Path to Degree CPSC 699 Masters completion rates

Path to Degree CPSC 699

Master’s completion rates 2003 cohort, 5 years later Uof. C G 13 rank Humanities 84. 9 81. 1 8 Social Sciences 79. 1 80. 2 10 Sciences 86. 3 84. 6 8 Engineering 82. 5 85. 8 8 Health Sciences 84. 5 85. 4 7 Total 82. 5 81. 9 9 (%) including transfer to Ph. D SOURCE: FGS Council Minutes http: //www. grad. ucalgary. ca/grad/files/grad/Council_Meeting_371_Package. pdf http: //www. grad. ucalgary. ca/grad/files/grad/Minutes_355_FC_Approved. pdf

G 13: Group of Thirteen Mc. Gill University 19 Century University of Western G 3 20 Century G 7 1991 G 10 April, 2006 Ontario University of Toronto University of Calgary University of British Dalhousie University Columbia University of Ottawa Queen's University Mc. Master University of Alberta Université Laval Université de Montréal University of Waterloo

U 15: Group of Fifteen Mc. Gill University 19 Century University of Western G 3 20 Century G 7 1991 G 10 April, 2006 Ontario University of Toronto University of Calgary University of British Dalhousie University Columbia University of Ottawa Queen's University February, 2011 Mc. Master University of Alberta Saskatchewan Université Laval Université de Montréal University of Manitoba University of Waterloo

Ph. D completion rates, 2003 cohort, 5 years later Uof. C G 13 Rank Humanities 27. 3 19. 8 2 Social Sciences 41. 7 24. 0 2 Sciences 53. 4 44. 0 3 Engineering 45. 9 46. 5 6 Health Sciences 53. 1 42. 4 6 Total 46. 3 3

Ph. D completion rates, 1999 cohort, 9 years later Rank Uof. C G 13 Humanities 47. 1 53. 8 10 Social Sciences 78. 4 64. 7 3 Sciences 73. 3 72. 4 6 Engineering 72. 7 71. 4 6 Health Sciences 75. 0 76. 3 6 Total 72. 5 67. 7 6

Milestones- MSc- CPSC Course work 699+ 4 half-courses (one-semester course) Breadth: recommended for continuing on to a Ph. D program Research (proposal determined by supervisor) Give a department seminar presentation Write thesis Defend thesis : open oral defense Expected Time: 2 years (full time), 3 years (part time) 4 years maximum

Milestones - MSc- SENG Course work 699+ 4 half-courses (one-semester course) At least 3 from Approved SENG List Breadth: recommended for continuing on to a Ph. D program Research (proposal determined by supervisor) Give a department seminar presentation Write thesis Defend thesis : open oral defense Expected Time: 2 years (full time), 3 years (part time) 4 years maximum

Milestones- Ph. D Breadth requirements Course work 699 + At least grade B in at least 8 courses At least 3 must be taken in Ph. D program here At least 6 graduate level courses (6 XX, 7 XX) The other two can be 5 XX Each of the 3 categories out of 4 – Applications, Systems, Theory and External to Computer Science (be presented with a justification as to why they are another area, approved by supervisor and graduate committee) – Not Applicable for Ph. D Students start from NOW select supervisory committee Supervisor(s) + two extra members Give at least 1 department seminar presentation

New Course Requirement for Ph. D At least four of the required courses must be taken from a degree-granting Computer Science Department. The above courses must be taken from multiple research areas. Not more than six courses in one research area is counted toward the minimum eight half courses. Courses in the intersection of two or more areas are counted in the area with the most completed course credits.

New Course Requirement for Ph. D The current research areas are: Artificial Intelligence and Multi-Agent Systems Bioinformatics and Biological Computations Computer Graphics Database HCI and Visualization Networks and Systems Security Scientific Computing

New Course Requirement for Ph. D The current research areas are: Software Engineering Theory and Foundations Vision and Image Processing Other areas in Computer science External to Computer Science Courses outside Computer Science must be approved by the student’s supervisor. Credits for courses external to the Department of Computer Science are only given on condition that no Computer Science course which covers similar content is counted toward the required eight courses. These courses will be counted toward the appropriate areas in Computer Science.

New Course Requirement for Ph. D Not more than six courses in one research area will be counted toward the minimum eight half courses. Courses in the intersection of two or more areas are counted in the area with the most completed course credits.

New Course Requirement for Ph. D Credits for courses external to the Department of Computer Science are only given on condition that no Computer Science course which covers similar content is counted toward the required eight courses. These courses will be counted toward the appropriate areas in Computer Science.

Milestones- Ph. D candidacy exam Single-authored Scientific Paper Research Proposal Faculty Candidacy Examination (Oral) : Before 28 months Write thesis Defend thesis: open oral defense 3 -4 years typical (with M. Sc. ) /4 -5 years typical (without M. Sc. ) 6 years maximum

Milestones – CMD Computational Media Design M. Sc. 1 graduate level course in CPSC 1 graduate level course in either FINA or EVDS 1 graduate level research methodology course (699) 2 other graduate level courses Ph. D. + 1 additional graduate level course in CPSC + 1 additional graduate level course in either FINA or EVDS + other graduate level course

Course Standards GPA < 3. 0 in the current year OR B- in 2+ courses may be required to withdraw from program C+ or less in a course : course cannot count, warning B- in a course with GPA >=3. 0 : warning Warning : both student and supervisor

Transfer from M. Sc. To Ph. D. GPA 3. 7+ A dossier specifying a research program Meeting with Transfer Committee to give a 15 -20 minute presentation and then responds to questions

On to the defense complete research complete dissertation select examination committee MSc supervisor(s) 1 departmental 1 extra-departmental Ph. D supervisory committee extra-departmental extra-university

On to the defense Ph. D – External Examiner No collaboration with supervisor in last 5 years, No collaboration with candidate, Not a supervisor in CPSC in last 3 years, Not close personal friend of supervisor, No closely related to candidate Neutral Chair Not a member in a examining committee A University faculty member No close relationship with candidate and supervisor Not involved in candidate and supervisor’s research

Scheduling the defense 4 -5 weeks before defense to Faculty of Graduate Studies deliver names of examination committee scheduled time copy of dissertation 3 weeks before dissertation in hands of examiners allow 8 weeks from completion of dissertation to defense

Defense format 15 minute presentation rounds of questions start with external finish with supervisor repeat until out of time (2 hrs) committee deliberations (in camera) Result

New Rules

New Rules

What is a thesis A research claim that you support with evidence and argument Dissertation a document states thesis presents supporting evidence and arguments

Thesis proposal requirement for Ph. D optional for MSc early draft of dissertation state thesis do not have to support, but indicate how you will collect evidence

What is a thesis A research claim that you support with evidence and argument Dissertation a document states thesis presents supporting evidence and arguments

Thesis proposal requirement for Ph. D optional for MSc early draft of dissertation state thesis do not have to support, but indicate how you will collect evidence

Elements (1) thesis - your hypothesis or claims Riesbeck suggest 6 categories process X is a feasible way to do task Y process X is a better way to do task Y than any previously known method task Y requires process X people use process X to do task Y process X is a terrible way to do Y people don't use process must be a novel contribution for Ph. D

Elements (2) �Motivation �why is it interesting to others �related work �literature survey �summarize the work of others �organize does not have to be exhaustive � should be representative � � focus on ideas, not technical detail �add value with your organization �a bad literature survey a disconnected collection of paraphrased papers � no big-picture view of how they fit together �

Elements (3) Approach how will you gather evidence? how will you test hypotheses? evaluation what will your evidence look like? how will you know if it is valid?

Elements (4) work done what have you accomplished so far? good to have started work on collecting evidence do not go too far on Ph. D the proposal is your supervisory committee’s first chance to give you feedback helps convince supervisor committee you

Elements (5) Plan time line allow time for writing thesis organizing defense

Suggestions find good drawing software Corel Draw Adobe Illustrator type-setting software Latex Ms Word make sure you can get math/diagrams into document

Sources Saul Greenberg - Chapter 1 club notes Chris Riesbeck, What is a thesis defense? http: //www. cc. gatech. edu/faculty/ashwin/wisdom/what-is-a- thesis-defense. html Cohen, Empirical Methods in AI Jeff Boyd 699 notes