2023/2024 Research Skills and Projects (MATH61000)

Lecturer: Marcus Tressl

This course is compulsory for all students on the MSc programme Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Logic and runs over two semesters.





Timetable

Week Activity
Week 1
Sep 25 - 29
  • Tuesday: Lectures 12.00-14.00 in Sam Alex_A112, (first floor of Classics wing, facing Alan Gilbert Learning Commons)
After the lectures, please familiarize yourself with mathematical typesetting: In order to typeset mathematics we will use LaTeX. If you do not have LaTeX installed on your computer, please install it. To do so install the following two programs:
  -- MikTeX, available for Windows, Mac and Linux for free at https://miktex.org/.
  -- TeXStudio, available for Windows, Mac and Linux for free at https://texstudio.org/.
  -- Typeset a first LaTeX page on a topic of your choice.
More detailed information may be found in the slides from the lectures.
  • Wednesday-Friday: Find a topic for the mini-project using the slides from the lectures.
  • Starting on Thursday: Individual meetings with the lecturer to discuss your selection of the mini-project. Please sign up on our Doodle Poll and send an email with at least one suggestion for a mini-project to Marcus Tressl before your meeting.
  • Friday: Lectures,11.00-13.00 in Alan Turing_G.205.
Week 2
Oct 2-6
Write the
mini-project
(about 60 hours)
  • Tuesday: Lectures 12.00-14.00 in Sam Alex_A112, (first floor of Classics wing, facing Alan Gilbert Learning Commons).
  • Wednesday: Start working on the mini-project.
  • Thursday: Have a first look at main projects and prospective supervisors using ProjectsMATH61000.pdf.
Week 3
Oct 9-13
Individual meetings with the lecturer on progress in writing the mini-project and on main project selection.
Please select one slot on our Poll.
Week 4
Oct 16-20
Week 5
Oct 23-27
Week 6
Oct 30-Nov 3
Reading week
Choose main project supervisors and send an email to Marcus Tressl naming at least two supervisors, along with project titles for a main project in order of your preference. Dry run of the presentation of the mini-project with PhD students (no lecturer will be present)
Week 7
Nov 6-10
Mini-project submission deadline: Friday, 3pm. Please upload the pdf file of the mini-project to the mini-project submission box on BlackBoard. (This will become available at the beginning of week 7.)
Week 8
Nov 13-17
Individual presentations of the mini-project. The day and hour of the presentation will be communicated to you via email before November 10.
Week 9 Start of the main project. At this point the main project supervisor will take over.

The marks of the mini-project will be released with the first semester marks and students will receive feedback, including feedback on the week 8 presentation.

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