The Diploma Thesis (D.E) is prepared by the students of the Department of Computer Engineering and Informatics, during the last year of their studies. It is of great importance as its successful completion is an essential and formal condition for obtaining the Computer & Information Technology Engineer diploma. The preparation of the DE lasts at least one semester (from the official assignment of the subject to its examination).
Through D.E. students have the opportunity to deepen their knowledge in cutting-edge technologies and contemporary topics in Computer Science & Technology. D.E. it should be a complete study, which must necessarily include an analogous implementation and/or original design, regarding the thematic area, which the student has undertaken each time.
The quality of the results of the D.E. characterizes not only the student who completed it, but is also an integral part of the supervision and the educational process of the Department.
The supervisor may also be a professor of another Department, of the University of Patras, since the subject of the D.E. and the supervisor’s scientific expertise is relevant to the fields of Computer & Information Engineering. The assignment is judged and approved upon the student’s request at the Department’s Assembly, which will be accompanied by a certificate of acceptance of the supervision by the respective faculty member.
A) Assignment Process:
The announcement of the subjects of the D.E., on behalf of all the faculty members, takes place at the beginning of each academic year. Each supervisor must announce at least eight (8) theses topics at the beginning of the academic year. In the course of time, it can update the list of suggested topics every time.
The declaration of each subject should be made using the corresponding subject declaration form D.E.
The issues of D.E. are announced to the students, through the corresponding application of the Department’s website, but also by any appropriate means, e.g. online class, announcements, etc.
Each student can declare, in order of priority, up to five (5) subjects from those that have been announced, for supervision.
Then the 1st cycle of assignments is implemented, on behalf of the Professors and acceptance of the assignment on behalf of each student.
The 2nd cycle is carried out based on the statements of the students and the assignments of the 1st cycle.
If there are students who have not been assigned work, then a third cycle will follow with the decision of the Assembly. If deemed necessary, the above assignment process will be repeated in the middle of the academic year (in March).
At the final stage, the Assembly of the Department validates the procedure.
The determination of the exact dates of all the above phases is determined by the Assembly of the Department, each time.
Remarks – Limitations:
The student who is in the 5th year of studies or older, can undertake D.E. only if, at the time of the assignment, he owes a number of courses, less than or equal to twelve (12), given that the assignment takes place, after the completion of the results of the September examination period.
A student who has completed 5 years of study may undertake a Diploma Thesis only if, at the time of assignment, he owes a number of courses ≤ 20.
When the preparation of the D.E. is not successfully completed within two calendar years, (from the official date of assignment of the subject), the supervisor may interrupt the assignment, upon his corresponding request, to the Department Assembly. In this case, the assignment process will be followed again for the student.
B) Evaluation Process and Presentation
The D.E. they should be submitted in time, so that there is the possibility of their substantial evaluation and they will be graded, after a public presentation and examination, by the examination committee.
The examination committee consists of the supervisor and one more co-examiner, drawn from the faculty members of the Department of Computer & Informatics Engineering. The composition of the examination committee is defined by the supervisor. The Assembly of the Department may also set up a joint examination committee per academic year, for each Sector of the Department, after its decision.
The public presentation and examination of the D.E. it should be announced on the Department’s website and by any other appropriate means, at least one week after its public presentation and examination.
The public presentation and examination of the D.E. by the examination committee, with at least two of its members present, based on a set of criteria that will include:
Quality of D.E. and degree of fulfillment of its objectives (60%), as they were determined during the declaration of its subject.
Time period for its preparation (15%). This criterion is graded as excellent only when D.E. has been prepared in a period of less than 1.5 years (unless there are reasons of force majeure or if it has been extended in agreement with the teacher).
Quality and completeness of the text of the work and its other deliverables (15%).
Overall image of the presentation (10%).
The structure of the text of the D.E., as well as its external appearance, will be based on the model provided by the Department.
The student, after the successful evaluation of the D.E., deposits an electronic copy of the work in the NIMERTES repository http://nemertes.lis.upatras.gr of the University of Patras, the presentation and the code that may have been developed.
The Assembly of the Department may establish a special day, at the end of each semester, during which the public presentation and examination of the D.E. will take place, which may be accompanied by presentations in the form of posters, in addition to the public presentation and examination.
