COMP516 - Research Methods in Computer Science

Brief Description

The research methods module includes various "high order transferable skills" such as: searching for information on the WWW and libraries, reading and understanding research papers, writing papers (including referencing), a review of professional ethics and legal issues and problem solving. Intended for computer science MSc and MEng students.

Recommended texts

Christian W. Dawson: Projects in Computing and Information Systems (A Student's Guide). Addison Wesley, 2005.
Justin Zobel: Writing for Computer Science. Springer, 2004.

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