Seminar I 242 701 Semester 1 2019 2020

Seminar I 242 -701 , Semester 1, 2019 -2020 4. Your Working Environment Objectives: • some tips on how to work on your thesis 242 -701 Seminar I, Working/4 1

1. A Place to Work �Ask your supervisor to allocate you a desk in the research group lab/room �this gives you a place to store papers, and allows you to talk to other research students �Do not install social media on your work PC �Music is a distraction �Make regular backups of your work �onto a USB drive or DVD, which are dated and stored safely 242 -701 Seminar I, Working/4 2

�Have regular working hours �Plan your time based on the semester timetable. �Print out a yearly calendar, and mark events on it. �Mark deadlines for you to submit reports. �Tasks to put on your timetable: �paper searches, paper reading, setup/learning of software and hardware, report writing �your timetable will repeat the searching-readinglearning-writing tasks several times in 1 semester 242 -701 Seminar I, Working/4 3

�Make your timetable as detailed as possible. �Make it real. �Be prepared to revise it many times. �An alternative is to create a Gantt chart, but this is hard to do at the start of your thesis. �If you start to fall behind, or get confused, get help from your supervisor. Or ask people in your research group. 242 -701 Seminar I, Working/4 4

2. Meetings �Organize to see your supervisor once/week �take your logbook, and makes notes �have questions prepared �Attend all research group meetings. �Sit in on Co. E courses to fill in / review useful background material �ask the Ajarn if that is okay 242 -701 Seminar I, Working/4 5

Typical Things to Put in Meeting Notes �Meeting date �Notes on the main discussion points �e. g. what questions you asked, and the answers �Review of action items from the last meeting �i. e. the things you were meant to do �Agreed actions from this meeting, including when they are due to be completed. 242 -701 Seminar I, Working/4 6

3. Group Presentations �Many research groups hold regular presentations, where the students present their current work to the other students (and Ajarn) in the group. �This is a great way to get feedback, and to practise giving presentations. �What you will present will change over time, during the course of your thesis. 242 -701 Seminar I, Working/4 7

�Your first talks will be about your thesis problem, and ideas about how to solve it. �Later in your thesis, your talk will be about the methods (software, hardware, experiments) that you have used so far �Even later: you will talk about results. �At all your talks, make sure to describe any problems. This will produce useful feedback from the audience. 242 -701 Seminar I, Working/4 8

4. Work Tools �Note taking: cintanotes, or note cards �Log book �Printed calendar �PDF reader, (Foxit Reader), tools (PDFill Tools) �epub reader (Calibre) �Screenshot tool (Pic. Pick) �Text extraction tool (capture 2 Text) �Print driver (Fine. Print) 242 -701 Seminar I, Working/4 9