Thinking about Research
Dreamers :
- Mr. R. Deepak, Lecturer in EC Dept., GEC Bartonhill
- Prof. K. C. Raveendranathan, Head of EC Dept., GEC Bartonhill
Four faculty from GECBH (Mr. Randhir, Ms. Manju, Mr. Alex Raj and Mr. Deepak (yours truly) had attended a 5-day short term course (June 18 to 22, 2007) at SCT College of Engineering. The first objective of the course was to create an awareness on Fuzzy Systems and Neural Networks. A second objective that was also running evident was to create an awareness about research. I don't know if that was intensional or accidental since most of the resource persons were from Kerala University Campus and RRL (all PhDs).
Back home, i started thinking of the possibility of a course with primary objective stated as creating a research interest.
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First Draft :
Tentative Title :
Thinking about Research
Tentative Contents :
- The Mathematical Language
The Mathematical Alphabets, What is a proof, What is not a proof, ... - The Computer Skills
Octave, Maxima, LaTeX, ... - The Research Attitude
Why, When, How, How not, ... - Research Ethics
Social relevance, Open Access Publications. - ....
- The Mathematical Language
Dr. E. Krishnan, Namboodthiri Sir (Kerala University), Rajeev Sir, - The Computer Skills
In house - Raveendran Sir, Mr. Yours Truly. - The Research Attitude
Dr. Achuth Sankar (quantity), Dr. M.R. Baiju (quality), Dr. S. Chandrashekara Bhat, RRL (inspiration) , Dr. Ashok Rao (???) - Research Ethics
Dr. R.V.G. Menon (social relevance), Dr. V. Sasikumar CESS, (Open Access Initiatives) - ....
Tentative Course Materials:
- How to Get A PhD
By Estelle M. Phillips, D.S. Pugh (Indian Edition : Rs 165/-) - ... [I'm searching for a good small book on Mathematical Language]
- Free Electron 2.0 CDs (Yet to be made) - With all tools for scientific computing and data visualizations.
- ...
Nov/Dec 2007 [One week before university exams]
2 comments:
Ho come there is a barrage of creative writing on July 11-13 when they were all working days..
Keep blogging as i feel one day blogs could become the medium for unfettered creativity..
1. Classes started only on July 16.
2. All the three posts are copy-pastes from old mails.
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