Author: Sune Fischer
Date: 12:05:47 08/21/02
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On August 21, 2002 at 14:51:56, Dave Gomboc wrote: >On August 20, 2002 at 12:01:39, Sune Fischer wrote: > >>On August 20, 2002 at 11:28:16, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >> >>>On August 20, 2002 at 11:23:25, Tony Werten wrote: >>> >>>>Probably true, but it's exactly the (own) research I miss in this paper. It >>>>resembles more a collection of other peoples work. ( I've read quite a few ) >>>> >>>>Nice for someone who wants to start writing a chess engine, but it has nothing >>>>to do with a thesis. >>> >>>It's my understanding that for a masters, the amount of own contributions >>>is allowed to be minimal. (Contrary to a PhD) >> >>I was told by my supervisor that my thesis sould be about 150 pages, of those >>about 50 can be 'old news'. >>They allow these 50 pages for background information, and for me to prove that I >>have actually read and understand the basic concepts for what the thesis is >>about. Also it is nice to give the reader some introduction into the field of >>your study (even physicists don't know everything about everything:). >> >>Then I'm allowed about 30 pages of graphs and data, the remaining 70 pages is >>expected to be original reasearch. >> >>I was not under the general impression this stardard is exceptionally high for a >>masters. > >Your impression is wrong. That's way over the top for a master's thesis -- in >computing science, in North America, anyway. Perhaps your supervisor was >thinking of Ph.D. thesis requirements. Well, it's 1 full year of study, so I think it's all right. Not all students make it through this project, we even have term for it when you 'get stuck' it's called "specialesumpen" (the master swamp), a large part doesn't make it and drop out. But I believe this thread has made it clear that masters do not compare easily ;) -S. >Dave
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