DT230/DT210 MSc in Computing

Interviewing...

2009-07-02T13:22:00.000+01:00

From Dr Brian McNamee:

Hello folks,

I hope your thesis work is going along well at this stage. Damian Gordon has put together a series of podcasts on conducting research interviews and made these available at:

http://www.comp.dit.ie/dgordon/Podcasts/Interviews.html

If any of you are planning to conduct interviews as part of your research, this would be a good place to start gathering some more information about how to do this.

Regards,

Brian.

Sample MSc theses

2009-07-02T13:17:00.001+01:00

I have put another three first honours class awarded MSc theses on the course website as samples.

External examiners

2009-06-02T13:08:00.002+01:00

I need some volunteers to come and meet the external examiners for this course and give some feedback about your experiences. This will take place next Monday 8 June

DT230 - Full Time - 4pm
DT210 - Part Time - 5pm

If you can make it, please contact me asap. Tea/coffee will be provided

Thanks!

Bryan

Case studies

2009-05-28T13:14:00.002+01:00

Please check webcourses.dit.ie for feedback on case study 4. I have put the results online.

If you think there is an error or you have not received a grade for a case study you think you submitted, please contact me immediately.

BTW. Feel free to come along to this event next Wednesday evening.

DT210 MSc in Computing (Information Technology) P/T planning for 2009/2010

2009-05-22T13:26:00.004+01:00

This message is for students of DT210 (the part-time version of the programme) only.

I am taking over as programme chairperson of the MSc in Computing (IT)
for 2009/2010.

As you are aware, the education sector is suffering extreme cut-backs at
the moment. Therefore in order to ensure we can plan efficiently based on our
resources the school needs to know asap what modules need to be timetabled for next year.

Can I ask you to complete the survey below?

It will take less than 2 mins to do so and would help us greatly.
I need responses by Friday May 29th @ 12 noon as we will have planning
meetings the following week.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=o1_2fxZ6hi4e1eQaP5VbK9SQ_3d_3d

At the moment I am dealing with the planning for 2009/2010, Bryan will
be handling all operational issues remaining for 2009/2009 including exam results
and issues relating to the supplemental examinations.

If you have any queries about 2009/2010 please feel free to email me.

I appreciate your assistance and look forward to working with you from
September.

Regards

Deirdre Lawless

Internet Systems Exam Timetable Change

2009-04-27T10:50:00.002+01:00

IMPORTANT!

The Internet Systems exam time has changed. The new exam time is:

Wednesday 27 May @ 9:30am

This is to avoid a clash with the Universal Design exam

Bryan

DT230 students - Universal Design

2009-04-20T16:30:00.002+01:00

The universal design exam is timetabled 22/5/2009 @ 1pm. This clashes with the Internet Systems exam for DT230. If any students are taking both of these subjects can you contact me urgently.

Information for all students!

2009-04-20T16:00:00.002+01:00

Case Studies

Results of case studies assignment submission number 3 are now online. All students should check to make sure your results are there! If you do not see your results or you have received an E, but think you should have received a grade, please contact me immediately. I send individual feedback to all students via webcourses, so you should login and check your assignment submission to get your feedback. Please note the last case study submission should be on Damian Gordons research methods seminar. You should use this case study as an opportunity to consider how you will carry out and analyse your primary research as part of your research project.

Exams

All students should have received an exam timetable. Will you please make sure that all your exams have been timetabled and notify me immediately of any discrepancies.

Thesis submission dates

Thesis submission dates have been updated. Please make yourselves aware of these important dates.

International students

The international office has organised seminars for international students who plan to seek work in the EU after graduation. It is in your best interest to attend these seminars. Further information.

Case Studies seminar this Saturday 4 April

2009-03-31T13:51:00.000+01:00

There will be just one case studies seminar this Saturday.

IT IS COMPULSORY FOR ALL STUDENTS INTENDING TO DO AN MSC THESIS ON THIS
COURSE TO ATTEND. Attendances will be checked.

Experimental Methodologies for MSc Research Dissertations
Damien Gordon, DIT

This seminar will cover a range of research methods useful for anyone
intending on doing an MSc thesis, including surveys, questionnaires and
a brief introduction to statistics. Your final MSc case study report is
not due until 2 May and it should be on this topic.

The seminar will start @ 10am and will run until 1pm

Bryan

Case studies

2009-03-05T14:26:00.001Z

A reminder that Case Studies in IT takes place this Saturday staring @ 11am

Professor Brendan O'Shea, DIT - Applying Graph Theory to computer
networks and social networks
Gus O'Connell, Department  of Enterprise An introduction to IT Economics

Bryan

Tonights IT Law Class is cancelled

2009-02-25T13:40:00.002Z

Tonight's IT Law & professional issues evening class with Paul Bourke (Wednesday 25/2/09) is cancelled. Normal classes resume next week.

Repeats for full time students - IMPORTANT

2009-02-19T12:38:00.003Z

Full time students:

Repeat exams take place in September. You have to register with the exams office to take the repeat exams.

If you received a Repeat Continuous Assessment (RCA) or Repeat All Components (RAC) code in semester 1, you must contact the lecturer of that course urgently and make an arrangement to resubmit your continuous assessment work this semester.

If you fail any subjects this semester you can retake the exam in the supplemental sitting in September, but any CA cannot be repeated until the first semester of next year. This means you will have to pay another half years fees to DIT.

You must pass all subjects to be allowed to register for the Research Project and Dissertation subject in May. You may be allowed to carry one subject, but if you fail more than one subject you will have to pass those and come back in the next academic year to do your thesis. This will also mean you will have to pay another half years fees to DIT.

If you need further information, please see the course document and the DIT general Assessment Regulations.

Postgrad Ireland fair...

2009-02-13T11:36:00.000Z

Visit the official national postgraduate study event for students and graduates in Ireland north and south – recommended by your careers service. There will be hundreds of postgraduate courses and research opportunities.

There are over 100 exhibitors from across Ireland, Northern Ireland and overseas, and a talks programme including seminars on studying, funding and applications, and how to decide what type of postgraduate course is right for you.

18 February. For more information see:

http://postgradireland.com/fair/

Case studies in IT

2009-02-05T14:56:00.002Z

...continues this Saturday @ 11am. The results of assignment 2 are now online:

Bryan

Talk on the design of gaming hardware

2009-02-04T14:41:00.001Z

Next Monday, Peter Sheehan (Industrial Design Director from the company Design Partners (www.designpartners.com) will present a talk entitled:

‘Gaming Hardware Design – Logitech & Design Partners’

Peter acts as Creative Director for Logitech (for at least 8 years) on their mice, keyboards, headset, and their new range of Gaming Hardware

Examples of some of his designs can be found at

http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/gaming/pc_gaming/mice_keyboards/&cl=roeu,en

The talk will be in room K2-008 at 1pm

All are welcome

Careers events

2009-02-02T08:29:00.000Z

From Mark Deegan:

Please find below a list of events being arranged by the School of Computing and DIT Careers Service for Semester 2.

This list is not yet complete, but we will add events as companies and individuals confirm.

Some of these events will be related to careers issues, others will be more technical and of more general interest to staff and students alike.

Please feel free to forward this to any of your friends, colleagues, students etc.

http://www.comp.dit.ie/careers/Calendar/index.shtml

Thanks.

Mk.

Sun Academic Initiative

2009-02-02T08:20:00.001Z

From Dan MacCormac

There will be a brief talk on "Intro to Sun and SAI (Sun Academic
Initiative)" on Tuesday 3rd Feb Room KE 1-008 from 1-2pm.
The talk will introduce the role of Sun Microsystems in DIT, and outline
how students can take advantage of SAI programme which allows DIT students
to take Sun Certification exams for free! All are welcome to attend.

Universal Design & Business Systems

2009-02-02T08:17:00.001Z

In addition to the full time timetables elective subjects, you can also take the following:

Universal Design - Monday 7pm-10pm Room KE 1-002 (full and part time students)

Business Systems Intelligence Monday 7pm-10pm - Room G26 (Evening version for part time students)

Students should attend the first class of all option subjects before selecting the 2 you wish to choose.

Case studies for semester 2

2009-01-20T13:33:00.002Z

The schedule for case studies in IT seminars is now online at:

http://www.comp.dit.ie/smckeever/MSc/seminars.html

The results of the first submission are also posted at the bottom of the page. I will have a feedback class on the 7 February. It is important that all students attend. I hope to have the second case studies submission corrected by the end of next week. Please check your student emails as I have sent emails to some students and not received a reply!

The external examiner for this course Janice Hurne from the University of Bournmouth will be visiting next Tuesday 27 January and I need some volunteers to meet her to give some feedback on your experiences of the course. For DT230 this will take place @ 4pm and for DT210 this will take place @ 5pm. If you are available, please let me know as soon as possible.

Bryan

Staff student meeting!!

2008-12-16T13:02:00.002Z

I misread the timetable for today. The staff student meeting will take place in room K408 @ 2pm

DT230 Staff student meeting

2008-12-10T17:43:00.000Z

Hi

There will be a short DT230 staff student meeting, next Tuesday 16 December @ 2pm in room A303

Bryan

DT210 Staff student meeting next week

2008-12-09T15:42:00.000Z

Hi all,

we'd like to arrange a student/staff meeting for *NEXT Wednesday, 17th
December* to give students and staff a chance to provide feedback on the
current academic semester.

The times are as follows:

DT210/1 6:00-6:30 pm
DT210/2 6:30-7:00 pm

Room to be announced later.

All students are welcome to attend; you could elect a class
representative to pass comments from people who are not available.

Regards,
Svetlana

Study in HIT, Harbin in China in Semester 2!

2008-12-04T16:03:00.002Z

The school of computing is currently inviting EU students to apply for a scholarship to study for one semester in our sister institute, the Harbin Institute of Technology in north China. For more information see:

http://en.hit.edu.cn/
http://wikitravel.org/en/Harbin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harbin

This is a great opportunity to complete your MSc and experience life in different culture. These scholarships will cover all travel and living expenses and are open to full and part time students. For more information, please contact:

Dr Bing Wu
Phone : +353-1- 402 4819
Fax : +353-1- 402 4985
Email : Bing.Wu@dit.ie

Assignment submission

2008-12-01T20:02:00.001Z

A reminder. All assignments for Case Studies and Internet Systems must be submitted electronically through webcourses.dit.ie. If you emailed me an assignment, please resubmit through webcourses.dit.ie as I cannot accept assignments by email.

Thanks,

Bryan

Case Studies Session December 6th 2008

2008-12-01T13:39:00.004Z

Saturday's Case Study session with Dr. Declan O'Sullivan on Autonomics will start at 10.30 in KE-3-008. Please do not be late.

The afternoon session with Mr. John Hoey on Real World Knowledge Management will start at 14.00 in KE-3-008