4. Training activities
Training activities list:
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1. RESEARCH PLAN DEFENCE |
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Number of hours (duration) |
25 hours |
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Compulsory |
Language: English |
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Details and planning |
At the end of each academic year, students shall defend the activities carried out during the course and they shall submit the planning for the following academic year. The defence will take place in the time and manner established by the Academic Committee of the Doctoral Program. It will be assessed the Research Plan and the document of activities together with the reports that, to that effect, the tutor and the director should issue. This activity will annual and compulsory. The compulsory language used will English. |
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Learning outcomes |
Develop and acquire: Capacity for the intellectual defence of the work undertaken Capacity for reasoned discussion of results Ability to critically analyse results Oral communication skills Knowledge to make effective presentations Capacity for global reflection from different perspectives of knowledge.
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| Related skills | The set of basic and generic skills. TS1 PS2 |
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Control procedure |
The assessment will be made according to the rules established by the Academic Committee of the PhD Programme. |
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Actions and mobility criteria |
Efforts will be made to count on the presence of national and international experts from other universities and research centres.
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2. RESEARCH STAYS |
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Number of hours (duration) |
625 hours |
| Optional | Language: English |
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Details and planning |
The students will carry their research stays in accordance with their director and tutor, their teaching plan and according to the rules established by the Academic Committee. Optional activity. |
| Learning outcomes | Capacity to adapt to new contexts
Capacity to evaluate the development of their research work comparatively |
| Related skills | The set of basic and generic skills. TS3, TS4 |
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Control procedure |
The student must provide the relevant certification of the research stay, a summary of the work done, signed by the responsible at the remote institution, with express indication to their relation with the Thesis Plan and/or a possible joint publication. |
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Actions and mobility criteria |
The appropriate means shall be provided to the students for travelling to and from the place of the research stay, according to the relevant rules established by the Academic Committee. It will be encouraged the stays abroad and that they have a minimum of three months (25 ECTS), which facilitates the obtainment of the “International Thesis” seal. |
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3. PREPARATION OF AN INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATION |
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Number of hours (duration) |
50 hours |
| Compulsory | Language: English |
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Details and planning |
The idea is that before submitting the doctoral thesis, each student has had written and submitted a paper to a scientific journal. The language will be the working language of the journal, being usually English in the ICTs field. All students must carry out this activity, preferably in the frist academic term of the third year of the PhD when they are full-time students, and in the first academic term of the tifth year of the PhD when they are part-time students |
| Learning outcomes |
Develop and acquire: Capacity to synthesise and intellectually defend the work undertaken. Skills for reasoned discussion of results Capacity for critical analysis of results Written communication skills |
| Related skills | The set of basic and generic skills. TS1, TS2, PS2, PS6. |
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Control procedure |
Copy of the paper and documentary evidence of the shipment to the journal. |
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Actions and mobility criteria |
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4. SUBMISSION OF PAPERS TO INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES |
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Number of hours (duration) |
75 hours |
| Compulsory | Languages: English/Spanish |
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Details and planning |
The students shall plan this action in accordance to their director/s and tutor/s, according to their plan of activities and following of the Academic Committee in this regard. The language used will be the same as the conference language, being frequently English. For the calculation of the duration of this activity it has been taken into account both the preparation of the talk (50h) as well as the attendance to the conference with an average duration of 3 days (25h). All students must carry out this activity, preferably in the second academic term of the second year of the PhD when they are full-time students, and in the first academic term of the third year of the PhD when they are part-time students. |
| Learning outcomes |
Develop and acquire: Capacity to synthesise and intellectually defend the work undertaken. Skills for reasoned discussion of results Capacity for critical analysis of results Oral and written communication skills |
| Related skills | The set of basic and generic skills. TS1, TS2, PS2, PS6. |
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Control procedure |
The student must provide the appropriate certification of attendance and presentation of communication, in the terms set out in the rules of the Academic Committee. |
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Actions and mobility criteria |
The appropriate means shall be provided to the students for travelling to and from the place of the conference, under the terms set out in the rules established by the Academic Committee. |
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5. TRANSVERSAL TRAINING COURSES |
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Number of hours (duration) |
Up to 25 hours |
| Optional | Languages: English/Spanish/Galician |
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Details and planning |
Optional courses with the clear aim of training students in transversal methodologies and tools.
The offer will be published annually and, as far as possible, in collaboration with other PhD Programmes from the University of Vigo. (see tentative list at the end of the section) |
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Control procedure |
The assessment will be made according to the provisions of the Teaching Guide of the course. |
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Actions and mobility criteria |
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6. ADVANCED TRAINING COURSES |
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Number of hours (duration) |
Up to 225 hours |
| Optional | Languages: English/Spanish/Galician |
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Details and planning |
Optional activity including the recognition of courses or seminars from other national or international PhD programmes, by the Academic Committee. If the course or seminar is not based in ECTS credits, the Academic Committee will establish the appropriate equivalence. Maximum of 3 ECTS per course to a maximum of 9 ECTS
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Control procedure |
Attendance certificate. They will not be assessed |
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Actions and mobility criteria |
The appropriate means shall be provided to the students for travelling to and from the place of the course, under the terms set out in the rules established by the Academic Committee. |
TRANSVERSAL COURSES' TENTATIVE LIST ( it will be updated each academic year)
In each academic year, students on the DocTIC doctoral programme will have the option of participating in a series of training courses in cross-cutting skills. The courses are offered by the Vice-rectorate for Academic Organisation within the framework of the University of Vigo's PDI Lifelong Learning programme, the International Doctoral School, or the DocTIC PhD programme itself.
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Títle |
Description |
Organizer |
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Curso de Formación en Análisis Avanzado de la Información (Microsoft Excel) |
Este curso permite obtener los conocimientos avanzados para analizar y tratar la información con Excel. |
Vicerrectorado de Ordenación Académica y Profesorado |
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Curso de Formación en Estadística con “R” para Investigadores |
En este curso se utiliza el programa estadístico “R”. Incluye una breve introducción al programa R y las técnicas estadísticas de Minería de Datos más utilizadas, con un enfoque práctico y aplicado. |
Vicerrectorado de Ordenación Académica y Profesorado |
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Curso de Formación en Inteligencia Artificial con Deep Learning |
Este curso es una introducción práctica al Deep Learning, donde, además de las técnicas de preparación de la información, se presentarán los componentes fundamentales de una red neuronal, los procesos de diseño y entrenamiento de la red, así como su evaluación. |
Vicerrectorado de Ordenación Académica y Profesorado |
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Crafting good communication skills: talks and posters |
This course aims to cover the essential topics about effective science communication in meetings and conferences. Students will learn the essentials for making clear catching talks and posters |
Do*MAR |
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Seminar on Scientific Writing |
Aportación conceptual y práctica para ganar en eficiencia y comunicación en el ámbito de la investigación. Incluirá técnicas de escritura de publicaciones y propuestas |
Do*MAR |
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Redacción y Defensa de la Tesis doctoral |
La redacción y presentación de trabajos de investigación (tesis doctorales, artículos, trabajos fin de máster, etc.) suele ser una tarea muy laboriosa, en la que se resume todo el tiempo y el esfuerzo invertidos en la investigación, y mostramos la capacidad para llevar a cabo dicho trabajo de manera eficiente. |
EIDO |
