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CS472

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Guided Advanced Research in Computer Science

SCIS Sch of Computing & Info Sys

Course (UG/PG)

Undergraduate

Offering Unit/Department

Course Description

CS472 aims to train students to conduct scientific research in a specific area and prepare students for postgraduate study. The students will be guided to formulate research problems, propose research methods, develop experiment design for research validation and write scientific publication (in the form of a conference proceeding paper or journal article).

Only students who are undertaking the Computing Research Programme are eligible to take this course.

Course Learning Outcomes

Develop a project proposal specifying the research area, the goal of the research and a plan to achieve the research goal

Conduct research with appropriate methodology

Write a term paper that includes a literature review, problem formulation, evaluation

Expose to research seminars and deliver a summary report

Discipline-Specific Competencies

Change Management, Crisis Management, Manpower Planning, Combinatorial Decision-making, Intelligent Reasoning

SMU Graduate Learning Outcomes

Critical thinking & problem solving, Communication, Self-directed learning

Grading Basis

GRD - Graded

Course Units

1