R&D and Project Management in Computer Science

A 14-week asynchronous graduate course on research and development, funding proposals and project management, with lecture notes, interactive planning tools, Colab notebooks and weekly self-assessment

Each week pairs the lecture with working tools: a technology readiness assessor, a funding navigator, a Horizon Europe budget calculator, a mock review panel, critical path and earned value calculators, and Monte Carlo risk and flow simulators. Progress is stored only in this browser.

This course is updated in line with current developments in the field. Last update: September 2026.

These materials were prepared for the graduate course 11117BLG002 R&D and Project Management in Computer Science at Süleyman Demirel University. They are openly available: Anyone may use and adapt them in courses of related scope, with attribution, under the CC BY 4.0 licence for content and the MIT licence for code.

Weekly modules

1. 01Research, Development and Innovation: Concepts and Technology ReadinessLectureInteractive labColab notebookPDF notesNot started
2. 02Research Methods in Computer ScienceLectureInteractive labColab notebookPDF notesNot started
3. 03Literature Review and BibliometricsLectureInteractive labColab notebookPDF notesNot started
4. 04Research Funding in Türkiye: Programmes, Criteria and ProcessesLectureInteractive labColab notebookPDF notesNot started
5. 05International Research Funding: Horizon Europe, ERC and BeyondLectureInteractive labColab notebookPDF notesNot started
6. 06Proposal Writing I: Objectives, Originality, Method and Work PlanLectureInteractive labColab notebookPDF notesNot started
7. 07Proposal Writing II: Evaluation, Reviewers and Budget JustificationLectureInteractive labColab notebookPDF notesNot started
8. 08Scope, Work Breakdown and EstimationLectureInteractive labColab notebookPDF notesNot started
9. 09Scheduling: Critical Path and PERTLectureInteractive labColab notebookPDF notesNot started
10. 10Risk Management and Monte Carlo SimulationLectureInteractive labColab notebookPDF notesNot started
11. 11Agile Methods in Research and DevelopmentLectureInteractive labColab notebookPDF notesNot started
12. 12Monitoring and Control: Earned Value Management and ReportingLectureInteractive labColab notebookPDF notesNot started
13. 13Research Teams, Open Science and FAIR DataLectureInteractive labColab notebookPDF notesNot started
14. 14From Research to Impact: Intellectual Property, Technology Transfer and Spin-offsLectureInteractive labColab notebookPDF notesNot started

Midterm and final capstones

1. MTMidterm Capstone: A Research ProposalCapstone pageEnd of Week 7
2. FNFinal Capstone: Managing Research ProjectsCapstone pageEnd of Week 14