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What makes the difference between "summa cum laude" and "magna cum laude"?
The evaluation of PhD candidate is done based on his/her thesis, his defence presentation and the oral examination (in some countries). If the examiners do not find so much to argue about, the ...
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Submitting thesis without supervisors' reviews [closed]
I am a Ph.D. student, about to finish my thesis draft. My case is a bit special as I didn't receive any guidance from my supervisors. It is very unlikely that they know details about my work, results ...
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My adviser will be out of the town during the semester when I'm planning to defend
Originally I was planning to defend my thesis during spring semester, however my adviser suggested me to delay my defense to the summer semester. He motivated this by the fact that my thesis writing ...
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How to make my master thesis defending smooth with good english speech?
My master thesis dissertation is approaching, but I have a few concerns. First of all, I am not native English speaker. When I practiced my presentation on my own (I recorded my speech), it was not ...
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How common is it to have a demo at a doctoral thesis defence session?
It is customary (at least from where I'm from) to have undergraduate and masters thesis viva voce with project demos. So far, I have never been to a PhD thesis defence viva voce which had a demo in it....
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What are the most important things to include in your thesis defense presentation?
If you are creating a simulator of the existing system then should you present the details about the system or your simulator? or both? How technical you should go in your defense presentation? I ...
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Canadian External Examiner for UK PhD Viva advice
I have a PhD viva next week and have (very) recently that my examiner has no knowledge of the UK viva system
My first question is what is the PhD defense failure rate in Canada? (I'm not sure if I ...
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How important is the Ph.D. Thesis?
It may sound an insincere question but bear with me, please.
I am just starting to write my thesis. I got some good publications along the way, and I have a couple under review which I hope will get ...
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Is it good idea to put a slide about "National Teacher Appreciation Day" at the end of presentation slides at my masters defense?
Tomorrow I have my master's project defense. So, I will be presenting and defending on my project "Course Advising System".
I just noticed that tomorrow is a National Teacher Appreciation Day. Is it ...
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Parents attending thesis defense?
My wife is defending her thesis soon, and in her department, defenses are open to the public. I will be there along with several of her friends/colleagues. Her mom also wants to come to the defense. ...
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Is it okay to open up the thesis file during the defense?
During the follow-up discussion during the PhD defense, would it be okay if I open up the thesis pdf file to answer some questions, for example to refer to a figure or equations? or should everything ...
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Origin of public defense of thesis
An article on Martin Luther's "Ninety-Five Theses" indicates that he posted the document on the church door according to "university custom". The reference included indicates various books. I recall ...
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What are some of the starting phrases that I can use while responding to Ph.D examination committee questions during my defence?
I am appearing my Ph.D defence in a few weeks. I am in need of some starting phrases or words which I can use while responding to the questions from the examiners. There could be difficult questions ...
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What are the things one should consider while defending a PhD thesis, especially when the two examiners have completely different comments?
I am a completing Ph.D student. I submitted my thesis 4 months ago and have recently received the comments from the examiners. But to my surprise, two examiners have provided entirely different ...
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From thesis text to slides. How to ease the process?
I spent a considerable amount of time to write my thesis. Now I have to create the slides for the defense. I thought it was going to be easier, but found important difficulties creating them. I would ...
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During the defense, how to prove the method I used in my master thesis is correct?
I will have my master thesis defense in one week and today my advisor wrote me he is not sure about a method I used to obtain a result (this will not ruin the entire work, but still will make some ...
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How to ensure committee reads and comments on dissertation draft prior to final examination?
The constructive question is, What practices/strategies could help ensure the committee reads the dissertation?
I am wondering if those who already hold a PhD, or advanced graduate students finishing ...
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How would one fail a master thesis defense?
So I have to defend my master thesis in computer science in two weeks. It's in Germany and the thesis is 30 credits. I'm wondering what could make someone fail his defense? In my thesis I mainly ...
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Having a co-author as an external examiner for doctoral thesis defense
I'm a PhD student in Computer Science in the UK. I had co-authored a paper with a Lecturer from another university (not any of my supervisors, just someone's work I'm building upon) in my first year. ...
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When to take questions during a thesis defense?
I am going do do my thesis defense next week.
I am not nervous.
On the contrary, I am so over-relaxed that my instincts tell me this will cause a problem during my defense.
I am not sure when to take ...
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How important is the thesis document for judges on the day of the thesis defense?
I want to defend my thesis in the computer networking field on master degree . all things are done. And now I want to write my thesis document. Is this document important for judges in the defend day ...
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Why did my advisor criticize my work for the first time at my Master's Thesis defense? [closed]
I had two advisors for my master thesis. One, as my first advisor would take the theoretical part to guide me. I have been meeting with my first advisor once every two week and he has been examining ...
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Is it ethical for an instructor to "hack" my system as part of the evaluation for my thesis defense?
Background: I remember when I was still in college here in the Philippines, one of the member of the school thesis committee tries to hack my system by injecting some kind of code (I am not sure but I ...
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How long does it takes to receive a master graduation document (degree)
Can any body tell me how long after the Master's thesis defense do it take the student to receive their Master graduation document (degree) in Spain, France, UK or USA?
I'm asking specifically about ...
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