TDDD89 Introductions Workshop Pamela Vang
Overview Structure Language
Motivation … Johan Åberg Not a heading Describe the problem and put it in a context that shows its importance. WHY should this be studied? This is the motivation for your study. Interest the readers.
Structure Appeal to a readership . 1 . Establish research territory by showing that the area in general is important, mentioning what has previously been done in the field 2. Establishing a niche (a gap) or extending previous work 3. Occupying the niche by outlining your purpose or stating the nature of your work listing your research questions stating its value indicating the structure of your paper. (Swales & Feak)
Oskar Solsjö Research territory Brief presentation of the field Rhetorical question to gain the reader’s interest Alternatives Gap Problems Current solutions may not be good enough So what he plans to do Occupying the gap RQs brief delimitations
Tenses? When will this chapter be read? Present tense is most frequent.
Style FORMAL TONE and REGISTER No ”YOU” No short forms Avoid possessive forms e.g. North America’s mobile traffic network’s composition. The composition of the traffic network of North America Introduce your RQs.
limitations and delimitations When considering what limitations there might be in your investigation consider the following: • your analysis. • the instruments you utilized. • the sample. • time constraints. Delimitations are choices you have made and describe the boundaries that you have set: e.g. • the things that you are not doing (and why you have chosen not to do them). • The methodological procedures you will not use (and why). Limit your delimitations to the things that a reader might reasonably expect you to do but that you, for clearly explained reasons, have decided not to do.
Language A master thesis???? Subject/ verb agreements (marked in yellow) Spelling be consistent British OR American. (programme/ program favour/favor) CHECK when a blue or red underlining appears
Vocabulary Be consistent in your use of terminology. Aim? Purpose? Goal? Thesis? Paper? Study? Project? Use/ usage Economic/ economical Effective/ efficient Although/ however We decided to go although we had no tickets. (despite the fact that) Although she is over 80 she is still very active. She is over 80. However, she is still very active. We decided to go. However, we had no tickets.
Amount of/ number of people, vehicles, equipment, chocolate, chocolates ECUs many / much Few / little To have the ability? There is a need to? There exists? There exist? To look like ? What should this work look like????? Aspect? This is an aspect that can be performed by …..
This study further aims to ????? Further, this study aims to ???? A further aim of this study is to ????? The sent packages? The packages (that have been) sent The presented report? The report (that has been) presented. Depending on what Depending on what the classifications that are available. classifications that are available Depending on what classifications that are available
Present tenses Mathematics has become a guide to the world in which we live, the world which we shape and change, and of which we are a tiny part. As this world becomes more and more complex and the uncertainties in our environment become more threatening and more urgent, we need mathematics to describe the risks we face and help us to plan our remedies. Identify the present tenses. Which form of the present tense is missing? Could it replace any of the verb here? How would it change the meaning?
AMBIGUITY AVOID – ING forms!!!!!! A technology which enables the use of AR and holograms using a wearable headset. There is a wide range of approaches to testing with different costs and results Even though the company introduced firmware code signing to prevent such malicious activity they managed to hack the vehicle remotely. One of the problems with signature-based detection is the tools available for hackers to change the code which inherently changes their signature. With and pronouns also often lead to ambiguity.
It does so by having the neural network recognize an obstacle in an image taken with the camera, which is then classified with the correct action to avoid the obstacle. Dash cams are used by two-wheeled and four-wheeled vehicles some of which are specifically designed. He discussed the future of a new technology, using building blocks on the atomic scale. AGENCY???
Hyphens. So-called Pre-process A light, grey computer? A light grey computer A light-grey computer? A/an? LTE network NN CPU
Check your writing carefully AFTER A FEW DAYS!!!! Writing takes time. Think of your reader. What is obvious to you is not obvious to most of your readers. Interest your reader Make the reading experience as simple and pleasurable as possible. USE the tools on your computer BUT do not blindly trust them.
Simplicity! Peer feedback. Good luck!
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