Techniques and Methodology of Innovation and Research in Informatics

• Teachers
• Weekly hours
• Competences
• Objectives
• Contents
• Activities
• Teaching methodology
• Evaluation methodology
• Bibliography

Teachers

Person in charge

• Francisco Javier Larrosa Bondia ( )

Others

• Clara Poveda Cabanillas ( )
• Mari Paz Linares Herreros ( )
• Marta Diaz Boladeras ( )
• Ruben Pocull Prous ( )
• Ruth Iñigo Robles ( )

Weekly hours

Competences

Generic Technical Competences

Generic

• CG1 - Capability to apply the scientific method to study and analyse of phenomena and systems in any area of Computer Science, and in the conception, design and implementation of innovative and original solutions.
• CG2 - Capability to lead, plan and supervise multidisciplinary teams.
• CG4 - Capacity for general and technical management of research, development and innovation projects, in companies and technology centers in the field of Informatics Engineering.

Transversal Competences

Entrepreneurship and innovation

• CTR1 - Capacity for knowing and understanding a business organization and the science that rules its activity, capability to understand the labour rules and the relationships between planning, industrial and commercial strategies, quality and profit. Capacity for developping creativity, entrepreneurship and innovation trend.

Sustainability and social commitment

• CTR2 - Capability to know and understand the complexity of the typical economic and social phenomena of the welfare society. Capacity for being able to analyze and assess the social and environmental impact.

Information literacy

• CTR4 - Capability to manage the acquisition, structuring, analysis and visualization of data and information in the area of informatics engineering, and critically assess the results of this effort.

Reasoning

• CTR6 - Capacity for critical, logical and mathematical reasoning. Capability to solve problems in their area of study. Capacity for abstraction: the capability to create and use models that reflect real situations. Capability to design and implement simple experiments, and analyze and interpret their results. Capacity for analysis, synthesis and evaluation.

Objectives

1. Learn about the Scientific Method, develop critical thinking, learn the process of writing a scientific paper, learn tools to help in the scientific process. Learn to analyze ethical aspects of the world of research and innovation
   Related competences: CTR2, CTR4, CTR6, CG1, CG2, CG4, CTR1,

Contents

1. Critical Thinking
   Cognitive biases and irrationality. Arguments, types of inference, fallacies, argumentative spheres,
2. Scientific Method
   Philosophical problems of knowledge (epistemology), the scientific method, types of research, common types of research in computer science
3. Science World
   Magazines and conferences. Impact measures. Open access, repositories, predatory journals.
4. Scientific papers
   The peer review system. How to write a scientific paper: structure, style, language of mathematics. Oral presentation of the articles
5. Integry and ethics
   What is ethics? Main ethical theories (utilitarianism, Kant, Aristotle). Ethics in research (deontology, research with living beings). Professional ethics (codes of ethics, analysis of ethical responsibility, whistleblowers, the ethical cycle). Ethical aspects of design.

Activities

Activity Evaluation act

Teaching methodology

Evaluation methodology

Bibliography

Basic:

• Thinking, fast and slow - Kahneman, D, Penguin Books, 2012. ISBN: 9780141033570
  https://discovery.upc.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991003964509706711&context=L&vid=34CSUC_UPC:VU1&lang=ca
• Ethics, Technology and Engineering - Poel, Ibo van de / Royakkers, Lamber, Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. ISBN: 9781444330946
  https://discovery.upc.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991004950912806711&context=L&vid=34CSUC_UPC:VU1&lang=ca
• Writing for computer science - Zobel, J, Springer London, 2014. ISBN: 1447166396
  https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.recursos.biblioteca.upc.edu/lib/upcatalunya-ebooks/detail.action?pq-origsite=primo&docID=1974126