Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Study Cycle: Master
SUBJECT

Code	Subject	
MIA1007	Research Project in Modeling and Simulation	

Section	Semester	Hours: C+S+L	Category	Type	
Modeling and Simulation  - in English	4	0+0+3	complementary	compulsory	

Teaching Staff in Charge	Prof. POP Horia Florin, Ph.D., hfpop@cs.ubbcluj.ro	
Aims	At the completion of this course, the student should:
- have documentation abilities on an established topic
- be able to design the table of contents of the dissertation
- know how to write a technical document (dissertation) in many iterations
	
Content	The research project activity represents the individual work the student performs with the purpose to realize a scientific report 
on a given topic.
The steps to be covered are the following:
1. Establishing the research title/topic - due week 3
2. Bibliographical documentation - due week 6
3. Table of contents: version 1.0 - due week 7
4. Relevance of the bibliographical sources and their assignment to the designed structure - due week 9
5. Translation of selected documents and writing the paper - due week 14
	
Bibliography		
Assessment	Each of the activities above has a due date and a corresponding mark, on a 10-point scale. A penalty of 1pt per week are considered for delays. The weights are as follows:
1. title (10%)
2. documentation (20%)
3. contents v1.0 (10%)
4. assigning sources to structure (20%)
5. final version of the paper (40%)
The final grade is computed as an weighted average of the marks for individual activities.