1. TJTS505: Master's Thesis Seminar
Lecture 8: Mini thesis II
Shuaiqiang wang
Department of CS-IS, JYU

2. Solid Do a solid work Hypotheses & assumptions Claims
Techniques & Tricks
Unexpectedness
Thesis writing

3. Hypotheses & assumptions
Research starts from hypotheses and assumptions
Our cases and instances is not a mirror of reality.
We need to focus on the principle and fundamental factors meanwhile ignore trivial information
For management-oriented research, verification of the hypotheses is the main mission
For technique-oriented research, theoretical proof and/or experimental demonstration of the assumptions’ effects is an important issue

4. claims
You might make some claims, based on which you use some techniques to analyze your data and solve your problems
For example, ”The main challenge of our problem is…”, ”One of the most important properties in this problem is…”, etc.
Add references if possible
Experimentally demonstrate them if possible

5. techniques & tricks
You might adopt some techniques & tricks to solve your problem
You use a questionnaire method to collect your data
You use a specific machine learning method to solve the problem
Why? Why not other methods?
Explain every techniques and tricks, even you think it is very trivial
Your readers might be a beginner, or work in a different area and thus lack of backgrounds

6. Unexpectedness
Every work starts from an initial idea, which could be very simple, straightforward and naive.
Even you’ve tried your best to made a very detailed research plan, it might not be so solid.
Uncertainty is a part of research
You are a beginner
When you perform your plan, you might find some observations beyond your expectations, and even completely opposite
Try to provide reasonable explanations and discussions

7. Thesis writing Master thesis writing is actually an academic training
Learn how to do research: Planning  Performing  Writing  Reporting
Logic is the most important thing
Do make it simply, clearly and straightforwardly
Write your own words. Don’t copy and paste.

8. homework Try to make progress on your mini-thesis
Subject of your TJTS505: Mini thesis + Your full name
Deadline: Before next class
Demonstrate your work
Oral presentation with slides
Time: Next class