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DAT315 / DIT199 DAT315 / DIT199 The computer scientist in society lp2 HT20 (7.5 hp)

Course is offered by the department of Computer Science and Engineering

Contact details

Course purpose

Complete the computer science curriculum with knowledge and generic skills relevant in the student's future professional roles. Students will

  • develop their scientific writing skills by studying, critically analyzing, and summarizing selected well-written scientific articles,
  • train technical communication for different audiences,
  • discus ethical aspects  of subjects in computer science, 
  • learn about ethical principles of research and publishing.

Schedule

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Course literature

See separate literature list.

Course design

 

 

Description of the course's learning activities; how they are implemented and how they are connected. This is the student's guide to navigating the course. Do not forget to give the student advice on how to learn as much as possible based on the pedagogy you have chosen. Often, you may need to emphasize concrete things like how often they should enter the learning space on the learning platform, how different issues are shared between supervisors, etc.

Provide a plan for

  • lectures
  • exervises
  • laboratory work
  • projects
  • supervision
  • feedback
  • seminars

Should contain a description of how the digital tools (Canvas and others) should be used and how they are organized, as well as how communication between teachers and students takes place (Canvas, e-mail, other).

Do not forget to describe any resources that students need to use, such as lab equipment, studios, workshops, physical or digital materials.

You should be clear how missed deadlines and revisions are handled.

 

Learning objectives and syllabus

Learning objectives:

* extract and summarize the current knowledge about a specific topic in computer science from original articles, clearly describe the scientific or technical problems treated within a specific topic in computer science, identify the essential points of an article,
* write well organized and well formulated text with proper scientific argumentation,
* explain and communicate a topic to readers that are not necessarily experts in the domain,
* plan a research project (master's thesis), based on problem analysis and with a clearly shaped goal, and predict its feasibility,
* review scientific sources critically,
* analyze and evaluate the reasons for the choice of a solution method,
* identify possible ethical and societal consequences of a method, design or system, evaluate possible decisions, based on general ethical values,
* apply ethical principles in scientific writing, including proper citation and use of statistical statements.

Link to the syllabus on Studieportalen.

Study plan

Examination form

The course is examined by a written proposal, carried out normally in pairs, and individual written assignments. The grading scale comprises: Pass (G) and Fail (U). In order to get the grade Pass, the student needs to pass both the proposal and the individual written assignments.


The course examiner may assess individual students in other ways than what is stated above if there are special reasons for doing so, for example if a student has a decision from Chalmers on educational support due to disability.

Course summary:

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