Difference between revisions of "Thesis"

Revision as of 23:51, 17 October 2009

You might (or should?) be interested in working [1] with me for you first level or master thesis. The topics I'm interested are the one described in the Research page (or at least they should be once I've finished the editing of this website). Please refer to the following link for proposals and useful infos:

• This presentation sketches this year projects and thesis proposals so you can have a quick look at them
• On my AirWiki page project and theses proposals are already available with details and links ... so far only BCI is updated, need a day more to put them all :-)
• Some Bureaucracy is required to all students performing projects and thesis in the airlab. It is mandatory so you should have a look at it :-)
• "Un semplice vademecum alle tesi ..." is a (hopefully) useful guide about making and writing a thesis (it is in Italian, transaltors are welcome!).
• Check the following FAQ section to find some useful answers to questions you did not dare to ask ...

Thesis F.A.Q.

• How long does a thesis last?

This is by far and large the most requested piece of information! As usual the answer is: "it depends!" A thesis is not a matter of time, it is a matter of results. The more you work the sooner results arrive, the earlier your thesis is done. However I think that a thesis should be considered as a new experience in your education and the goal should be to make it succesful not just to make it fast; if you are interested in doing it fast consider makin a "tesina" instead. With a "tesina" no innovative result is required so its duration is more predictable. Now I know that unless I give numbers this answer won't be accepted and people will keep asking me; so here it comes some statistics. By past experience a thesis, this does not mean your thesis, has an expected duration of 12 months plus or minus 6 (this means it rarely lasts less than 6 months and more than 18 months) and a tesina an expected duration of 6 months plus or minus 3. Obviously this figures are about the time you spend working on the thesis (not necessarily full time, but it helps) and this means asking for the thesis, disappearing and reappearing after 18 months is not a way to pursue a succesful degree.

• Can I do a theoretical, i.e., no programming, thesis?

Yes, I do advise theoretical thesis, but if you are interested in those be prepared in a deep mathematical work on machine learning oriented to proving theorems on information geometry or similar stuff! However, also with this thesis you should program to validate the theoretical results :-P In general all the thesis I advise are foreseen to have an experimental validation and this means you will have to program and perform experiments. After all, if you are expected to become a Computer Engineering you should know how to deal with a computer and programming is all about it!