My Top 20 PhD Viva Questions

The exact nature of the questions is obviously highly dependent on the specific project. I have tried to generalise the questions. I hope by doing this they have not lost their essence.

1. What is original or novel about your work/thesis?
2. What are the main issues / debates in your subject area? What is the current state of the art in your field?
3. What were the crucial research decisions that you made? How did they impact what you did?
4. How have you analysed/evaluated your work?
5. Why have you tackled the problem in this way? What alternatives did you consider?
6. What do your results mean? Are there longer term implications for industry?
7. How could you improve your work/thesis?
8. What had not been done on this topic/field before?
9. What theories or models or analytical techniques did you use?
10. Are the techniques you have used appropriate for this topic?
11. What are the theoretical basis/underpinnings to your work?
12. How long do you expect your work to remain innovative? How do you expect the field to develop in the next 5-10 years?
13. What sets your work apart from others? Who are the leading researchers in your field?
14. What issues arose during this work? How did you resolve any issues which arose in the course of your research?
15. What have you learned from the process of doing a PhD? How will you apply what you have learnt in your future career?
16. How did you deal with the practical/fieldwork aspect of your study?
17. Do you think that your recommendations are appropriate or widely applicable?
18. Is there scope for further study on this topic? What would you recommend the next student on this topic to do?
19. Do your contributions have a limited timescale? When do you think your work will be obsolete? 
20. What have you done that merits the award of a PhD?

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Langkah-Langkah Dalam Proses Penyelidikan:

1. Mengenal pasti masalah & tujuan penyelidikan dijalankan
2. Membuat literature review
3. Mereka bentuk & merancang penyelidikan
4. Mengumpul data
5. Menganalisis data & menginterprestasi data
6. Membincangkan dapatan & membuat laporan
7. Menyebarkan hasil penyelidikan

Supervisor at SAI Conference 2013

Today at home

Target Tahun depan

Full paper submission deadline	December 31, 2013
Acceptance notification	From February 01, 2014
Final registration	March 01, 2014
Final papers submissions	March 01, 2014
Conference	May 20 – 21, 2014

http: icocoe.com

Target 2013

Syukur kepada Allah Target untuk 2013 hampir tercapai.........

Dubai Conference - Accepted    27 - 29 Dec 2013 

UK Conference  - Done 

Target International Journal only........... at least One 

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Conference 2013

October 8, 2013 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Session 16: Intelligent Systems (Curtiss Suite) Chair: Mark Leeson	Session 17: Software Engineering (Correspondence Suite) Chair: Liming Chen and Peter Sapaty	Session 18: Technology Trends (J&B Suite) Chair: Roy Sterritt	Session 19: Security (Print and Perimeter Suite) Chair: Joerg Fritsch	Session 20: e-Learning (Convair Suite) Chair: Taiwo Ayodele
386 - Application of Neuromorphic Visual Processing in Pedestrian Detection Technology 143 - An Efficient Classification Using Support Vector Machines 199 - Comparative study on Different Adaptation Approaches Concerning a Sip and Puff Controller for a Powered Wheelchair 277 - A Novel Feature Selection based on information gain using WordNet	198 - Challenges of Project Management in Global Software Development: Initial Results 260 - The Acclimations of the Hybrid Petri Net Theory for Real-Time Embedded System Modelling for Hybrid Plant 346 - Design of standard of real-time data acquisition from SMD devices and integration with ERP system 351 - Reducing the gap between security audit and software engineering methods	341 - Software ageing measurement and classification using Goal Question Metric (GQM) approach 371 - Technology for Psychosocial Interventions for Individuals with Alzheimer's: Reminiscence Therapy and Monitoring Progressive Decline of Cognitive Abilities 389 - Constructing hybrid architectures and dynamic services in Cloud BPM 380 - Leveraging Smart Monitoring and Home Security Technology for Assisted Living Support	151 - Informed Symmetric Encryption Algorithm for DICOM Medical Image based on N-grams 217 - Formal Specification of CA-UCON model using CCA 320 - Measuring of Reliability of Network Anomalies Detection Using Methods of Discrete Wavelet Analysis 343 - Time variant approach towards Symmetric Key	136 - Selection of Touch Gestures for Children’s Applications 254 - The Shift towards an Innovation-Based Model of Learning: A Blueprint for the Future of Asian Education Systems in the Age of Technology 381 - Electronic Lecturing and Teaching Aid using Collaborative Smart Phones 147 - Use Of Semantic Wiki As A Capturing Tool For Lessons Learned In Project Management

Alhamdulillah satu target - oversea paper done

prepare extend Journal paper from this conference.  submitted before 25/10/2013


Good Luck bro .......

Mtm with SPV

Meeting with supervisor 

Time : 3.00pm - 3.40pm

Dean Room

Remaks

1. Discuss regarding Dubai paper and journal

2. Main contribution of PHD - Real time software design and monitoring PN

Dubai Conference 2013

ASP - Important Dates

Last Date of Paper Submission: 25 Sep 2013 Paper Acceptance Notification: 10 Oct 2013 Camera Ready Paper: Nov 10, 2013 (Initial CRP - Submission 1) Paper Registration: Nov 10, 2013 Additional Co-author/Non-Author registration: Dec 10, 2013 Conference Date: Dec 26-27, 2013 Final Camera Ready Paper Submission: 30 Jan 2014 (Final CRP - Submission 2)

thesis structure

http://dissertationrecipes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/AssumptionslimitationsdelimitationsX.pdf

Prepare Thesis Writing

1. Draf chapter 1 - 3 submitted to SV  - remark waiting comment from SV........

 

Retuning PHD progress

Set target for my PHD progress.....


1. Finish for Dubai conference  before  End of August ......

2. Write the international journal  - IRR, IRE ( at least Once)


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3. software development ---- on progress.........

MTM 2013

Meeting with supervisor - 10.30am regarding SAI conference at UK....

Target 1 international journal - 2013 - 2014  before 31/07/2014


http://blog.lib.sjtu.edu.cn/umji/attachments/month_1206/7201264103913.pdf

Sequence of a five chapter PhD thesis 

Title page
Abstract (with keywords)
Table of contents
List of tables
List of figures
Abbreviations
Statement of original authorship
Acknowledgments

1       Introduction
1.1     Background to the research
1.2     Research problem and hypotheses
1.3     Justification for the research
1.4     Methodology
1.5     Outline of the report
1.6     Definitions
1.7     Delimitations of scope and key assumptions
1.8     Conclusion

2       Literature review
2.1     Introduction
2.2     (Parent disciplines/fieldss and classification models)
2.3     (Immediate discipline, analytical models and research questions or hypotheses)
2.4     Conclusion

3       Methodology
3.1     Introduction
3.2     Justification for the paradigm and methodology
3.3     (Research procedures)
3.4     Ethical considerations
3.5     Conclusion

4       Analysis of data
4.1     Introduction
4.2     Subjects
4.3     (Patterns of data for each research question or hypothesis)
4.4     Conclusion

5       Conclusions and implications
5.1     Introduction
5.2     Conclusions about each research question or hypothesis
5.3     Conclusions about the research problem
5.4     Implications for theory
5.5     Implications for policy and practice
5.5.1   Private sector managers
5.5.2   Public sector policy analysts and managers
5.6     Limitations
5.7     Further research

Bibliography

Appendices 

note "

www.ece.nus.edu.sg/stfpage/eleamk/phd/phdth1.html

www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~jw/thesis.html#structure

How to describe your research contribution

One of the most difficult tasks in writing up research is explaining how your research is new and why it matters.Fortunately, the re are a few standard steps writers use to indicate their

research contribution. Following these steps helps ensure that readers can understand the

purpose and importance of your research. 

(1)Demonstrate the interest or importance of the research topic. If possible, show in a sentence how your research matters to the general public.

(2)Selectively review and summarize the previously published research literature.

(3)Show that this research is not complete.Try to articulates "gap" in the previous research. This gap may be a problem that has not been resolved, a question that has been overlooked, or a new application that has not been considered. You need to show that there is something missing (or unfulfilled) in the current state of research AND that there is a need for this gap to be filled.

(4)Present your own research as"filler" for this gap.

If you have articulated a problem in previous research, your own study should appear to be a natural solution to this problem. These moves are not necessarily linear: a writer can backtrack at any point and move from discussing a gap in the research (move 3) to again summarizing previous research (move 2). However, these moves do represent the overall trajectory of an introduction to a research article and too much movement back and forth can confuse readers.

 

The theory building (the creation of a ‘body of knowledge’ or understanding) occurs in two ways or stages; first there is a descriptive or inductive stage where researchers observe phenomena and describe and measure what they see .

Based on these observations, researchers develop constructs that abstract the essence of what has been observed, classify or categorise these observations, and identify relationships between them. Through these activities, researchers develop theories or models which organise the aspects of the world they study.

 Second, in a deductive process, researchers test and improve these theories by exploring whether the same correlations exist in different data sets. This hypothesis testing allows the theory to be confirmed or rejected, and it also permits further specification of the theory to define the phenomena more precisely or specify the circumstances under which correlations hold. Where the goal of research is discovery or new explanations, case studies may offer a more powerful research design than experimental methods.

Structure Conference Paper

 How to structure Conference Paper

Your paper should follow a logical organization—you can go from the small details to the big picture or in reverse. You can talk through your research, beginning with the hypothesis, the research methods, the findings, and ending with your conclusion. You can use a narrative to discuss your ideas as well. The point here is that your presentation is organized in a way that will allow your audience to follow along. Here’s an example outline of this structure:

• Begin with hypothesis
• Include any important information that the audience may need to understand the hypothesis
• Discuss research methods
• Report your findings
• Discuss the implications of these findings as they relate to the field

The same advice follows if you are making a conference presentation that includes audio and visuals—you can’t randomly throw words, pictures, and sounds together and hope that it makes sense. Audio and visuals need to be organized in a way that complements the ideas and points that you discuss.

Target journal this year






http://www.mdpi.com/journal/energies


http://www.praiseworthyprize.com/IREE.htm

Tips for PHD

How to write an abstract in 30 minutes

Have you ever been in the following situation?

You have selected a conference you would like to attend, and you have all the information you need for writing the abstract (the conference topic which suits your work, the maximum amount of words, submission through a website or email). Maybe you've googled "How to write an abstract". And there you are, with a new Word document and a scary white page in front of you. You go and get a cup of coffee, and stare at the screen. You play around with some words to come up with a good title which is within the maximum amount of characters allowed. You go and get another cup of coffee. Check Facebook. Get a snack... And before you know a few hours have gone by and Word is still showing an almost empty screen.

I've found what really works for me to write an abstract in roughly 30 minutes. As I was googling "How to write an abstract" in the past, I came across this article by Philip Koopman which caught my attention.

What I most like about this website is the questions it has in the different sections your abstract should contain:

Motivation: Why do we care about the problem and the results?

Problem statement: What problem are you trying to solve?

Approach: How did you go about solving or making progress on the problem? Did you use simulation, analytic models, prototype construction, or analysis of field data for an actual product?

Results: What's the answer?

Conclusions: What are the implications of your answer? Is it going to change the world (unlikely), be a significant "win", be a nice hack, or simply serve as a road sign indicating that this path is a waste of time (all of the previous results are useful)?

In fact, whenever I now write an abstract, I simply copy and paste these questions into a new document. Then I start answering them one by one. Sometimes I just talk out loud and write it down. Style and grammar don't matter to me at that point - I just need to get the ideas out first.
These answers then make up the first draft of my abstract. I simply delete the questions, and print out this first version. At that point, I start manipulating the abstract into a readable text, in correct English (as good as possible in my case), and making sure the entire piece flows from its starting point and background description towards the results and conclusions.








source of material :http://phdtalk.blogspot.com

target January & Feb

Work from 2nd Research ROOM

What is a PHD ?

More realistically, a PhD is a demonstration of research competence. There are certain things that you are demonstrating through your dissertation: 

i.   Mastery of your subject

ii.  Research insight

iii. Respect for the discipline

iv. Capacity for independent research

v.  Ability to communicate results and relate them to the broader discourse

These reflect competence and professionalism, rather than greatness. Importantly­, they are as much about comprehending others' work as about doing one’s own.

from Mohamad Shaiful Osman

 

2 Day Report

Working at 2nd Research Room.

Target For this Year 2013

1. International Conference

i. Science and Information Conference 2013

• Paper Submission (Early-Bird) : February 15, 2013
• Paper Submission (Deadline) : April 01, 2013
• Camera Ready Submission : June 15, 2013
• Conference Dates : October 7-9, 2013

    http://thesai.org/SAIConference2013/CallforPapers




ii. SPIT-ASP 2013 
 Last Date of Paper Submission: 20 Aug 2013
Paper Acceptance Notification: 10 Sep 2013
Camera Ready Paper: Oct 05, 2013
Paper Registration: Oct 05, 2013
Conference Attendee Registration: Dec 10, 2013
Conference Date: Dec 26-27, 2013

http://spit.theides.org/2013/asp/venue.html


2. International Journal.

remote research

1. Working from remote center at rawang for developing the labview software....

Good Bro........