The Proseminar ETiT is aimed at Bachelor students of Electrical Engineering and covers various topics from the fields of computer science and electrical engineering.

It is usually the first seminar that students take during their studies. The focus is therefore on finding, reading and understanding scientific publications (conference papers, articles) on a specific topic as well as on classifying and summarizing the results in oral (presentation) and written form (short paper).

For the proseminar, you arrange a topic individually with one of our research assistants. A selection of possible topics offered by our staff can be found on the KOM Lab/Project page as well as in the Multimedia Communications seminar series in the winter semester and summer semester.

Of course, you can also arrange an individual topic based on your research interest. We will be happy to assist you in finding a suitable tutor here at KOM and in clarifying all organizational questions - please contact the persons listed beneath.

As soon as we have found a suitable topic and a suitable tutor for your proseminar, your tutor will assist you in finding relevant papers on your chosen topic. He/she will usually provide you with a set of sources that you can use as a starting point for your further search and you will meet with your tutor once a week to discuss the literature you have found and to prepare the thesis and your presentation.

M.Sc. Pratyush Agnihotri

Start: Anytime. Just contact us, preferably with a rough proposal for a topic you would like to work on. If you do not have a topic yet, we will try to find a suitable one for you.

Duration: usually 2-3 months, depending on your commitment (2 CP).

Deliverables: a presentation on your findings and a written seminar paper (details below).

Credit points: 2 CP.

Please note: grades are transferred twice a year, so depending on when you start your assignment, you may have to wait a few months for the final grades to be available in TUCaN.

Final Presentation: you will be required to present your final results to a group of researchers here at KOM. Within 15 minutes, explain your assignment and provide an overview of existing solutions (related work) and a categorization or structure of related work that you derived during your research phase. Following the presentation, there will be an opportunity for discussion with the audience. Dates for presentations will be scheduled as needed.

By your presentation date, you must also submit your written short paper to your supervisor, cc the organizers. The paper should summarize your results and ideally point out open and interesting directions for future research in the respective field.

Please use the LaTeX template provided by IEEE for the submission (if you have not worked with LaTeX before, the seminar is a good opportunity to start - otherwise you can also use the Word template provided).

Formally, the paper should be at least 4 pages long (in 11 pt, two-column IEEE format) and include scientific references. However, the core requirement is a structured and meaningful discussion of related work: Meeting the formal requirement of submitting 4 pages does not guarantee a good grade.

Of course, we do not tolerate plagiarism. If your contributions (term paper, presentation) contain plagiarism, you will be graded with 5.0 and we will inform the examination office. By participating in the seminar you declare that you have read and understood the information on plagiarism.

18-cm-1000-ps Proseminar ETiT