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* **2nd year summer semester**: Finishing the experiments, | * **2nd year summer semester**: Finishing the experiments, | ||
* **End of study**: Prior to being //ML: allowed to submit your thesis and// admitted to final exams, one has to have successfully cleared any other pending duties of the master' | * **End of study**: Prior to being //ML: allowed to submit your thesis and// admitted to final exams, one has to have successfully cleared any other pending duties of the master' | ||
- | * **State Final Exam**: The master' | + | * **State Final Exam**: The master' |
- | - Master' | + | |
- | - Master' | + | - Master' |
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- | So each of both parts is offered separately in the [[https:// | + | < |
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+ | For LCT students: You will also have to come in person and defend the thesis plus pass the state exams at Charles University, even if you are at a partner university for the second year (unless discussed and arranged in a different way well in advance). | ||
==== Survivor Advice: ==== | ==== Survivor Advice: ==== | ||
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* You can also approach a prospective advisor if they would be willing to supervise you and then discuss a potential topic. | * You can also approach a prospective advisor if they would be willing to supervise you and then discuss a potential topic. | ||
* //ML: You can simply send an email to the email conference thesis@ufal.mff.cuni.cz with a short list of (broad) areas you are interested in.// | * //ML: You can simply send an email to the email conference thesis@ufal.mff.cuni.cz with a short list of (broad) areas you are interested in.// | ||
- | Your supervisor will be typically one of ÚFAL professors, researchers and Ph.D. students, although the supervisor may in theory come from other departments of Charles University. | + | Your **supervisor** will be typically one of ÚFAL professors, researchers and Ph.D. students, although the supervisor may in theory come from other departments of Charles University |
The student and their supervisor put together the title of the thesis and the description of the work (abstract): this will constitute the official assignment. It should be broad enough to allow deviations once the student gets their first results and realizes that the originally anticipated course of experiments is not the best one to follow. Later changes of title and topic are in theory possible but it is an administrative hassle that is better to avoid. | The student and their supervisor put together the title of the thesis and the description of the work (abstract): this will constitute the official assignment. It should be broad enough to allow deviations once the student gets their first results and realizes that the originally anticipated course of experiments is not the best one to follow. Later changes of title and topic are in theory possible but it is an administrative hassle that is better to avoid. | ||
- | The supervisor puts the assignment into SIS (the information system), the student registers for the topic via SIS, the supervisor approves their name and also prints three hardcopies, which should be passed | + | Necessary steps: |
+ | * The supervisor puts the assignment into SIS (the information system), | ||
+ | * the student registers for the topic via SIS, | ||
+ | * the supervisor approves their name and | ||
+ | * the supervisor | ||
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+ | The student office will later send back the hardcopy stamped and signed by the vicedean. Ms. Brdičková will keep it until the end of the academic year. The student will then have to pick it up and include it in one of the printed copies of the thesis (mandatory part, this copy goes to the faculty library). | ||
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+ | Assignment of the thesis via SIS is described here: https:// | ||
- | When the student plans their classes for the academic year (and has them registered in SIS), they should also register for the three pseudo-courses reflecting their work on the thesis: NSZZ023 Diploma Thesis I, NSZZ024 Diploma Thesis II and NSZZ025 Diploma Thesis III. At the end of the summer semester they will (hopefully) get the credits (in SIS) from their supervisor. This is not directly connected with the fact that the thesis will be (can be) defended. The credits just reflect the fact that the student has invested significant time and effort into doing the research and preparing the thesis. The supervisor will not be able to award the credits if SIS does not know that the student wants them, i.e. if the student has not registered for these pseudo-courses! While the registration can be completed just before the submission of the thesis, it may complicate the situation because the assistance of the student office is needed, the staff may be out of office (vacation time!), you may be traveling from the other end of Europe, trying to find all the people and get all the signatures within one afternoon etc. | ||
- | ===== Working on the Thesis ===== | ||
===== Writing the Thesis ===== | ===== Writing the Thesis ===== | ||
+ | From the faculty guidelines: | ||
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==== How Much Is Enough ==== | ==== How Much Is Enough ==== | ||
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(Petricek, 2016)((Tomas Petricek [@tomaspetricek]. (2016, May 11). //Making silly #latex jokes is much more fun than doing final tweaks in my thesis on # | (Petricek, 2016)((Tomas Petricek [@tomaspetricek]. (2016, May 11). //Making silly #latex jokes is much more fun than doing final tweaks in my thesis on # | ||
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+ | For LCT students: You should follow the instructions for the thesis formatting as strictly as possible; however, some slight deviations commonly occur for LCT students and are tolerated. You can have your other university' | ||
==== Referencing, | ==== Referencing, | ||
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In scientific writing, there is a rigid, accustomed way of proper referencing. TODO write about reference norms. | In scientific writing, there is a rigid, accustomed way of proper referencing. TODO write about reference norms. | ||
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+ | === Useful links === | ||
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+ | z rektorátu mi byla doporučena tato stránka | ||
+ | https:// | ||
+ | zejména potom toto: | ||
+ | https:// | ||
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+ | A znovu uvádím i odkaz na školení na FF: | ||
+ | https:// | ||
+ | (asi zatím dostupné jen pro studenty FF, pracuje se na verzi pro celou uni) | ||
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+ | odkazy na cizí uni: | ||
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+ | ==== Abstract ==== | ||
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+ | píše se nakonec :-)) | ||
+ | Jak s překladem do češtiny - typicky lze požádat o pomoc supervisora :-) | ||
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+ | It is strongly recommended that the abstract in your thesis differs from the abstract in the official assignment. Even though in theory you could claim that you did exactly what was in the assignment, it is better to show the reviewer that it is not just a copy. Typically, the assignment is more vague because you do not know what exactly you will do after you see the results of the first experiments. In contrast, the abstract should summarize what you actually did. Even if your thesis closely matches the assignment, the abstract probably should highlight your main achievement(s) (e.g. “we were able to improve the state of the art by 50%”). | ||
===== Submitting the Thesis ==== | ===== Submitting the Thesis ==== | ||
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+ | ==== Getting ECTS credits for the thesis | ||
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+ | When you plan your classes for the academic year (and register them in SIS), you should also register for the three pseudo-courses reflecting your work on the thesis: | ||
+ | * NSZZ023 Diploma Thesis I, | ||
+ | * NSZZ024 Diploma Thesis II and | ||
+ | * NSZZ025 Diploma Thesis III. | ||
+ | At the end of the summer semester you will (hopefully) get the credits (in SIS) from your supervisor. This is not directly connected with the fact that the thesis will be (can be) defended. The credits just reflect the fact that you have invested significant time and effort into doing the research and preparing the thesis / meeting the agreed milestones. | ||
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+ | In practice, the supervisor will not be able to award the credits if SIS does not know that you want them, i.e. if you have not registered for these pseudo-courses! While the registration can be completed just before the submission of the thesis, it may complicate the situation because the assistance of the student office is needed, the staff may be out of office (vacation time!), you may be traveling from the other end of Europe, trying to find all the people and get all the signatures within one afternoon etc. | ||
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+ | ==== Submitting | ||
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+ | **Note that you have to finish all your courses and get necessary credits before you are allowed to submit your diploma thesis and/or registered for the state exam.** | ||
https:// | https:// | ||
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+ | The deadline for submission of a master thesis is specified in the Academic calendar https:// | ||
+ | three possible terms are offered throughout the year: '' | ||
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+ | You are suppose to submit your thesis in the following formats: | ||
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+ | - An electronic version of the thesis should be submitted to SIS in due time. | ||
+ | - Two hardcopies are submitted as well | ||
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+ | === Electronic version === | ||
Don't fall in the '' | Don't fall in the '' | ||
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+ | The electronic file should not exceed 850 MB in size. | ||
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+ | //Dan píše ve svých poznámkách:// | ||
+ | PDF-A requirements: | ||
+ | there is an ufal-wide installation of the verapdf tool available at / | ||
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+ | === Hardcopies | ||
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+ | The hardcopies typically also contain a CD/DVD with the electronic version of the text (PDF) and all data and software that you created during the work, including documentation and possibly third-party software, if it is relevant and redistributable. | ||
+ | //TODO: is this still true in 2021? The standard way is a zip attachment in SIS (plus a link to GitHub/ | ||
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+ | If you order the binding in Prague, the stores typically know how the product should look like, so they will only ask you your name and the name of the faculty. You will have to submit two hardcopies of the thesis: one for the supervisor / the opponent and one for the library. The hardcopy for the library must also contain the original assignment, signed and stamped from the dean's office (at this time it is probably being kept for you by Ms. Brdičková – see above). | ||
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+ | Prepare a presentation (PDF, Microsoft PowerPoint or LibreOffice Impress). A laptop will be available (or you can use your own), with a dataprojector. | ||
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+ | You will have only **10 minutes,** which is very short time! The committee will be NLP-literate, | ||
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+ | Present the slides to yourself **aloud,** possibly several times. Try to arrange a dry-run with your supervisor. Get confident about what you are going to say. Check the timing. | ||
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+ | There will be two written reviews of your thesis: one by your supervisor, the other by an opponent. Both reviews shall be available to you at least one week before the defense. The reviews may contain questions that you will have to answer during the defense. If so, prepare the answers. You may prepare slides to back the answers if applicable. In that case, don't include these slides in your main presentation. They don't count towards your time limit. Wait until asked, then show them (they may be part of the same presentation file, e.g. you may put them after the Thank You slide). | ||
==== Final State Examination === | ==== Final State Examination === | ||
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