[Grad2022] [Turnbull Zemi] Agenda for tomorrow's zemi

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

Hi everyone,

As I mentioned in the last meeting, starting tomorrow I want to work
with the M2 students on their "karitoji" papers ("karitoji" is the
first draft of the masters thesis submitted to the
advisors/examiners).

I am assuming the following structure for the paper, which is typical
(but not universal or mandatory) for masters' theses.  There are five
chapters:

1.  Introduction: Provides a statement of the thesis (the main idea
    of the research), the background of the research (why you are
    interested, why other researchers should be interested, how this
    research helps improve society or individuals in society, trends
    leading to this research).  It describes your model in general
    terms (that is, the cause and effect relationships you focus on).

2.  Literature survey: Describes the previous research you have
    found.  The goal is to establish (1) originality of your research
    and (2) points of comparison of your research with previous
    research.  The literature survey should include papers describing
    the theory leading to your model, papers supporting your
    methodology, information about your data if you do not collect it
    yourself, and your method of analysis.

3.  Methodology: Describes your model, your data, your method of
    analysis in detail, with comparisons to the literature.

4.  Analysis and results: Describes any problems you had in the
    analysis, the analytical results, and their direct implications
    for individual or social decision-making.

5.  Conclusion: Provides a general review of the paper in light of the
    results, more interpretations of the results, descriptions of
    limitations and ways to overcome them in future research, and
    additional topics for research suggested by your results.

If this does not fit your idea of how to organize your paper, let me
know in personal consultation time and we will decide how to structure
the presentations over the next few weeks.

Schedule for M2 presentations:

10/27 Introduction.
11/03 Literature survey (includes formal bibliography of all papers
      studied so far, whether in literature survey or not).
      NOTE: This is the Japanese national holiday "Culture Day".  If
      anyone has activities planned for the holiday let me know; we
      can move the zemi to 11/05 as for the university schedule of
      classes.
      However, I think it is best for the M2 students to keep to the
      "chapter per week" schedule.
11/10 Methodology.
11/17 Analysis.
11/24 Conclusion (or full paper).  Includes formal bibliography of
      resources actually referenced in the thesis (whether in the
      literature survey or in other parts of the thesis).
12/01 M2 excused (paper deadline next day)

I don't have a document at hand that states a date, but usually the
"karitoji" paper is handed in on the first Wednesday of December,
which is 12/02 this year.

Attendance is required for other students (M1, undergraduate,
kenkyuusei).  Schedule for them will be decided later.