Reference no: EM133682272

Advanced Research Topics in Information Technology

Research Title: "Preserving Machine Learning Techniques for Healthcare Data Sharing"

Impact of Machine learning in disease's diagnosis in healthcare institutions in Australia over the past 5 years.

Need to make introduction which should have 3 pages and literature review should have 5 pages

INSTRUCTION

Students will need to consider a research problem in Information Technology or Information Systems. The problem could arise from many different fields, for example, medical, business, science, engineering, hospitality, banking etc. ... The selection of the research problem will need to take place early, in session 1 or 2 as the first deliverable is in session 3. This is necessary given the nature of the subject. All the remaining work throughout the semester will stem from the basic research problem. The idea is that this Unit of Study will mimic the research process and provide you with the understanding and tools to undertake future research. In the first session, we will extensively discuss finding research problems and from there formulating research questions. This then gives us the foundation for proceeding with the remainder of the unit.

Topic Selection/Initial Literature Review/Research Question

The research question lies at the heart of your research project. After considering a research problem (whatever the field of study) from there you will develop the research question. We will discuss formulating research questions in sessions one and two, but within the research problem, the research question focuses specifically on one aspect of the problem that you will undertake as part of the research programme.

Even if you have a good idea of your topic, you still need to read the existing literature to build background knowledge and narrow down your ideas. In sessions 1 and 2 we will discuss how to find research papers and identify the gaps in your selected area. You need to narrow down a broad topic to specific questions. There are many ways to present the research question, and these will be discussed during the sessions.

Full Proposal

The full proposal is a document that contains your entire proposal for the research to be undertaken. These documents are normally required by academic departments before students are admitted to undertaking research degrees such as a master's research degree or a PhD. This document will contain your research question from the previous submission but integrated into a coherent document along with other components that will be discussed in class. A selection of references that you will use in developing your research paper will also be included at this stage.

The format of the full proposal can be found in the example document (Proposal.doc). Use this document as a starting point to develop your full proposal and submit it by the due date and time to the assignment drop-box.

Introduction

The Introduction of the research report contains a full introduction to the research you have undertaken. The Introduction normally contains a statement of the problem (including the initial research question, the Significance of the problem, some historical background. The purpose, or goal to be gained from a better understanding of the research question, statement of hypothesis, any assumptions, and limitations as well as any possible ethical considerations. Perhaps also a brief overview of the methodology.

The format of the Introduction can be found in the example document (Report Introduction.doc). Use this document as a starting point to develop your Introduction (add and delete sections as appropriate).

Submit this chapter by the due date and time to the assignment drop-box.

Literature Review

The literature review gives the reader (and the examiner) the necessary background to understand the study by citing the investigations and findings of previous researchers and documents the researcher's knowledge and preparation to investigate the problem.

Studying the existing literature is one of the essential preliminary tasks when you undertake a research study. This enables you to acquaint yourself with the available body of knowledge in your specific area of research. "The literature review is an integral part of the research process and makes a valuable contribution to almost every operational step" (Kumar, R. Research Methodology: a step-by-step guide for beginners, 3rd ed, Sage 2011).

The literature review will be discussed in class and examples are given, the literature review would normally constitute Chapter 2 in a research report, see suggested guidelines in (report.doc, chapter

The submission for the Literature Review has been divided into several sections so the Unit lecturer can gauge the student's progression on this important topic early.

Session 8 In-class Discussion - Concept Map

This will not be submitted online but checked in class only during the individual discussions with each of the students. The concept map is a graphical representation of your intended structure of the literature review. From the concept map, we should be able to discern the structure of the literature review and how you intend to proceed, including any thematic partitioning of the references.

Session 9 In-class Discussion - First Page

This will not be submitted online but checked in class only during the individual discussions with each of the students. This will be the first page of the Literature Review including any references cited on the first page.

Session 10 Submission - Full Literature Review

Submit this chapter by the due date and time to the assignment drop-box.

Methodology

In this section, you clearly outline what methodology you used in your research i.e. what you intend to do and how you intend to do it. It must be written clearly so that it would be easy for another researcher to duplicate your research if they wished. Most researchers will use one or more of many well documented and acceptable methods understood by the research community. We will discuss several research methodologies in different sessions, but there will be many others you can choose from. You will choose a type of research design (e.g. experimental, correlational, descriptive etc.) and the methods to conduct the research (experiment or survey etc.)

The structure of a methodology chapter will be discussed in class and examples given. The Methodology would normally constitute Chapter 3 in a research report, see suggested guidelines in (report.doc, chapter 3).

Submit this chapter by the due date and time to the assignment drop-box.

Full Research Paper

In this submission, you incorporate the previous three submissions into a final document and submit by the due date and time. This submission will incorporate the Introduction, The Literature Review, and the Methodology chapters into one document. This will give you a chance to take on board any comments given by your instructor in the previous submissions, make corrections and possibly recover some marks which may have been deducted in the previous submission.

Your submission also contains the full abstract. This is an extension of the initial abstract submitted with the proposal document and summarizes the report including the hypotheses, procedures, and major findings (you will not be conducting the research, so you won't have any findings). The Full abstract should be no more than one page.

Submit this document by the due date and time to the assignment drop-box.

Presentation

For this component, you will be required to give a 10 - 15 minute presentation on your research report and answer any questions from the audience. The presentations will be conducted in a symposium type setting after the end of the semester, typically in week 15. There is no submission for this component of assessment, you will be graded on your presentation and ability to answer any questions put to you. The structure of the presentation will be discussed during the semester and a suggested format for the presentation will be made available in a sample set of PowerPoint slides, see (presentation.ppt).