The course deals with the latest developments in geodetic research, and it is closely tied to the topic of the thesis for the student. The purpose of the course is provide the student with an extra opportunity to review research work within the thesis subject area and to identify spefic problems or topics for further studies. The research area of the course is defined by the course responsible teacher in cooperation with the supervisor to make sure the topic of the course is linked to the Ph.D. thesis.
To complete the course the student must perform a litterature review of selected journal papers, relate the theory studied to a scientific problem, define and implement a solution. The solution must be implemented and demonstrated in a computer program (e.g. Matlab) using simulated and perhaps real data.