Research Writing and Scientific Literature Tuesday Jan 31st

This class will be in KE-2-004. Class will start @ 18.30

Notes for the class are available via a Google Calendar which is publicly available at http://tinyurl.com/RWSL-Calendar. All notes are attached to the Lecture events - you can access by clicking the event and selecting More Details.


Please Note: There is a class on Wednesday for some programme groups. You do not have to attend both sessions. Please attend the session you selected.

Research Methods and Proposal Writing Thursday

This module may not be showing correctly on all timetables
It is available

Research Methods & Prop. Writ

Lecture

Kevin Street - Annexe - G-027

GORDAN, DAMIAN

16:00-18:00

Availability of Exam Results Semester 1 2011-2012

For details of when exam results will be available please check
http://modularisation.dit.ie/docs/ExamSchedule_S&H_S1_201112.pdf

Registrations Semester 2 2011-2012 Payment

Registrations are currently working through the details of Semester 2 registrations.
They are setting up payment for the associated modules.
If you have not changed your original selection from the start of the year you should be able to pay
now online or by phone.
If you have changed your selection since the start of the year you will have a changed payment.
These changes will be completed as soon as possible.
I will email as soon as registrations let me know records have been created.
The penalty will not be applied to these if you pay once notified.
If you are in a hurry to pay you can contact registrations and they will make the changes for you then.

Students Learning With Communities Possible Dissertation Projects - Presentation Tuesday 31st @ 3pm

The DIT Students Learning With Communities project have a number of community partners with ideas that might of interest for those taking Research Methods and Proposal Writing this semester.

Catherine Bates from SLWC will make a presentation about possible collaboration in Research Methods and Proposal Writing on Tuesday 31st Jan class in KA-G-028.
This class itself will start at 2 and the presentation from SLWC will start at 3.

If you are part of the Thursday class and are interested you should  attend on Tuesday @ 3.

Final Proposal Deadline for Semester 2

For those students who have not submitted their dissertation proposals, the deadline is 2pm today (30th Jan).

For those students who have already submitted and presented their proposals, the deadline for submitting you updated proposal is 2pm today (30th Jan).

Update on Registrations for Semester 2

All details you have provided re your semester 2 registration choices have now been collated and sent to registrations this afternoon.
If you need to make payment you need to do so before January 31st to avoid a late fee.
If you are waiting for a progression board decision before proceeding to dissertation you do not have to pay for this now - you can pay when you have been given approval to proceed.

Details of what has been sent to registrations are available in the following files.
If you have any issues please email cspg@dit.ie


DT202A (All Cohorts)
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B-RIxfFpDs08ZGFmZGMyMjgtY2RkNi00Njc3LWE1N2EtZDI3NGNjODUwNmJi
DT202
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B-RIxfFpDs08OGM3MTk4MTItYTRhNC00YzUyLTg5ZWMtYjRiYzg1OGIzYTEy
DT210
  https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B-RIxfFpDs08YWRjNzYyN2ItYTg4MC00ZGZkLWI4NzAtZTUwZjJlNTI5M2Nh
DT217
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B-RIxfFpDs08NGEwYWNhMDgtMDY0OS00NDU5LWI5NTAtYjE1NTM1ODkwYzdj
DT217A (All Cohorts)
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B-RIxfFpDs08MGVhMDhmYWItNGJjZC00NzA2LWI2ODMtYzM4MWIyYjcyMjM1
DT217P
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B-RIxfFpDs08Zjk0MWIxNzQtZTFjYS00ZTM2LWJmOTAtZTQzN2I4NTRhN2Vm
DT230A
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B-RIxfFpDs08NTM4Yjg4ZWUtMDlhMC00ODAyLWE3ZTktZTlhOTgwZTY0MTlh
DT230B
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B-RIxfFpDs08ZGEyNjgxYzctYmFmYi00MmNlLWEyN2YtMDA0NTg2NDQ5NzQz
DT285
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B-RIxfFpDs08NjU2MmNkZTMtMzQ0MC00MjQ3LWEyNTYtYzRjNzhhZDc3ZjAx
DT286 (All Cohorts)
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B-RIxfFpDs08MWIxODcwYWEtODM2Zi00NGU5LWJjOWYtYjBmNWZjMGFhMDA2
DT762
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B-RIxfFpDs08ZGVjMDgwYzEtYTUxZS00MWI0LWIzY2MtNGE1YmYwNWE3MmYw

Visualisation: room change - G-028

The first Visualisation lecture will take place:

Room G-028 starting at 18:30 on 30 January, 2012

Regards,
Colman McMahon
colman.mcmahon@dit.ie

Saturday schedule - Up to date

The dates for the modules that are scheduled for Saturday delivery are below:

Universal Design:  Sat 4th Feb;  Sat 10th Mar;  Sat 31st Mar;   Sat 28th Apr;

Case Studies:  Sat 11th Feb;  Sat 3rd Mar;   Sat 24th Mar;  Sat 12th May;

Security:  Sat 25th Feb;   Sat 17th Mar**;   Sat 21st Apr;  Sat 5th May;

** The college will be closed on 17th May as it is a Bank Holiday but arrangements for delivery of this lecture will be made with the class.

Problem Solving Lecture next Monday

Hi all,

I've gotten a couple of e-mails about this, so
just in case there is any confusion...

The Problem Solving Lecture next Monday evening
30th Jan 18:30 to 21:30 for Part time students
is in KE-3-008,

the notes will be appearing here:
http://www.comp.dit.ie/dgordon/Courses/PSIC/

Damian

Visualisation module - first lecture

To all Visualisation students,

The first lecture will be a combined class for all students (full and part-time) taking the Visualisation module. This session will be an introduction to the topic and an overview of the material the course will cover. It will also be an opportunity for students to share their own areas of interest.

There will be no computing or practical work in this first lecture (this will start in Lecture 2).

1st lecture
- ALL students, Mon 30th January @ 18:30, Room G-028 (revised 27/01/12)

2nd lecture (and subsequently from then on)
- Full-time/Day students, Thur 2 February @ 13:00-16:00, room AU-1-005
- Part-time/Night students, Mon 6 February @ 18:30-21:30, room KA-1-016


Regards,
Colman McMahon
colman.mcmahon@dit.ie


(This module is available as a core/option for DT285 year 1, DT286 years 1 & 2, DT217A years 1 & 2, and DT202A year 1.)

Classes Restart for Semester 2 Mon Jan 31st

The academic calendar is available at http://www.dit.ie/services/academicaffairsandregistrar/calendar/

Timetables are available via http://webtimetables.dit.ie

Username: students Password: timetables

To find details of your programme do the following:

Click Timetables from the menu at the top of the screen

Select Programme from the dropbox Select Timetable Type

Enter 23-40  in the box Week Range Number

Enter one of the following in the box Programme Code:

• DT202 - Assistive Technology P/T, Universal Design and AT P/T, Springboard
• DT210 - Advanced Software Development P/T, Springboard, Information Technology
• DT217 - Information Knowledge Management P/T, Springboard, Knowledge Management, DT762 IKM, DT271P
• DT230 - Advanced Software Development F/T
• DT285 - Data Analytics F/T
• DT286 - Data Analytics P/T, Springboard, DT762 Data Analytics

This will show you Semester 2 classes only.
Please note rooms may change in the first week.

Your programme mentors are your first port of call: MSc in Computing (Data Analytics) Brian MacNamee; Ronan Bradley for all other programmes.

Updated Module times for Semester 2

The daytime delivery of the Security module in Semester 2 has been confirmed - Tues 9am - 11am lecture and 1pm - 2pm lab.

Also Data Management in Semester 2 has been changed from Weds afternoon to Friday afternoon from 2pm to 5pm due to unavailability of rooms.

Module selections and times for Semester 2

Please select the link below that is appropriate to your pathway which will allow you to confirm your module selections for Semester 2. Each form includes the timing of each module appropriate to your pathway. We have taken on board the issues you raised in Semester 1 and have tried to reduce class sizes and offer daytime delivery of popular modules for those of you available during the day. This has resulted in changes to the delivery of some modules. As you will appreciate there are difficulties that mean we are restricted in the days/evenings on which modules are offered. Unfortunately at this stage no changes in scheduling of days/evenings can be accommodated unless you identify a clash which affects the entire class.

For those of you who wish to change from your earlier selections or those who have not indicated any module choices already, please be aware that your changes may not be able to be accommodated as the classes and timetables have been confirmed based on numbers from the original choices. We will try to accommodate as many changes as the class sizes will allow. 

Any queries should be emailed to cspg@dit.ie. Any common queries will be answered on this blog so the response will be available to all students that are affected.

Please complete the forms below by 17.00 Wednesday so that we can inform registrations of any changes in advance of the 31st January payment deadline.

Advanced Software Development:

DT230A - Full time students, year 1:  http://bit.ly/zqwEx8

DT230B - Part time students, year 1:  http://bit.ly/x8iIVm

DT230B - Springboard students, 30 ECTS credit route:  http://bit.ly/wW8fyb

DT230B - Springboard students, 60 ECTS credit route:  http://bit.ly/w2wjA1

DT210 - Part time, year 2 or more:  http://bit.ly/xQHXRn

Information & Knowledge Management:

DT217A - Part time students, year 1:   http://bit.ly/yMHDkE

DT217A - Springboard students, 30 ECTS credit route:   http://bit.ly/yMHDkE

DT217A - Springboard students, 60 ECTS credit route:  http://bit.ly/xF0pt7

DT217 - Part time students, year 2 or more:   http://bit.ly/x0tVDh

Data Analytics:

DT285 - Full time students, year 1:   http://bit.ly/AdPhUa

DT286 - Part time students, year 1:  http://bit.ly/wqEquw

DT286 - Springboard students, 30 ECTS credit route:   http://bit.ly/zdD1pD

DT286 - Springboard students, 60 ECTS credit route:  http://bit.ly/x7d7uV

DT286 - Part time, year 2 or more:   http://bit.ly/ydhKW1

Universal Design & Assistive Technology:

DT202A - Part time students, year 1:   http://bit.ly/zzFLNf

DT202A - Springboard students, 30 ECTS credit route:  http://bit.ly/yNDZ5G

DT202A - Springboard students, 60 ECTS credit route:   http://bit.ly/wGy0tb

DT202 - Part time students, year 2 or more:  http://bit.ly/znGeQH

For students proceeding to dissertation in Semester 2 2011/2012

Please note: This post is for students who are awaiting results of progression this semester. If you have previously passed the required stage and are intending to proceed to dissertation you can ignore this email.

You will be receiving notice that you must pay for Semester 2 modules by Jan 31st.
However progression to dissertation is conditional on passing the required core module
set plus approval of the dissertation proposal.
In order to ensure that you do not incur an unnecessary fee the dissertation module
will not be added to your semester 2 payment until you have met the progression
requirements.

You can pay for the remainder of your semester 2 fees in advance of Jan 31st and will
be notified when to pay for the dissertation

If you have indicated that you no longer intend to proceed to dissertation this will be
taken into account also.

Update: If you have already paid for the dissertation you should not be affected by this situation.

MSc Proposals & Presentations

Can all students email their completed proposal by 10am on Monday 16th at the latest. If you have already emailled it to me then Thank You.

Can you also email me your presentation before 1pm on the day of your presentation. This is to ensure the smooth running of the presentations throughout the day and evening

Updated system architecture slides

I have received some emails about the slide sets on my web-page. In particular, the set titled "Example of a component based architecture" was updated during Christmas and was missing some slides. This has been corrected. Note that the slides covered in class and on the web-site during the semester are the correct set - and should match those now available.

Check here for the latest set:
http://www.comp.dit.ie/rbradley/System%20Architectures/index.html

Ronan

Dissertation Proposal Presentation Schedule

The following link will give you the schedule of presentations for your Dissertation Project Proposal.

http://www.comp.dit.ie/btierney/MScDissertations/Proposal_Presentations_January_2012.pdf

This schedule is based on the information entered into the spreadsheet organised Deirdre Lawless.

We have tried to arrange a time slot based on your choice, but in a number of situations we have not been able to facilitate this, due to room availability, staff availability, number of requests for time slot, etc.

The presentations will be in following rooms

Thursday 12th Jan : Boardroom (1st floor Main Kevin Street Building)
Monday 16th Jan : Boardroom (1st floor Main Kevin Street Building)
Tuesday 17th Jan : School of Computing Meeting Room (3rd Floor Annex Building - School of Computing Office)

Can you email me your completed project proposal by 10am on Thursday.

Can you also email your presentation by 1pm on the day of your presentation

The 6th International AAAI Conference On Weblogs And Social Media

The International AAAI Conference on Weblogs and Social Media (ICWSM) is a unique forum that brings together researchers from the disciplines of computer science, linguistics, communication, and the social sciences. The broad goal of ICWSM is to increase understanding of social media in all its incarnations. Submissions describing research that blends social science and computational approaches are especially encouraged.

Disciplines
Computational linguistics/NLP
Text mining/data mining
Psychology
Sociology (including social network analysis)
Communication
Anthropology
Media studies
Visualization
Political science
Computational social science
HCI
Economics
Graph theory, concrete analysis and simulation of graphical models

Media
Weblogs, including comments
Social networking sites
Microblogs
Wikis (Wikipedia)
Forums, mailing lists, newsgroups
Community media sites (YouTube, Flickr) h2. Topics Include
Psychological, personality-based and ethnographic studies of social media
Analyzing the relationship between social media and mainstream media
Qualitative and quantitative studies of social media
Centrality/influence of social media publications and authors
Ranking/relevance of blogs and microblogs; web page ranking based on blogs and microblogs
Social network analysis; communities identification; expertise and authority discovery; collaborative filtering
Trust; reputation; recommendation systems
Human computer interaction; social media tools; navigation and visualization
Subjectivity in textual data; sentiment analysis; polarity/opinion identification and extraction
Text categorization; topic recognition; demographic/gender/age identification
Trend identification and tracking; time series forecasting; measuring predictability of phenomena based on social media
New social media applications; interfaces; interaction techniques
Social innovation and effecting change through social media

If you have stuff that might be suitable, get your abstracts in by Friday:
http://icwsm.org/2012/index.php

Dissertations starting February 2012

If you intend starting your dissertation in February and have not as yet arranged a date to present your
proposal please do so now by completing this form :
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/embeddedform?formkey=dFlmTHl5a1pMSklSLU03TTB4dDF3blE6MQ