PhD seminar by Gitte Skou Petersen at CBS/ITM

ItGrows – module-based IT platform for optimizing horticultural growth

This PhD project is a design science research project focusing on interaction design. The project is part of a Human Work Interaction Design (HWID) research project developing an internet- and sensor-based ICT system for climate management in greenhouses.  Greenhouse growers use information systems for climate management in plant and vegetable production in greenhouses. The PhD project conducts research into an interaction design development process where new user interfaces are developed for climate management software for greenhouses.

Primary supervisor: Torkil Clemmensen (CBS/ITM), co-supervisor Karlheinz Kautz (CBS/OM)

Discussant for the 1. Seminar: Janni Nielsen (CBS/ITM)

According to the rules and regulations PhD students at CBS have to hold a 1. seminar concerning their PhD project within the first six months of their studies. The purpose of the seminar is twofold: (1) it gives the student the opportunity to publically present the PhD work (2) it provides the student with feedback on the work beyond the primary supervisor. The ‘successful’ performance of the seminar will be approved by the student’s primary supervisor and the local PhD co-ordinator.

The format of the seminar is as follows:

The student’s supervisor acts as the facilitator for the meeting.

1 – The student will present her/his project based on a 20 to 25 pages document including the project plan, the research question, any research design, and preliminary results (e.g. results from a literature review which identified a research gap, a research model, etc.). This part takes up to max. 30 minutes!

2 – An assigned discussant who has had the opportunity to read the seminar document provides about 25 minutes of feedback based on the document and the student’s presentation.

3 – The public audience has afterwards the opportunity to provide feedback based on the student’s presentation for about 35 minutes.