Topics in e-Science (P01348)

? Credit Points : 10 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : PHY-P-TES

This course provides an introduction to some topics in current e-Science research and in the development of web services and grid computing in academia and in the commercial IT world. The course comprises two activities: a Seminar Series and a Structured Reading Group.

The Seminar Series comprises a programme of talks given by active members of the academic e-Science community or of the commercial web/grid services world. Each student will choose the topic of one of the seminars, follow it up with a literature review and summarise it in a written report and an oral presentation.

The Structured Reading Group activity will see the students divided into a number of groups, each one of which will be assigned (or can choose, subject to approval by the Programme Director) one or more technical documents from the e-Science domain (e.g. a paper from an academic journal or a technical specification from a standards body) and they must prepare both a written briefing note which summarises the salient points from the document(s) and an oral presentation outlining them.

Entry Requirements

? This course is not available to visting students.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Postgraduate (School of Physics), (School of Physics, Schedule Q)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

On completion of this course, students should be able to:
1. Present a written report and an oral presentation summarising the topic of one of the talks given in the Seminar Series, and placing it within the wider context of e-Science and related developments in the commercial IT world.
2. Contribute to a written precis of a technical document and participate in an oral presentation of its salient points.

Assessment Information

Group report (35%) and presentation (15%) summarising a technical document and individual written report (35%) and presentation (15%) developing the topic of one of the talks in the Seminar Series.