Guides for Writing Better Scientific Paper
Proposal Writing
Paper Material:
- How to Get a Research Grant
- Research ideas
- The research proposal
- The personal data form
- How a selection committee works
- Refereeing grant applications
- Guide to Proposal Preparation
- How to begin
- Sponsor identification
- Preproposals
- Proposal development
- University approvals
- Writing a Proposal
- Writing a proposal (Heilmeier's five questions)
- What does a program manager look for
- Target the agency
- Research Initiation Awards
- Preparation and submission of proposals
- Format of proposals
- Instructions for use of summary proposals budget
- Commonly asked questions about the research initiation awards program
- Research Initiation Proposal Evaluation Form
Material on the Web:
- A Guide for Proposal Writing
- Guide to Proposal Writing
- The
Grant Seeking Process
- Developing and Writing Proposals
- Proposal
Writing (Research Grants and Grants in General)
- Proposal Writing: Short Course
- A Guide for Proposal Writing
- Guide
for Wiring a Funding Proposal
- A
Practical Guide for Writing proposals
- Proposal Writing Tips
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Technical paper writing
Paper Material:
- This is Not an Article (Just Some Food for Thought on How to Write One)
- You need a good excuse to take a stand
- Keep it simple
- Essential questions to ask yourself
- Being a Copycat might pay off
- Earn your right to deviate from the normal
- How to avoid writing several articles in one
- Polish packaging and content
- Writing and reviewing are two sides of the same coin
- Your Scientific Paper-or Be Kind to the Editor
- Proceed as follows
- The abstract
- Drawing, photographs and graphs
- Layout
- References
- Mathematics
- Statistics
- British and American English
- The Science of Scientific Writing
- Writing with the reader in mind
- Reader expectation for the structure
- Subject-verb separation
- The stress position
- The topic position
- Perceiving logical gaps
- Locating the action
- Writing and the scientific process
- Writing and Reviewing Scientific Papers
- How to write a scientific paper
- The science of scientific writing
- Why and what for (four): the basis for writing a good introduction
- Create time to write reports
- The final step
- The task of the referee
- Advice to Authors of Extended Abstracts
- How the papers were reviewed
- What is an extended abstract
- Some issues considered by the committee
- Final comments for authors
- What it is Like to Be a POPL Referee
- How to write an extended abstract so that it is more likely to be
accepted
- The Prospectus and Dissertation Workplan in Information Systems Research
- The dissertation work plan
- Some hints for implementing your work plan
- Resume Writing for the Ms/PhD
- Get results by giving your vita the proper technical twist
- Special skills
- Temporal Specialization and Generalization (Example of corrections to page
proofs)
- How to Get Your Paper Accepted at OOPSLA
- Criteria
- Purpose
- Is it premature?
- Is it sound?
- Algorithms
- Proofs
- Generality
- What about applications?
- Don't be isolated
- Writing
- Final advice
- Mathematical Writing
- Mini course on technical writing
- An exercise on technical writing
- Preparing books for publication
- Handy reference books
- Presenting algorithms
- Literate programming
- User manuals
- Galley proofs
- Refereeing
- Illustration
- Quotations
- Examples of good style
- Mary-Clair van Leunen on ''hopefully''
- Herb Wilf on Mathematical Writing
- Jeff Ullman on Getting Rich
- Leslie Lamport on Writing Papers
- Nils Nilsson on Art and Writing
- Paul Halmos on Mathematical Writing
- Final truths
- How to Write a Proof
- Mathematical proofs
- An example: the high-level and lower level proofs
- Proof by case
- Writing structured proofs
- Reading structured proofs
- The future
Material on the Web:
- How to Organize Your Thesis
- Advice to Authors of Extended Abstracts
- Hints on Good Mathematical Writing
- A Primer on Mathematical Writing
- An
Evaluation of the Ninth SOSP Submissions, or, How (and How Not) to Write a
Good System Paper
- Advice for 1996 POPL Submissions
- Technical Writing for Fun and Profit
- Technical Writing make easier
- Technical Writing
- Hints on Style for Scientific and Technical Writing
- Notes on Technical Writing
- A
Guide for Writing Research Papers
- Resources for Technical Writing
- Writing Technical Articles
- Writing the Technical Paper
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Reviewing
Paper Material:
- The Task of the Referee
- The referee task
- The referee report
- Evaluating a research paper
- Making recommendations
- Survey and tutorials
- Proposals
- Guidelines for referees for computer
- Other issues
- When you are the author
- Guidelines for Reviewers
- Types of reviews
- Rating
- Reviewer's recommendation
- Timeliness
- Conference Reviewing (Handling of PC papers)
- Conflict of interest policy
- Reviewing guidelines
- Scoring instructions - non-textual fields
- Scoring instructions - descriptive fields
- Paper length
- External reviewers
- Confidentiality
Material on the Web:
- A Guide for New Referees in Theoretical Computer Science
- Things to Remember When Reviewing and Refereeing Papers
- Guidelines for Reviewing Technical Reports
- Reviewing Rules
- Responding to the Research Paper Draft
- Form for Reviewing Technical Papers
- Reviewers' Guidelines
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How to make a good
presentation
Paper Material:
- How to Give a Good Research Talk
- What to say
- Visual aids
- Giving the talk
- Notes From a Frustrated Listener
- Mobilizing your ideas
- Audiovisual aids
- Speak slowly, slowly
- Sentence structure
- So, You've Been Invited to Speak? Rise to the Occasion
- Know your audience
- Set your stage
- Calm your nerves
- Speak with enthusiasm
- Be true to you
- Try These 8 Power Points for Presenting more confidently
- Seize the opportunity
- Use the 'as if' principle
- Realize you are the expert
- Meet your audience before you present
- Visualize your success
- Make anxiety your ally
- Rehearse, rehearse and rehearse some more
- Realize the your audience wants you to succeed
- For Ideas to Stick, Make Tasty Pictures with Words
- See with words
- Imagine the brain is a wall with clothes hooks
- Make memories with motion
- Talk about the other person's interests first
- Use metaphors and analogies
- Follow these steps to a higher IQ
- Use These Tricks to Speak all Day Without Growing Hoarse
- Power breathing
- How did we forget?
- Relaxation
- Use you natural voice
- Tone control
- Good Presenters are Never Content with Their Content
- How communication can fail
- How to avoid pitfalls
- To Connect with Audiences, Learn How to Build Rapport
- Just say yes
- Respond positively to criticism
- You say 'but', they hear 'no'
- When Using Power Point, Stay Out of the Shadow
- No instant absorption
- Addicted to the shadows
- What's Your Point? It Helps to Know Why You're Speaking
- Purpose No. 1: To inform
- Purpose No. 2: To instruct
- Purpose No. 3: To stimulate
- Purpose No. 4: To convince
- Purpose No. 5: To activate
Material on the Web:
- How to Give a Good Research Talk
- How to Present a Paper in Theoretical Computer Science
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How to Be a Good Advisor, Teaching
Assistant or Graduate Student
Paper Material:
- Teaching Assistant Handbook
- The 3R's: roles, responsibilities and rewards
- The lectures
- The discussions
- First encounters
- Office hours
- The Skills Needed to Teach Computer Science Courses
- Writing course objectives
- Writing course prerequisites
- Organizing your course
- Making Overhead transparencies
- Checking all course related material
- Becoming familiar with he physical facilities
- Presenting your material
- Using your objectives
- Using your voice
- Using the chalk board
- Using the overhead projector
- Knowing your students
- Helping your students
- Improving your next course
- How to Be a Good Graduate Student Advisor
- Before you start
- Doing research
- Advice for advisor
- Becoming part of the research community
- All work and no play...
- Issues for women
- College Mathematics: Suggestions on How to Teach It
- Conducting the course
- Feedback and evaluation
- Related reading and seminars related to teaching
Material on the Web:
- Graduate Study in the Computer and Mathematical Sciences: A
Survival Manual
- How
to Be a Good Graduate Student
- A
Letter to Research Students
- How to do Research at the MIT AI Lab
- Graduate Student Survival Guide
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Others
- Papers on Women in Computer Science
- Why are There so Few Female Computer Scientists
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