1. DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE What is research? Dr Darryl N Davis 3 February 2016

2. What is research? Creswell (2008) states that - "Research is a process of steps used to collect and analyze information to increase our understanding of a topic or issue". It consists of three steps: – Pose a question – Collect data to answer the question – Present an answer to the question Research as acquisition of knowledge new to you Research as acquisition of knowledge new to your peers Research as acquisition of knowledge new to society

3. Forms of research Exploratory research, which helps to identify and define a problem or question. Exploratory research Constructive research, which tests theories and proposes solutions to a problem or question. Constructive research Empirical research, which tests the feasibility of a solution using empirical evidence. Empirical researchempirical evidence PhD (and staff) undertake Original research – It is not exclusively based on a summary, review or synthesis of earlier publications on the subject of research. – This material is of a primary source character.primary source – The purpose of the original research is to produce new knowledge – ie a contribution to the research fieldknowledge

4. But I am an undergraduate! Honours year (and Meng/MSc) teaching is research led Building blocks for research is the material and knowledge gained over a degree course We have 36 PhD Students in the Department – 12 are DCS graduates Final Year Projects can address research questions – Liquid Brain Music Extremely high project marks, now basis for PhD project – Robot lab from embedded systems to final year project to research topic

5. Research in the Department of Computer Science Six research groups - detail on webpages – http://www2.hull.ac.uk/science/computer_science/research.aspx http://www2.hull.ac.uk/science/computer_science/research.aspx Artificial Intelligence & Informatics (AI&I) Computational Science (CSRG) Computer Gamification and Instruction (CGI) Dependable Systems (DS) Robotics (RG) Simulation and Visualization (SimVis)