Hecse - Helsinki Graduate School in Computer Science and Engineering

 
Hecse
Applications 2010
Admission (general information)
Students
Alumni
Supervisors
Support teams

Autumn School 2010
Courses and Events
Travel stipends
 
 
 
 
Organization
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Supervision

The doctoral thesis work in the participating units is typically organized in small research groups, in which a post-doctoral or senior researcher has at most two or three graduate students under his/her daily supervision, giving the students the opportunity to directly learn working practices, scientific reporting, etc. from this researcher. These senior researchers are supervised by the professors.

Support teams for Hecse students

Each student is assigned a support team of two persons (typically one professor and one docent or post-doc). The team meets at least twice a year with the student to discuss the progress of the student, and to hear the student's presentation. Students can of course also contact members of their support teams between the annual follow-up meetings for advice and direction. The team members can also possibly be used as pre-examiners of the student's dissertation manuscript.

• The research plan meeting is held in the beginning of the year. The student reports on his or her progress in the studies according to the plan and also updates his or her plan. Hecse's administration will at the same time gather information for the annual report of Hecse.
• The poster session is organized in conjunction with an external event (such as the open house event at either one of the participating departments) or the Hecse summer school. Its main theme is the current research of the student. The poster session allows discussion of research with professors, peers, and other audience, and will also be utilized in discussions with the support team of the student. The team will give the student both the necessary encouragement forward, and offer suggestions on future directions and technical details. The student should return a short report on how the meeting with the support team succeeded to the Director of Hecse (hecse-admin@cs.helsinki.if), the support team and the supervisor.

  If the student (or the support team) cannot attend the poster session, the student should have a meeting with the support team and likewise return a report on how the meeting succeeded to the Director of Hecse (hecse-admin@cs.helsinki.if), the support team and the supervisor.

In general, each student is responsible for his or her work and progress. The support team will not write a separate report, if it does not consider it necessary. The support team will give its feedback directly to the student who should take it into account in his or her reports.

Support team activites 2009

1. Please update your research plan together with your supervisor (and/or instructor). You can use the plan that you submitted in your Hecse application and update it. Please ask your supervisor (and/or instructor) for comments.
2. Send the plan to your support team members.
3. Submit your progress report 2008-2009 including your plan in the web form at https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/17558/lomake.html
4. Please make a poster of your research.
5. Register to the Hecse Autumn school at http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/hecse/autumnschool_2009.html. At the school you will meet and discuss your research with your support team.
6. After the school make appropriate updates to your plan and resubmit it to Hecse (hecse-admin@cs.helsinki.fi), your supervisor/instructor and your support team.

Support team activites 2008

• Research plan update, spring 2008. To each Hecse student
1. Report on your 2007 activities using the attached form. You can use the research plan included in your Hecse application and update it.
2. Discuss the plan with your supervisor or instructor.
3. Set up a meeting with your support team, discuss your updated plan with the team and possibly make further updates to the plan.
4. Send the report and the final updated plan to the supervisors and instructors, the support team and also to hecse-admin@cs.helsinki.fi hecse-admin@cs.helsinki.fi

   The deadline for returning the report and the plan to Hecse is 31 March 2008.

• Poster session, autumn 2008

  The annual poster session will be held on 21 October 2008 during Hecse's Autumn School at Seikkailulaakso, in Emäsalo, Porvoo.

This file was last modified on 22 Sep 2010.