Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai Cluj-Napoca
Facultatea de Matematică şi Informatică
Ciclul de studii: Masterat
Domeniul: Informatica
Programul de studii: Modelare si simulare - 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+P	Category	Status	
3	2+1+0+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
The graduate students should become accustomed with the fundamental concepts on thinking, writing, and  presenting scientific research  in computer science. Also, they must review a paper, a book, and characterize an expert of the field.

IV. Course contents
The fields of computer science. ACM classification. 
Theoretical, experimental, and applied research in computer science.
Organizing the research activity. 
Writing a research paper.
Reviewing a scientific paper.
Speaking at conferences and other presentations.
People and research program assesment.
Journals and publishers. Their assesment.
Ranking Research centers, and Universities.
Data Bases in Research activities.
Internet in Scientific Research.
Financing the research activity. Grants. 
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. The fields of computer science. ACM classification. 
2. Theoretical, experimental, and applied research in computer science.
3. Organizing the research activity. 
4. Writing a research paper.
5. Reviewing a scientific paper.
6. Speaking at conferences and other presentations.
7. People and research program assesment.
8. Journals and publishers. Their assesment.
9. Ranking Research centers, and Universities.
10. Data Bases in Research activities.
11. Internet in Scientific Research.
12. Financing the research activity. Grants. 
13. Ethics of scientific research.
14. Summing up	

VII. Didactic methods used
Exposition	

VIII. Assessment
For the activities of the  seminaries each student must write:
1.	A review of a scientific paper
2.	A review of a computer science book 
3.	A scientific paper in the field of his/her dizertation.
          A mark is given for each of them, and their average, denotged by S, evaluates the seminar activity.
         A fourth project must be one from the following:
4.	Prezentation of a scientist working in the field of student’a disertation
5.	Prezentation of an open problem the field of student’a disertation
6.	Prezentation of an interesting subject connected to on of the course lecture.
The evaluation of this project and of the knowledge at the end  of  the term will  do a second mark, denoted by C, is given at the end of term.
The final mark F is computed by  F = (S+C)/2.	

IX. Additional references
Over 8'300 Links to Higher Educational Institutions in 194 Countries, http://www.braintrack.com/	

	Dean,							Chair head,

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