Guides for Writing Better Scientific Paper

Proposal Writing

Paper Material:

  1. How to Get a Research Grant

  2. Guide to Proposal Preparation

  3. Writing a Proposal

  4. Research Initiation Awards

  5. Research Initiation Proposal Evaluation Form

Material on the Web:

  1. A Guide for Proposal Writing
  2. Guide to Proposal Writing
  3. The Grant Seeking Process
  4. Developing and Writing Proposals
  5. Proposal Writing (Research Grants and Grants in General)
  6. Proposal Writing: Short Course
  7. A Guide for Proposal Writing
  8. Guide for Wiring a Funding Proposal
  9. A Practical Guide for Writing proposals
  10. Proposal Writing Tips

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Technical paper writing

Paper Material:

  1. This is Not an Article (Just Some Food for Thought on How to Write One)

  2. Your Scientific Paper-or Be Kind to the Editor

  3. The Science of Scientific Writing

  4. Writing and Reviewing Scientific Papers

  5. Advice to Authors of Extended Abstracts

  6. What it is Like to Be a POPL Referee

  7. The Prospectus and Dissertation Workplan in Information Systems Research

  8. Resume Writing for the Ms/PhD

  9. Temporal Specialization and Generalization (Example of corrections to page proofs)

  10. How to Get Your Paper Accepted at OOPSLA

  11. Mathematical Writing

  12. How to Write a Proof

Material on the Web:

  1. How to Organize Your Thesis
  2. Advice to Authors of Extended Abstracts
  3. Hints on Good Mathematical Writing
  4. A Primer on Mathematical Writing
  5. An Evaluation of the Ninth SOSP Submissions, or, How (and How Not) to Write a Good System Paper
  6. Advice for 1996 POPL Submissions
  7. Technical Writing for Fun and Profit
  8. Technical Writing make easier
  9. Technical Writing
  10. Hints on Style for Scientific and Technical Writing
  11. Notes on Technical Writing
  12. A Guide for Writing Research Papers
  13. Resources for Technical Writing
  14. Writing Technical Articles
  15. Writing the Technical Paper

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Reviewing

Paper Material:

  1. The Task of the Referee

  2. Guidelines for Reviewers

  3. Conference Reviewing (Handling of PC papers)

Material on the Web:

  1. A Guide for New Referees in Theoretical Computer Science
  2. Things to Remember When Reviewing and Refereeing Papers
  3. Guidelines for Reviewing Technical Reports
  4. Reviewing Rules
  5. Responding to the Research Paper Draft
  6. Form for Reviewing Technical Papers
  7. Reviewers' Guidelines

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How to make a good presentation

Paper Material:

  1. How to Give a Good Research Talk

  2. Notes From a Frustrated Listener

  3. So, You've Been Invited to Speak? Rise to the Occasion

  4. Try These 8 Power Points for Presenting more confidently

  5. For Ideas to Stick, Make Tasty Pictures with Words

  6. Use These Tricks to Speak all Day Without Growing Hoarse

  7. Good Presenters are Never Content with Their Content

  8. To Connect with Audiences, Learn How to Build Rapport

  9. When Using Power Point, Stay Out of the Shadow

  10. What's Your Point? It Helps to Know Why You're Speaking

Material on the Web:

  1. How to Give a Good Research Talk
  2. 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:

  1. Teaching Assistant Handbook

  2. The Skills Needed to Teach Computer Science Courses

  3. How to Be a Good Graduate Student Advisor

  4. College Mathematics: Suggestions on How to Teach It

Material on the Web:

  1. Graduate Study in the Computer and Mathematical Sciences: A Survival Manual
  2. How to Be a Good Graduate Student
  3. A Letter to Research Students
  4. How to do Research at the MIT AI Lab
  5. Graduate Student Survival Guide

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Others

  1. Papers on Women in Computer Science
  2. Why are There so Few Female Computer Scientists

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