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Path to Degree CPSC 699

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Masters completion rates 2003 cohort, 5 years later UofCG13rank (%) including transfer to PhD Humanities84.981.18 Social Sciences79.180.210 Sciences86.384.68 Engineering82.585.88 Health Sciences84.585.47 Total82.581.99 SOURCE: FGS Council Minutes http://www.grad.ucalgary.ca/grad/files/grad/Council_Meeting_371_Package.pdf http://www.grad.ucalgary.ca/grad/files/grad/Minutes_355_FC_Approved.pdf

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G13:Group of Thirteen McGill University University of Western Ontario University of Toronto University of British Columbia Queen's University McMaster University University of Alberta Universit Laval Universit de Montral University of Waterloo April, 2006 University of Calgary Dalhousie University University of Ottawa 19 Century G3 1991 G10 20 Century G7

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U15:Group of Fifteen McGill University University of Western Ontario University of Toronto University of British Columbia Queen's University McMaster University University of Alberta Universit Laval Universit de Montral University of Waterloo April, 2006 University of Calgary Dalhousie University University of Ottawa 19 Century G3 1991 G10 20 Century G7 February, 2011 University of Saskatchewan University of Manitoba

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PhD completion rates, 2003 cohort, 5 years later UofCG13Rank Humanities27.319.82 Social Sciences41.724.02 Sciences53.444.03 Engineering45.946.56 Health Sciences53.142.46 Total46.336.33

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PhD completion rates, 1999 cohort, 9 years later UofCG13 Rank Humanities47.153.810 Social Sciences78.464.73 Sciences73.372.46 Engineering72.771.46 Health Sciences75.076.36 Total72.567.76

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Milestones- MSc- CPSC Course work 699+ 4 half-courses (one-semester course) At least 2 graduate-level CPSC or SENG courses (6XX, 7 XX) At most ONE 5XX undergraduate course (need to be recommended by supervisor and approved by Graduate Director) Breadth: recommended for continuing on to a PhD program Research (proposal determined by supervisor) Give a department seminar presentation Write thesis Defend thesis : open oral defense Expected Time: 2 years (full time), 3 years (part time) 4 years maximum

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Milestones - MSc- SENG Course work 699+ 4 half-courses (one-semester course) At least 3 from Approved SENG List At most ONE 5XX undergraduate course (need to be recommended by supervisor and approved by Graduate Director) Breadth: recommended for continuing on to a PhD program Research (proposal determined by supervisor) Give a department seminar presentation Write thesis Defend thesis : open oral defense Expected Time: 2 years (full time), 3 years (part time) 4 years maximum

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Milestones- PhD Breadth requirements Course work 699 + At least grade B in at least 8 courses At least 3 must be taken in PhD program here At least 6 graduate level courses (6XX, 7XX) The other two can be 5XX Each of the 3 categories out of 4 Applications, Systems, Theory and External to Computer Science (be presented with a justification as to why they are another area, approved by supervisor and graduate committee) Not Applicable for PhD Students start from NOW select supervisory committee Supervisor(s) + two extra members Give at least 1 department seminar presentation

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New Course Requirement for PhD At least four of the required courses must be taken from a degree-granting Computer Science Department. The above courses must be taken from multiple research areas. Not more than six courses in one research area is counted toward the minimum eight half courses. Courses in the intersection of two or more areas are counted in the area with the most completed course credits.

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New Course Requirement for PhD The current research areas are: Artificial Intelligence and Multi-Agent Systems Bioinformatics and Biological Computations Computer Graphics Database HCI and Visualization Networks and Systems Security Scientific Computing

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New Course Requirement for PhD The current research areas are: Software Engineering Theory and Foundations Vision and Image Processing Other areas in Computer science External to Computer Science Courses outside Computer Science must be approved by the students supervisor. Credits for courses external to the Department of Computer Science are only given on condition that no Computer Science course which covers similar content is counted toward the required eight courses. These courses will be counted toward the appropriate areas in Computer Science.

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New Course Requirement for PhD Not more than six courses in one research area will be counted toward the minimum eight half courses. Courses in the intersection of two or more areas are counted in the area with the most completed course credits.

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New Course Requirement for PhD Credits for courses external to the Department of Computer Science are only given on condition that no Computer Science course which covers similar content is counted toward the required eight courses. These courses will be counted toward the appropriate areas in Computer Science.

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Milestones- PhD candidacy exam Single-authored Scientific Paper Research Proposal Faculty Candidacy Examination (Oral) : Before 28 months Write thesis Defend thesis: open oral defense 3-4 years typical (with M.Sc.) /4-5 years typical (without M.Sc.) 6 years maximum

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Milestones CMD Computational Media Design M.Sc. 1 graduate level course in CPSC 1 graduate level course in either FINA or EVDS 1 graduate level research methodology course (699) 2 other graduate level courses Ph.D. + 1 additional graduate level course in CPSC + 1 additional graduate level course in either FINA or EVDS + other graduate level course

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Course Standards GPA < 3.0 in the current year OR B- in 2+ courses may be required to withdraw from program C+ or less in a course : course cannot count, warning B- in a course with GPA >=3.0 : warning Warning : both student and supervisor

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Transfer from M.Sc. To Ph.D. GPA 3.7+ A dossier specifying a research program Meeting with Transfer Committee to give a 15-20 minute presentation and then responds to questions

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On to the defense complete research complete dissertation select examination committee MSc supervisor(s) 1 departmental 1 extra-departmental PhD supervisory committee extra-departmental extra-university

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On to the defense PhD External Examiner No collaboration with supervisor in last 5 years, No collaboration with candidate, Not a supervisor in CPSC in last 3 years, Not close personal friend of supervisor, No closely related to candidate Neutral Chair Not a member in a examining committee A University faculty member No close relationship with candidate and supervisor Not involved in candidate and supervisors research

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Scheduling the defense 4-5 weeks before defense to Faculty of Graduate Studies deliver names of examination committee scheduled time copy of dissertation 3 weeks before dissertation in hands of examiners allow 8 weeks from completion of dissertation to defense

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Defense format 15 minute presentation rounds of questions start with external finish with supervisor repeat until out of time (2hrs) committee deliberations (in camera) Result

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What is a thesis A research claim that you support with evidence and argument Dissertation a document states thesis presents supporting evidence and arguments

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Thesis proposal requirement for PhD optional for MSc early draft of dissertation state thesis do not have to support, but indicate how you will collect evidence

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What is a thesis A research claim that you support with evidence and argument Dissertation a document states thesis presents supporting evidence and arguments

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Thesis proposal requirement for PhD optional for MSc early draft of dissertation state thesis do not have to support, but indicate how you will collect evidence

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Elements (1) thesis - your hypothesis or claims Riesbeck suggest 6 categories process X is a feasible way to do task Y process X is a better way to do task Y than any previously known method task Y requires process X people use process X to do task Y process X is a terrible way to do Y people don't use process must be a novel contribution for PhD

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Elements (2) Motivation why is it interesting to others related work literature survey summarize the work of others organize does not have to be exhaustive should be representative focus on ideas, not technical detail add value with your organization a bad literature survey a disconnected collection of paraphrased papers no big-picture view of how they fit together

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Elements (3) Approach how will you gather evidence? how will you test hypotheses? evaluation what will your evidence look like? how will you know if it is valid?

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Elements (4) work done what have you accomplished so far? good to have started work on collecting evidence do not go too far on PhD the proposal is your supervisory committees first chance to give you feedback helps convince supervisor committee you

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Elements (5) Plan time line allow time for writing thesis organizing defense

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Suggestions find good drawing software Corel Draw Adobe Illustrator type-setting software Latex Ms Word make sure you can get math/diagrams into document

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Sources Saul Greenberg - Chapter 1 club notes Chris Riesbeck, What is a thesis defense? http://www.cc.gatech.edu/faculty/ashwin/wisdom/what-is-a- thesis-defense.html http://www.cc.gatech.edu/faculty/ashwin/wisdom/what-is-a- thesis-defense.html Cohen, Empirical Methods in AI Jeff Boyd 699 notes