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Miguel PardalOct. 2015
LEIC 2000
Unisys Portugal
Lecturer at Técnico since 2002
MEIC 2006
Visiting Student at MIT in 2009
DEIC 2014
First publication in 2004Since then, about 20 more
http://web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/miguel.pardal
Share experience
Provide tools
Learn from youBest thing about being a teacher
Read
Write
“X is better than Y!”It needs to be grounded!
Work of othersCitations
Own workExperimental results
Statistically valid
Our research is only possible because of the work of others before us
Actual People, Labs, Universities
Keep a reference repositorySave the PDF
Identify each paperAuthor name, year, (conference acronym, keywords)
Technical report
Workshop paper
Conference paper
Journal article
Book chapter
Book
Increasingpublic exposure and
scrutiny
IEEExplore:http://ieeexplore.ieee.org
ACM:http://portal.acm.org/dl.cfm
AAAI:http://www.aaai.org/Library/library.php
Google Scholar:http://scholar.google.com/
Microsoft Academic: http://academic.research.microsoft.com/
ResearchGate
Mendeley
Academia.edu
Start with the best sourcesGood conference ?
Accept rate < 20%
Only 1 in 5 submitted papers gets accepted
Good journal ?Impact factor - average number of citations to recent articles published in the journal
Start with the more recent papersThey will cite older, relevant work in their references
Find out where the community gathers
Title
Abstract
Introduction
Figures
Conclusion
References
Read related work
Short summary of paperShould fit in an index card
What is relevant?System characteristics
Assumptions
Examples/scenarios
...
State good and identify bad points
Use note taking app with searchOneNote, EverNote, …
Tables are great for comparing things
Start with existing columns, or think of your own
Add more columns if you need
Empty cells remind you of what you don’t know yet
System Initial Release Latest Version …
Windows [Gates83]
1983 10.0
Mac [Jobs84] 1984 10.11 (El Capitan)
Linux [Torvalds91] 1991
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_operating_systems
A model is a simplification/abstraction of a complex object
To show relevant characteristics
Easier to manipulate than the actual object
Represent:Structure
Behavior
Class Diagram
Sequence Diagram
The work is (almost) complete
Is it worth writing?YES
To write is to express thoughts into wordsUse the third person, past tense
So that others may learn
Your own learning is not complete without the “distillation process” that comes with writing
Use the most common science language, so that your work may reach the widest audience
English
What about Portuguese and other languages?Still important for scientific divulgation
ConferenceOngoing work
JournalFully developed and final findings
Journals have 3 times more citations, butIt is harder to be accepted
Conditional accepts
Takes a long time until final publication
Process to increase the quality of the writing
Follow sound science practices
ReviewsNot always constructive
Do not get offendedIt is not about you, it is about your work
You should be the first to know that there is always something to improve…
English quality
Structure
Literature reviewComplete and to the point
Motivation for decisions
RigorAvoid misunderstandings
Identify the limitations of your own workThey will be found anyway (sooner or later)
They are future work opportunities
Introduction
ProblemRelated Work
ProposalMethodology
ResultsDiscussion / Evaluation
ConclusionContributions
Future Work
Move 1 – Establish the “territory”Claiming centrality and/or
Making topic generalizations and/or
Reviewing items of previous research
Move 2 – Establish the nicheCounter-claiming or
Indicating a gap or
Question-raising or
Continuing a tradition
Move 3 – Occupy the nicheOutlining purposes or
Announcing present research
Announcing principle findings
Indicating Research article structure
http://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Swalesian-Introduction
3 tellsSay what you will say
Say
Say what you said
Provide guidance and context to the reader
Widely used
Produces documents with excellent aestheticsEasy to follow template rules
Built-in support for mathematical expressions.
Generates the reference list automatically!BibTeX
It is a programming language (with comments)These are the main contributions:
% do not forget to add the prototype!
Science is personal and socialPeople and communities are central
ReadLearn from other authors
Cite them
Compare what they did
WriteExplain in a concise way
Learn from the reviewers
Share with others
[email protected] ObrigadoThank you
“The traveler sees what he sees.The tourist sees what he has come to see.”
― G.K. Chesterton
Guide by myself and Joana Pardal:http://web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/miguel.pardal/www/doc/quick-guide-research.pdf
IEEE Authorship Series and toolbox:http://www.ieee.org/publications_standards/publications/authors/authors_journals.html
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