Announcements¶
Introduction¶
The Independent Research Project (IRP) is the capstone module in the Ada Lovelace Academy at Imperial College London for the following MSc courses:
The IRP enables students to work independently on a relevant real-world research question or an industrial challenge by designing and implementing a computational solution. It takes place over the summer following completion of the taught modules (for the full IRP schedule, see Schedule; for the MSc curriculum, see MSc curriculum). The IRP is a full-time commitment, and students are expected to dedicate approximately 40 hours per week to it. Upon successful completion, students should be able to:
Develop a computational solution from scratch, substantially extend the capabilities of existing code, or build a model to analyse and interpret a substantial dataset.
Contribute to an active research field or commercial project.
Creatively and critically employ techniques to solve open-ended, real-world, challenging problems.
Effectively communicate their work through written reports and defend it under critical questioning.
MSc curriculum¶
Figure 1:The IRP is the last module students do after the completion of taught modules.