NMBU, DAT390: Data science seminar (autumn 2024)

Seminar days include every Monday from 9.9. (week 37) to 2.12. (week 49).

Seminar time: Monday, 14.15 - 16.00.

• Until week 40 (30.9.):
  • Plenary meetings in TF1-210.
• From week 41 (7.10.):
  • Section 1 (K. Tøndel) meets in TF1-210. See detailed schedule for Section 1.
  • Section 2 (M. T. Horsch) meets in U227 (Urbygning). See detailed schedule for Section 2.

Instructors:

• Section 1: Kristin Tøndel (office: TF2-304)
• Section 2: Martin Thomas Horsch (office: TF2-303a)

Information:

• DAT390 page on Canvas
• NMBU course catalogue entry in English and in Norwegian

Material:

• Index of examples and information material
• Glossary in the form of a list of contributed key concepts on Canvas

Structure:

1. Introduction
   • Slides: Introduction (9.9.)
   • Task: Declare your topic (due 20.9.) and define key concepts (due 27.9.)
2. Reviewing the state of the art
   • Slides: Literature research tools (9.9.), reviewing (16.9.), LaTeX template (23.9.), review and presentations (23.9.)
   • Task: Submit the literature review (due 4.10.)
3. Research methodology
   • Slides: Research data management (23.9.), scientific method (30.9.)
   • Underveisevaluering: Link to nettskjema (until 25.10.), evaluation results
   • Task: Submit the nearly finished report (due 8.11.)
4. Research ethics and impact
   • Slides from Section 1 (room TF1-210): Plagiarism and copyright (7.10.), feedback on literature reviews (21.10.), advice on the reports (28.10.), reuse of own material (4.11.), ethics and the research process (11.11.), AI ethics (25.11.)
   • Slides from Section 2 (room U227): Plagiarism and copyright (7.10.), feedback on literature reviews (21.10.), advice on the reports (28.10.), impactful papers (4.11.), master-level research impact and ethics (11.11.), Ard Innovation (11.11.), use of AI tools (25.11.), AI ethics (2.12.)
   • Discussion notes: Writing and style and potential ethics issues
   • Tasks: Status on advisor agreements (due 15.11.), submit the final report (due 13.12.)

List of deadlines:

License:

The material from this course is released by NMBU REALTEK's Institutt for datavitskap under the conditions of the Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0 License (attribution, non-commercial, share-alike).

Index