Writing your Research Thesis - Prof. Upul Sonnadara | පර්යේෂණ ග්‍රන්ථය ලියමු (Thesis Sinhalen)

#PhDAdvice #SriLanka #Research #Sinhala #Science #Engineering #ResearchAdvice Special thanks to Prof. Upul Sonnadara from the Department of Physics at the University of Colombo for preparing the slides and sharing his views on writing your Thesis. I learnt a lot from him and this talk is applicable for Undergrads and PhD students. I have attached the slides of the presentation and a copy of my Undergraduate Thesis titled: “Texture Analysis of Ultrasound images of Chronic Kidney Disease” in the Google Drive link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folder... Time-code of discussion: 0:00:00 Welcome 0:00:23 Let’s talk about you. Where did your journey begin as a Scientist? 0:05:59 Collaboration with CMS (at CERN) and Particle Physics in Sri Lanka 0:06:37 What is the purpose of a Thesis? Why is it important? 0:08:47 Let’s talk about the structure of the thesis 0:10:30 At what point do we write the Abstract? 0:12:12 Can the Title of your Thesis change while doing research? 0:13:42 Title of the Thesis / Declaration 0:15:43 Abstract 0:17:53 Acknowledgements 0:20:56 Introduction, References, structuring your chapters and giving a summary 0:25:32 Literature Review 0:26:41 What if someone else publishes the same results before you? Why do we do research? Listen to what made Prof. Sonnadara stick to research 0:31:24 How/Where do I start writing? What should I read? 0:33:59 During Covid-19 Pandemic how should we manage our research? What can we write on the thesis? 0:37:34 Plagiarism, Report writing, gaps in our education 0:41:56 Methodology, repeatability of results 0:43:35 Results and Discussion 0:45:07 Does Page limit matter? 0:46:24 Report positive and negative results 0:51:07 Conclusion 0:53:05 Annexures, Pushing your code on Github 0:57:06 Importance of citations 0:58:50 General Rules – Tables, figures, captions 1:01:09 Writing the Thesis – write sections you know best 1:04:01 What do you consider when grading a thesis? 1:05:45 When should you start writing your thesis? 1:07:30 What’s the process of going for a publication? IQ Labs provides the following: 1. Research/PhD advice in Sinhala    • Research Advice (Sinhala)   2. Grade 10 Mathematics in Sinhala    • Gr10 - Mathematics Sinhala Medium   3. Grade 11 Mathematics in Sinhala    • Gr11 - Mathematics Sinhala Medium   Video done by Fadil Iqbal. You may reach out to him via email: [email protected] You can follow us on Facebook:   / iqlabslk     / iqlabslk   You can follow Fadil on:   / fadil92iqbal     / fadil.f.iqbal     / fadil-iqbal-20724788   Fadil is also into cycling - and he has travelled a lot in Sri Lanka. Feel free to check out his adventures! https://www.cyclingpissa.com   / cyclingpissa     / cyclingpissa      / @cyclingpissa5890