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WRITING YOUR
THESIS
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Dr Khurram Khurshid
Contents
Thesis Writing
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Dissertation
your thoughts on it
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Thesis Writing
The Research
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What did you do in the lab over the last 2/3 years?
Not a historical narrative Not a dump of everything that you have done
Leave dead-ends
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A novel contribution
Evaluated systematically
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When to Start?
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How to Start?
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What Next?
What to do next?
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Thesis message
Critical Appreciation
Theoretical or algorithmic
developments
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What Next?
meet
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Time Table
Could take up to
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What Next?
What to do next?
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Rule of Three
Intro chapter
Main chapters Conclusion chapter
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Reference Management
JabRef
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Bringing other writers into your writing Rephrasing in our own words & adding an acknowledgement
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Integrate other studies into your own text, rather than read as a series of disconnected voices of other researchers
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criticises deals with decides defines demonstrates denies depicts determines diagnoses discovers doubts emphasises establishes explains
explores expresses finds focuses highlights hypothesises identifies implies indicates infers interprets makes the point maintains notes
observes points out /to predicts presumes proves proposes provides evidence for questions recognises reports reveals says seeks to explain seeks to identify
shows signals states studies suggests tries to identify sums up underlines views wonders
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POSITIVE
NEUTRAL
NEGATIVE/CRITICAL
proven fact
Claims disassociates the writer from the position of the author cited. This allows the writer to establish a critical perspective and follow with a
counterargument.
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Plagiarism
Refer to the lecture on Plagiarims
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Jokes
bad, good, nice Method A requires less computation than method B' Use correct/incorrect
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Soon
Voice
Prefer active constructions The operating system starts the device instead of the device is started by the operating system.
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Summary
Thesis
Start Early
Plagiarism
Be careful
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References
& Uppsala
www.plagiarism.org
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