Practical Research Projects
Q1+2 2011, Q3+4 2012, 5 ECTS
Aims
The purpose of Practical Research Projects is to give the students an opportunity to work together with the scientific staff at the department (PhD students and their advisors) in connection to ongoing research projects. This will give the students an introduction to the research work environment and strengthen the connection between the research and teaching activities.
Learning outcome
The participants will become able to:
- discuss the research work process,
- apply terminology, methods, and results from the respective area, and
- plan and execute a smaller research related project.
Additional more specific learning outcomes are specified in the individual project descriptions.
Open projects
- Tangible Interaction with Music,
proposed by Marianne Graves Petersen - Survival rate of HTML elements,
proposed by Jakob Thomsen
Current projects
- A User Experience Analysis of Google Latitude (2 projects in collaboration),
proposed by Susanne Bødker - Web data extraction frameworks,
proposed by Jakob Thomsen - Recognition of route similarity in indoor environments based on WiFi
measurements,
proposed by Mikkel B. Kjærgaard - Creating general context-aware software components for inferring complex situations,
proposed by Frank Allan Hansen - Experimental study of speeding up I/O algorithms using parallelism of multicores,
proposed by Nodari Sitchinava - Playful Interaction at home for older adults,
proposed by Nervo Verdezoto - Spatial organization for web content,
proposed by Niels Olof Bouvin - A Study of Mobile Location-aware Services' Use of Space and Place,
proposed by Matthias Korn
Former projects
- Morten Skov Jørgensen: "Visualizing data in time", proposed by Morten Bohøj
- Esben Andreasen: "Static Analysis of JWIG web application consistency", proposed by Mathias Schwarz
- Anders Andersen: "Implementing Cryptographic Protocols for Distributed RSA Key Generation", proposed by Gert Læssøe Mikkelsen
- Anders Jacobsen: "Literature Survey on Mobile User Experience Research Methods", proposed by Matthias Korn
- Jesper Asbjørn Sindahl Nielsen: "NP-completeness of puzzles", proposed by Morten Schaumburg
- Anders Leth Johnsen: "Comparing small molecular graphs", proposed by Thomas G. Kristensen
- Martin Castberg Thuesen: "Bridging text messages and Facebook", proposed by Jakob G. Thomsen
- Steffen Daniel Jensen: "Control-Flow Analysis with Reachability", proposed by Jan Midtgaard
- Tore K. Frederiksen: "Practical Attacks on Lattice-based Cryptosystems", proposed by Peter Sebastian Norholt og Rikke Bendlin
- Matthias Diehn Ingesmann: "Establishing a precise account of some novel OO language mechanisms", proposed by Erik Ernst
How to participate
See the list above of open projects. If you wish to participate, send an application by email to eernst@cs.au.dk containing
- name and student ID
- the titles of one or more projects from the list (in order of priority)
- a brief description of motivation and qualifications that should be taken into account when we match students with projects.
Note that projects may require certain courses as prerequisites for participation. Participation is generally limited to students enrolled in the master's program (i.e. excluding bachelor's students).
Staff
The daily contact will typically be taken care of by PhD students (and their advisors, as formally responsible for the activities). Erik Ernst and Anders Møller coordinate the list of research projects and the applications for participation.
Assessment
Written report, presentation for the research group (15 minutes), and oral examination (15 minutes). Grade by 7-scale.