Writing your Research Thesis - Prof. Upul Sonnadara | පර්යේෂණ ග්‍රන්ථය ලියමු (Thesis Sinhalen)

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Special thanks to Prof. Upul Sonnadara from the Department of Physics at the University of Colombo for preparing the slides and sharing his views on writing your Thesis. I learnt a lot from him and this talk is applicable for Undergrads and PhD students. I have attached the slides of the presentation and a copy of my Undergraduate Thesis titled: “Texture Analysis of Ultrasound images of Chronic Kidney Disease” in the Google Drive link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/171PyWKXkBzUN92j-F7wgX7moMXbRF0sH?usp=sharing

Time-code of discussion:
0:00:00 Welcome
0:00:23 Let’s talk about you. Where did your journey begin as a Scientist?
0:05:59 Collaboration with CMS (at CERN) and Particle Physics in Sri Lanka
0:06:37 What is the purpose of a Thesis? Why is it important?
0:08:47 Let’s talk about the structure of the thesis
0:10:30 At what point do we write the Abstract?
0:12:12 Can the Title of your Thesis change while doing research?
0:13:42 Title of the Thesis / Declaration
0:15:43 Abstract
0:17:53 Acknowledgements
0:20:56 Introduction, References, structuring your chapters and giving a summary
0:25:32 Literature Review
0:26:41 What if someone else publishes the same results before you? Why do we do research? Listen to what made Prof. Sonnadara stick to research
0:31:24 How/Where do I start writing? What should I read?
0:33:59 During Covid-19 Pandemic how should we manage our research? What can we write on the thesis?
0:37:34 Plagiarism, Report writing, gaps in our education
0:41:56 Methodology, repeatability of results
0:43:35 Results and Discussion
0:45:07 Does Page limit matter?
0:46:24 Report positive and negative results
0:51:07 Conclusion
0:53:05 Annexures, Pushing your code on Github
0:57:06 Importance of citations
0:58:50 General Rules – Tables, figures, captions
1:01:09 Writing the Thesis – write sections you know best
1:04:01 What do you consider when grading a thesis?
1:05:45 When should you start writing your thesis?
1:07:30 What’s the process of going for a publication?

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