PhD TOC

This page provides hints on what to include in your master thesis.

= TOC =
 * Abstract
 * Preface
 * Acknowledgments
 * Thesis Structure
 * List of Publications
 * List of Terms and Acronyms
 * PART I: Introduction
 * Introduction
 * Background and Motivation
 * Scope
 * Methods of the thesis
 * Technology Topic 1
 * Technology Topic 2
 * Summary of the papers
 * Summary of Paper A
 * Summary ....
 * Conclusion
 * Summary of the Research
 * Limitations of the Research
 * Suggestions for Future Studies
 * PART II: Scientific Contribution
 * Paper A: title
 * Paper B: title
 * Paper A: title
 * Paper B: title

= Comments =

Red line
Your thesis should have a "red line", which is visible throughout the whole thesis. This means you should mention in the beginning of each chapter how the chapter contributes to the "goals of the thesis".

Use of scientific methods
A thesis follows a standard method:
 * describe the problem (problemstilling)
 * extract the challenges. These challenges should be measurable, e.g. method is too slow to be useful to voice handover.
 * Analyse technology with respect to challenges. Don't write & repeat "everything" from a certain technology, concentrate on those parts (e.g. protocols) which are of importance for your problem

References
 * Wikipedia is good to use to get an overview on what is happening. But there is not scientific verification of Wikipedia, thus you should use wikipedia only in the introduction of a chapter (if you use text from wikipedia). Use scientific literature for your thesis.
 * Scientific library is "at your hand", you can get there directly from UiO: How to get access to IEEE, Springer and other scientific literature -> Unik/UiOLibrary
 * I suggest that references to web pages, e.g. OASIS, W3C standards, are given in a footnote. Only if you find white papers or other .pdf documents on a web page then you refer to them in the reference section.

Evaluation of own work
Perform an evaluation of your own work. Revisit the challenges and discuss in how you fulfilled them. Provide alternative solution and discuss what should be done (or what could have been done).