Step 6

This module explains how to select a research project. Scientific research is a highly risky activity, so we manage the risks through careful planning. We start with the result review. What does the project deliver? We discuss fundamental research, which delivers principles and methods and applied research, which delivers models and experiments. This delivery is presented to the research society and the consumers of our results. We discuss what exactly society expects from our research.

The seminar

1. [ The warm-up 3-minute test]
2. The model selection problem statement
3. The Bayesian inference
4. Requirements for the qualification projects
5. The comparative way of project selection

Resources

Step 5 YouTube [video]

Homework

There is no value in the option of a person who has no alternatives.

1. Pick up three (!) projects and make a comparative analysis. The perspective for the analysis is:
   1. Your contribution (what are you going to do inside your focus?)
   2. The impact?
   3. The reasoning (how do you prove that your results are scientific?)
   4. The novelty (what improvements it brings in comparison to alternatives?)
2. Which project do you select and why?
3. Put the link to your analysis

Mind the direct and comparative ways to answer these questions.