Czech

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Department of Spatial Design (UPT)

The student will receive advice on preparation of grant application, ethical behavior, organizational personnel and economic preparation and project management and self-management. It consolidates and extends knowledge in the field of probability theory and mathematical statistics. Studentrs will get acquainted with methods of work with information in the field of scientific publications. The outputof this subject is in gradually presented partial seminar work.

Students enrolling in this subject must be writing write a dissertation or a thesis. Students are expected to have knowledge of basics of mathematics at a university level and of basics of work on the PC. The ability to read English-written texts and the use electronic information resources is also expected

Co-requisite: Regisration both or at least one of the following courses: Theory of Architecture / Theory and development of urbanism in the same semester.

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

The credit is awarded on the basis of a written test and an oral interview, individually completed in all three parts of the course.

Fundamentals of scientific work
1. Introduction to doctoral studies, scientific and research activities
2. Methods of scientific work, scientific publication, information base, repository, search, management, evidence, dissemination, impact, efficient study of professional literature, critical thinking, review of literature and synopsis
3. Ethics of scientific work, plagiarism
4. Research questions, hypothesis, methods and research strategies
5. Theses, dissertation, structure, format, planning, development of competencies
6. Introduction to scientific writing, structure of the research article
7. Productive text feedback, review and editing activities
8. Conference, poster, networking
9. Presentation of the research, CV, lecture
10. Support and results of research, development and innovation
11. Research project, research team
12. Solution and management of a research project
13. Final presentations

Probability
1. Classical and axiomatic definition of probability
2. Conditional probability, full probability
3. Random variable, numerical characteristics of random variable
4. Discrete and continuous distribution of random variables
5. Characteristics of normal distribution
6. Limit theorem
Statistics
7. Basic file and selection. Processing of statistical material
8. Basic parameters of the population and selection characteristics
9. Basic point and interval estimates. t-test, F-test. Reliability intervals
10. Linear regression. Post-hoc tests. Good compliance tests
11. Analysis of variance
12. Pair test, unpaired test
13. Non-parametric tests

Scientific publishing
1. Creative techniques for choosing a topic
2. Google vs. database and search basics
3. EIZ at the BUT and the Primo discovery system
4. Patent databases and freely available resources
5. Selecting a Journal, Conference, and VaVaI Methodology
6. Publishing process and copyright
7. Basics of Expert Text Creation
8. Fundamentals of Citation
9. Citation Managers and Citace PRO
10. Evaluation of science, citation analysis and altmetrics
11. Promoting the results of scientific work

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The aim of the first part of the subject is the systematic preparation of doctoral students for scientific work. PhD students will learn the basics of modern science and scientific research. The aim of the second part of the subject is to consolidate and extend students' knowledge in the field of probability theory and mathematical statistics. The aim of the third part of the subject is to make the process of creating and continuing the life of a scholarly text.

Continuous processing of tasks min. to 50%, preparation of the semester project and its final presentation.

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39 hours, optionally

1. Introduction to the subject.
2. Specificities of architecture and urban planning with view to scientific
solution of professional problems.
3. Methodological principles of scientific work.
4. Scientific thinking (basics of determination)
5. Sources of information, information retrieval, classification, processing, bibliography.
6. Methodology of scientific and research work (general, instruments and procedures)- I.
7. Methodology of scientific and research work (general, instruments and procedures)- II.
8. Current orientation of research activity in architecture and urban planning.
9. Present situation of research in the Czech republic and in the European Union
10. Topical issue.