Tuesday 30 September 2014

Software Design - RSA Activation Kit

For those who are interested, there is an activation kit for IBM's RSA 9.1 now available on the Software Design webcourses module. Please note that this is an academic licence to be used for educational and non-commercial research purposes only.

Regards,
Ciaran


Tuesday 23 September 2014

Oracle Scene Issue 54 is now available

Issue 54 of Oracle Scene magazine is now available to view online. This is published by the UK & Ireland Oracle User Group and I'm the editor of this magazine.

Use the following link to open the magazine.


Let me know if you would be interested in writing an article for Oracle Scene.

Brendan Tierney

Monday 22 September 2014

SAS OnDemand


https://odamid.oda.sas.com/SASODAControlCenter/enroll.html?enroll=da554a35-743b-4acb-b9b1-5e6e53e1fb5d

MSc Study Room - Room KE-B-004


To gain access to the MSc study room, KE-B-004, students will need to complete the application form and drop it, with their student card,  in to Claudia Colgan between 9:30am and 10:30am, or 2:30pm and 3:30pm.   Claudia's office is on the first floor in the old Kevin Street building, next to the Board Room.   Turn left at the top of the main stairs from reception.  

Part time students can submit their forms and cards to the School office and we will arrange for access.

Students who had requested access last year will continue to have access this year and do not need to resubmit the form.

Class Reps 2014-2015

Now that we are in Week 2, could you elect a class rep for the following student groups:

1st Years

  • DT228A-ASD
  • DT228A-DA
  • DT228A/B-IKM
  • DT228B-ASD
  • DT228B-DA
  • DT228B-IKM

2nd Years

  • DT228B-ASD
  • DT228B-DA
  • DT228B-IKM

Could you let me (andrea.f.curley@dit.ie) know who your rep is by the end of the week?

Gradireland Graduate Careers Fair - Wednesday 8th October, 2014

The Grad Ireland Autumn Fair will take place on Wednesday 8th October from 11am to 5pm in the Simmonscourt Hall 8, RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. It is an event for professionals and graduates seeking new opportunities in jobs and education (upskilling, professional courses and conversion programmes).

Saturday 20 September 2014

Research Methods and Proposal Writing (20/09/2014)

The MSc in Computing "Research Methods and Proposal Writing" lecture today (Saturday 20/09/2014) will take place in room KE-1-008 in the main Kevin Street building.

Also can I suggest the following:

- Bring a pen and paper with you, even if you are using a laptop. In your notes try leaving little blank space in the left-hand side of the page, as well as a little bit on the bottom of each page, Then you can later add a summary at the bottom of the page, and some memorization cues of the left of the page. This is called Cornell Notetaking. Here's a template for computer users.

- Can I suggest you bring a bottle of water with you to classes. Even mild dehydration can impact your concentration in class.

- my notes are at: http://www.damiantgordon.com/Courses/ResearchMethods/index.html
 and you can explore my site from here: http://www.damiantgordon.com/

- Previous MSc student dissertations I've supervised are here: http://www.damiantgordon.com/Research/research8.html

- There's a sample solution to Assignment 1 here: http://www.damiantgordon.com/Courses/ResearchMethods/RMAPR-2014-Sem1-Assignment1-Solution.pdf

Thursday 18 September 2014

Webcourses for Data Management

Students of the "Data Management" module should be able to see the module on webcourses. If you cannot, please email me - bianca.phelan@dit.ie

Wednesday 17 September 2014

Data Management (17/09/2014)

The MSc in Computing "Data Management (DATA9911)" lecture tonight (Wednesday 17/09/2014) will take place in room KA-G-028 in the Kevin Street Annexe.

Tuesday 16 September 2014

Probability & Statistical Inference (16/09/2014)

The MSc in Computing Probability & Statistical Inference lecture tonight (Tuesday 16/09/2014) will take place in room KA-G-028 in the Kevin Street Annexe.

Monday 15 September 2014

Data Mining (Part-time) Monday 15th Sept

The class will be in KE-4-008.  This is on the 4th floor of the main Kevin Street building

Regards
Brendan

Software Design Class Venue - 15/9/2014

Software Design lecture tonight (Monday 15/9/2014) will be in KE-B-034 (main entrance downstairs).

Regards,
Ciaran

Saturday 13 September 2014

Problem-Solving, Innovation and Communication Schedule for Part-time Students

Here's the schedule for Problem-Solving, Innovation and Communication for part-time students

13th September - 10:30-12:30
4th October - 09:30-16:30
1st November - 09:30-16:30
15th November - 09:30-12:30
22th November - 09:30-16:30

Also can I suggest the following:

- Bring a pen and paper with you, even if you are using a laptop. In your notes try leaving little blank space in the left-hand side of the page, as well as a little bit on the bottom of each page, Then you can later add a summary at the bottom of the page, and some memorization cues of the left of the page. This is called Cornell Notetaking. Here's a template for computer users.

- Can I suggest you bring a bottle of water with you to classes. Even mild dehydration can impact your concentration in class.

- my notes are at: http://www.damiantgordon.com/Courses/PSIC/index2014-2015Parttime.html and you can explore my site from here: http://www.damiantgordon.com/

Research Writing and Scientific Literature Schedule for Part-time Students

Here's the schedule for Research Writing and Scientific Literature for part-time students

13th September - 13:30-16:30
27th September - 09:30-16:30
18th October -  09:30-16:30
15th November - 13:30-16:30
29th November - 09:30-16:30

Also can I suggest the following:

- Bring a pen and paper with you, even if you are using a laptop. In your notes try leaving little blank space in the left-hand side of the page, as well as a little bit on the bottom of each page, Then you can later add a summary at the bottom of the page, and some memorization cues of the left of the page. This is called Cornell Notetaking. Here's a template for computer users.

- Can I suggest you bring a bottle of water with you to classes. Even mild dehydration can impact your concentration in class.

- my notes are at: http://www.damiantgordon.com/Courses/ResearchWriting/index.html and you can explore my site from here: http://www.damiantgordon.com/

Friday 12 September 2014

MSc Timetables for 2014-15

To make it easier to access your timetable for 2014-15 a number of class groups have been set up as follows:

Full time students
DT228A/ASD - full time Advanced Software Development
DT228A/IKM - full time Information & Knowledge Management
DT228A/DA - full time Data Analytics

New part time students (i.e year 1):
DT228B/1-A - part time Advanced Software Development
DT228B/1-I - part time Information & Knowledge Management
DT228B/1-D - part time Data Analytics

Continuing part time students (i.e. year 2 or higher):
DT228B/2-A - part time Advanced Software Development
DT228B/2-I - part time Information & Knowledge Management
DT228B/2-D - part time Data Analytics

To access your timetable login to the web timetables online system and choose a Class Group Timetable.   If you put in the programme code DT228A or DT228B into the Class Group textbox and select Search it will list all the valid class groups for that programme and you can select your class group from it.

Remember that weeks 3-15 are semester 1 and 21-35 are semester 2.

Please keep an eye on timetables for the first week as there may be small changes such as rooms.

Friday 5 September 2014

Supplemental for Exam/CA


Could any students who have submitted a CA or sat a written exam and not paid the supplemental fee of €100 contact the exams office immediately? Otherwise, these results will not be presented at the Supplemental Board and results will be delayed.

Cenergise - Graduate Software Engineer

Cenergise is seeking to hire a Graduate Software Engineer.  The job advertisement is available  here