be in about two weeks, preliminarily on 2nd, 3rd and/or 4th of June, depending on the number of projects that are ready (reports due on 25th of May at 12:00 noon, using [https://forms.gle/WHzNYkmridBuKwvg8 this form]). 



The second opportunity for final presentations of MSc theses will be on '''Friday, 20 August 2021''' (done online, on Zoom)... which means the examiners and opponent need to receive your supervisor-approved reports '''one week earlier''' -- use [https://forms.gle/wE83yj17Q1nJiYR16 this Google form] to send your report to examiners, and email it to the opponent. 
Make sure to have at least two iterations of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at the latest in the '''first week of August''' (take into account any vacation plans!). If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be in December/January. 

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results and conclusions from the work. It will be followed by 20-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 
 
The next and final opportunity for half-time presentations will be in late August. Submit your reports on [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfptsXlPYJcpWqAMMl2b3O-jabLpJdef8J8B_qneni0OINTmQ/viewform Google Form] and email Slawomir to schedule the presentation.



Introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations on the MSc project will take place on Wednesday, 13 October 2021 at 15:15 in D315. 
Please note that it will not appear in your schedule, since the course has not started yet.
Before the lecture, please watch the [https://bidaf.hh.se/public/2020.10.15-MSc-project-intro.mp4 video recording] and read [https://bidaf.hh.se/public/2021.10.13-MSc-project-intro.pdf updated slides]. 
This way, in the physical meeting we can focus on discussion and answering any questions you might have.



For the selection of thesis topics, you should provide a ranking of three preferred topics by Wednesday, 27 October 2021, 18:00 using [https://forms.gle/K34DS8XLT2YbuLwC7 GoogleForm].



A start report is due (approved by supervisors!) on 12th of December 18:00 [https://forms.gle/GFjXefJNBL5pa7gm8 using this form]. This means that you should send a reasonably complete draft to your supervisors before the end of November, so that they have time to provide feedback, and you have time to incorporate this feedback into your final report...
 Presentations will take place in week 50 (you are expected to attend & listen to all, or at least most, of them).
 You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review and project plan.



For those students who started in January, the initial report is due (approved by supervisors!) on 30th of January at 16:00 [https://forms.gle/GFjXefJNBL5pa7gm8 using this form]. This means that you should send a reasonably complete draft to your supervisors quite soon, so that they have time to provide feedback, and you have time to incorporate this feedback into your report...
 Presentations will take place in week 5, probably on Friday, 4 February 2022.
 You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review and project plan.



Dear students, you should have received an email with a link to Google Spreadsheet with thesis topics assignment. It was sent to all those who submitted thesis topic selections using GoogleForm. If you have not received it, please let me (Slawomir) know ASAP.



Half-time reports are due tomorrow. However, I have been hearing that many of you have problems making the deadline. Thus, we've decided to offer an (additional) second opportunity -- in two weeks.
If you can have a good quality report ready tomorrow you should still submit it, since timeliness is an important part of MSc project.

If you cannot, on the other hand, your next deadline for sending the reports to the examiners is Friday, 01 April 2022, at lunchtime ([https://forms.gle/3QkP7qrdoCXKkv4t6 using this form]).
 Presentations, in that case, will be sometime in week 14.

Half-time presentations will be in week 12, probably between Wednesday, 23 March and Friday, 25 March 2022 (depending on number of projects that are ready in time).
 This means the deadline for sending the reports to the examiners is the Friday, 18 March 2022, lunchtime ([https://forms.gle/3QkP7qrdoCXKkv4t6 using this form]).
 The final seminar will be at the end of May (reports due in the middle of May).



The schedule for half-time presentations has now been updated with (preliminary) presentation times for those who submitted their reports on the second deadline:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FK-OjzhQdIbfMkeyvGLneJzSV6znejgG9fG19Wv1VXU/edit#gid=223334201

 Half-time presentations should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions), and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.
 



Final presentations of MSc theses will be primarily on '''Wednesday, 1 June''' and '''Thursday, 2 June'''... which means the examiners and opponent need to receive your supervisor-approved reports '''one week earlier''' -- use [https://forms.gle/sH3hf1tyMT82GKTf7 this Google form] (deadline: Wednesday, 25 May 2021 at 12:00 noon) to send your report to examiners, and email it to the opponent.
Make sure to have at least two iterations of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at the latest in the '''second week of May'''. If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be in late August/early September. 

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results and conclusions from the work. It will be followed by 25-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 



You should pick your topic (select three, in order of preference) by Wednesday, 26th of October, 18:00. Submit your choice on [https://forms.gle/pK1rKbeRFVVfJjtF9 this GoogleForm]. 
The introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations of the MSc project took place on Monday, 3 October 2022. Slides are available below. 



The start reports are due on '''December 8th''' at 21:00 ([https://forms.gle/WaUcxqJoC56n2CobA using this form]); presentations will take place in week 50. 
Please remember that the report must be approved by supervisors first, so a reasonable schedule is: on the 25th of November send the report to supervisors; around the 2nd of December, you get feedback; then you have a week to address the comments.

 
For those who begin the Thesis course in January, the start report is due on ''Wednesday, 25th of January'' (make sure to also account for supervisor approval and revision time).

The second deadline for half-time reports, for those who didn't make it in March, is ''Monday, 17th of April'' (using [https://forms.gle/iCCuAqyv344t8XxC7 this form]).

The deadline for half-time reports is ''Wednesday, 15th of March'' (using [https://forms.gle/iCCuAqyv344t8XxC7 this form]), and the half-time presentations will be scheduled in week 12.

Half-time presentations should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions) and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.

Please remember that the report must be approved by supervisors first, so a reasonable schedule is: send the report to supervisors around the 1st of March; around the 8th of March, you get feedback; then you have a week to address the comments.



The deadline for final MSc reports (as always, supervisor-approved) is Tuesday, '''23 May 2023''', at 12:00 '''noon'''. Use [https://forms.gle/cBLfsmEVKnABUoHa6 this Google form] to send your report to examiners.

Make sure to have at least '''two iterations''' of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at the latest in the '''second week of May'''. If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be in late August/early September. 

Remember that you also need to email the final report to the '''opponent'''. The opponent is decided by your supervisors, and it is generally one of the researchers here at ITE.

The final presentations will be in '''week 22'''. I'll make a schedule when I receive all your reports, but the time slots you can find already now in the same Google Sheet document as all the previous schedules. If you have any constraints, please let me know in the comment when submitting your report, and I'll do my best to accommodate them.

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results, and conclusions from your work. It will be followed by 25-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 



For students starting their MSc Thesis course in November 2023 (or January 2024), we'll have and '''introduction lecture''' on Friday, 29 September at 9:00 in room S1078.



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For those who are planning to do the halftime or final MSc presentation now after summer, the deadline for submitting the report is Thursday, 31 August. We'll then try to schedule presentations in the first half of September. The third and final opportunity for thesis defense will be in December 2023, or possibly January 2024. 
Submit final reports using [https://forms.gle/cBLfsmEVKnABUoHa6 this Google form] and half-time reports using [https://forms.gle/iCCuAqyv344t8XxC7 this form].

Make sure to have at least '''two iterations''' of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors early enough. Also, remember that you also need to email the final report to the '''opponent'''. The opponent is decided by your supervisors, and it is generally one of the researchers here at ITE.

'''Final presentations''' should be 15 minutes long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results, and conclusions from your work. It will be followed by 25-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 

'''Half-time presentations''' should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions) and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.



I've sent out emails with (preliminary) topic assignments. If you've submitted the topic selection form, but did not receive this email, contact me (Slawomir) ASAP! 

You should pick your topic (select three, in order of preference) by Wednesday, 25th of October, 18:00. Submit your choice on this [https://forms.gle/Ly892R3K8dVXgBxJ9 GoogleForm]. 
The introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations of the MSc project took place on Friday, 29 September 2023. Slides from that lecture are available below.



The schedule for the Project Proposal presentations is now available in the GoogleSheet.
For those who didn't quite make it on Friday, there will be an additional report deadline on Wednesday, 20 December, with presentations in week 2.
 
A reminder: the deadline for the "project proposal" report is the 8th of December at 17:00 (please submit it [https://forms.gle/syQSBh7NNySJ8iq49 here]). 
Remember that it must be approved by the supervisor first, and you need to give them sufficient time to read it, provide feedback, *and* for yourselves to incorporate this feedback. This means that you should send a reasonably complete draft to your supervisors as soon as possible if you haven't done it yet...
 Presentations will take place in week 50 (you are expected to attend & listen to all, or at least most, of them).



For students starting the thesis work in LP3, the deadline for the project proposal is 25 January at 17:00 (please submit it [https://forms.gle/syQSBh7NNySJ8iq49 here]). 
 
Presentations will be scheduled one/two weeks later (you are expected to attend & listen to all, or at least most, of them).
You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review, and project plan.
 
For the halftime report, the middle of March deadline is common for all.



For those who didn't make it for the report submission last week, the next deadline for sending in the halftime report is Sunday, 7 April at 23:59 -- using [https://forms.gle/aiFqUW5AxcoD3RrE9 this form]. 
 
The first batch of the halftime presentations will take place on 25-26 March (detailed schedule is [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K0TZNllTSeyWr7mhvwscSf-2IXRSvCBnbBU8mJPQf78/edit#gid=2059471719 here]). Please note that attending the halftime presentations (at least the majority of them) is mandatory -- and I '''will be''' taking attendance lists!
 



The second batch of the halftime presentations will take place on Thursday, 18 April (detailed schedule is [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K0TZNllTSeyWr7mhvwscSf-2IXRSvCBnbBU8mJPQf78/edit#gid=2059471719 here]). Please note that attending the halftime presentations (at least the majority of them) is mandatory -- and I '''will be''' taking attendance lists! 

'''Half-time presentations''' should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions) and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.



The deadline for final MSc reports (as always, supervisor-approved) is Friday, '''24 May 2024''', at 23:59. Use [https://forms.gle/yAqFkiiBBTnBf6Dw8 this Google form] to send your report to examiners.

Make sure to have at least '''two iterations''' of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors '''more or less right now'''. 
Remember that you also need to email the final report to the '''opponent'''. The opponent is decided by your supervisors, and it is generally one of the teachers/researchers here at ITE.

The final presentations will be in '''weeks 22 and 23'''. I'll make a schedule when I receive all your reports, but the time slots you can find already now in the same Google Sheet document as all the previous schedules. If you have any constraints, please let me know in the comments when submitting your report, and I'll do my best to accommodate them.

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results, and conclusions from your work. It will be followed by 25-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects.

If you don't make it this time, the next opportunity will be in late August/early September.



The second deadline for final MSc reports (as always, supervisor-approved) is Sunday, '''15 September 2024''', at 23:59. Use [https://forms.gle/yAqFkiiBBTnBf6Dw8 this Google form] to send your report to examiners. If that deadline is problematic for you, discuss it with your supervisors and contact Slawomir.

If you don't make it this time, the next (and final) opportunity will be in December.
The new thesis topic (for students starting in '''November 2024''') are listed below. 
You should choose a topic by '''Monday, 28th of October, 12:00 noon''': submit three preferences using [https://forms.gle/ngYNJKNwcsMP3aE7A this form].











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Thesis together with DirSys

2025-08-24T12:36:26Z

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Since 2005, DirSys has helped organisations navigate through complex challenges within the information security realm. Now, DirSys are looking for master thesis candidates that are interested in writing their thesis in collaboration with us. The topic in mind is one with the headline “Better risk management with quantitative risk analysis”.

As of today, the area of cybersecurity/information security in Sweden is neglected in several ways, especially among organizational leaders, something that has been highlighted by MSB. DirSys idea is that the students explore approaches in order to take on the challenges of getting more organizations to invest in resources that ensure proper and adequate information security (information protection level), specifically with regard to if and how AI/machine learning could be utilized.

If you are interested in this topic, please contact Filip Gårdelöv <filip.gardelov@dirsys.com> to discuss further.

Big Data Parallel Programming (7.5 credits)

2025-02-14T10:36:43Z

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Processing huge amounts of data is at the core of data mining, deep learning and real-time autonomous decision making. All these are in turn at the core of modern artificial intelligence applications. Data can reside more or less permanently in the cloud and accessed via distributed file systems and / or be streamed in real time from multiple sensors at very high rates. Access to data as well as processing is done using very well engineered frameworks where both storage and processing are distributed and processing is done in parallel. The purpose of this course is to introduce you to this infrastructure including parallel programming for the implementation of these frameworks. This should enable you to judge how to choose a framework for your applications, identify pros and cons, suggest improvements and even implement improvements.

Big Data Parallel Programming (7.5 credits)

2025-02-14T10:36:25Z

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Processing huge amounts of data is at the core of data mining, deep learning and real-time autonomous decision making. All these are in turn at the core of modern artificial intelligence applications. Data can reside more or less permanently in the cloud and accessed via distributed file systems and / or be streamed in real time from multiple sensors at very high rates. Access to data as well as processing is done using very well engineered frameworks where both storage and processing are distributed and processing is done in parallel. The purpose of this course is to introduce you to this infrastructure including parallel programming for the implementation of these frameworks. This should enable you to judge how to choose a framework for your applications, identify pros and cons, suggest improvements and even implement improvements.

Sławomir Nowaczyk

2025-02-14T10:33:49Z

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===Publications===

Up to date publication list is available at [https://scholar.google.se/citations?user=0ZvlTaoAAAAJ&hl=en my GoogleScholar page]

'''Selected most recent publications:'''

KDD tutorial "XAI for Predictive Maintenance" [https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3580305.3599578?cid=81309507248 ACM Author-Izer download link]
KDD '23: Proceedings of the 29th ACM SIGKDD Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data MiningAugust 2023, Pages 5798–5799 [https://doi.org/10.1145/3580305.3599578 https://doi.org/10.1145/3580305.3599578]

Incorporating Physics-based Models into Data Driven Approaches for Air Leak Detection in City Buses [[Media:IncorporatingPhysics-basedModels.pdf]]

curr2vib: Modality Embedding Translation for Broken-Rotor Bar Detection [[Media:Curr2vib_Modality_Embedding_Translation_for_Broken-Rotor_Bar_Detection.pdf]]

AID4HAI: Automatic Idea Detection for Healthcare-Associated Infections from Twitter, A Framework based on Active Learning and Transfer Learning
Z Kharazian, M Rahat, F Gama, P Sheikholharam Mashhadi, S Nowaczyk, at al. Symposium on Intelligent Data Analysis (IDA), 2023 [[Media:AID4HAI-IDA-preprint.pdf]]

[[Media:Semantics-aware_Dynamic_Graph_Convolutional_Network_for_Traffic_Flow_Forecasting.pdf]]
Semantics-aware Dynamic Graph Convolutional Network for Traffic Flow Forecasting
G Liang, U Kintak, X Ning, P Tiwari, S Nowaczyk, N Kumar
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2023
[[Media:Semantics-aware_Dynamic_Graph_Convolutional_Network_for_Traffic_Flow_Forecasting.pdf]]

[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1a8tqNA3t8gsioMI4OEPhC3e3Zd4IDabb/view?usp=share_link Semantics-aware Dynamic Graph Convolutional Network for Traffic Flow Forecasting]
G Liang, U Kintak, X Ning, P Tiwari, S Nowaczyk, N Kumar. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2023

[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FiMWC18I1yW7JzbK2SqwL_NwMEyYcEUm/view?usp=drive_link A Systematic Approach for Tracking the Evolution of XAI as a Field of Research]
S Jamshidi, S Nowaczyk, H Fanaee-T, M Rahat. International Workshops of Joint European Conference on Machine Learning and Knowledge Discovery in Databases, 2022
[[Media:A_systematic_approach_for_tracking_the_evolution_of_XAI_as_a_field_of_research.pdf]]

[https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/12dd-wXtksuVilve4gN30sRUBfkcSlMTl?usp=sharing My "Public research articles" Drive folder]
 

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'''Research Interests'''
* Artificial Intelligence
** Machine Learning and Data Mining, especially for Streaming Big Data
** Knowledge Representation
** Rational Agents
** Planning and Non-standard Logics
* Diagnostics
** Data-driven fault detection methods

I have first became interested in Artificial Intelligence and especially Machine Learning during my Master studies, because it appeared to be the ultimate solution to all the computational problems. Since then I have spent most of my career trying to understand the actual limitations of those methods. During my PhD studies I have primarily focused on rich knowledge representations and connection between learning and non-standard logics. More recently I am focusing on self-organising and unsupervised approaches. My main interests lie in the data-driven modelling and knowledge representation.

Coming to IS-lab at Halmstad University, I have joined a research track that focuses on knowledge discovery in large and distributed data streams, including unsupervised modelling. An example is the case of heavy-duty vehicle diagnostics, where ground truth is sparse or even unavailable. The goal is to develop new, or adapt existing, Machine Learning and Data Mining techniques to make them suitable for handling massive streams of data in a distributed and self-organising manner. In the spirit of "aware systems" that form the foundation of CAISR environment, my research concerns systems that can be human-, situation- and self-aware.

One way to achieve this goal is through discovery of interesting patterns and relations, where the "interestingness" can be treated as a metric and quantitatively measured. In this respect we are evaluating of both the data and the extracted knowledge. In many applications it is not feasible to store all the data, and therefore a preliminary decision needs to be made as to what are the most useful subsets to use in further analysis. We aim for interestingness metrics that are suitable for evaluating partial results in distributed environments. An important feature, however, is that they should be adaptable to different tasks and domains, as well as work for both supervised and unsupervised learning.

Specifically on the topic of self-organisation and self-awareness, we have had successes in creating solutions that work well for specific application domains. The next step I am interested in is to obtain deeper understanding of fundamental concepts, allowing us to build a general theory on top of those successful application examples.

I am also interested in guiding learning process using (both structured and semi-structured) expert and historic knowledge. In particular, this can be done before the learning starts, but also later, as a way to evaluate results and have the user guide the process in an interactive way. I am working towards designing knowledge representation models that allow for efficient learning, while being flexible enough to capture different aspects of the data simultaneously.

It is evident from the exponential development in e.g. sensors, embedded computers, computing power and memory capacity: all those artifacts are becoming less and less self-centered and their value depends on their ability to fit their environment. We today see the result of this in, e.g., the automotive industry where modern cars are more complex than what the average repair-person can handle (and the "competence" gap is growing). The industry is therefore investing in automatic fault detection and diagnostics, where devices "know" more and more about themselves and their normal operation, providing aids for the maintenance and repair personnel. The same development is occurring in the health care sector, i.e. the technological equipment and the possibilities are more complex than the average care-giver can manage. It is of vital important to have systems that are "aware" and easy to manage.

Overall, I am interested in Artificial Intelligence because I want to make computers do things which are "easy", in addition to those that are difficult: to not only play chess, also soccer. I believe that the way to achieve this are ''interdisciplinary approaches''. At the moment a lot of incredible AI solutions are being created, but there is not enough effort to combine them into a truly intelligent, complete systems. I am convinced that all truly reliable systems must be able to learn from experience, and thus I consider Machine Learning techniques to be necessary. However, they need to move away from some of the very strong underlying assumptions that work in the lab but are not possible to meet in real world. Finally, I am convinced that focus needs to be put on ''resource-bounded'' agents and systems. Idealised models such as omniscience are useful to understand basic principles, but we are now ready to move towards more realistic settings.

'''PhD Students'''

I am currently (co-)supervising eight PhD students: [[Yuantao Fan]], [[Pablo del Moral]], [[Ece Calikus]], [[Awais Ashfaq]], [[Shiraz Farouq]], [[Alexander Galozy]], [[Kunru Chen]], [[Ghaith Tarabishi]] and [[Zahra Taghiyar]].

In the past I have (co-)supervised: [[Rune Prytz]] (industrial PhD student employed at Volvo Technology), [[Iulian Carpatorea]] and [[Hassan Nemati]].



[[Category:staff]]

Big Data Parallel Programming (7.5 credits)

2025-02-14T10:31:30Z

Slawek:

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'''Course responsible''': [https://www.hh.se/english/information-english/search-staff.html?person=55480748-9205-444D-B590-7A751BBF4510 Professor Carlos Silla]

Processing huge amounts of data is at the core of data mining, deep learning and real-time autonomous decision making. All these are in turn at the core of modern artificial intelligence applications. Data can reside more or less permanently in the cloud and accessed via distributed file systems and / or be streamed in real time from multiple sensors at very high rates. Access to data as well as processing is done using very well engineered frameworks where both storage and processing are distributed and processing is done in parallel. The purpose of this course is to introduce you to this infrastructure including parallel programming for the implementation of these frameworks. This should enable you to judge how to choose a framework for your applications, identify pros and cons, suggest improvements and even implement improvements.

Big Data Parallel Programming (7.5 credits)

2025-02-14T10:31:10Z

Slawek:

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'';Course responsible''': [https://www.hh.se/english/information-english/search-staff.html?person=55480748-9205-444D-B590-7A751BBF4510 Professor Carlos Silla]

Processing huge amounts of data is at the core of data mining, deep learning and real-time autonomous decision making. All these are in turn at the core of modern artificial intelligence applications. Data can reside more or less permanently in the cloud and accessed via distributed file systems and / or be streamed in real time from multiple sensors at very high rates. Access to data as well as processing is done using very well engineered frameworks where both storage and processing are distributed and processing is done in parallel. The purpose of this course is to introduce you to this infrastructure including parallel programming for the implementation of these frameworks. This should enable you to judge how to choose a framework for your applications, identify pros and cons, suggest improvements and even implement improvements.

Project(s) at Volvo Group

2025-01-21T16:12:47Z

Slawek:

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One of the very interesting technology companies in the region, [https://www.volvogroup.com/ Volvo Group], often offers several thesis topics for students, at both BSc and MSc levels.

These can be found here: 
https://jobs.volvogroup.com/
 (select "Sweden" as Country and "Student" as "Position Type")

If you find one that is interesting to you, please get in touch with the contact person mentioned there. Those opportunities are managed by the company, so they make the final decision on who is selected for any given thesis. From the University side, we can, of course, support you throughout the process, but we cannot make any guarantees or influence the selection in any way.

In addition, as with all industry-driven projects, you will also need to find a suitable supervisor here at the University. Based on the topics presented here, you should be able to identify a couple of people with related interests; feel free to contact them directly. If you have trouble finding the right supervisor, contact Slawomir, and I'll try to help you.

Make sure to check the prerequisites and how to apply. Also, be advised that sometimes it's a bit tricky with how the thesis schedule works -- most companies expect it to start in January. 
Still, it's often possible to work something out with them.

Project(s) at Volvo Group

2025-01-21T16:11:09Z

Slawek:

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One of the very interesting technology companies in the region, [https://www.volvogroup.com/ Volvo Group], often offers several thesis topics for students, at both BSc and MSc levels.

These can be found here: 
https://jobs.volvogroup.com/
 (select "Sweden" as Country and "Thesis" as "Employment/Assignment Type")

If you find one that is interesting to you, please get in touch with the contact person mentioned there. Those opportunities are managed by the company, so they make the final decision on who is selected for any given thesis. From the University side, we can, of course, support you throughout the process, but we cannot make any guarantees or influence the selection in any way.

In addition, as with all industry-driven projects, you will also need to find a suitable supervisor here at the University. Based on the topics presented here, you should be able to identify a couple of people with related interests; feel free to contact them directly. If you have trouble finding the right supervisor, contact Slawomir, and I'll try to help you.

Make sure to check the prerequisites and how to apply. Also, be advised that sometimes it's a bit tricky with how the thesis schedule works -- most companies expect it to start in January. 
Still, it's often possible to work something out with them.

Student projects

2024-12-03T07:43:13Z

Slawek:

Project proposal reports are due (approved by supervisors!) on the '''8th of December at 23:59''' (please submit them on Blackboard).
 Presentations will take place in week 51 (you are expected to attend & listen to all, or at least most, of them).
 You should prepare a 10-minute presentation focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review, and project plan.

== Information about MSc Thesis process ==
This page contains some information about the MSc thesis project (courses DT7001 and DT7002 and ET7002).

[https://hh.se/student-web/content-a-z/thesis-information-for-students-at-school-of-information-technology.html MSc thesis project information] (the LaTeX template can be found here) and [https://hh.se/student-web/content-a-z/thesis-templates.html information about accessibility and the official front cover you should use] 

MSc thesis Introductory lecture: [https://bidaf.hh.se/public/2024.09.30-MSc-project-intro.pdf slides from 2024.09.30] and [https://bidaf.hh.se/public/2020.10.15-MSc-project-intro.mp4 video recording] (from a few years back, but mostly still applicable)

[https://bidaf.hh.se/public/DT7001-course-description-2019.pdf MSc thesis Course Description]

[https://bidaf.hh.se/public/DT7001-grading-criteria-2023.pdf MSc thesis Grading Criteria]

[https://www.hh.se/sitevision/proxy/student-web/content-a-z/course-syllabus.html/svid12_16be565916914b791c7d0bd8/752680950/se_proxy/utb_kursplan.asp?kurskod=DT7001&revisionsnr=20&format=pdf&lang=EN DT7001 course syllabus] and [https://www.hh.se/sitevision/proxy/student/innehall-a-o/kursplan.html/svid12_464ca102168ed1f8d3b1293f/752680950/se_proxy/utb_kursplan.asp?kurskod=DT7002&revisionsnr=4%2C1&format=pdf DT7002 course syllabus]

Plagiarism course: [https://academy.sitehost.iu.edu/index.html https://academy.sitehost.iu.edu/index.html] 
Another course, from Umeå University, which includes genAI (in Swedish, but with English subtitles available): [https://oer.ub.umu.se/en/plagiarism/#/ https://oer.ub.umu.se/en/plagiarism/#/]

[https://bidaf.hh.se/public/CivilingenjorPresentation2023.pdf Civilingenjör Presentation 2023] Specialisations Artificial Intelligence (TACDA) and Robotics and autonomous systems (TACIS)

== Useful resources for your MSc Thesis process ==

[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi11EUthpHD2TGZYnPaMozA/playlists A YouTube course from Lund University on academic writing (in English and in Swedish)]

[https://www.cs.tufts.edu/~nr/pubs/eng-abstract.html Teaching Technical Writing Using the Engineering Method course from Tufts University]

[https://chemistrycommunity.nature.com/posts/43071-how-to-write-an-abstract How to write an abstract]

A checklist based on common issues:

* The link to contemporary development within the area is often weak; theses rarely discuss international research sufficiently in-depth (use the references poorly)

* Clear research questions are often missing (having a clear research question that is answered in the report usually results in a much clearer evaluation and conclusions.)

* The text must argue for the research questions, hypothesis, methods and results; often, there is no argument to support the choice.

* Citations should not be used as a word in a sentence, e.g., "as [1] says ..."

* Make sure your figure/table captions are informative; all figures must be references in the text

* The abstract should be clear, specifying exactly what is to be investigated and why

* Results should be put in context to the previous works that they identified in the report

* Social aspects of the work are rarely discussed

== Current Proposals of Msc and Bsc Project (as of Autumn 2024) ==

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== Draft Proposals of Msc and Bsc Project (do not pick this unless you have checked with the supervisor!) ==

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Introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations on MSc project will take place on Monday, 14 October 2019 at 15:15.

The next opportunity for MSc presentations is on Monday, '''23 September 2019 at 13:15''' (contact Slawomir if you intend to make the presentation, so that we know how many to plan for). Also, make sure to send the supervisor-approved reports to the examiners a week before, so by '''16 September 2019'''. After that we will have the '''final'''(!) opportunity sometime in late December/early January.

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long, and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results and conclusions from the work. 



Final presentation is scheduled on '''Wednesday, 29 May 2019''' [turns out Thursday is a holiday] (which means the examiners need to receive your reports by '''Thursday, 23 May 2019 at noon'''). 



There will be a chance to re-do half-time presentations, for those who were not ready in March, around middle of May. 
Half-time presentations should be '''20 minutes''' long, and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed. 



Topic selections are due on 27th of October 15:00 (use this [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVZ2JfHViLKDojbfqiXxZdlkJnc6Au2DVbAfap7Qlx-TgE4Q/viewform GoogleForms] link).



For students who started their MSc in 2018, the final opportunity to present their thesis will be on Friday, 13th of December 2019, at 16:00 (room F506). Deadline (strict!) for submitting reports is Wednesday, 11th of December, at noon.



Half-time seminar will be on 19th of February (preliminary time: 9-15, depending on number of projects that are ready in time). This means you should send the reports to the examiners on the 18th of February before lunch ([https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScis7kd6ofp0I9NWWeQZbNrNxr5BhPjytf62oi66JeBrLn-TA/viewform?usp=sf_link|using this form]). Please note that it's a bit earlier than I've indicated during the introductory lecture, as we've decided it makes more sense to provide this feedback sooner rather than later. The final seminar will be at the end of May (reports due in the middle of May).



Start report is due (approved by supervisors!) on 6th of December 23:59, and presentations will be done on 9th and 11th of December (you are expected to attend & listen both days). 
You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review and project plan.



The second chance for half-time presentations will be on Thursday, 12th of March (preliminary time: 13-16, depending on number of projects that are ready in time). This means you should send the reports to the examiners on the 11th of March before lunch ([https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScis7kd6ofp0I9NWWeQZbNrNxr5BhPjytf62oi66JeBrLn-TA/viewform?usp=sf_link|using this form]). The final seminar will be at the end of May (reports due in the middle of May).



Half-time presentations should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions), and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.



The final presentation is scheduled on '''Thursday, 28 May 2020''' (which means the examiners and opponent need to receive your supervisor-approved reports by '''Thursday, 21 May 2020 at noon''' -- use [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeXSqoOFeAsvG-xaD9COvdzMbWYvavSD9JhyDEEuWA2Pifljg/viewform this form] to send your report to supervisors, and email it to the opponent). 
Make sure to have at least two iterations of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at latest in the '''first week of May'''. If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be at the end of August/beginning of September.



Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results and conclusions from the work. It will be followed by 15 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 



The second opportunity for final presentations will be on '''Thursday, 3 September 2020''' (done online, on Zoom)... which means the examiners and opponent need to receive your supervisor-approved reports by '''Friday, 28 August 2020 at noon''' -- use [https://forms.gle/jdoMgP7vdpqMvBqKA this Google form] to send your report to examiners, and email it to the opponent. 
Make sure to have at least two iterations of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at latest in the '''first week of August''' (take into account any vacation plans!). If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be in December/January.



Introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations on MSc project will take place on Thursday, 15 October 2020 at 10:00 (sharp) through Zoom. The link should be available in your schedules.



Topic selection: provide a ranking of three preferred topics by Wednesday, 28th of October, 18:00 using [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVZ2JfHViLKDojbfqiXxZdlkJnc6Au2DVbAfap7Qlx-TgE4Q/viewform this GoogleForm]



A start report is due (approved by supervisors!) on 10th of December 23:59 ([https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScreuarA6jB87nkbz0ePHOgIivXm6mKOGKo-vQ5-rPN5BcZtg/viewform using this link]).
 Schedule for presentations in week 51 (you are expected to attend & listen to all) is available [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rUYc4uyVTd2tg4-vjwIlkC3IdSR8YmWBrB9oefbjlBY here] (please observe some changes are still expected, mainly based on supervisors' availability, so please check it regularly).
 You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review and project plan.
 Presentations [https://hh-se.zoom.us/j/61901966606 Zoom link]



The next deadline for start reports, for those who didn't make it this time, is 15th of January 23:59 ([https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScreuarA6jB87nkbz0ePHOgIivXm6mKOGKo-vQ5-rPN5BcZtg/viewform using this link]).

 
For those who were not ready with halftime reports in March, there will be another opportunity on Wednesday, 12 May 2021 (the deadline for submitting reports is 9th of May, [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfptsXlPYJcpWqAMMl2b3O-jabLpJdef8J8B_qneni0OINTmQ/viewform same Google Form])
 
Half-time presentations should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions) and must precisely specify the goals/objectives, clearly explain the expected contribution/novelty, showcase the results achieved so far, and present a refined plan on how to proceed further.
 



The final seminar will be in about two weeks, preliminarily on 2nd, 3rd and/or 4th of June, depending on the number of projects that are ready (reports due on 25th of May at 12:00 noon, using [https://forms.gle/WHzNYkmridBuKwvg8 this form]). 



The second opportunity for final presentations of MSc theses will be on '''Friday, 20 August 2021''' (done online, on Zoom)... which means the examiners and opponent need to receive your supervisor-approved reports '''one week earlier''' -- use [https://forms.gle/wE83yj17Q1nJiYR16 this Google form] to send your report to examiners, and email it to the opponent. 
Make sure to have at least two iterations of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at the latest in the '''first week of August''' (take into account any vacation plans!). If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be in December/January. 

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results and conclusions from the work. It will be followed by 20-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 
 
The next and final opportunity for half-time presentations will be in late August. Submit your reports on [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfptsXlPYJcpWqAMMl2b3O-jabLpJdef8J8B_qneni0OINTmQ/viewform Google Form] and email Slawomir to schedule the presentation.



Introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations on the MSc project will take place on Wednesday, 13 October 2021 at 15:15 in D315. 
Please note that it will not appear in your schedule, since the course has not started yet.
Before the lecture, please watch the [https://bidaf.hh.se/public/2020.10.15-MSc-project-intro.mp4 video recording] and read [https://bidaf.hh.se/public/2021.10.13-MSc-project-intro.pdf updated slides]. 
This way, in the physical meeting we can focus on discussion and answering any questions you might have.



For the selection of thesis topics, you should provide a ranking of three preferred topics by Wednesday, 27 October 2021, 18:00 using [https://forms.gle/K34DS8XLT2YbuLwC7 GoogleForm].



A start report is due (approved by supervisors!) on 12th of December 18:00 [https://forms.gle/GFjXefJNBL5pa7gm8 using this form]. This means that you should send a reasonably complete draft to your supervisors before the end of November, so that they have time to provide feedback, and you have time to incorporate this feedback into your final report...
 Presentations will take place in week 50 (you are expected to attend & listen to all, or at least most, of them).
 You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review and project plan.



For those students who started in January, the initial report is due (approved by supervisors!) on 30th of January at 16:00 [https://forms.gle/GFjXefJNBL5pa7gm8 using this form]. This means that you should send a reasonably complete draft to your supervisors quite soon, so that they have time to provide feedback, and you have time to incorporate this feedback into your report...
 Presentations will take place in week 5, probably on Friday, 4 February 2022.
 You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review and project plan.



Dear students, you should have received an email with a link to Google Spreadsheet with thesis topics assignment. It was sent to all those who submitted thesis topic selections using GoogleForm. If you have not received it, please let me (Slawomir) know ASAP.



Half-time reports are due tomorrow. However, I have been hearing that many of you have problems making the deadline. Thus, we've decided to offer an (additional) second opportunity -- in two weeks.
If you can have a good quality report ready tomorrow you should still submit it, since timeliness is an important part of MSc project.

If you cannot, on the other hand, your next deadline for sending the reports to the examiners is Friday, 01 April 2022, at lunchtime ([https://forms.gle/3QkP7qrdoCXKkv4t6 using this form]).
 Presentations, in that case, will be sometime in week 14.

Half-time presentations will be in week 12, probably between Wednesday, 23 March and Friday, 25 March 2022 (depending on number of projects that are ready in time).
 This means the deadline for sending the reports to the examiners is the Friday, 18 March 2022, lunchtime ([https://forms.gle/3QkP7qrdoCXKkv4t6 using this form]).
 The final seminar will be at the end of May (reports due in the middle of May).



The schedule for half-time presentations has now been updated with (preliminary) presentation times for those who submitted their reports on the second deadline:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FK-OjzhQdIbfMkeyvGLneJzSV6znejgG9fG19Wv1VXU/edit#gid=223334201

 Half-time presentations should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions), and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.
 



Final presentations of MSc theses will be primarily on '''Wednesday, 1 June''' and '''Thursday, 2 June'''... which means the examiners and opponent need to receive your supervisor-approved reports '''one week earlier''' -- use [https://forms.gle/sH3hf1tyMT82GKTf7 this Google form] (deadline: Wednesday, 25 May 2021 at 12:00 noon) to send your report to examiners, and email it to the opponent.
Make sure to have at least two iterations of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at the latest in the '''second week of May'''. If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be in late August/early September. 

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results and conclusions from the work. It will be followed by 25-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 



You should pick your topic (select three, in order of preference) by Wednesday, 26th of October, 18:00. Submit your choice on [https://forms.gle/pK1rKbeRFVVfJjtF9 this GoogleForm]. 
The introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations of the MSc project took place on Monday, 3 October 2022. Slides are available below. 



The start reports are due on '''December 8th''' at 21:00 ([https://forms.gle/WaUcxqJoC56n2CobA using this form]); presentations will take place in week 50. 
Please remember that the report must be approved by supervisors first, so a reasonable schedule is: on the 25th of November send the report to supervisors; around the 2nd of December, you get feedback; then you have a week to address the comments.

 
For those who begin the Thesis course in January, the start report is due on ''Wednesday, 25th of January'' (make sure to also account for supervisor approval and revision time).

The second deadline for half-time reports, for those who didn't make it in March, is ''Monday, 17th of April'' (using [https://forms.gle/iCCuAqyv344t8XxC7 this form]).

The deadline for half-time reports is ''Wednesday, 15th of March'' (using [https://forms.gle/iCCuAqyv344t8XxC7 this form]), and the half-time presentations will be scheduled in week 12.

Half-time presentations should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions) and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.

Please remember that the report must be approved by supervisors first, so a reasonable schedule is: send the report to supervisors around the 1st of March; around the 8th of March, you get feedback; then you have a week to address the comments.



The deadline for final MSc reports (as always, supervisor-approved) is Tuesday, '''23 May 2023''', at 12:00 '''noon'''. Use [https://forms.gle/cBLfsmEVKnABUoHa6 this Google form] to send your report to examiners.

Make sure to have at least '''two iterations''' of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at the latest in the '''second week of May'''. If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be in late August/early September. 

Remember that you also need to email the final report to the '''opponent'''. The opponent is decided by your supervisors, and it is generally one of the researchers here at ITE.

The final presentations will be in '''week 22'''. I'll make a schedule when I receive all your reports, but the time slots you can find already now in the same Google Sheet document as all the previous schedules. If you have any constraints, please let me know in the comment when submitting your report, and I'll do my best to accommodate them.

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results, and conclusions from your work. It will be followed by 25-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 



For students starting their MSc Thesis course in November 2023 (or January 2024), we'll have and '''introduction lecture''' on Friday, 29 September at 9:00 in room S1078.



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For those who are planning to do the halftime or final MSc presentation now after summer, the deadline for submitting the report is Thursday, 31 August. We'll then try to schedule presentations in the first half of September. The third and final opportunity for thesis defense will be in December 2023, or possibly January 2024. 
Submit final reports using [https://forms.gle/cBLfsmEVKnABUoHa6 this Google form] and half-time reports using [https://forms.gle/iCCuAqyv344t8XxC7 this form].

Make sure to have at least '''two iterations''' of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors early enough. Also, remember that you also need to email the final report to the '''opponent'''. The opponent is decided by your supervisors, and it is generally one of the researchers here at ITE.

'''Final presentations''' should be 15 minutes long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results, and conclusions from your work. It will be followed by 25-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 

'''Half-time presentations''' should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions) and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.



I've sent out emails with (preliminary) topic assignments. If you've submitted the topic selection form, but did not receive this email, contact me (Slawomir) ASAP! 

You should pick your topic (select three, in order of preference) by Wednesday, 25th of October, 18:00. Submit your choice on this [https://forms.gle/Ly892R3K8dVXgBxJ9 GoogleForm]. 
The introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations of the MSc project took place on Friday, 29 September 2023. Slides from that lecture are available below.



The schedule for the Project Proposal presentations is now available in the GoogleSheet.
For those who didn't quite make it on Friday, there will be an additional report deadline on Wednesday, 20 December, with presentations in week 2.
 
A reminder: the deadline for the "project proposal" report is the 8th of December at 17:00 (please submit it [https://forms.gle/syQSBh7NNySJ8iq49 here]). 
Remember that it must be approved by the supervisor first, and you need to give them sufficient time to read it, provide feedback, *and* for yourselves to incorporate this feedback. This means that you should send a reasonably complete draft to your supervisors as soon as possible if you haven't done it yet...
 Presentations will take place in week 50 (you are expected to attend & listen to all, or at least most, of them).



For students starting the thesis work in LP3, the deadline for the project proposal is 25 January at 17:00 (please submit it [https://forms.gle/syQSBh7NNySJ8iq49 here]). 
 
Presentations will be scheduled one/two weeks later (you are expected to attend & listen to all, or at least most, of them).
You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review, and project plan.
 
For the halftime report, the middle of March deadline is common for all.



For those who didn't make it for the report submission last week, the next deadline for sending in the halftime report is Sunday, 7 April at 23:59 -- using [https://forms.gle/aiFqUW5AxcoD3RrE9 this form]. 
 
The first batch of the halftime presentations will take place on 25-26 March (detailed schedule is [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K0TZNllTSeyWr7mhvwscSf-2IXRSvCBnbBU8mJPQf78/edit#gid=2059471719 here]). Please note that attending the halftime presentations (at least the majority of them) is mandatory -- and I '''will be''' taking attendance lists!
 



The second batch of the halftime presentations will take place on Thursday, 18 April (detailed schedule is [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K0TZNllTSeyWr7mhvwscSf-2IXRSvCBnbBU8mJPQf78/edit#gid=2059471719 here]). Please note that attending the halftime presentations (at least the majority of them) is mandatory -- and I '''will be''' taking attendance lists! 

'''Half-time presentations''' should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions) and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.



The deadline for final MSc reports (as always, supervisor-approved) is Friday, '''24 May 2024''', at 23:59. Use [https://forms.gle/yAqFkiiBBTnBf6Dw8 this Google form] to send your report to examiners.

Make sure to have at least '''two iterations''' of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors '''more or less right now'''. 
Remember that you also need to email the final report to the '''opponent'''. The opponent is decided by your supervisors, and it is generally one of the teachers/researchers here at ITE.

The final presentations will be in '''weeks 22 and 23'''. I'll make a schedule when I receive all your reports, but the time slots you can find already now in the same Google Sheet document as all the previous schedules. If you have any constraints, please let me know in the comments when submitting your report, and I'll do my best to accommodate them.

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results, and conclusions from your work. It will be followed by 25-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects.

If you don't make it this time, the next opportunity will be in late August/early September.



The second deadline for final MSc reports (as always, supervisor-approved) is Sunday, '''15 September 2024''', at 23:59. Use [https://forms.gle/yAqFkiiBBTnBf6Dw8 this Google form] to send your report to examiners. If that deadline is problematic for you, discuss it with your supervisors and contact Slawomir.

If you don't make it this time, the next (and final) opportunity will be in December.
The new thesis topic (for students starting in '''November 2024''') are listed below. 
You should choose a topic by '''Monday, 28th of October, 12:00 noon''': submit three preferences using [https://forms.gle/ngYNJKNwcsMP3aE7A this form].











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Slawek:

The new thesis topic (for students starting in '''November 2024''') are listed below. 
You should choose a topic by '''Monday, 28th of October, 12:00 noon''': submit three preferences using [https://forms.gle/ngYNJKNwcsMP3aE7A this form].

== Information about MSc Thesis process ==
This page contains some information about the MSc thesis project (courses DT7001 and DT7002 and ET7002).

[https://hh.se/student-web/content-a-z/thesis-information-for-students-at-school-of-information-technology.html MSc thesis project information] (the LaTeX template can be found here) and [https://hh.se/student-web/content-a-z/thesis-templates.html information about accessibility and the official front cover you should use] 

MSc thesis Introductory lecture: [https://bidaf.hh.se/public/2024.09.30-MSc-project-intro.pdf slides from 2024.09.30] and [https://bidaf.hh.se/public/2020.10.15-MSc-project-intro.mp4 video recording] (from a few years back, but mostly still applicable)

[https://bidaf.hh.se/public/DT7001-course-description-2019.pdf MSc thesis Course Description]

[https://bidaf.hh.se/public/DT7001-grading-criteria-2023.pdf MSc thesis Grading Criteria]

[https://www.hh.se/sitevision/proxy/student-web/content-a-z/course-syllabus.html/svid12_16be565916914b791c7d0bd8/752680950/se_proxy/utb_kursplan.asp?kurskod=DT7001&revisionsnr=20&format=pdf&lang=EN DT7001 course syllabus] and [https://www.hh.se/sitevision/proxy/student/innehall-a-o/kursplan.html/svid12_464ca102168ed1f8d3b1293f/752680950/se_proxy/utb_kursplan.asp?kurskod=DT7002&revisionsnr=4%2C1&format=pdf DT7002 course syllabus]

Plagiarism course: [https://academy.sitehost.iu.edu/index.html https://academy.sitehost.iu.edu/index.html] 
Another course, from Umeå University, which includes genAI (in Swedish, but with English subtitles available): [https://oer.ub.umu.se/en/plagiarism/#/ https://oer.ub.umu.se/en/plagiarism/#/]

[https://bidaf.hh.se/public/CivilingenjorPresentation2023.pdf Civilingenjör Presentation 2023] Specialisations Artificial Intelligence (TACDA) and Robotics and autonomous systems (TACIS)

== Useful resources for your MSc Thesis process ==

[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi11EUthpHD2TGZYnPaMozA/playlists A YouTube course from Lund University on academic writing (in English and in Swedish)]

[https://www.cs.tufts.edu/~nr/pubs/eng-abstract.html Teaching Technical Writing Using the Engineering Method course from Tufts University]

[https://chemistrycommunity.nature.com/posts/43071-how-to-write-an-abstract How to write an abstract]

A checklist based on common issues:

* The link to contemporary development within the area is often weak; theses rarely discuss international research sufficiently in-depth (use the references poorly)

* Clear research questions are often missing (having a clear research question that is answered in the report usually results in a much clearer evaluation and conclusions.)

* The text must argue for the research questions, hypothesis, methods and results; often, there is no argument to support the choice.

* Citations should not be used as a word in a sentence, e.g., "as [1] says ..."

* Make sure your figure/table captions are informative; all figures must be references in the text

* The abstract should be clear, specifying exactly what is to be investigated and why

* Results should be put in context to the previous works that they identified in the report

* Social aspects of the work are rarely discussed

== Current Proposals of Msc and Bsc Project (as of Autumn 2024) ==

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== Draft Proposals of Msc and Bsc Project (do not pick this unless you have checked with the supervisor!) ==

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== Older Proposals of Msc and Bsc Project ==

Those project proposals may still be valid, but contact supervisors before assuming so.

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Introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations on MSc project will take place on Monday, 14 October 2019 at 15:15.

The next opportunity for MSc presentations is on Monday, '''23 September 2019 at 13:15''' (contact Slawomir if you intend to make the presentation, so that we know how many to plan for). Also, make sure to send the supervisor-approved reports to the examiners a week before, so by '''16 September 2019'''. After that we will have the '''final'''(!) opportunity sometime in late December/early January.

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long, and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results and conclusions from the work. 



Final presentation is scheduled on '''Wednesday, 29 May 2019''' [turns out Thursday is a holiday] (which means the examiners need to receive your reports by '''Thursday, 23 May 2019 at noon'''). 



There will be a chance to re-do half-time presentations, for those who were not ready in March, around middle of May. 
Half-time presentations should be '''20 minutes''' long, and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed. 



Topic selections are due on 27th of October 15:00 (use this [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVZ2JfHViLKDojbfqiXxZdlkJnc6Au2DVbAfap7Qlx-TgE4Q/viewform GoogleForms] link).



For students who started their MSc in 2018, the final opportunity to present their thesis will be on Friday, 13th of December 2019, at 16:00 (room F506). Deadline (strict!) for submitting reports is Wednesday, 11th of December, at noon.



Half-time seminar will be on 19th of February (preliminary time: 9-15, depending on number of projects that are ready in time). This means you should send the reports to the examiners on the 18th of February before lunch ([https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScis7kd6ofp0I9NWWeQZbNrNxr5BhPjytf62oi66JeBrLn-TA/viewform?usp=sf_link|using this form]). Please note that it's a bit earlier than I've indicated during the introductory lecture, as we've decided it makes more sense to provide this feedback sooner rather than later. The final seminar will be at the end of May (reports due in the middle of May).



Start report is due (approved by supervisors!) on 6th of December 23:59, and presentations will be done on 9th and 11th of December (you are expected to attend & listen both days). 
You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review and project plan.



The second chance for half-time presentations will be on Thursday, 12th of March (preliminary time: 13-16, depending on number of projects that are ready in time). This means you should send the reports to the examiners on the 11th of March before lunch ([https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScis7kd6ofp0I9NWWeQZbNrNxr5BhPjytf62oi66JeBrLn-TA/viewform?usp=sf_link|using this form]). The final seminar will be at the end of May (reports due in the middle of May).



Half-time presentations should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions), and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.



The final presentation is scheduled on '''Thursday, 28 May 2020''' (which means the examiners and opponent need to receive your supervisor-approved reports by '''Thursday, 21 May 2020 at noon''' -- use [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeXSqoOFeAsvG-xaD9COvdzMbWYvavSD9JhyDEEuWA2Pifljg/viewform this form] to send your report to supervisors, and email it to the opponent). 
Make sure to have at least two iterations of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at latest in the '''first week of May'''. If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be at the end of August/beginning of September.



Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results and conclusions from the work. It will be followed by 15 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 



The second opportunity for final presentations will be on '''Thursday, 3 September 2020''' (done online, on Zoom)... which means the examiners and opponent need to receive your supervisor-approved reports by '''Friday, 28 August 2020 at noon''' -- use [https://forms.gle/jdoMgP7vdpqMvBqKA this Google form] to send your report to examiners, and email it to the opponent. 
Make sure to have at least two iterations of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at latest in the '''first week of August''' (take into account any vacation plans!). If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be in December/January.



Introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations on MSc project will take place on Thursday, 15 October 2020 at 10:00 (sharp) through Zoom. The link should be available in your schedules.



Topic selection: provide a ranking of three preferred topics by Wednesday, 28th of October, 18:00 using [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVZ2JfHViLKDojbfqiXxZdlkJnc6Au2DVbAfap7Qlx-TgE4Q/viewform this GoogleForm]



A start report is due (approved by supervisors!) on 10th of December 23:59 ([https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScreuarA6jB87nkbz0ePHOgIivXm6mKOGKo-vQ5-rPN5BcZtg/viewform using this link]).
 Schedule for presentations in week 51 (you are expected to attend & listen to all) is available [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rUYc4uyVTd2tg4-vjwIlkC3IdSR8YmWBrB9oefbjlBY here] (please observe some changes are still expected, mainly based on supervisors' availability, so please check it regularly).
 You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review and project plan.
 Presentations [https://hh-se.zoom.us/j/61901966606 Zoom link]



The next deadline for start reports, for those who didn't make it this time, is 15th of January 23:59 ([https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScreuarA6jB87nkbz0ePHOgIivXm6mKOGKo-vQ5-rPN5BcZtg/viewform using this link]).

 
For those who were not ready with halftime reports in March, there will be another opportunity on Wednesday, 12 May 2021 (the deadline for submitting reports is 9th of May, [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfptsXlPYJcpWqAMMl2b3O-jabLpJdef8J8B_qneni0OINTmQ/viewform same Google Form])
 
Half-time presentations should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions) and must precisely specify the goals/objectives, clearly explain the expected contribution/novelty, showcase the results achieved so far, and present a refined plan on how to proceed further.
 



The final seminar will be in about two weeks, preliminarily on 2nd, 3rd and/or 4th of June, depending on the number of projects that are ready (reports due on 25th of May at 12:00 noon, using [https://forms.gle/WHzNYkmridBuKwvg8 this form]). 



The second opportunity for final presentations of MSc theses will be on '''Friday, 20 August 2021''' (done online, on Zoom)... which means the examiners and opponent need to receive your supervisor-approved reports '''one week earlier''' -- use [https://forms.gle/wE83yj17Q1nJiYR16 this Google form] to send your report to examiners, and email it to the opponent. 
Make sure to have at least two iterations of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at the latest in the '''first week of August''' (take into account any vacation plans!). If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be in December/January. 

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results and conclusions from the work. It will be followed by 20-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 
 
The next and final opportunity for half-time presentations will be in late August. Submit your reports on [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfptsXlPYJcpWqAMMl2b3O-jabLpJdef8J8B_qneni0OINTmQ/viewform Google Form] and email Slawomir to schedule the presentation.



Introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations on the MSc project will take place on Wednesday, 13 October 2021 at 15:15 in D315. 
Please note that it will not appear in your schedule, since the course has not started yet.
Before the lecture, please watch the [https://bidaf.hh.se/public/2020.10.15-MSc-project-intro.mp4 video recording] and read [https://bidaf.hh.se/public/2021.10.13-MSc-project-intro.pdf updated slides]. 
This way, in the physical meeting we can focus on discussion and answering any questions you might have.



For the selection of thesis topics, you should provide a ranking of three preferred topics by Wednesday, 27 October 2021, 18:00 using [https://forms.gle/K34DS8XLT2YbuLwC7 GoogleForm].



A start report is due (approved by supervisors!) on 12th of December 18:00 [https://forms.gle/GFjXefJNBL5pa7gm8 using this form]. This means that you should send a reasonably complete draft to your supervisors before the end of November, so that they have time to provide feedback, and you have time to incorporate this feedback into your final report...
 Presentations will take place in week 50 (you are expected to attend & listen to all, or at least most, of them).
 You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review and project plan.



For those students who started in January, the initial report is due (approved by supervisors!) on 30th of January at 16:00 [https://forms.gle/GFjXefJNBL5pa7gm8 using this form]. This means that you should send a reasonably complete draft to your supervisors quite soon, so that they have time to provide feedback, and you have time to incorporate this feedback into your report...
 Presentations will take place in week 5, probably on Friday, 4 February 2022.
 You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review and project plan.



Dear students, you should have received an email with a link to Google Spreadsheet with thesis topics assignment. It was sent to all those who submitted thesis topic selections using GoogleForm. If you have not received it, please let me (Slawomir) know ASAP.



Half-time reports are due tomorrow. However, I have been hearing that many of you have problems making the deadline. Thus, we've decided to offer an (additional) second opportunity -- in two weeks.
If you can have a good quality report ready tomorrow you should still submit it, since timeliness is an important part of MSc project.

If you cannot, on the other hand, your next deadline for sending the reports to the examiners is Friday, 01 April 2022, at lunchtime ([https://forms.gle/3QkP7qrdoCXKkv4t6 using this form]).
 Presentations, in that case, will be sometime in week 14.

Half-time presentations will be in week 12, probably between Wednesday, 23 March and Friday, 25 March 2022 (depending on number of projects that are ready in time).
 This means the deadline for sending the reports to the examiners is the Friday, 18 March 2022, lunchtime ([https://forms.gle/3QkP7qrdoCXKkv4t6 using this form]).
 The final seminar will be at the end of May (reports due in the middle of May).



The schedule for half-time presentations has now been updated with (preliminary) presentation times for those who submitted their reports on the second deadline:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FK-OjzhQdIbfMkeyvGLneJzSV6znejgG9fG19Wv1VXU/edit#gid=223334201

 Half-time presentations should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions), and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.
 



Final presentations of MSc theses will be primarily on '''Wednesday, 1 June''' and '''Thursday, 2 June'''... which means the examiners and opponent need to receive your supervisor-approved reports '''one week earlier''' -- use [https://forms.gle/sH3hf1tyMT82GKTf7 this Google form] (deadline: Wednesday, 25 May 2021 at 12:00 noon) to send your report to examiners, and email it to the opponent.
Make sure to have at least two iterations of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at the latest in the '''second week of May'''. If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be in late August/early September. 

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results and conclusions from the work. It will be followed by 25-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 



You should pick your topic (select three, in order of preference) by Wednesday, 26th of October, 18:00. Submit your choice on [https://forms.gle/pK1rKbeRFVVfJjtF9 this GoogleForm]. 
The introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations of the MSc project took place on Monday, 3 October 2022. Slides are available below. 



The start reports are due on '''December 8th''' at 21:00 ([https://forms.gle/WaUcxqJoC56n2CobA using this form]); presentations will take place in week 50. 
Please remember that the report must be approved by supervisors first, so a reasonable schedule is: on the 25th of November send the report to supervisors; around the 2nd of December, you get feedback; then you have a week to address the comments.

 
For those who begin the Thesis course in January, the start report is due on ''Wednesday, 25th of January'' (make sure to also account for supervisor approval and revision time).

The second deadline for half-time reports, for those who didn't make it in March, is ''Monday, 17th of April'' (using [https://forms.gle/iCCuAqyv344t8XxC7 this form]).

The deadline for half-time reports is ''Wednesday, 15th of March'' (using [https://forms.gle/iCCuAqyv344t8XxC7 this form]), and the half-time presentations will be scheduled in week 12.

Half-time presentations should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions) and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.

Please remember that the report must be approved by supervisors first, so a reasonable schedule is: send the report to supervisors around the 1st of March; around the 8th of March, you get feedback; then you have a week to address the comments.



The deadline for final MSc reports (as always, supervisor-approved) is Tuesday, '''23 May 2023''', at 12:00 '''noon'''. Use [https://forms.gle/cBLfsmEVKnABUoHa6 this Google form] to send your report to examiners.

Make sure to have at least '''two iterations''' of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at the latest in the '''second week of May'''. If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be in late August/early September. 

Remember that you also need to email the final report to the '''opponent'''. The opponent is decided by your supervisors, and it is generally one of the researchers here at ITE.

The final presentations will be in '''week 22'''. I'll make a schedule when I receive all your reports, but the time slots you can find already now in the same Google Sheet document as all the previous schedules. If you have any constraints, please let me know in the comment when submitting your report, and I'll do my best to accommodate them.

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results, and conclusions from your work. It will be followed by 25-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 



For students starting their MSc Thesis course in November 2023 (or January 2024), we'll have and '''introduction lecture''' on Friday, 29 September at 9:00 in room S1078.



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For those who are planning to do the halftime or final MSc presentation now after summer, the deadline for submitting the report is Thursday, 31 August. We'll then try to schedule presentations in the first half of September. The third and final opportunity for thesis defense will be in December 2023, or possibly January 2024. 
Submit final reports using [https://forms.gle/cBLfsmEVKnABUoHa6 this Google form] and half-time reports using [https://forms.gle/iCCuAqyv344t8XxC7 this form].

Make sure to have at least '''two iterations''' of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors early enough. Also, remember that you also need to email the final report to the '''opponent'''. The opponent is decided by your supervisors, and it is generally one of the researchers here at ITE.

'''Final presentations''' should be 15 minutes long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results, and conclusions from your work. It will be followed by 25-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 

'''Half-time presentations''' should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions) and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.



I've sent out emails with (preliminary) topic assignments. If you've submitted the topic selection form, but did not receive this email, contact me (Slawomir) ASAP! 

You should pick your topic (select three, in order of preference) by Wednesday, 25th of October, 18:00. Submit your choice on this [https://forms.gle/Ly892R3K8dVXgBxJ9 GoogleForm]. 
The introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations of the MSc project took place on Friday, 29 September 2023. Slides from that lecture are available below.



The schedule for the Project Proposal presentations is now available in the GoogleSheet.
For those who didn't quite make it on Friday, there will be an additional report deadline on Wednesday, 20 December, with presentations in week 2.
 
A reminder: the deadline for the "project proposal" report is the 8th of December at 17:00 (please submit it [https://forms.gle/syQSBh7NNySJ8iq49 here]). 
Remember that it must be approved by the supervisor first, and you need to give them sufficient time to read it, provide feedback, *and* for yourselves to incorporate this feedback. This means that you should send a reasonably complete draft to your supervisors as soon as possible if you haven't done it yet...
 Presentations will take place in week 50 (you are expected to attend & listen to all, or at least most, of them).



For students starting the thesis work in LP3, the deadline for the project proposal is 25 January at 17:00 (please submit it [https://forms.gle/syQSBh7NNySJ8iq49 here]). 
 
Presentations will be scheduled one/two weeks later (you are expected to attend & listen to all, or at least most, of them).
You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review, and project plan.
 
For the halftime report, the middle of March deadline is common for all.



For those who didn't make it for the report submission last week, the next deadline for sending in the halftime report is Sunday, 7 April at 23:59 -- using [https://forms.gle/aiFqUW5AxcoD3RrE9 this form]. 
 
The first batch of the halftime presentations will take place on 25-26 March (detailed schedule is [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K0TZNllTSeyWr7mhvwscSf-2IXRSvCBnbBU8mJPQf78/edit#gid=2059471719 here]). Please note that attending the halftime presentations (at least the majority of them) is mandatory -- and I '''will be''' taking attendance lists!
 



The second batch of the halftime presentations will take place on Thursday, 18 April (detailed schedule is [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K0TZNllTSeyWr7mhvwscSf-2IXRSvCBnbBU8mJPQf78/edit#gid=2059471719 here]). Please note that attending the halftime presentations (at least the majority of them) is mandatory -- and I '''will be''' taking attendance lists! 

'''Half-time presentations''' should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions) and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.



The deadline for final MSc reports (as always, supervisor-approved) is Friday, '''24 May 2024''', at 23:59. Use [https://forms.gle/yAqFkiiBBTnBf6Dw8 this Google form] to send your report to examiners.

Make sure to have at least '''two iterations''' of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors '''more or less right now'''. 
Remember that you also need to email the final report to the '''opponent'''. The opponent is decided by your supervisors, and it is generally one of the teachers/researchers here at ITE.

The final presentations will be in '''weeks 22 and 23'''. I'll make a schedule when I receive all your reports, but the time slots you can find already now in the same Google Sheet document as all the previous schedules. If you have any constraints, please let me know in the comments when submitting your report, and I'll do my best to accommodate them.

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results, and conclusions from your work. It will be followed by 25-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects.

If you don't make it this time, the next opportunity will be in late August/early September.



The second deadline for final MSc reports (as always, supervisor-approved) is Sunday, '''15 September 2024''', at 23:59. Use [https://forms.gle/yAqFkiiBBTnBf6Dw8 this Google form] to send your report to examiners. If that deadline is problematic for you, discuss it with your supervisors and contact Slawomir.

If you don't make it this time, the next (and final) opportunity will be in December.











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Student projects

2024-10-13T20:01:31Z

Slawek:

The new thesis topic (for students starting in '''November 2024''') are listed below. 
You should choose a topic by '''Monday, 28th of October, 12:00 noon''': submit three preferences using [https://forms.gle/ngYNJKNwcsMP3aE7A this form].

== Information about MSc Thesis process ==
This page contains some information about the MSc thesis project (courses DT7001 and DT7002 and ET7002).

[https://hh.se/student-web/content-a-z/thesis-information-for-students-at-school-of-information-technology.html MSc thesis project information] (the LaTeX template can be found here) and [https://hh.se/student-web/content-a-z/thesis-templates.html information about accessibility and the official front cover you should use] 

MSc thesis Introductory lecture: [https://bidaf.hh.se/public/2024.09.30-MSc-project-intro.pdf slides from 2024.09.30] and [https://bidaf.hh.se/public/2020.10.15-MSc-project-intro.mp4 video recording] (from a few years back, but mostly still applicable)

[https://bidaf.hh.se/public/DT7001-course-description-2019.pdf MSc thesis Course Description]

[https://bidaf.hh.se/public/DT7001-grading-criteria-2023.pdf MSc thesis Grading Criteria]

[https://www.hh.se/sitevision/proxy/student-web/content-a-z/course-syllabus.html/svid12_16be565916914b791c7d0bd8/752680950/se_proxy/utb_kursplan.asp?kurskod=DT7001&revisionsnr=20&format=pdf&lang=EN DT7001 course syllabus] and [https://www.hh.se/sitevision/proxy/student/innehall-a-o/kursplan.html/svid12_464ca102168ed1f8d3b1293f/752680950/se_proxy/utb_kursplan.asp?kurskod=DT7002&revisionsnr=4%2C1&format=pdf DT7002 course syllabus]

Plagiarism course: [https://academy.sitehost.iu.edu/index.html https://academy.sitehost.iu.edu/index.html]

[https://bidaf.hh.se/public/CivilingenjorPresentation2023.pdf Civilingenjör Presentation 2023] Specialisations Artificial Intelligence (TACDA) and Robotics and autonomous systems (TACIS)

== Useful resources for your MSc Thesis process ==

[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi11EUthpHD2TGZYnPaMozA/playlists A YouTube course from Lund University on academic writing (in English and in Swedish)]

[https://www.cs.tufts.edu/~nr/pubs/eng-abstract.html Teaching Technical Writing Using the Engineering Method course from Tufts University]

[https://chemistrycommunity.nature.com/posts/43071-how-to-write-an-abstract How to write an abstract]

A checklist based on common issues:

* The link to contemporary development within the area is often weak; theses rarely discuss international research sufficiently in-depth (use the references poorly)

* Clear research questions are often missing (having a clear research question that is answered in the report usually results in a much clearer evaluation and conclusions.)

* The text must argue for the research questions, hypothesis, methods and results; often, there is no argument to support the choice.

* Citations should not be used as a word in a sentence, e.g., "as [1] says ..."

* Make sure your figure/table captions are informative; all figures must be references in the text

* The abstract should be clear, specifying exactly what is to be investigated and why

* Results should be put in context to the previous works that they identified in the report

* Social aspects of the work are rarely discussed

== Current Proposals of Msc and Bsc Project (as of Autumn 2024) ==

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== Draft Proposals of Msc and Bsc Project (do not pick this unless you have checked with the supervisor!) ==

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== Older Proposals of Msc and Bsc Project ==

Those project proposals may still be valid, but contact supervisors before assuming so.

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Introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations on MSc project will take place on Monday, 14 October 2019 at 15:15.

The next opportunity for MSc presentations is on Monday, '''23 September 2019 at 13:15''' (contact Slawomir if you intend to make the presentation, so that we know how many to plan for). Also, make sure to send the supervisor-approved reports to the examiners a week before, so by '''16 September 2019'''. After that we will have the '''final'''(!) opportunity sometime in late December/early January.

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long, and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results and conclusions from the work. 



Final presentation is scheduled on '''Wednesday, 29 May 2019''' [turns out Thursday is a holiday] (which means the examiners need to receive your reports by '''Thursday, 23 May 2019 at noon'''). 



There will be a chance to re-do half-time presentations, for those who were not ready in March, around middle of May. 
Half-time presentations should be '''20 minutes''' long, and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed. 



Topic selections are due on 27th of October 15:00 (use this [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVZ2JfHViLKDojbfqiXxZdlkJnc6Au2DVbAfap7Qlx-TgE4Q/viewform GoogleForms] link).



For students who started their MSc in 2018, the final opportunity to present their thesis will be on Friday, 13th of December 2019, at 16:00 (room F506). Deadline (strict!) for submitting reports is Wednesday, 11th of December, at noon.



Half-time seminar will be on 19th of February (preliminary time: 9-15, depending on number of projects that are ready in time). This means you should send the reports to the examiners on the 18th of February before lunch ([https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScis7kd6ofp0I9NWWeQZbNrNxr5BhPjytf62oi66JeBrLn-TA/viewform?usp=sf_link|using this form]). Please note that it's a bit earlier than I've indicated during the introductory lecture, as we've decided it makes more sense to provide this feedback sooner rather than later. The final seminar will be at the end of May (reports due in the middle of May).



Start report is due (approved by supervisors!) on 6th of December 23:59, and presentations will be done on 9th and 11th of December (you are expected to attend & listen both days). 
You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review and project plan.



The second chance for half-time presentations will be on Thursday, 12th of March (preliminary time: 13-16, depending on number of projects that are ready in time). This means you should send the reports to the examiners on the 11th of March before lunch ([https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScis7kd6ofp0I9NWWeQZbNrNxr5BhPjytf62oi66JeBrLn-TA/viewform?usp=sf_link|using this form]). The final seminar will be at the end of May (reports due in the middle of May).



Half-time presentations should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions), and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.



The final presentation is scheduled on '''Thursday, 28 May 2020''' (which means the examiners and opponent need to receive your supervisor-approved reports by '''Thursday, 21 May 2020 at noon''' -- use [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeXSqoOFeAsvG-xaD9COvdzMbWYvavSD9JhyDEEuWA2Pifljg/viewform this form] to send your report to supervisors, and email it to the opponent). 
Make sure to have at least two iterations of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at latest in the '''first week of May'''. If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be at the end of August/beginning of September.



Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results and conclusions from the work. It will be followed by 15 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 



The second opportunity for final presentations will be on '''Thursday, 3 September 2020''' (done online, on Zoom)... which means the examiners and opponent need to receive your supervisor-approved reports by '''Friday, 28 August 2020 at noon''' -- use [https://forms.gle/jdoMgP7vdpqMvBqKA this Google form] to send your report to examiners, and email it to the opponent. 
Make sure to have at least two iterations of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at latest in the '''first week of August''' (take into account any vacation plans!). If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be in December/January.



Introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations on MSc project will take place on Thursday, 15 October 2020 at 10:00 (sharp) through Zoom. The link should be available in your schedules.



Topic selection: provide a ranking of three preferred topics by Wednesday, 28th of October, 18:00 using [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVZ2JfHViLKDojbfqiXxZdlkJnc6Au2DVbAfap7Qlx-TgE4Q/viewform this GoogleForm]



A start report is due (approved by supervisors!) on 10th of December 23:59 ([https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScreuarA6jB87nkbz0ePHOgIivXm6mKOGKo-vQ5-rPN5BcZtg/viewform using this link]).
 Schedule for presentations in week 51 (you are expected to attend & listen to all) is available [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rUYc4uyVTd2tg4-vjwIlkC3IdSR8YmWBrB9oefbjlBY here] (please observe some changes are still expected, mainly based on supervisors' availability, so please check it regularly).
 You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review and project plan.
 Presentations [https://hh-se.zoom.us/j/61901966606 Zoom link]



The next deadline for start reports, for those who didn't make it this time, is 15th of January 23:59 ([https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScreuarA6jB87nkbz0ePHOgIivXm6mKOGKo-vQ5-rPN5BcZtg/viewform using this link]).

 
For those who were not ready with halftime reports in March, there will be another opportunity on Wednesday, 12 May 2021 (the deadline for submitting reports is 9th of May, [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfptsXlPYJcpWqAMMl2b3O-jabLpJdef8J8B_qneni0OINTmQ/viewform same Google Form])
 
Half-time presentations should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions) and must precisely specify the goals/objectives, clearly explain the expected contribution/novelty, showcase the results achieved so far, and present a refined plan on how to proceed further.
 



The final seminar will be in about two weeks, preliminarily on 2nd, 3rd and/or 4th of June, depending on the number of projects that are ready (reports due on 25th of May at 12:00 noon, using [https://forms.gle/WHzNYkmridBuKwvg8 this form]). 



The second opportunity for final presentations of MSc theses will be on '''Friday, 20 August 2021''' (done online, on Zoom)... which means the examiners and opponent need to receive your supervisor-approved reports '''one week earlier''' -- use [https://forms.gle/wE83yj17Q1nJiYR16 this Google form] to send your report to examiners, and email it to the opponent. 
Make sure to have at least two iterations of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at the latest in the '''first week of August''' (take into account any vacation plans!). If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be in December/January. 

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results and conclusions from the work. It will be followed by 20-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 
 
The next and final opportunity for half-time presentations will be in late August. Submit your reports on [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfptsXlPYJcpWqAMMl2b3O-jabLpJdef8J8B_qneni0OINTmQ/viewform Google Form] and email Slawomir to schedule the presentation.



Introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations on the MSc project will take place on Wednesday, 13 October 2021 at 15:15 in D315. 
Please note that it will not appear in your schedule, since the course has not started yet.
Before the lecture, please watch the [https://bidaf.hh.se/public/2020.10.15-MSc-project-intro.mp4 video recording] and read [https://bidaf.hh.se/public/2021.10.13-MSc-project-intro.pdf updated slides]. 
This way, in the physical meeting we can focus on discussion and answering any questions you might have.



For the selection of thesis topics, you should provide a ranking of three preferred topics by Wednesday, 27 October 2021, 18:00 using [https://forms.gle/K34DS8XLT2YbuLwC7 GoogleForm].



A start report is due (approved by supervisors!) on 12th of December 18:00 [https://forms.gle/GFjXefJNBL5pa7gm8 using this form]. This means that you should send a reasonably complete draft to your supervisors before the end of November, so that they have time to provide feedback, and you have time to incorporate this feedback into your final report...
 Presentations will take place in week 50 (you are expected to attend & listen to all, or at least most, of them).
 You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review and project plan.



For those students who started in January, the initial report is due (approved by supervisors!) on 30th of January at 16:00 [https://forms.gle/GFjXefJNBL5pa7gm8 using this form]. This means that you should send a reasonably complete draft to your supervisors quite soon, so that they have time to provide feedback, and you have time to incorporate this feedback into your report...
 Presentations will take place in week 5, probably on Friday, 4 February 2022.
 You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review and project plan.



Dear students, you should have received an email with a link to Google Spreadsheet with thesis topics assignment. It was sent to all those who submitted thesis topic selections using GoogleForm. If you have not received it, please let me (Slawomir) know ASAP.



Half-time reports are due tomorrow. However, I have been hearing that many of you have problems making the deadline. Thus, we've decided to offer an (additional) second opportunity -- in two weeks.
If you can have a good quality report ready tomorrow you should still submit it, since timeliness is an important part of MSc project.

If you cannot, on the other hand, your next deadline for sending the reports to the examiners is Friday, 01 April 2022, at lunchtime ([https://forms.gle/3QkP7qrdoCXKkv4t6 using this form]).
 Presentations, in that case, will be sometime in week 14.

Half-time presentations will be in week 12, probably between Wednesday, 23 March and Friday, 25 March 2022 (depending on number of projects that are ready in time).
 This means the deadline for sending the reports to the examiners is the Friday, 18 March 2022, lunchtime ([https://forms.gle/3QkP7qrdoCXKkv4t6 using this form]).
 The final seminar will be at the end of May (reports due in the middle of May).



The schedule for half-time presentations has now been updated with (preliminary) presentation times for those who submitted their reports on the second deadline:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FK-OjzhQdIbfMkeyvGLneJzSV6znejgG9fG19Wv1VXU/edit#gid=223334201

 Half-time presentations should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions), and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.
 



Final presentations of MSc theses will be primarily on '''Wednesday, 1 June''' and '''Thursday, 2 June'''... which means the examiners and opponent need to receive your supervisor-approved reports '''one week earlier''' -- use [https://forms.gle/sH3hf1tyMT82GKTf7 this Google form] (deadline: Wednesday, 25 May 2021 at 12:00 noon) to send your report to examiners, and email it to the opponent.
Make sure to have at least two iterations of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at the latest in the '''second week of May'''. If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be in late August/early September. 

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results and conclusions from the work. It will be followed by 25-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 



You should pick your topic (select three, in order of preference) by Wednesday, 26th of October, 18:00. Submit your choice on [https://forms.gle/pK1rKbeRFVVfJjtF9 this GoogleForm]. 
The introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations of the MSc project took place on Monday, 3 October 2022. Slides are available below. 



The start reports are due on '''December 8th''' at 21:00 ([https://forms.gle/WaUcxqJoC56n2CobA using this form]); presentations will take place in week 50. 
Please remember that the report must be approved by supervisors first, so a reasonable schedule is: on the 25th of November send the report to supervisors; around the 2nd of December, you get feedback; then you have a week to address the comments.

 
For those who begin the Thesis course in January, the start report is due on ''Wednesday, 25th of January'' (make sure to also account for supervisor approval and revision time).

The second deadline for half-time reports, for those who didn't make it in March, is ''Monday, 17th of April'' (using [https://forms.gle/iCCuAqyv344t8XxC7 this form]).

The deadline for half-time reports is ''Wednesday, 15th of March'' (using [https://forms.gle/iCCuAqyv344t8XxC7 this form]), and the half-time presentations will be scheduled in week 12.

Half-time presentations should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions) and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.

Please remember that the report must be approved by supervisors first, so a reasonable schedule is: send the report to supervisors around the 1st of March; around the 8th of March, you get feedback; then you have a week to address the comments.



The deadline for final MSc reports (as always, supervisor-approved) is Tuesday, '''23 May 2023''', at 12:00 '''noon'''. Use [https://forms.gle/cBLfsmEVKnABUoHa6 this Google form] to send your report to examiners.

Make sure to have at least '''two iterations''' of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at the latest in the '''second week of May'''. If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be in late August/early September. 

Remember that you also need to email the final report to the '''opponent'''. The opponent is decided by your supervisors, and it is generally one of the researchers here at ITE.

The final presentations will be in '''week 22'''. I'll make a schedule when I receive all your reports, but the time slots you can find already now in the same Google Sheet document as all the previous schedules. If you have any constraints, please let me know in the comment when submitting your report, and I'll do my best to accommodate them.

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results, and conclusions from your work. It will be followed by 25-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 



For students starting their MSc Thesis course in November 2023 (or January 2024), we'll have and '''introduction lecture''' on Friday, 29 September at 9:00 in room S1078.



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For those who are planning to do the halftime or final MSc presentation now after summer, the deadline for submitting the report is Thursday, 31 August. We'll then try to schedule presentations in the first half of September. The third and final opportunity for thesis defense will be in December 2023, or possibly January 2024. 
Submit final reports using [https://forms.gle/cBLfsmEVKnABUoHa6 this Google form] and half-time reports using [https://forms.gle/iCCuAqyv344t8XxC7 this form].

Make sure to have at least '''two iterations''' of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors early enough. Also, remember that you also need to email the final report to the '''opponent'''. The opponent is decided by your supervisors, and it is generally one of the researchers here at ITE.

'''Final presentations''' should be 15 minutes long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results, and conclusions from your work. It will be followed by 25-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 

'''Half-time presentations''' should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions) and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.



I've sent out emails with (preliminary) topic assignments. If you've submitted the topic selection form, but did not receive this email, contact me (Slawomir) ASAP! 

You should pick your topic (select three, in order of preference) by Wednesday, 25th of October, 18:00. Submit your choice on this [https://forms.gle/Ly892R3K8dVXgBxJ9 GoogleForm]. 
The introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations of the MSc project took place on Friday, 29 September 2023. Slides from that lecture are available below.



The schedule for the Project Proposal presentations is now available in the GoogleSheet.
For those who didn't quite make it on Friday, there will be an additional report deadline on Wednesday, 20 December, with presentations in week 2.
 
A reminder: the deadline for the "project proposal" report is the 8th of December at 17:00 (please submit it [https://forms.gle/syQSBh7NNySJ8iq49 here]). 
Remember that it must be approved by the supervisor first, and you need to give them sufficient time to read it, provide feedback, *and* for yourselves to incorporate this feedback. This means that you should send a reasonably complete draft to your supervisors as soon as possible if you haven't done it yet...
 Presentations will take place in week 50 (you are expected to attend & listen to all, or at least most, of them).



For students starting the thesis work in LP3, the deadline for the project proposal is 25 January at 17:00 (please submit it [https://forms.gle/syQSBh7NNySJ8iq49 here]). 
 
Presentations will be scheduled one/two weeks later (you are expected to attend & listen to all, or at least most, of them).
You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review, and project plan.
 
For the halftime report, the middle of March deadline is common for all.



For those who didn't make it for the report submission last week, the next deadline for sending in the halftime report is Sunday, 7 April at 23:59 -- using [https://forms.gle/aiFqUW5AxcoD3RrE9 this form]. 
 
The first batch of the halftime presentations will take place on 25-26 March (detailed schedule is [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K0TZNllTSeyWr7mhvwscSf-2IXRSvCBnbBU8mJPQf78/edit#gid=2059471719 here]). Please note that attending the halftime presentations (at least the majority of them) is mandatory -- and I '''will be''' taking attendance lists!
 



The second batch of the halftime presentations will take place on Thursday, 18 April (detailed schedule is [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K0TZNllTSeyWr7mhvwscSf-2IXRSvCBnbBU8mJPQf78/edit#gid=2059471719 here]). Please note that attending the halftime presentations (at least the majority of them) is mandatory -- and I '''will be''' taking attendance lists! 

'''Half-time presentations''' should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions) and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.



The deadline for final MSc reports (as always, supervisor-approved) is Friday, '''24 May 2024''', at 23:59. Use [https://forms.gle/yAqFkiiBBTnBf6Dw8 this Google form] to send your report to examiners.

Make sure to have at least '''two iterations''' of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors '''more or less right now'''. 
Remember that you also need to email the final report to the '''opponent'''. The opponent is decided by your supervisors, and it is generally one of the teachers/researchers here at ITE.

The final presentations will be in '''weeks 22 and 23'''. I'll make a schedule when I receive all your reports, but the time slots you can find already now in the same Google Sheet document as all the previous schedules. If you have any constraints, please let me know in the comments when submitting your report, and I'll do my best to accommodate them.

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results, and conclusions from your work. It will be followed by 25-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects.

If you don't make it this time, the next opportunity will be in late August/early September.



The second deadline for final MSc reports (as always, supervisor-approved) is Sunday, '''15 September 2024''', at 23:59. Use [https://forms.gle/yAqFkiiBBTnBf6Dw8 this Google form] to send your report to examiners. If that deadline is problematic for you, discuss it with your supervisors and contact Slawomir.

If you don't make it this time, the next (and final) opportunity will be in December.











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AI-driven Automotive Service Market Logistics

2024-10-13T19:55:04Z

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|Supervisor=Sławomir Nowaczyk, TBD
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This thesis topic is connected to our research project AIM-TRUE (AI-driven Automotive Service Market: Towards more Resource-Efficient and Sustainable Vehicle Maintenance). The project focuses on using state-of-the-art methods based on meta-learning to improve the services provided by the Service Market. In particular, more predictability enables the use of environmentally friendly transport channels and reduces the scrapping of parts due to obsolescence. AIM-TRUE will leverage ML to better understand the factors affecting parts availability and enable individualised inventory control policies. The project’s primary goal is to improve heavy-duty aftermarket resource efficiency and sustainability by reducing three aspects: urgent transport orders, back-and-forth haulage, and part scrapping. The new generation of predictive logistics provides opportunities for better system understanding, large-scale optimisation, quality monitoring, and new data-driven innovative services, all of which are prerequisites for the efficient use of resources – while providing the right parts at the right place and time.

https://www.hh.se/english/research/our-research/research-at-the-school-of-information-technology/technology-area-aware-intelligent-systems/research-projects-within-aware-intelligent-systems/aim-true-ai-driven-automotive-service-market---towards-more-resource-efficient-and-sustainable-vehicle-maintenance.html

Thesis in connection with KEEPER project

2024-10-13T19:50:42Z

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We are offering a few MSc thesis projects connected to the KEEPER project, as described here:
https://www.hh.se/english/research/our-research/research-at-the-school-of-information-technology/technology-area-aware-intelligent-systems/research-projects-within-aware-intelligent-systems/keeper---knowledge-creation-for-efficient-and-predictable-industrial-operations-.html

https://www.hh.se/english/about-the-university/events/keeper-kick-off.html

Form:StudentProjectForm

2024-10-07T09:55:19Z

Slawek:

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Knowledge graphs in healthcare

2024-10-07T09:52:22Z

Slawek:

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|Summary=Investigae the use of KG in healthcare applications
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Knowledge graphs are a powerful model for representing and processing metadata. The objective of the project is to focus on their prospective applications in healthcare and possibly selected medical applications. Intersections with the current work of CAISR are to be identified. It is a expected that the project will result in an international publication.

Student projects

2024-09-30T08:53:39Z

Slawek:

The new thesis topic (for students starting in '''November 2024''') should start appearing here soon and continue throughout September. You will be able to choose a topic in October. Slawomir & Carlos have scheduled an introductory lecture on Monday, 30 September 2024, at 9:00 in room S1020.

== Information about MSc Thesis process ==
This page contains some information about the MSc thesis project (courses DT7001 and DT7002 and ET7002).

[https://hh.se/student-web/content-a-z/thesis-information-for-students-at-school-of-information-technology.html MSc thesis project information] (the LaTeX template can be found here) and [https://hh.se/student-web/content-a-z/thesis-templates.html information about accessibility and the official front cover you should use] 

MSc thesis Introductory lecture: [https://bidaf.hh.se/public/2024.09.30-MSc-project-intro.pdf slides from 2024.09.30] and [https://bidaf.hh.se/public/2020.10.15-MSc-project-intro.mp4 video recording] (from a few years back, but mostly still applicable)

[https://bidaf.hh.se/public/DT7001-course-description-2019.pdf MSc thesis Course Description]

[https://bidaf.hh.se/public/DT7001-grading-criteria-2023.pdf MSc thesis Grading Criteria]

[https://www.hh.se/sitevision/proxy/student-web/content-a-z/course-syllabus.html/svid12_16be565916914b791c7d0bd8/752680950/se_proxy/utb_kursplan.asp?kurskod=DT7001&revisionsnr=20&format=pdf&lang=EN DT7001 course syllabus] and [https://www.hh.se/sitevision/proxy/student/innehall-a-o/kursplan.html/svid12_464ca102168ed1f8d3b1293f/752680950/se_proxy/utb_kursplan.asp?kurskod=DT7002&revisionsnr=4%2C1&format=pdf DT7002 course syllabus]

Plagiarism course: [https://academy.sitehost.iu.edu/index.html https://academy.sitehost.iu.edu/index.html]

[https://bidaf.hh.se/public/CivilingenjorPresentation2023.pdf Civilingenjör Presentation 2023] Specialisations Artificial Intelligence (TACDA) and Robotics and autonomous systems (TACIS)

== Useful resources for your MSc Thesis process ==

[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi11EUthpHD2TGZYnPaMozA/playlists A YouTube course from Lund University on academic writing (in English and in Swedish)]

[https://www.cs.tufts.edu/~nr/pubs/eng-abstract.html Teaching Technical Writing Using the Engineering Method course from Tufts University]

[https://chemistrycommunity.nature.com/posts/43071-how-to-write-an-abstract How to write an abstract]

A checklist based on common issues:

* The link to contemporary development within the area is often weak; theses rarely discuss international research sufficiently in-depth (use the references poorly)

* Clear research questions are often missing (having a clear research question that is answered in the report usually results in a much clearer evaluation and conclusions.)

* The text must argue for the research questions, hypothesis, methods and results; often, there is no argument to support the choice.

* Citations should not be used as a word in a sentence, e.g., "as [1] says ..."

* Make sure your figure/table captions are informative; all figures must be references in the text

* The abstract should be clear, specifying exactly what is to be investigated and why

* Results should be put in context to the previous works that they identified in the report

* Social aspects of the work are rarely discussed

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Introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations on MSc project will take place on Monday, 14 October 2019 at 15:15.

The next opportunity for MSc presentations is on Monday, '''23 September 2019 at 13:15''' (contact Slawomir if you intend to make the presentation, so that we know how many to plan for). Also, make sure to send the supervisor-approved reports to the examiners a week before, so by '''16 September 2019'''. After that we will have the '''final'''(!) opportunity sometime in late December/early January.

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long, and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results and conclusions from the work. 



Final presentation is scheduled on '''Wednesday, 29 May 2019''' [turns out Thursday is a holiday] (which means the examiners need to receive your reports by '''Thursday, 23 May 2019 at noon'''). 



There will be a chance to re-do half-time presentations, for those who were not ready in March, around middle of May. 
Half-time presentations should be '''20 minutes''' long, and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed. 



Topic selections are due on 27th of October 15:00 (use this [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVZ2JfHViLKDojbfqiXxZdlkJnc6Au2DVbAfap7Qlx-TgE4Q/viewform GoogleForms] link).



For students who started their MSc in 2018, the final opportunity to present their thesis will be on Friday, 13th of December 2019, at 16:00 (room F506). Deadline (strict!) for submitting reports is Wednesday, 11th of December, at noon.



Half-time seminar will be on 19th of February (preliminary time: 9-15, depending on number of projects that are ready in time). This means you should send the reports to the examiners on the 18th of February before lunch ([https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScis7kd6ofp0I9NWWeQZbNrNxr5BhPjytf62oi66JeBrLn-TA/viewform?usp=sf_link|using this form]). Please note that it's a bit earlier than I've indicated during the introductory lecture, as we've decided it makes more sense to provide this feedback sooner rather than later. The final seminar will be at the end of May (reports due in the middle of May).



Start report is due (approved by supervisors!) on 6th of December 23:59, and presentations will be done on 9th and 11th of December (you are expected to attend & listen both days). 
You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review and project plan.



The second chance for half-time presentations will be on Thursday, 12th of March (preliminary time: 13-16, depending on number of projects that are ready in time). This means you should send the reports to the examiners on the 11th of March before lunch ([https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScis7kd6ofp0I9NWWeQZbNrNxr5BhPjytf62oi66JeBrLn-TA/viewform?usp=sf_link|using this form]). The final seminar will be at the end of May (reports due in the middle of May).



Half-time presentations should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions), and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.



The final presentation is scheduled on '''Thursday, 28 May 2020''' (which means the examiners and opponent need to receive your supervisor-approved reports by '''Thursday, 21 May 2020 at noon''' -- use [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeXSqoOFeAsvG-xaD9COvdzMbWYvavSD9JhyDEEuWA2Pifljg/viewform this form] to send your report to supervisors, and email it to the opponent). 
Make sure to have at least two iterations of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at latest in the '''first week of May'''. If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be at the end of August/beginning of September.



Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results and conclusions from the work. It will be followed by 15 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 



The second opportunity for final presentations will be on '''Thursday, 3 September 2020''' (done online, on Zoom)... which means the examiners and opponent need to receive your supervisor-approved reports by '''Friday, 28 August 2020 at noon''' -- use [https://forms.gle/jdoMgP7vdpqMvBqKA this Google form] to send your report to examiners, and email it to the opponent. 
Make sure to have at least two iterations of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at latest in the '''first week of August''' (take into account any vacation plans!). If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be in December/January.



Introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations on MSc project will take place on Thursday, 15 October 2020 at 10:00 (sharp) through Zoom. The link should be available in your schedules.



Topic selection: provide a ranking of three preferred topics by Wednesday, 28th of October, 18:00 using [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVZ2JfHViLKDojbfqiXxZdlkJnc6Au2DVbAfap7Qlx-TgE4Q/viewform this GoogleForm]



A start report is due (approved by supervisors!) on 10th of December 23:59 ([https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScreuarA6jB87nkbz0ePHOgIivXm6mKOGKo-vQ5-rPN5BcZtg/viewform using this link]).
 Schedule for presentations in week 51 (you are expected to attend & listen to all) is available [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rUYc4uyVTd2tg4-vjwIlkC3IdSR8YmWBrB9oefbjlBY here] (please observe some changes are still expected, mainly based on supervisors' availability, so please check it regularly).
 You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review and project plan.
 Presentations [https://hh-se.zoom.us/j/61901966606 Zoom link]



The next deadline for start reports, for those who didn't make it this time, is 15th of January 23:59 ([https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScreuarA6jB87nkbz0ePHOgIivXm6mKOGKo-vQ5-rPN5BcZtg/viewform using this link]).

 
For those who were not ready with halftime reports in March, there will be another opportunity on Wednesday, 12 May 2021 (the deadline for submitting reports is 9th of May, [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfptsXlPYJcpWqAMMl2b3O-jabLpJdef8J8B_qneni0OINTmQ/viewform same Google Form])
 
Half-time presentations should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions) and must precisely specify the goals/objectives, clearly explain the expected contribution/novelty, showcase the results achieved so far, and present a refined plan on how to proceed further.
 



The final seminar will be in about two weeks, preliminarily on 2nd, 3rd and/or 4th of June, depending on the number of projects that are ready (reports due on 25th of May at 12:00 noon, using [https://forms.gle/WHzNYkmridBuKwvg8 this form]). 



The second opportunity for final presentations of MSc theses will be on '''Friday, 20 August 2021''' (done online, on Zoom)... which means the examiners and opponent need to receive your supervisor-approved reports '''one week earlier''' -- use [https://forms.gle/wE83yj17Q1nJiYR16 this Google form] to send your report to examiners, and email it to the opponent. 
Make sure to have at least two iterations of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at the latest in the '''first week of August''' (take into account any vacation plans!). If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be in December/January. 

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results and conclusions from the work. It will be followed by 20-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 
 
The next and final opportunity for half-time presentations will be in late August. Submit your reports on [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfptsXlPYJcpWqAMMl2b3O-jabLpJdef8J8B_qneni0OINTmQ/viewform Google Form] and email Slawomir to schedule the presentation.



Introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations on the MSc project will take place on Wednesday, 13 October 2021 at 15:15 in D315. 
Please note that it will not appear in your schedule, since the course has not started yet.
Before the lecture, please watch the [https://bidaf.hh.se/public/2020.10.15-MSc-project-intro.mp4 video recording] and read [https://bidaf.hh.se/public/2021.10.13-MSc-project-intro.pdf updated slides]. 
This way, in the physical meeting we can focus on discussion and answering any questions you might have.



For the selection of thesis topics, you should provide a ranking of three preferred topics by Wednesday, 27 October 2021, 18:00 using [https://forms.gle/K34DS8XLT2YbuLwC7 GoogleForm].



A start report is due (approved by supervisors!) on 12th of December 18:00 [https://forms.gle/GFjXefJNBL5pa7gm8 using this form]. This means that you should send a reasonably complete draft to your supervisors before the end of November, so that they have time to provide feedback, and you have time to incorporate this feedback into your final report...
 Presentations will take place in week 50 (you are expected to attend & listen to all, or at least most, of them).
 You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review and project plan.



For those students who started in January, the initial report is due (approved by supervisors!) on 30th of January at 16:00 [https://forms.gle/GFjXefJNBL5pa7gm8 using this form]. This means that you should send a reasonably complete draft to your supervisors quite soon, so that they have time to provide feedback, and you have time to incorporate this feedback into your report...
 Presentations will take place in week 5, probably on Friday, 4 February 2022.
 You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review and project plan.



Dear students, you should have received an email with a link to Google Spreadsheet with thesis topics assignment. It was sent to all those who submitted thesis topic selections using GoogleForm. If you have not received it, please let me (Slawomir) know ASAP.



Half-time reports are due tomorrow. However, I have been hearing that many of you have problems making the deadline. Thus, we've decided to offer an (additional) second opportunity -- in two weeks.
If you can have a good quality report ready tomorrow you should still submit it, since timeliness is an important part of MSc project.

If you cannot, on the other hand, your next deadline for sending the reports to the examiners is Friday, 01 April 2022, at lunchtime ([https://forms.gle/3QkP7qrdoCXKkv4t6 using this form]).
 Presentations, in that case, will be sometime in week 14.

Half-time presentations will be in week 12, probably between Wednesday, 23 March and Friday, 25 March 2022 (depending on number of projects that are ready in time).
 This means the deadline for sending the reports to the examiners is the Friday, 18 March 2022, lunchtime ([https://forms.gle/3QkP7qrdoCXKkv4t6 using this form]).
 The final seminar will be at the end of May (reports due in the middle of May).



The schedule for half-time presentations has now been updated with (preliminary) presentation times for those who submitted their reports on the second deadline:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FK-OjzhQdIbfMkeyvGLneJzSV6znejgG9fG19Wv1VXU/edit#gid=223334201

 Half-time presentations should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions), and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.
 



Final presentations of MSc theses will be primarily on '''Wednesday, 1 June''' and '''Thursday, 2 June'''... which means the examiners and opponent need to receive your supervisor-approved reports '''one week earlier''' -- use [https://forms.gle/sH3hf1tyMT82GKTf7 this Google form] (deadline: Wednesday, 25 May 2021 at 12:00 noon) to send your report to examiners, and email it to the opponent.
Make sure to have at least two iterations of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at the latest in the '''second week of May'''. If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be in late August/early September. 

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results and conclusions from the work. It will be followed by 25-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 



You should pick your topic (select three, in order of preference) by Wednesday, 26th of October, 18:00. Submit your choice on [https://forms.gle/pK1rKbeRFVVfJjtF9 this GoogleForm]. 
The introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations of the MSc project took place on Monday, 3 October 2022. Slides are available below. 



The start reports are due on '''December 8th''' at 21:00 ([https://forms.gle/WaUcxqJoC56n2CobA using this form]); presentations will take place in week 50. 
Please remember that the report must be approved by supervisors first, so a reasonable schedule is: on the 25th of November send the report to supervisors; around the 2nd of December, you get feedback; then you have a week to address the comments.

 
For those who begin the Thesis course in January, the start report is due on ''Wednesday, 25th of January'' (make sure to also account for supervisor approval and revision time).

The second deadline for half-time reports, for those who didn't make it in March, is ''Monday, 17th of April'' (using [https://forms.gle/iCCuAqyv344t8XxC7 this form]).

The deadline for half-time reports is ''Wednesday, 15th of March'' (using [https://forms.gle/iCCuAqyv344t8XxC7 this form]), and the half-time presentations will be scheduled in week 12.

Half-time presentations should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions) and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.

Please remember that the report must be approved by supervisors first, so a reasonable schedule is: send the report to supervisors around the 1st of March; around the 8th of March, you get feedback; then you have a week to address the comments.



The deadline for final MSc reports (as always, supervisor-approved) is Tuesday, '''23 May 2023''', at 12:00 '''noon'''. Use [https://forms.gle/cBLfsmEVKnABUoHa6 this Google form] to send your report to examiners.

Make sure to have at least '''two iterations''' of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at the latest in the '''second week of May'''. If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be in late August/early September. 

Remember that you also need to email the final report to the '''opponent'''. The opponent is decided by your supervisors, and it is generally one of the researchers here at ITE.

The final presentations will be in '''week 22'''. I'll make a schedule when I receive all your reports, but the time slots you can find already now in the same Google Sheet document as all the previous schedules. If you have any constraints, please let me know in the comment when submitting your report, and I'll do my best to accommodate them.

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results, and conclusions from your work. It will be followed by 25-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 



For students starting their MSc Thesis course in November 2023 (or January 2024), we'll have and '''introduction lecture''' on Friday, 29 September at 9:00 in room S1078.



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For those who are planning to do the halftime or final MSc presentation now after summer, the deadline for submitting the report is Thursday, 31 August. We'll then try to schedule presentations in the first half of September. The third and final opportunity for thesis defense will be in December 2023, or possibly January 2024. 
Submit final reports using [https://forms.gle/cBLfsmEVKnABUoHa6 this Google form] and half-time reports using [https://forms.gle/iCCuAqyv344t8XxC7 this form].

Make sure to have at least '''two iterations''' of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors early enough. Also, remember that you also need to email the final report to the '''opponent'''. The opponent is decided by your supervisors, and it is generally one of the researchers here at ITE.

'''Final presentations''' should be 15 minutes long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results, and conclusions from your work. It will be followed by 25-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 

'''Half-time presentations''' should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions) and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.



I've sent out emails with (preliminary) topic assignments. If you've submitted the topic selection form, but did not receive this email, contact me (Slawomir) ASAP! 

You should pick your topic (select three, in order of preference) by Wednesday, 25th of October, 18:00. Submit your choice on this [https://forms.gle/Ly892R3K8dVXgBxJ9 GoogleForm]. 
The introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations of the MSc project took place on Friday, 29 September 2023. Slides from that lecture are available below.



The schedule for the Project Proposal presentations is now available in the GoogleSheet.
For those who didn't quite make it on Friday, there will be an additional report deadline on Wednesday, 20 December, with presentations in week 2.
 
A reminder: the deadline for the "project proposal" report is the 8th of December at 17:00 (please submit it [https://forms.gle/syQSBh7NNySJ8iq49 here]). 
Remember that it must be approved by the supervisor first, and you need to give them sufficient time to read it, provide feedback, *and* for yourselves to incorporate this feedback. This means that you should send a reasonably complete draft to your supervisors as soon as possible if you haven't done it yet...
 Presentations will take place in week 50 (you are expected to attend & listen to all, or at least most, of them).



For students starting the thesis work in LP3, the deadline for the project proposal is 25 January at 17:00 (please submit it [https://forms.gle/syQSBh7NNySJ8iq49 here]). 
 
Presentations will be scheduled one/two weeks later (you are expected to attend & listen to all, or at least most, of them).
You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review, and project plan.
 
For the halftime report, the middle of March deadline is common for all.



For those who didn't make it for the report submission last week, the next deadline for sending in the halftime report is Sunday, 7 April at 23:59 -- using [https://forms.gle/aiFqUW5AxcoD3RrE9 this form]. 
 
The first batch of the halftime presentations will take place on 25-26 March (detailed schedule is [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K0TZNllTSeyWr7mhvwscSf-2IXRSvCBnbBU8mJPQf78/edit#gid=2059471719 here]). Please note that attending the halftime presentations (at least the majority of them) is mandatory -- and I '''will be''' taking attendance lists!
 



The second batch of the halftime presentations will take place on Thursday, 18 April (detailed schedule is [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K0TZNllTSeyWr7mhvwscSf-2IXRSvCBnbBU8mJPQf78/edit#gid=2059471719 here]). Please note that attending the halftime presentations (at least the majority of them) is mandatory -- and I '''will be''' taking attendance lists! 

'''Half-time presentations''' should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions) and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.



The deadline for final MSc reports (as always, supervisor-approved) is Friday, '''24 May 2024''', at 23:59. Use [https://forms.gle/yAqFkiiBBTnBf6Dw8 this Google form] to send your report to examiners.

Make sure to have at least '''two iterations''' of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors '''more or less right now'''. 
Remember that you also need to email the final report to the '''opponent'''. The opponent is decided by your supervisors, and it is generally one of the teachers/researchers here at ITE.

The final presentations will be in '''weeks 22 and 23'''. I'll make a schedule when I receive all your reports, but the time slots you can find already now in the same Google Sheet document as all the previous schedules. If you have any constraints, please let me know in the comments when submitting your report, and I'll do my best to accommodate them.

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results, and conclusions from your work. It will be followed by 25-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects.

If you don't make it this time, the next opportunity will be in late August/early September.



The second deadline for final MSc reports (as always, supervisor-approved) is Sunday, '''15 September 2024''', at 23:59. Use [https://forms.gle/yAqFkiiBBTnBf6Dw8 this Google form] to send your report to examiners. If that deadline is problematic for you, discuss it with your supervisors and contact Slawomir.

If you don't make it this time, the next (and final) opportunity will be in December.











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File:2024.09.30-MSc-project-intro.pdf

2024-09-30T08:52:29Z

Slawek:

The healthcare data mining with advance AI technology

2024-09-29T20:24:52Z

Slawek:

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|Summary=The cardiovascular health care project
|Keywords=Time series prediction and imputation, classification
|TimeFrame=Fall 2024
|References=[1] Review of multimodal machine learning approaches in healthcare, Information Fusion, Vol 114, February 2025.
[2] Predicting Chronic Kidney Disease using a multimodal Machine Learning approach, Aakruti Mishra and Navaneeth Puthiyandi, Stockholm University.
|Supervisor=Guojun Liang, Prayag
|Level=Master
|Status=Open
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Our project aims to analyze complex healthcare data through the innovative application of advanced AI technologies, such as diffusion models machine learning frameworks. By leveraging these techniques, we seek to uncover latent structures within time series data, addressing challenges like causal discovery, missing data imputation, and accurate future prediction—ultimately enhancing clinical decision-making and patient outcomes.

Healthcare data is inherently diverse, encompassing clinical time series (e.g., vital signs, lab results) and medical imaging (e.g., chest X-rays). Traditional methods often overlook the relationships between variables such as heart rate, blood pressure, and respiratory rate, which are crucial for understanding patient health. Our project proposes the development of a machine learning model using the MIMIC dataset, integrating both clinical time series and medical imaging data to predict outcomes like patient mortality, disease progression, and treatment response (e.g., effectiveness of statin therapy).

The model will employ convolutional neural networks (CNNs) for feature extraction from imaging data, while diffusion models and transformers will process the time series data. The research will focus on fusion strategies that effectively combine temporal and image-based information, optimizing predictive accuracy and clinical interpretability.

Key topics include:

Time Series Prediction for Patient Health Monitoring:
Applying AI techniques to predict disease progression and detect health deterioration early, enabling proactive interventions in chronic condition management.

Time Series Imputation for Healthcare Data:
Using AI to reconstruct missing values due to incomplete records or sensor failures, supporting more reliable diagnostic and monitoring systems.

Causal Discovery in Healthcare Time Series:
Uncovering causal relationships within patient data to provide deeper insights into how medical variables interact, enhancing personalized treatment strategies.

By integrating multiple data sources and leveraging advanced AI techniques, this project aims to create a comprehensive framework for healthcare analysis, supporting better-informed clinical decisions and improved patient outcomes.

Enhancing the Accuracy of CSI-Based Positioning in Massive MIMO Systems

2024-09-22T10:18:27Z

Slawek:

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|Summary=CSI-Based Positioning in Massive MIMO Systems
|TimeFrame=Fall 2024
|Supervisor=Hazem Ali, Ali Nada
|Level=Master
|Status=Open
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Massive Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) communication systems are being investigated intensively for positioning services. Enhancing the accuracy on these services in terms of accurate positioning of users is an important goal to improve related applications in the future. Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) have been proposed to infer the position of a user from the Channel State Information (CSI) of a massive MIMO system. This research proposal requires the investigation of different CNN or ML architectures to enhance the accuracy of a fingerprint-based positioning system.

Form:StudentProjectForm

2024-09-22T10:17:59Z

Slawek:

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if a page with that name already exists, you will be sent to a form to edit that page.

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Mapping SFO mitigation/Linearization algorithms, trade-off between memory and computation on GPU

2024-09-21T15:26:43Z

Slawek:

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|Summary=investigating the parallelisation and mapping of Sampling Frequency Offset algorithms
|TimeFrame=Fall 2024
|Supervisor=Hazem Ali (HH), Håkan Johansson (LiU)
|Level=Master
|Status=Open
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Mapping and mitigating sampling frequency offset (SFO) or linearizing frequency-related errors are critical in many digital communication systems. Sampling frequency offset occurs when there is a mismatch between the sampling frequencies of the transmitter and receiver, which can cause various issues like inter-symbol interference (ISI), phase distortion, and performance degradation. We investigate Mapping and parallelisation strategies for these algorithms to study the tradeoff between memory and computation on GPUs. This work is a part of the ELLIIT project "Baseband Processing for Beyond 5G Wireless".

Anomaly Detection for Time Series using Diffusion Approaches

2024-09-21T11:49:53Z

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|Status=Open
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Anomaly Detection (AD) is one of the key tasks in Artificial Intelligence (AI), particularly important in industrial settings where data from machines and processes needs to be monitored to ensure safety and efficiency. AD is particularly challenging for time series data, where trends and timing relations within sensor readings are key information sources to be exploited. Many “classical” AD techniques are not useable without extensive feature engineering, which is time-consuming and error-prone – especially for multivariate data. On the contrary, recent AI progress is mainly driven by the benefits of end-to-end solutions.

Current time series AD state-of-the-art are various techniques based on autoencoders (AEs), where reconstruction error is used as an anomaly score. In this project, we propose to use diffusion models instead. While most successful for images, diffusion models have several critical characteristics that hold great promise for time series data.

One of the key characteristics of time series data is the importance of different time scales, or granularities – both small details in the near vicinity of the time point in question are important, as well as the overall long-term trends and big-picture patterns. Autoencoders inherently lack the capability to handle that – and while some attempts are made to deal with those issues (for example, hierarchical RNNs, and, to some degree, transformer-based architectures), they are typically rather ad hoc techniques – a well-founded general solution to this problem is lacking. As an example, Han et al. (2023) investigate different views of the original signals by reconstructing them from the different transformations to learn more comprehensive representations of normal patterns. Specifically, their method is based on self-supervised multi-transformation learning by jointly capturing the noise and filter transformation of the normal time series, which allows capturing the anomaly simultaneously in both transformation patterns.

Diffusion-based approaches promise to address many issues with modern AD approaches. They have a much stronger theoretical foundation in a probabilistic setting, so instead of considering reconstruction error, one can actually calculate (or, at least, approximate in a rigorous fashion) relevant conditional probabilities. This helps with both false positives and false negatives. Most importantly, though, the diffusion process inherently aligns well with the multi-scale nature of time series data. Detailed and context-specific patterns can be captured early in the diffusion process, as the amount of noise is low. The overall trends and long-term dependencies can be captured in the late diffusion stages when the increased noise leaves out only the key skeleton of the time series by abstracting away the finer details. While AEs are generative models, they belong to the “single ground truth” family, i.e., one where an input is mapped to a single output. The anomaly detection task, however, is inherently better suited for Energy-Based Models (EBMs), cf LeCun et al. (2006), which address the partition function problem. Unlike AEs, diffusion-based models can be seen as ways to measure the compatibility between an observed variable X and a variable to be predicted Y through an energy function E(Y;X).

Student projects

2024-09-19T13:05:32Z

Slawek:

The new thesis topic (for students starting in '''November 2024''') should start appearing here soon and continue throughout September. You will be able to choose a topic in October. Slawomir & Carlos have scheduled an introductory lecture on Monday, 30 September 2024, at 9:00 in room S1020.

== Information about MSc Thesis process ==
This page contains some information about the MSc thesis project (courses DT7001 and DT7002 and ET7002).

[https://hh.se/student-web/content-a-z/thesis-information-for-students-at-school-of-information-technology.html MSc thesis project information] (the LaTeX template can be found here) and [https://hh.se/student-web/content-a-z/thesis-templates.html information about accessibility and the official front cover you should use] 

MSc thesis Introductory lecture: [https://bidaf.hh.se/public/2023.09.29-MSc-project-intro.pdf slides from 2023.09.29] and [https://bidaf.hh.se/public/2020.10.15-MSc-project-intro.mp4 video recording] (from a few years back, but mostly still applicable)

[https://bidaf.hh.se/public/DT7001-course-description-2019.pdf MSc thesis Course Description]

[https://bidaf.hh.se/public/DT7001-grading-criteria-2023.pdf MSc thesis Grading Criteria]

[https://www.hh.se/sitevision/proxy/student-web/content-a-z/course-syllabus.html/svid12_16be565916914b791c7d0bd8/752680950/se_proxy/utb_kursplan.asp?kurskod=DT7001&revisionsnr=20&format=pdf&lang=EN DT7001 course syllabus] and [https://www.hh.se/sitevision/proxy/student/innehall-a-o/kursplan.html/svid12_464ca102168ed1f8d3b1293f/752680950/se_proxy/utb_kursplan.asp?kurskod=DT7002&revisionsnr=4%2C1&format=pdf DT7002 course syllabus]

Plagiarism course: [https://academy.sitehost.iu.edu/index.html https://academy.sitehost.iu.edu/index.html]

[https://bidaf.hh.se/public/CivilingenjorPresentation2023.pdf Civilingenjör Presentation 2023] Specialisations Artificial Intelligence (TACDA) and Robotics and autonomous systems (TACIS)

== Useful resources for your MSc Thesis process ==

[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi11EUthpHD2TGZYnPaMozA/playlists A YouTube course from Lund University on academic writing (in English and in Swedish)]

[https://www.cs.tufts.edu/~nr/pubs/eng-abstract.html Teaching Technical Writing Using the Engineering Method course from Tufts University]

[https://chemistrycommunity.nature.com/posts/43071-how-to-write-an-abstract How to write an abstract]

A checklist based on common issues:

* The link to contemporary development within the area is often weak; theses rarely discuss international research sufficiently in-depth (use the references poorly)

* Clear research questions are often missing (having a clear research question that is answered in the report usually results in a much clearer evaluation and conclusions.)

* The text must argue for the research questions, hypothesis, methods and results; often, there is no argument to support the choice.

* Citations should not be used as a word in a sentence, e.g., "as [1] says ..."

* Make sure your figure/table captions are informative; all figures must be references in the text

* The abstract should be clear, specifying exactly what is to be investigated and why

* Results should be put in context to the previous works that they identified in the report

* Social aspects of the work are rarely discussed

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Introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations on MSc project will take place on Monday, 14 October 2019 at 15:15.

The next opportunity for MSc presentations is on Monday, '''23 September 2019 at 13:15''' (contact Slawomir if you intend to make the presentation, so that we know how many to plan for). Also, make sure to send the supervisor-approved reports to the examiners a week before, so by '''16 September 2019'''. After that we will have the '''final'''(!) opportunity sometime in late December/early January.

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long, and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results and conclusions from the work. 



Final presentation is scheduled on '''Wednesday, 29 May 2019''' [turns out Thursday is a holiday] (which means the examiners need to receive your reports by '''Thursday, 23 May 2019 at noon'''). 



There will be a chance to re-do half-time presentations, for those who were not ready in March, around middle of May. 
Half-time presentations should be '''20 minutes''' long, and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed. 



Topic selections are due on 27th of October 15:00 (use this [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVZ2JfHViLKDojbfqiXxZdlkJnc6Au2DVbAfap7Qlx-TgE4Q/viewform GoogleForms] link).



For students who started their MSc in 2018, the final opportunity to present their thesis will be on Friday, 13th of December 2019, at 16:00 (room F506). Deadline (strict!) for submitting reports is Wednesday, 11th of December, at noon.



Half-time seminar will be on 19th of February (preliminary time: 9-15, depending on number of projects that are ready in time). This means you should send the reports to the examiners on the 18th of February before lunch ([https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScis7kd6ofp0I9NWWeQZbNrNxr5BhPjytf62oi66JeBrLn-TA/viewform?usp=sf_link|using this form]). Please note that it's a bit earlier than I've indicated during the introductory lecture, as we've decided it makes more sense to provide this feedback sooner rather than later. The final seminar will be at the end of May (reports due in the middle of May).



Start report is due (approved by supervisors!) on 6th of December 23:59, and presentations will be done on 9th and 11th of December (you are expected to attend & listen both days). 
You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review and project plan.



The second chance for half-time presentations will be on Thursday, 12th of March (preliminary time: 13-16, depending on number of projects that are ready in time). This means you should send the reports to the examiners on the 11th of March before lunch ([https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScis7kd6ofp0I9NWWeQZbNrNxr5BhPjytf62oi66JeBrLn-TA/viewform?usp=sf_link|using this form]). The final seminar will be at the end of May (reports due in the middle of May).



Half-time presentations should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions), and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.



The final presentation is scheduled on '''Thursday, 28 May 2020''' (which means the examiners and opponent need to receive your supervisor-approved reports by '''Thursday, 21 May 2020 at noon''' -- use [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeXSqoOFeAsvG-xaD9COvdzMbWYvavSD9JhyDEEuWA2Pifljg/viewform this form] to send your report to supervisors, and email it to the opponent). 
Make sure to have at least two iterations of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at latest in the '''first week of May'''. If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be at the end of August/beginning of September.



Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results and conclusions from the work. It will be followed by 15 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 



The second opportunity for final presentations will be on '''Thursday, 3 September 2020''' (done online, on Zoom)... which means the examiners and opponent need to receive your supervisor-approved reports by '''Friday, 28 August 2020 at noon''' -- use [https://forms.gle/jdoMgP7vdpqMvBqKA this Google form] to send your report to examiners, and email it to the opponent. 
Make sure to have at least two iterations of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at latest in the '''first week of August''' (take into account any vacation plans!). If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be in December/January.



Introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations on MSc project will take place on Thursday, 15 October 2020 at 10:00 (sharp) through Zoom. The link should be available in your schedules.



Topic selection: provide a ranking of three preferred topics by Wednesday, 28th of October, 18:00 using [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVZ2JfHViLKDojbfqiXxZdlkJnc6Au2DVbAfap7Qlx-TgE4Q/viewform this GoogleForm]



A start report is due (approved by supervisors!) on 10th of December 23:59 ([https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScreuarA6jB87nkbz0ePHOgIivXm6mKOGKo-vQ5-rPN5BcZtg/viewform using this link]).
 Schedule for presentations in week 51 (you are expected to attend & listen to all) is available [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rUYc4uyVTd2tg4-vjwIlkC3IdSR8YmWBrB9oefbjlBY here] (please observe some changes are still expected, mainly based on supervisors' availability, so please check it regularly).
 You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review and project plan.
 Presentations [https://hh-se.zoom.us/j/61901966606 Zoom link]



The next deadline for start reports, for those who didn't make it this time, is 15th of January 23:59 ([https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScreuarA6jB87nkbz0ePHOgIivXm6mKOGKo-vQ5-rPN5BcZtg/viewform using this link]).

 
For those who were not ready with halftime reports in March, there will be another opportunity on Wednesday, 12 May 2021 (the deadline for submitting reports is 9th of May, [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfptsXlPYJcpWqAMMl2b3O-jabLpJdef8J8B_qneni0OINTmQ/viewform same Google Form])
 
Half-time presentations should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions) and must precisely specify the goals/objectives, clearly explain the expected contribution/novelty, showcase the results achieved so far, and present a refined plan on how to proceed further.
 



The final seminar will be in about two weeks, preliminarily on 2nd, 3rd and/or 4th of June, depending on the number of projects that are ready (reports due on 25th of May at 12:00 noon, using [https://forms.gle/WHzNYkmridBuKwvg8 this form]). 



The second opportunity for final presentations of MSc theses will be on '''Friday, 20 August 2021''' (done online, on Zoom)... which means the examiners and opponent need to receive your supervisor-approved reports '''one week earlier''' -- use [https://forms.gle/wE83yj17Q1nJiYR16 this Google form] to send your report to examiners, and email it to the opponent. 
Make sure to have at least two iterations of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at the latest in the '''first week of August''' (take into account any vacation plans!). If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be in December/January. 

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results and conclusions from the work. It will be followed by 20-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 
 
The next and final opportunity for half-time presentations will be in late August. Submit your reports on [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfptsXlPYJcpWqAMMl2b3O-jabLpJdef8J8B_qneni0OINTmQ/viewform Google Form] and email Slawomir to schedule the presentation.



Introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations on the MSc project will take place on Wednesday, 13 October 2021 at 15:15 in D315. 
Please note that it will not appear in your schedule, since the course has not started yet.
Before the lecture, please watch the [https://bidaf.hh.se/public/2020.10.15-MSc-project-intro.mp4 video recording] and read [https://bidaf.hh.se/public/2021.10.13-MSc-project-intro.pdf updated slides]. 
This way, in the physical meeting we can focus on discussion and answering any questions you might have.



For the selection of thesis topics, you should provide a ranking of three preferred topics by Wednesday, 27 October 2021, 18:00 using [https://forms.gle/K34DS8XLT2YbuLwC7 GoogleForm].



A start report is due (approved by supervisors!) on 12th of December 18:00 [https://forms.gle/GFjXefJNBL5pa7gm8 using this form]. This means that you should send a reasonably complete draft to your supervisors before the end of November, so that they have time to provide feedback, and you have time to incorporate this feedback into your final report...
 Presentations will take place in week 50 (you are expected to attend & listen to all, or at least most, of them).
 You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review and project plan.



For those students who started in January, the initial report is due (approved by supervisors!) on 30th of January at 16:00 [https://forms.gle/GFjXefJNBL5pa7gm8 using this form]. This means that you should send a reasonably complete draft to your supervisors quite soon, so that they have time to provide feedback, and you have time to incorporate this feedback into your report...
 Presentations will take place in week 5, probably on Friday, 4 February 2022.
 You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review and project plan.



Dear students, you should have received an email with a link to Google Spreadsheet with thesis topics assignment. It was sent to all those who submitted thesis topic selections using GoogleForm. If you have not received it, please let me (Slawomir) know ASAP.



Half-time reports are due tomorrow. However, I have been hearing that many of you have problems making the deadline. Thus, we've decided to offer an (additional) second opportunity -- in two weeks.
If you can have a good quality report ready tomorrow you should still submit it, since timeliness is an important part of MSc project.

If you cannot, on the other hand, your next deadline for sending the reports to the examiners is Friday, 01 April 2022, at lunchtime ([https://forms.gle/3QkP7qrdoCXKkv4t6 using this form]).
 Presentations, in that case, will be sometime in week 14.

Half-time presentations will be in week 12, probably between Wednesday, 23 March and Friday, 25 March 2022 (depending on number of projects that are ready in time).
 This means the deadline for sending the reports to the examiners is the Friday, 18 March 2022, lunchtime ([https://forms.gle/3QkP7qrdoCXKkv4t6 using this form]).
 The final seminar will be at the end of May (reports due in the middle of May).



The schedule for half-time presentations has now been updated with (preliminary) presentation times for those who submitted their reports on the second deadline:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FK-OjzhQdIbfMkeyvGLneJzSV6znejgG9fG19Wv1VXU/edit#gid=223334201

 Half-time presentations should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions), and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.
 



Final presentations of MSc theses will be primarily on '''Wednesday, 1 June''' and '''Thursday, 2 June'''... which means the examiners and opponent need to receive your supervisor-approved reports '''one week earlier''' -- use [https://forms.gle/sH3hf1tyMT82GKTf7 this Google form] (deadline: Wednesday, 25 May 2021 at 12:00 noon) to send your report to examiners, and email it to the opponent.
Make sure to have at least two iterations of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at the latest in the '''second week of May'''. If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be in late August/early September. 

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results and conclusions from the work. It will be followed by 25-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 



You should pick your topic (select three, in order of preference) by Wednesday, 26th of October, 18:00. Submit your choice on [https://forms.gle/pK1rKbeRFVVfJjtF9 this GoogleForm]. 
The introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations of the MSc project took place on Monday, 3 October 2022. Slides are available below. 



The start reports are due on '''December 8th''' at 21:00 ([https://forms.gle/WaUcxqJoC56n2CobA using this form]); presentations will take place in week 50. 
Please remember that the report must be approved by supervisors first, so a reasonable schedule is: on the 25th of November send the report to supervisors; around the 2nd of December, you get feedback; then you have a week to address the comments.

 
For those who begin the Thesis course in January, the start report is due on ''Wednesday, 25th of January'' (make sure to also account for supervisor approval and revision time).

The second deadline for half-time reports, for those who didn't make it in March, is ''Monday, 17th of April'' (using [https://forms.gle/iCCuAqyv344t8XxC7 this form]).

The deadline for half-time reports is ''Wednesday, 15th of March'' (using [https://forms.gle/iCCuAqyv344t8XxC7 this form]), and the half-time presentations will be scheduled in week 12.

Half-time presentations should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions) and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.

Please remember that the report must be approved by supervisors first, so a reasonable schedule is: send the report to supervisors around the 1st of March; around the 8th of March, you get feedback; then you have a week to address the comments.



The deadline for final MSc reports (as always, supervisor-approved) is Tuesday, '''23 May 2023''', at 12:00 '''noon'''. Use [https://forms.gle/cBLfsmEVKnABUoHa6 this Google form] to send your report to examiners.

Make sure to have at least '''two iterations''' of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors at the latest in the '''second week of May'''. If you don't make it, the next opportunity will be in late August/early September. 

Remember that you also need to email the final report to the '''opponent'''. The opponent is decided by your supervisors, and it is generally one of the researchers here at ITE.

The final presentations will be in '''week 22'''. I'll make a schedule when I receive all your reports, but the time slots you can find already now in the same Google Sheet document as all the previous schedules. If you have any constraints, please let me know in the comment when submitting your report, and I'll do my best to accommodate them.

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results, and conclusions from your work. It will be followed by 25-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 



For students starting their MSc Thesis course in November 2023 (or January 2024), we'll have and '''introduction lecture''' on Friday, 29 September at 9:00 in room S1078.



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For those who are planning to do the halftime or final MSc presentation now after summer, the deadline for submitting the report is Thursday, 31 August. We'll then try to schedule presentations in the first half of September. The third and final opportunity for thesis defense will be in December 2023, or possibly January 2024. 
Submit final reports using [https://forms.gle/cBLfsmEVKnABUoHa6 this Google form] and half-time reports using [https://forms.gle/iCCuAqyv344t8XxC7 this form].

Make sure to have at least '''two iterations''' of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors early enough. Also, remember that you also need to email the final report to the '''opponent'''. The opponent is decided by your supervisors, and it is generally one of the researchers here at ITE.

'''Final presentations''' should be 15 minutes long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results, and conclusions from your work. It will be followed by 25-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects. 

'''Half-time presentations''' should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions) and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.



I've sent out emails with (preliminary) topic assignments. If you've submitted the topic selection form, but did not receive this email, contact me (Slawomir) ASAP! 

You should pick your topic (select three, in order of preference) by Wednesday, 25th of October, 18:00. Submit your choice on this [https://forms.gle/Ly892R3K8dVXgBxJ9 GoogleForm]. 
The introduction lecture presenting the process and expectations of the MSc project took place on Friday, 29 September 2023. Slides from that lecture are available below.



The schedule for the Project Proposal presentations is now available in the GoogleSheet.
For those who didn't quite make it on Friday, there will be an additional report deadline on Wednesday, 20 December, with presentations in week 2.
 
A reminder: the deadline for the "project proposal" report is the 8th of December at 17:00 (please submit it [https://forms.gle/syQSBh7NNySJ8iq49 here]). 
Remember that it must be approved by the supervisor first, and you need to give them sufficient time to read it, provide feedback, *and* for yourselves to incorporate this feedback. This means that you should send a reasonably complete draft to your supervisors as soon as possible if you haven't done it yet...
 Presentations will take place in week 50 (you are expected to attend & listen to all, or at least most, of them).



For students starting the thesis work in LP3, the deadline for the project proposal is 25 January at 17:00 (please submit it [https://forms.gle/syQSBh7NNySJ8iq49 here]). 
 
Presentations will be scheduled one/two weeks later (you are expected to attend & listen to all, or at least most, of them).
You should prepare 10 minutes presentation, focusing on problem formulation, novelty & contribution, literature review, and project plan.
 
For the halftime report, the middle of March deadline is common for all.



For those who didn't make it for the report submission last week, the next deadline for sending in the halftime report is Sunday, 7 April at 23:59 -- using [https://forms.gle/aiFqUW5AxcoD3RrE9 this form]. 
 
The first batch of the halftime presentations will take place on 25-26 March (detailed schedule is [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K0TZNllTSeyWr7mhvwscSf-2IXRSvCBnbBU8mJPQf78/edit#gid=2059471719 here]). Please note that attending the halftime presentations (at least the majority of them) is mandatory -- and I '''will be''' taking attendance lists!
 



The second batch of the halftime presentations will take place on Thursday, 18 April (detailed schedule is [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K0TZNllTSeyWr7mhvwscSf-2IXRSvCBnbBU8mJPQf78/edit#gid=2059471719 here]). Please note that attending the halftime presentations (at least the majority of them) is mandatory -- and I '''will be''' taking attendance lists! 

'''Half-time presentations''' should be 20 minutes long (plus ~10 minutes for questions) and must cover the goals/objectives, expected contribution/novelty, results achieved so far, and a refined plan on how to proceed.



The deadline for final MSc reports (as always, supervisor-approved) is Friday, '''24 May 2024''', at 23:59. Use [https://forms.gle/yAqFkiiBBTnBf6Dw8 this Google form] to send your report to examiners.

Make sure to have at least '''two iterations''' of feedback on the report, so you should send the initial draft to your supervisors '''more or less right now'''. 
Remember that you also need to email the final report to the '''opponent'''. The opponent is decided by your supervisors, and it is generally one of the teachers/researchers here at ITE.

The final presentations will be in '''weeks 22 and 23'''. I'll make a schedule when I receive all your reports, but the time slots you can find already now in the same Google Sheet document as all the previous schedules. If you have any constraints, please let me know in the comments when submitting your report, and I'll do my best to accommodate them.

Final presentations should be '''15 minutes''' long and must cover the goals/objectives, final contribution/novelty, the results, and conclusions from your work. It will be followed by 25-30 minutes of questions/discussion with the opponent (selected by the supervisor) and the examiners. Be advised that 15 minutes is very short, so you should carefully select what do you talk about, focusing on the most important aspects.

If you don't make it this time, the next opportunity will be in late August/early September.



The second deadline for final MSc reports (as always, supervisor-approved) is Sunday, '''15 September 2024''', at 23:59. Use [https://forms.gle/yAqFkiiBBTnBf6Dw8 this Google form] to send your report to examiners. If that deadline is problematic for you, discuss it with your supervisors and contact Slawomir.

If you don't make it this time, the next (and final) opportunity will be in December.











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