Overview• Overview of the Technology Discussion (literature review) assignment• What is a literature review?• Method for conducting a scientific literature review• The four es

Overview
• Overview of the Technology Discussion (literature review) assignment
• What is a literature review?
• Method for conducting a scientific literature review
• The four essential components of a literature review
– The topic (why)
– Uninformed Expectations (questions)
– The findings (answers)
– Discussions (confirm/contradict expectations)
• Recaps
• Suggested topics for the literature review
• Reminders
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Why doing a literature review?
• The field of optical fibre communications
– Very broad
– Rapidly changing
• Can not cover any topic in great depth/details
• Opportunity for