Thesis - Data Systems Track

University of Amsterdam, 2024.

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Basics

The point of the thesis : Research Question

The structure of research papers :

1. Field
2. Research gap
3. Novelty
4. Evidence
5. Conclusion

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Resources

• canvas page: Landing page for course.

• onboarding information: Information on thesis proposal, registering on datanose, first milestones.

• guidelines: Canvas page with useful resources.

• thesis design: First milestone.

• rubric (mirror): Grading rubric, useful to judge research in general, including existing literature.

• research question: How to frame a good research question.

• thesis section guidelines: Function, structure and goals of each thesis section.

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Thesis tracker (A4 Landscape version)

Excalidraw Editable thesis tracker (needs to be centred)

A4 Landscape pdf (TODO: is clipped)

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Tools

function	recommendation
bibliography	zotero
version management (git)	lazygit
documentation	mkdocs
python environment setup	uv