F.A.O Students who intend to start dissertation in February

Please complete the form you have been sent by email to identify the slot in which you
wish to present your research project proposal. If you fail to present a proposal before
January 20th 2012 you will not be allowed to proceed to dissertation in semester 2.

Deirdre

F.A.O Springboard Students - Exam Timetables update

A quick note  - finally you have been moved to the correct programmes.

You will receive a timetable for the relevant programme in the post - in the meantime
please refer to http://www.dit.ie/examinations/examinations-kevinstreet/
for all details including the exam timetable.
Codes are : DT202a Universal Design and AT, DT217a Information and KM,
DT230b Advanced Software Development, DT286 Data Analytics

(Please note: the timetable you receive is not personalised, it is for the entire programme
so there may be exams listed for modules you are not doing)

Systems Architectures lecture 15-12-2011 + extension to CA deadline

(1) There will be no lecture this evening (15-12-2011) due to illness.

(2) It has been brought to my attention that there are two broken links on my web-page (the second CA and the exams questions related to new material). I have emailed the files to the list of emails that I have for the class. If I have missed anybody email me and I can send you a copy. As one of the links is the assignment and this may have caused delays in some of you undertaking the work, I am extending the deadline until the 22nd December.

Ronan

Probability & Statistical Inference, Back Where it Started

The Probability & Statistical Inference class tonight (Tuesday 13th December) will return to the lecture room in GA-028 in Kevin St (down the little corridor beside the shop).

MSC Student Discussion Blog

To get added to the MSc student discussion blog
http://ditmscdiscuss.blogspot.com/
please email Vincent McKenna - vpmac.vec@gmail.com

Accenture Talk Rescheduled

Hello folks,

The talk by Accenture consulting has been rescheduled to Monday the 12th of December at 18:30 in KE4-008. Speaking will be Jacques Bellac, a member of Accenture's Global Analytics Innovation Centre here in Dublin, and Patrick Quinn, a former DIT graduate and current Accenture consultant.

Jacques and Patrick will be speaking about the work that they do in the Analytics Innovation Centre in Dublin and careers at Accenture so this promises to be a very interesting and useful session. Last year Accenture opened their Analytics Innovation Centre in Dublin and are actively recruiting at all levels.

See you there,

Brian.

Letters of Confirmation of Registration

Letters of confirmation of registration available from the Student
Services Centres see http://www.dit.ie/registration/requestservice/

F.A.O Springboard students - exams timetables

You are all registered on DT217 and have probably received the timetable for this programme.
Registrations were instructed quite some time ago to move you to the correct stream  - this has
not happened.
Until they do please refer to the correct timetable as published on the exams website
(see previous post)
Data Analytics see DT286, Information and KM see DT217a, Advanced Software see DT230b
Universal Design and AT see DT202a

If you have any issues with the programme or exams can you please email your
programme MENTOR - Brian MacNamee for the Data Analytics and Ronan Bradley
for all other streams. Please do not cc me on the emails. If they cannot deal with your
query they will forward it to me.



Deirdre

Semester 1 Examinations

Dear All
The site below is the source of all information on Semester 1 examinations
This includes the most up to date examination timetable.

http://www.dit.ie/examinations/examinations-kevinstreet/

You can find lots of useful information here like past papers, how to access results,
repeating exams, PC1 and other forms.

You should receive a letter by post from exams with a timetable for your programme
and your exam number. If you do not please contact the Exams office in Kevin Street

Opening Hours:
Monday - Friday: 9.00am - 12.30pm, & 2.00pm - 5.00pm

Second floor of main Kevin Street Building

Contact Details:
Telephone:         (01) 402 4810
Fax:                    (01) 402 4999
E-Mail:                 kevin.examinations@dit.ie

Regards

Deirdre

RWSL December 12th & December 15th

The deadline for the research writing and scientific literature module is Thursday Dec 15th @ 10.00

There will be a drop in clinic on Monday in KA-3-020 from 1.00 to 3.00 for all students
(those attending Monday or Thursday)

I will be available on Thursday in KA-G-026 at 1.00 to deal with issues of late submission etc

For those of you I don't see next week, have a great Christmas and best wishes for success in the
exams

Deirdre

Presentation on Tackling Exams

Notes from yesterday's presentation are available at :

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B-RIxfFpDs08NjgyODI0MTUtMTVjZS00YmE2LWJhNGItNjQ1MjhhNjQzOGQ1

AND

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B-RIxfFpDs08NTJiMzBkNmItMDkxOC00YmE5LTkzZDItZmVmOGRmZGQyNjA0

Exam Timetable

The timetable for Semester 1 exams will be sent to you in the next week.
Details are available at
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B-RIxfFpDs08YjIzYjVjMTQtOTVhYi00NTFjLWI0YzMtZTViZDZjYzg5OTkz

You will also receive your exam number at this point.

Congratulations to Liam Carey - DIT MSc in Computing Student and Eircom Spider Winner

Congratulations to Liam Carey a student on the MSc in Computing (Information and Knowledge Management) who was  presented with an Eircom Spider award on 10th November 2011   for his website Bandpages.ie, which Liam set up in 2010.

Bandpages.ie is an on-line directory for booking ‘live’ music acts in Ireland for events such as weddings, private parties, special events, pubs and music clubs. The website was launched in 2010 after securing a ‘priming grant’ from Dublin City Enterprise Board.

Dubbed the Oscars of the digital world, the Eircom Spiders Awards are an annual event honouring Irish individuals and organisations for their outstanding achievements online and celebrating the successes of the Irish internet and digital media. This year’s awards took place in the Convention Centre Dublin and were hosted by comedian Dara O’Briain. During the awards ceremony Liam’s website Bandpages.ie was declared category winner for being “clean, simple, and easy to use”.

Many congratulations to Liam on his success to date and best wishes for the future of Bandpages.ie


Deirdre

Seminar - Examinations Process and Preparation Wednesday 7th December

I will be giving a short seminar on the examination process and preparation on Wednesday 7th December.


I will be doing this at 15.00 in KA-1-015 for those attending during the day
and again at 18.30 in KE-2-008 for those attending in the evening.


ICT regulation and Professional Issues will start at 19.30 on Wed 7th to accommodate this seminar.

Students who are in their second year of attending the programme do not need to attend this
seminar.

Regards

Deirdre

ICT Regulation and Professional Issues Wednesday Dec 7th (evening class)

This class will start at 19.30 on Wednesday Dec 7th.

Regards

Deirdre

5th December Data Mining

In the absence of the Accenture talk this evening (5th December) there will be no Data Mining class.

DT285/DT286 Probability & Statistical Inference Assignment Extension

The submission date for the Probability & Statistical Inference assignment has been extended until midnight on the 14th of December, 2011. The class on Tuesday the 6th will be held in the Aungier St. labs and be devoted to working on the assignment.

See you there.

Accenture Recruitment Talk Rescheduled

The Accenture recruitment talk has been rescheduled from Monday the 5th of December to Monday the 12th of December. It will still take place during the Data Mining class in KE 4-008 at 18:30.

Research Writing and Scientific Literature Class Groups for Dec 5th and Dec 8th

Below are the groups for class on Monday Dec 5th and Thursday Dec 8th.
The purpose of these group sessions are to work with other students who are at a similar stage of work as yourself (not necessarily on the same stream), exchange papers and get useful feedback.

Anyone who is not included in the list below should attend class, bringing a printed copy of their draft paper and will be allocated a working group in class.

Anyone who wishes to meet with me beyond the meetings already conducted can do so in the class sessions.

Group sessions will work as follows:

• Members of the group will exchange papers (this can be done in advance of class). 
• In class members will read each other's papers.
• Members will discuss the paper with the author and offer constructive feedback and comments. 
• The aim is to identify areas that need clarification and to discuss the research questions which may offer helpful insights in the shaping of the questions.

Monday Groups
D11125025 John Brogan
D11123750 Robert Huczek
D11123915 Niall Dowdall
D05106940 Gabriel Lawless

D10125244 Marcus McQuiston
D11123511 Vincent McKenna
D11126243 Leah Moriarty
D11123520 Christina Shannon

D11125030 Eloho Rose Egwuterai
D091220800 Victor Aduba
C03406750 Colclough Doran


Thursday Groups
C06628346 Brendan Cregan
c07703996 Jelena Haidurova

D11124806 Garrett Duffy
D11125053 Philip O'Donnell
D11125034 Kenneth Byrne
D11123516 Raj Kumar

C07685874 Lira Maricar Mariano
D11123098 Tair Kuanyshev
d11125144 Chenjie Cao
D11125977 Frank Kendlin


D071110370 Harry Osemwegie
c07619511 Keith Ellman

Research Writing and Scientific Literature Class Dec 5th and 8th

There will be classes on Monday Dec 5th 13.00 - 15.00 and Thursday Dec 8th 13.00 - 15.00

We will be focusing on the research paper part of the assignment. You will be divided into
groups and will read each others papers and provide feedback. I will email everyone about
their groups tomorrow.

Hopefully by the end of next week everyone will have a clear focus on what they need to
work on to complete the paper for the 15th December.