Large Language Models (LLMs) have transformed natural language processing, yet two fundamental challenges persist: the computational expense of training and the difficulty of precisely controlling ...

The dissertation proposal and the specialty exam serve different purposes and should be viewed as separate activities, even though often executed concurrently. The dissertation proposal marks the ...

A doctoral dissertation must consist of peer-reviewed scholarly publications or manuscripts accepted for publication, as well as a summarising report on the said documents (an article-based ...

Students should begin to think about possible dissertation topics early on in their doctoral career. Keep a file of topics on which you imagine yourself writing. Over the years of course work and ...

A doctoral student writes a dissertation based upon original investigation and showing mature scholarship and critical judgment as well as familiarity with tools and methods of research. The subject ...

Students in the Departments of Asian Languages and Civilizations, Classics, English, French and Italian, Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures, History, Philosophy, Spanish and Portuguese and ...