Handbook

Most students in MIT (8543) will complete the capstone course COMP9900 (MIT project) in their last term of studies, but students who by the end of their third to last session, have achieved a Distinction average (a WAM of at least 75) have the option to replace COMP9900 with COMP9991 (Research Project A) in their penultimate term, to be followed by either COMP9992 (Research Project B) or COMP9993 (Research Project C) in their last term. Provided that the entry conditions are met, this option will be particularly appealing to students who intend to then start a research degree, either a Master by Research or a PhD. Meeting the expectations of COMP9991 + COMP9992 or COMP9991 + COMP9993, or even better, exceeding them with a piece of work that can result in a conference or journal publication, can make applications for a research degree stronger. The course will also be appealing to students who want to modestly improve on the state of the art in a particular discipline and be exposed to the various aspects of conducting research, working on a specific problem; it could be a problem they have identified themselves as it matters to them, or it could be a problem that is suggested by and discussed with the supervisor of the project.

Students who have completed (or have advanced standing in) at least 66UoC, intend to complete their degree in the next two terms, and are interested in this course, should contact potential supervisors, namely, CSE academics, write a project proposal following the guidelines of the COMP9991 course outline under the guidance of the supervisor, who will have to agree that the project appropriate, send the project description to the course authority who, if the application is accepted, with request the admin staff to manually enrol the student in COMP9991 (students cannot enrol themselves into the course).