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16	16	= Interaction With Your Adviser(s) =
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18		-A good interaction with your adviser(s) is key to success. Unless you happen to have substantial work experience and to be already an expert in your field, your adviser is ahead of you in terms of experience and expertise. Take advantage of this to improve your own work.
	18	+A good interaction with your adviser(s) is key to success. Unless you happen to have substantial work experience and to already be an expert in your field, your adviser is ahead of you in terms of experience and expertise. Take advantage of this to improve your own work.
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20	20	Advisers are humans. They like to help you with your thesis topic; they don't like to have to "drive" it, or to get the feeling that their advice (including the hints on this page) is ignored. You, and not your adviser, should be the one who is pushing your work, asking questions, initiating discussions, and handing over thesis/chapter drafts without having to be explicitly asked for it. In short, your adviser should be convinced that your work is on track.
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24	24	Usually, your thesis is a full-time job, also meaning **full-time presence at your desk**. In case you also have other regular work to do, discuss this with your adviser at the beginning of your thesis work.
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	26	+= Thesis Proposal =
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	28	+The first thing to do after you familiarized yourself with the topic and problem of your thesis is to write a short proposal (~~2-4 pages). The proposal should be prepared as early as possible (within the first or second week) and should show your adviser that you understood the problem and have a rough idea how to solve it. It may be structured as follows.
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	30	+* Problem description
	31	+* Planned Solutions/Goals
	32	+** Hard requirements that have to be fulfilled by the end of your thesis
	33	+** Soft requirements that can be solved if time permits
	34	+* Schedule outlining your proceeding (this includes writing the thesis, see next section)
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	36	+You should send your thesis proposal to your advisor and (if he is not already your advisor) the professor. After you finished the proposal, you should give a short (informal) talk of about 15 minutes during our daily tea meeting presenting your topic to all members of our group.
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26	26	= Timing is (Almost) Everything =
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28		-Chances are your adviser has already supervised one or more theses. Take advantage of his or her experience! Send him drafts of the chapters of your thesis before submitting the final thesis. Of course, the drafts should be as good as possible from your point of view. Your adviser can only improve your drafts so much. If your draft is of low quality, (s)he can help you push it to an okay-ish level; but if the draft is already of high-quality to start with, (s)he can help you elevate it to pure awesomeness. Note that your drafts need not be complete yet: you can always hand in missing bits and pieces later on. Here's a schedule that has proven to work well regarding when to hand in what.
	40	+Technically, the only hard deadline that you have regarding your thesis submission is the one concerning the submission to the examination office (//Prüfungsamt//), which is at the end of the semester for Bachelor thesis and six months after registering the thesis for master thesis. However, at RTSYS (as with most other groups) we offer to look at your thesis before the official submission. This not only helps to improve your thesis, it also is more satisfying for the advisor to look at a thesis in detail if it's not just to determine a grade but also to help improve the result.
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	42	+Thus, in your own interest, we advise //strongly// to send drafts of the chapters of your thesis to your advisor(s) before submitting the final thesis. Of course, the drafts should be as good as possible from your point of view. Your adviser can only improve your drafts so much. If your draft is of low quality, they can help you push it to an okay-ish level; but if the draft is already of high-quality to start with, they can help you elevate it to pure awesomeness. Note that your drafts need not be complete yet: you can always hand in missing bits and pieces later on.
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	44	+The process is usually that 1) you send a draft to the doctoral student(s) directly advising you, 2) you get feedback from them, 3) you implement that feedback, 4) you send the revised draft to the Prof. Yes, this pipeline takes time, and often there are holidays and travel plans to take into account as well, in particular for deadlines at the end of the summer semester. Here's a schedule that has proven to work well regarding when to hand in what to your direct advisors. Of course, sticking to that schedule is YOUR responsibility, you should not rely on your advisors to remind you of it.
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31	31	What
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33		-Master's Thesis
	50	+When (AT THE LATEST)
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35		-Bachelor's Thesis
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37	37	Motivation
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42	42	3 months before final submission
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44		-6 weeks
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46	46	Once you are halfway through your thesis, you should have a basic idea of which topics you want to cover in your thesis. This must be discussed with your adviser.
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51	51	4 weeks
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53		-3 weeks
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55	55	The first drafts you submit are used to make you aware of basic problems of your writing style. Getting this feedback as early as possible in your writing process means that you won't have to change the whole thesis after you submit your final draft.
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60	60	2 weeks
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64		-Submitting a draft of your complete thesis **before** the final submission gives your adviser enough time to find problems and gives you enough time to incorporate corrections into your final thesis. This doesn't only improve the quality of your thesis, but also satisfies your adviser.
	73	+Submitting a draft of your complete thesis **before** the final submission gives your adviser enough time to find problems and gives you enough time to incorporate corrections into your final thesis.
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67	67	Theses done in collaboration with industry partners follow the same schedule. The drafts you submit to your adviser at the university, however, should previously be run past your industry adviser.
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81	81	The bottom line: write clean and proper code that adheres to our coding guidelines and document it. The quality and the readability of your code and of your documentation will influence your grade.
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83		-== Reviews and Ratings[[url:http://trac.rtsys.informatik.uni-kiel.de/trac/rtsys/wiki/Hinweise_Arbeiten#ReviewsundRatings||style="text-decoration: none;" title="Link to this section" shape="rect" class="anchor"]] ==
	92	+== Reviews and Ratings ==
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85	85	To make sure that code is of a certain quality, it must be run through design and code reviews. The way this works is explained [[on this page>>doc:KIELER.Review Process]]. The reviews are not only intended to improve the quality of your code, but also to give feedback to you as a programmer to help you improve.
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87	87	= What Grade Do I Get For All This? =
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89		-Die Benotung studentischer Arbeiten richtet sich zunächst nach der jeweils anzuwendenen Studienordnung; für eine Diplomarbeit im Diplomstudiengang Informatik sieht z.B. §20(2) der Diplomprüfungsordnung vor: „Die Diplomarbeit ist von der Lehrkraft, die sie ausgegeben hat und einer oder einem weiteren Prüfungsberechtigten zu beurteilen.“
	98	+Zur Beurteilung einer Abschlussarbeit wird generell ein schriftliches Gutachten erstellt, welches die jeweilige Arbeit individuell würdigt (incl. Note) und an das Prüfungsamt weitergeleitet wird. Es hängt dabei von der jeweiligen Aufgabenstellung ab, welche Leistungen im Einzelfall erwartet werden; so sind z.B. die Anforderungen hinsichtlich der konkreten Umsetzung bei einer stark anwendungsbezogenen Arbeit anders als bei einer eher theoretischen Arbeit. Gewisse Anforderungen und Erwartungen hinsichtlich der Qualität der Arbeit und der Vorgehensweise des Studierenden sind jedoch allgemein gültig, und z.T. auch bereits in der jeweiligen Prüfungsordnung konkret genannt. So sieht z.B. §11(5) der Bachelorprüfungsordnung vor: „Die Note der Bachelorarbeit berücksichtigt die Problembearbeitung, die Bachelorarbeit und den Abschlussvortrag einschließlich der sich anschließenden Aussprache."
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91		-Zur Beurteilung einer Diplomarbeit wird generell ein schriftliches Gutachten erstellt, welches die jeweilige Arbeit individuell würdigt (incl. Note) und an das Prüfungsamt weitergeleitet wird. Es hängt dabei von der jeweiligen Aufgabenstellung ab, welche Leistungen im Einzelfall erwartet werden; so sind z.B. die Anforderungen hinsichtlich der konkreten Umsetzung bei einer stark anwendungsbezogenen Arbeit anders als bei einer eher theoretischen Arbeit. Gewisse Anforderungen und Erwartungen hinsichtlich der Qualität der Arbeit und der Vorgehensweise des Studierenden sind jedoch allgemein gültig, und z.T. auch bereits in der jeweiligen Prüfungsordnung konkret genannt. So sieht z.B. §19(1) der Diplomprüfungsordnung vor: „Die Diplomarbeit [...] soll zeigen, dass die Kandidatin oder der Kandidat in der Lage ist, innerhalb einer vorgegebenen Frist ein Problem aus dem Fach Informatik selbständig nach wissenschaftlichen Methoden zu bearbeiten.“ Hier sind also bereits drei Kriterien genannt (Fristeinhaltung, Selbständigkeit, Wissenschaftlichkeit). Ein etwas detaillierterer Kriterien-/Bewertungskatalog ist in den beiden folgenden Tabellen angegeben. Diese sind zunächst für Diplomarbeiten ausgelegt, finden aber - mit entsprechenden Abwandlungen - auch für Studien-, Bachelor- und Masterarbeiten Anwendung.
	100	+Ein etwas detaillierterer Kriterien-/Bewertungskatalog ist in den beiden folgenden Tabellen angegeben. Diese sind zunächst für Bachelorarbeiten ausgelegt, finden aber - mit entsprechenden Abwandlungen - auch für Masterarbeiten Anwendung.
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94	94	**Merkmal**
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104	104	**Punkte**
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115	115	Vollständige, gute Lösung und Behandlung zusätzlicher Fragestellungen
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154	154	max. 24
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157		-//Anwesenheit und Interaktion mit Betreuer//
	167	+//Interaktion mit Betreuer//
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159		-Selten anwesend, Interaktion nur auf Initiative des Betreuers; schwer erreichbar; weist nicht auf Probleme hin
	169	+Interaktion nur auf Initiative des Betreuers; schwer erreichbar; selten anwesend, weist nicht auf Probleme hin
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161	161	Unregelmäßige Interaktion, jedoch generell erreichbar und häufig anwesend
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202	202	max. 16
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205		-//Qualität der Ausarbeitung//
	215	+//Aufbau und sprachliche Qualität der Ausarbeitung//
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207	207	Ausarbeitung mit schweren Mängeln: fehlende Systematik, Schreibfehler, schlechtes Deutsch, unübersichtliche Verzeichnisse usw.
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237	237	**Summe**
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242	242	Die Umrechnung einer Punktzahl in eine Zensur ergibt sich unter Anwendung dieses Katalogs aus der folgenden Tabelle.
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	302	+= RtSys Stammtisch =
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	304	+Every student who is going to write a thesis and hence is considered an integral part of our group is more than welcome to join our [[doc:RTSYS.Rtsys Group Wiki.RtSys Stammtisch.WebHome]]. We will meet monthly in different restaurants in Kiel to have dinner and a good time together. Please ask your advisor or other students to invite you
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291	291	= Further Links =
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293	293	* Prof. Luttenberger at the [[Communication Systems Group>>url:http://www.comsys.informatik.uni-kiel.de/||shape="rect"]] regularly offers a very good course on writing and presenting scientific work.

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