Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai Cluj-Napoca
Facultatea de Matematică şi Informatică
Ciclul de studii: Masterat
Domeniul: Informatica
Programul de studii: Programare bazată pe componente - în limba engleză
Limba de predare: Engleză

SYLLABUS

I. General data
Code	Subject	
MIA1000	Methodology of Scientific Research in Computer Science	

Semester	Hours: C+S+L	Category	Status	
3	2+1+0	complementary	compulsory	

II. Full status faculty members
Name and	Scientific	Didactic	Chair	Type of activity	
surname	title	title		C	S	L	
FRENTIU Militon	Ph.D.	Prof.	Programming  Languages and Methods	*			

Associated faculty members
Name and	Scientific	Institution	Type of	Type of activity	
surname	title		position	C	S	L	

III. Course objectives
To familiarize students with the concept of scientific research. To obtain the ability to evaluate a research paper. To understand the research activity and to obtain the ability to write a research paper. 	

IV. Course contents
The fields of Computer Science (CS). Types of new results in CS.
Computer Science Research (CSR). Communication of scientific results. Journals and Conferences. Data Bases in CSR. Searching in Internet. CSR Centers. 
The road of scientific research. The topics of CSR. Research organization. The tools of scientific research. Ranking: people, papers, grant programs, journals, publishing houses.
Acceptance criteria for research papers. The grading of a scientific paper. Writing a scientific paper. Research paper presentation. The appraissment of research people. National and international standards. Renamed scientists. Research schools in CS. Romanian school of CS.
Funding CSR Grands. Writing a research project.
The Ethics of Scientific Research.	

V. Bibliography
Dodig-Crnkovic, G., Scientific Methods in Computer Science, http://www.mrtc.mdh.se/publications/0446.pdf
William J. Rapaport, Philosophy of Computer Science: An Introductory Course, http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/Papers/philcs-complete.pdf
Michael S. Mahoney, Software as Science - Science as Software,  http://www.princeton.edu/~mike/softsci.htm
The Virtual Museum of Computing, http://icom.museum/vlmp/computing.html
The ACM Computing Classification System, http://www.acm.org/class/1998/
Strategic Directions in Computing Research, http://www.acm.org/pubs/surveys/sdcr/
Consiliul National al Cercetarii Stiintifice din Invatamantul Superior, http://www.cncsis.ro/index.php
American Mathematical Society - Ethical Guidelines, http://www.ams.org/secretary/ethics.html
Computer Dictionary, http://whatis.techtarget.com/

VI. Thematic of didactic activities per weeks
1.	Classification of scientific research subjects. The fields of Computer Science. Today trends in Computer Science Research (CSR).
2.	Types of new results in CSR.
3.	Underrstanding CSR.
4.	Communication of scientific results. Journals and Conferences.
5.	Data Bases in CSR. Internet. CSR Centers.
6.	The road of scientific research. The topics of CSR. Research organization. The tools of scientific research.
7.	Ranking: people, papers, grant programs, journals, publishing houses.
8.	Where to publish.? Acceptance criteria. The grading of a scientific paper.
9.	Writing a scientific paper. Research paper  presentation.
10.	The appraissment of research people. National and international standards.
11.	Renamed scientists. Research schools in CS. Romanian school of CS.
12.	Funding CSR. Grants. Writing a research project.
13.	The Ethics of Scientific Research	

VII. Didactic methods used
Exposition	

VIII. Assessment
Each student shall write 4 projects with topics chosen from the following:
1.	A review of a scientific paper
2.	A review of a CS book
3.	Characterisation of a scientist
4.	Presentation of an open problem in CS
5.	Presentation of an important concept of student’s dissertation
6.	Presentation of the subject of dissertation
7.	Presentation of a case study of student’s dissertation
Each project will be graded on the scale 1..10. The mean value of these four grades will be the final mark!	

IX. Additional references
Internet. Paperrs on  Higher Educational Institutions and Research Activity in CS.	

	Dean,							Chair head,

	Date,							Course responsible,
								Prof. FRENTIU Militon, Ph.D.