If e.g. due to the nature of the work this scope is not reasonable, a different number of pages can be discussed with the supervisor. The amount of pages may be less if the work includes e.g. measurements or coding.

If the student chooses the special assignment of two ECTS, he/she has to discuss with the supervisor 1-2 times during the work + the one time before starting. If the work is larger there has to be more discussion during the work. The discussion may also happen through e-mail.

You have one (1) year time for your special assignment project. But it is recommended to finish it as quickly as possible, like a project with a deadline. If however it is not finished within one year it becomes invalid. In that case you are not able to continue it but you need to apply a new title. It is the responsibility of the supervisor to make sure that the special assignment is done within the time limit.

4 Report

The objective of the report is to show that the student has familiarised himself/herself with the subject. Additionally, while writing the report the student will learn how to report scientific work. The decisions made have to be reasoned and the facts related to possible further work should be discussed. After conclusions a brief view to the future is recommended. This however, should not be exaggerated. In addition to the facts student should bring out own opinions, which naturally should be explained.

The text should be pertinent and linguistic form has to be correct. The presentations should be clear, outlined and consequential. Terms should be used correctly. The layout has to be well groomed. The figures should be clear and informative. There should be correct page numbers, and numbers for tables, figures and equations. The captions of tables and figures should be reasonable and informative. The references have to be cited during the text, a list at the end of the work is not be enough. The main source of the information should be mentioned emphasised.
 

Subject	More information can be found from:
General Information	Writing A Paper or Lab Report in Scientific Format by Susan Kaminskyj University of Saskatchewan, http://www.usask.ca/biology/kaminskyj/tools.html
A Collection of Links	A collection of links to sites related to scientific writing, Michican Electronic Library, http://elibrary.mel.org/

The main structure of the work is the following (changes can be made, if reasonable):

Title page including the title of the work, names of author and supervisor and the returning date, but not a page number.
Abstract, which is a brief informative description of the work including the objectives, results and conclusions of the work. The text should not be longer than one page. Page numbers from "Absrtact" to "List of acronyms and concepts" are "i", "ii" etc.
Table of contents
List of acronyms and concepts in which the acronyms and concepts are clarified. The repetition of the clarifications in the text is not necessary.
1 Introduction which is the first section of the text explaining the subject, the objectives, the scope and the content of the work. The page number starts with "1".
2 The research problem or the theoretical background
3 The text, including the methods, this is the major part
4 The results, including the main results
5 Summary , conclusions and a brief view to the future.
References, the source information used in work e.g. references, reports and interviews
Appendixes, e.g. measuring results or program code. If included the appendixes should be referred in the text.

The text should be "Time New Roman". Other types eg. "Arial" can be used only in the titles. The text should be single-spaced. Both sides of the page can be used especially if the report is over 20 pages. The left marginal should be 30 mm and the right marginal 25 mm.

When ready, the report should be returned to the supervisor both as .pdf-file and as a paper copy (1-2 copies, agree with the supervisor). The supervisor will bring one paper copy to our laboratory's archive.

To keep the size of the work in reasonable limits figures in vector form rather than bitmap files are preferred. Though, using informative photographs is recommended.

5 Grading

The final grading of the work is done by the supervisor or professor. The work will be graded on scale from 0 to 5. Especially the quality of the report and fulfilling the objectives of the course will be paid attention to. To get one of the higher grades, one is expected to do autonomous and unprompted work with scientific approach to the subject. For instance special assignments that are linked with ones daily job and that are more like a summary or a description of one's work, do not necessarily fulfil these criterions. If the nature of the work, manner of performance and/or the quality of the report is not acceptable, the work can be returned to the student for correction or some kind of further clarification might be demanded. Satisfactory (1) or very satisfactory (2) grade from the special assignment may prevent the commencement of writing Master Thesis.

6 Summary

• Make the preliminary plan for the work
• Choose the topic from the list or see the subject items below and ask supervisor for more specific topic.
• If you want to suggest your own topic make sure that it is suitable for special assignment before you start. Prepare to explain why you want to make your assignment from this particular topic.
• Discuss your work with the supervisor and fill in the approval form of the special assignment with him.
• You have no more than one (1) year to finish the special assignment.
• Discuss your work with the supervisor regularly.
•  Write the report.
• Return one electronic (Adobe Acrobat (pdf)) and one to two paper copies of the ready report.
• The grade will be announced to OREK in one month. Remember that because of the working circumstances in the department your request for quick grading, e.g. on account of forthcoming graduation, may not be accepted.

7 Supervisors and Their Research Areas

The table below contains a list of supervisors and their research areas. The suitability of students' own topics can be discussed directly with persons linked with the subject matter in question.
 
 

Supervisors of the Networking Special Assignments at Communication and Networking Department

OBS! Prof. Raimo Kantola doesn't supervise special assignments. If you have an item of your own, please contact directly to the co-ordinator.

Raimo Kantola (Prof.)  Networking technology, Intelligent Networks	Jorma Virtamo  (Prof.)  Network dimensioning and traffic management, Broadcast networks	Heikki Hämmäinen  (Prof.)  Networking business	Jörg Ott  (Prof.)  Communication in challenged networks, particularly on disruption/delay-tolerant networking	Jukka Manner  (Prof.)  IP technologies, wireless networks and operating systems
Nicklas Beijar Peer-to-peer, distributed search algorithms	Samuli Aalto Traffic theory Broadband networks	Antero Kivi mobile (data) services, mobile user behaviour
Visa Holopainen (Autonomic) Traffic Engineering and Network Management/Optimization architectures	Jouni Karvo Networking technology	Timo Smura Networking business Wireless networks
Olli-Pekka Lamminen Ethernet- and IP-network architectures, Transport-networks	Pasi Lassila Loss systems Simulation technologies Broadband networks	Hannu Verkasalo Mobile business, mobile services & - strategies, empirical mobile service measurements
Marko Luoma ATM switching Network control, signalling and measurements	Aleksi Penttinen Ad hoc networks, WLAN, optimization methods
Markus Peuhkuri Local area networks and WWW Networked multimedia ATM-applications	Tuomas Tirronen Teletraffice theory, Simulation (networks), FEC codes (packet-level, fountain codes, erasure codes)
Piia Töyrylä QoS in IP-networks

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