Elmar JürgensHow to Rehearse Your Thesis PresentationA new set of presentation slides is like a program that has never been executed. It probably contains bugs. It reduces the pain for all…Mar 4, 2015Mar 4, 2015
Elmar JürgensHow to Draft Your PresentationWhen I listen to a thesis presentation, I need to get the big picture before I care about the details. Until I have understood the problem…Mar 4, 2015Mar 4, 2015
Elmar JürgensThesis ArchitectureThe outline is the architecture of your thesis. It decomposes your document into components (called chapters) with dependencies between…Oct 13, 20141Oct 13, 20141
Elmar JürgensCracking the Hidden Thesis Topic MarketAt TUM, topics for available thesis projects are advertised on faculty web pages. I expect the situation to be similar in other…Jan 6, 2014Jan 6, 2014
Elmar JürgensTopic RouletteFor many, the process for choosing a thesis topic looks like this:Jan 5, 2014Jan 5, 2014
Elmar JürgensIAuthor and ISupervisorTo avoid friction at the interface between you and your author, it helps to have a common understanding of each others responsibilities…Dec 30, 2013Dec 30, 2013
Elmar JürgensWhich Tools to Use to Write your Master’s or Bachelor’s Thesis in Computer Science?If you program a new application, choosing the right programming language is critical. Choose Java or C#, for example, and you have free…Dec 27, 2013Dec 27, 2013
Elmar JürgensHow to Get Great Supervision?Good versus bad supervision makes a large difference to your thesis project; both in terms of the outcome and how you feel along the way.Dec 27, 2013Dec 27, 2013
Elmar JürgensWhen to Write What?When you write your thesis, your of level of knowledge of its chapters changes. It increases as you read, implement and experiment. It also…Dec 26, 2013Dec 26, 2013