Research Assignment

The course is meant as an introduction to one, or more, aspects of a research project. The student can do:

1. A literature study to get familiar with a related topic/domain that is not covered in the core programme of the MSc Geomatics. The knowledge learned can then be used as a start for a graduation project (GEO2010/2020), but it may also be unrelated to the thesis topic.

2. An implementation of concepts in a software prototype. This can be used for example to further explore one specific topic and to try to implement a prototype that will, for instance, allows us to process some datasets. This can be used to develop one's skills in a particular programming language.

3. A mix of 1 and 2 above.

If a literature review is carried out, the main deliverable is a scientific report summarising the problem studied, the main findings, and potentially a discussion about future work related to the topic. If an implementation is carried out, then the student will deliver a software prototype, along with instructions about what it does, how to use it, test datasets, etc.

Important note: If the research performed through GEO5010 is related to the MSc thesis, the work and output needs to be clearly distinguishable from the thesis itself, standing by its own merits. This work should neither be part of the thesis, but serve as an starting point that can be referred within the thesis bibliography.