Actividades Formativas IMEE
IMEE TRAINING ACTIVITIES
In order to facilitate the training of doctoral students, both generic and specific training activities are proposed. The training activities proposed are:
- Introduction to bibliographic searches and general information resources.
- Academic English
- Introduction to editing scientific texts
- Introduction to the presentation of scientific texts
- Follow-up conferences
- Attendance at a National Congress
- Attendance at an International Congress
- Working sessions between students from different lines of research and attendance at the reading of doctoral theses.
- Presentation of research team results
- Initial training seminar on current issues in research.
- Conference Seminar
- Research Seminar
- Mobility
- Seminar on computer applications for research
- Introduction to utility patent filing
Introduction to bibliographic searches and general information resources.
Type: It is a transversal activity with a duration of 10 hours.
Mode: Classroom-based
Compulsory: No
Skills: CA01
Timing: First year
Description: The bibliographic search is a fundamental aspect of the training of any researcher and regulated learning is always more efficient than self-taught learning, as it usually happens. This activity is taught in Spanish.
Content: Introduction to electronic publications. Presentation of new publications. Jábega: Catalogue of the University of Málaga. Jábega 2.0. Spanish journals: CSIC and Dialnet databases (Spanish articles on all subjects).
Learning outcomes: Consult specific bibliographic references in electronic publications. Finding information in bibliographic databases based on keywords. Distinguishing different databases, both national and international.
Academic English
Type: It is a transversal activity with a duration of 100 hours.
Mode: 50 face-to-face hours and 50 non-face-to-face hours.
Compulsory: No
Competences: CB15
Timing: First or second year
Description: Complementary training in the English language is also a very relevant aspect of the practical training of a researcher so a specific activity is established; in this sense this activity is proposed so that the doctoral student acquires the necessary competences in this language.
Content: Academic titles. Areas of expertise and research. E-mails and letters. Preparing presentations. Spoken academic English formulas. Taking part in a debate. Giving an opinion. Understanding presentations.
Learning outcomes: Exchanging information in scientific fields, both face-to-face and online, in which English is the common language.
Introduction to scientific text editing
Type: This is a 10-hour transversal activity.
Mode: Face-to-face
Compulsory: No
Competences: CB15
Timing: First or second year
Description: The writing and editing of the results of a research project are fundamental aspects of research activity, as the appropriate dissemination of the results among the scientific community depends to a large extent on this. The aim is to teach the basic structure of a research article and also to introduce doctoral students to the use of specific software for the correct editing of works that are intended to be published by publishers specializing in scientific texts.
Content: Parts of a scientific article. Composition. Graphics. Introduction to the Latex editor.
Learning outcomes: Composing the structure and content of a scientific publication. Editing a scientific presentation.
Introduction to the presentation of scientific texts
Type: It is a transversal activity
Mode: Classroom-based
Compulsory: No
Skills: CB15
Setting: First or second year.
Description: The correct presentation of the results of a research project to an expert audience is a fundamental aspect of research activity, as the successful dissemination of the research carried out depends to a large extent on it. The aim is to teach the different basic elements that a presentation should contain and also to introduce doctoral students to the use of specific software for the correct edition of the presentation.
Content: Basic elements of a scientific presentation. Editing presentations with Beamer.
Learning outcomes: To compose the structure and content of a scientific presentation.
Follow-up sessions
Type: Training experience
Mode: Face-to-face
Compulsory: Yes
Competences: CB11, CB12, CB13, CB13, CB14, CB15, CB16, CA01, CA02, CA03, CA04, CA05, CA06
Timing: Every year
Description: All students admitted to the Programme must make a presentation to the Programme's Academic Committee at three points in their training as future Ph.D. students. At the end of the first year, the student will present a state of the art in the research problem studied and a design of the planning of his/her project. At the end of the second year, the student will make a presentation indicating the progress of the project. At the end of the research, and prior to the public presentation of the doctoral thesis, the student will present the results of his/her research. These seminars will be compulsory for all those admitted to the program. Participation in these seminars will be reflected in the academic record of each person enrolled in the program. In addition to the persons enrolled in the Programme, the seminars will be attended by lecturers from the Programme itself and other possible invited persons. This participation will be evaluated each year.
Attendance at a National Congress
Type: Training experience
Mode: Attendance
Compulsory: No
Skills: CB15, CA06
Timing: Every year
Description: Attendance at a national congress to present a paper is an integral part of any doctoral student's training.
Learning outcomes: To work effectively as a member of the scientific community related to the corresponding line of research.
Attendance at an international congress
Type: Training experience
Mode: Attendance
Compulsory: No
Competences: CB15, CA04, CA06, CT3
Timing: Every year
Description: Attendance at an international conference to present a paper is an integral part of any doctoral student's training.
Learning outcomes: To work effectively as a member of the international scientific community related to the corresponding line of research.
Working sessions between students from different lines of research and attendance at the reading of doctoral theses.
Type: Formative experiences
Mode: Face-to-face
Compulsory: Yes
Competences: CB14, CB15, CB16, CA04, CA06, CT2
Timing: Every year
Description: The aim of this activity is for students from the various lines of research to meet and be able to discuss the theoretical and practical issues they are working on. These sessions will allow for interdisciplinary work from both theoretical and practical perspectives. Attendance at the defense of doctoral theses carried out within the scope of the Doctoral Programme will also be encouraged. In the case of part-time students, they are obliged to attend at least half of the scheduled sessions.
Content: The Academic Committee will determine the content of the sessions according to the topics on which the various research teams of the program and their doctoral students are working.
Learning outcomes: Working in multidisciplinary teams to find related lines of research and possible synergies. Evaluate thesis defences from a student's perspective, in order to detect strengths and/or errors to be avoided.
Presentation of the results of the research teams
Type: Training experiences
Mode: Face-to-face
Compulsory: Yes
Competences: CG1, CE, CT1
Timing: First and second year
Description: On a quarterly basis, lecturers directing research projects will be asked to give presentations to those enrolled in the program. The aim is to bring doctoral students into contact with the development of real, ongoing research in order to learn to master everything related both to the subjects under study and to the design of projects, their execution and their dissemination. As far as possible, the distribution of presentations will be organized in such a way that part-time students can attend a sufficient number of them.
Content: The Academic Committee will determine the content of the sessions according to the topics on which the various research teams of the Programme are working.
Learning outcomes: To evaluate ongoing research topics and the process of transfer to the productive sector. Observe the working methodology of competitive research teams.
Initial training seminar on current issues in research.
Type: Training experience
Mode: Face-to-face
Compulsory: No
Competences: CB11, CB12, CB13, CB15, CB16, CA01, CA03
Timing: Every year
Description: The members of a research team and the doctoral students supervised by them will research a specific current topic in the line of research and several sessions will be organized to explain the background, context, and state of the art of the chosen topic, as well as to review and summarise the main bibliographical references. As far as possible, the distribution of the sessions will be organised in such a way that part-time students can attend a sufficient number of them.
Content: The Academic Committee will determine the content according to the topics considered topical by the various research teams of the Programme. Learning outcomes: To assess the relevance of current issues in the scientific field. To initiate research into open problems in related lines of research.
Lecture Seminar
Type: Disciplinary and methodological knowledge, theoretical and practical training.
Mode: classroom-based
Compulsory: Yes
Competences: CB11
Timing: All courses.
Description: The Seminar of Conferences is an activity that will be developed in all courses and will be constituted by the different conferences on the subject of this Programme, which are organized within the Centre responsible, the participating Departments or by the professors invited to the Doctoral Programme.
Content: Topics considered of interest by the Academic Committee of the Programme will be included.
Learning outcomes: To evaluate the variety of specific research topics being worked on in related areas.
Research Seminar
Type: Disciplinary and methodological knowledge, theoretical and practical training.
Mode: Classroom-based
Compulsory: No
Competences: CB11,CB15, CE
Timing: Second year
Description: This seminar will be given by guest lecturers from outside the Programme and financed through grants available for this purpose from the Ministry of Education or from the International Postgraduate Centre and Doctoral School of the University of Malaga (CIPD), which offers grants for this purpose every year. The aim of this activity is for doctoral students to receive complimentary training on subjects related to the Programme's lines of research so that they can have a different view of the problems involved in their research.
Content: The Academic Committee will determine the content of the seminars each year, according to the collaborations and contacts that the program’s lecturers and other colleagues in the research projects can provide.
Learning outcomes: To assess the relevance of current issues in the scientific field. To initiate research on open problems in related lines of work.
Mobility
Type: Training experiences
Mode: Face-to-face. Number of hours: 600 (per month of stay)
Compulsory: No
Competences: CB15, CA04, CT3
Timing: Second or third year
Description: The mobility of doctoral students will be encouraged as another training activity with the aim of familiarising them with other research environments and getting them accustomed to the internationalisation of research. This activity is particularly important as it will allow the Ph.D. student to interact with other researchers and develop new techniques. Depending on the funding available, all doctoral students will undertake a three-month stay in a prestigious research center in another country to develop research topics related to their doctoral thesis. The thesis supervisor and, where appropriate, the tutor, must submit a reasoned report to the Academic Committee of the Doctoral Programme on the suitability of the center where the stay will take place, the subject to be developed, the length of the stay, and the funding of the stay. In addition to the funding of the Doctoral Programme's own research teams, the University of Malaga offers, through its "Research Plan", a series of grants and scholarships to promote mobility.
In the case of part-time students, the duration of the stay will be adjusted to the restrictions of the activity that justifies this dedication. This will be assessed by the Academic Committee of this Doctoral Programme on the basis of a report drawn up by the thesis supervisor and, where appropriate, the tutor.
Seminar on computer applications for research
Type: Transversal activity
Mode: 10 face-to-face hours and 10 non-face-to-face hours
Compulsory: No
Competences: CB11, CG2
Timing: First year
Description: The use of computer applications is widespread nowadays and they form an essential tool in research. Therefore, this seminar is aimed above all at first-year students and is an activity in which the doctoral student will acquire the necessary skills for the use of computer applications or programs related to the line of research in which he/she is carrying out his/her doctoral thesis.
Contents: Solidworks: mechanical modeling and finite element calculation. Matlab Simulink: Sim Mechanics, Neural Network, Fuzzy Control, FEM.
Learning outcomes: To be able to handle computer tools widely used in simulation, optimization, and control of complex systems in Engineering.
Introduction to utility patent filing
Type: It is a transversal activity
Mode: Classroom-based
Compulsory: No
Competences: CB11, CB12, CB13, CB15, CB16, CA01, CA03, CT1
Timing: Second or third year.
Description: Industrial and intellectual property play a very important role in today's knowledge economy, therefore knowing the essential aspects in making a utility patent application that can be derived from research results is a task that a Ph.D. student within a Ph.D. program in the field of Engineering and Architecture must carry out.
Contents: The patent system. Protection and infringement. Available databases. Transfer of patents. Drafting and processing of reports.
Learning outcomes: Searching patents in the various national and international databases. Drafting a patent application. Processing the registration of a patent.
