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Objective
At the end of this talk, you should be in a position to appreciate what formal writing style is, and how formal paper presentations are made.
The hidden motive:
Getting Started
Writing a paper is
Write about what you know
Whenever possible, seek out a research topic that interests you and that you care about. Whenever possible, seek out a research topic that interests you and that you care about. Aim to build on knowledge that you already have. If the topic is assigned, try to develop an angle that will interest you, then run the idea by your instructor.
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Original research papers Survey papers Journal papers Conference papers Letters
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Writing
Revising
Editing
Reviewing
Publishing
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LaTeX, MS Word,
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What is Plagiarism?
It is fine to bring the words and ideas of other writers into your paper.
However, when you do so, you must acknowledge your debt to the writers of these sources. If not, you are guilty of plagiarism, a serious academic offense.
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Organizing a paper
Title of the paper Authors, designations, and addresses Abstract (100 to 150 words) Keywords Sections describing the work
Introduction (Background) Previous Work (Literature Survey) Proposed Work (Algorithm, Design, Methodology) Analysis (Complexity Analysis, Quantitative Analysis, Statistical Analysis, ) Implementation and Results Conclusions
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IMRAD
Abstract brief summary) Introduction What question was asked? Methods How was it studied? Results What was found? And Discussion What do the findings mean?
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Abstract
Summary of your work Entices the reader to read on
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Introduction
Introduction to the problem
Why is it worth solving? What did others do? Why did they not succeed? Why do I believe I did better? Is there anything new in the paper? How good are your results? Is your survey different from other available surveys?
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Literature Survey
Brief description of the existing body of work Citations to published work
In [2], Rosetti and Longfellow described the meaning of life. Wordsworth presented a different view point in [3]
Bring out the specific advantage of your work w.r.t. published work.
However, the Rosetti-Longfellow formula [2] fails for technologies below 0.2 micron. In this paper, we extend their formula to the deep submicron domain.
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Types of Analysis
Quantitative Analysis
Present numerical results: size of the chip, clock rating, power dissipation, Present tables: Run-time of your algorithm for several benchmark examples Present graphs: Chip Area Vs Clock Frequency Present improvement figures: Our optimization algorithm resulted in a 20% reduction in chip area for the sp292 benchmark circuit
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Comparative Analysis
Comparing two different approaches to the same problem
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Graphic Items
They say one picture is equal to 65,536 pixels
Include at least one or two graphic items
Figures
Tables
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We presented two algorithms, A1 and A2, for the floorplanning problem. Our experimental results indicate that A1 outperforms A2 in terms of solution quality, but requires about 100% more time than A2 in most cases.
Be frank about the limitations of your work Point out directions for further work
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References
[1] A.V. Aho, D. Hopcroft, and J.D. Ullman. Design and Analysis of Algorithms, AddisonWesley, 1974. [2] C. Rosetti and H.W. Longfellow. Life and its Meaning, Proceedings of the 14th International Conference of the Dead Poets, 1999, 334-339. [3] W. Wordsworth. Daffodils, In Collected Poems of William Wordsworth, Ed. R. Roselin, Artech House, 1976.
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Parts of a manuscript
Title Abstract Introduction Methods Results Discussion Acknowledgements References
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Those who have the most to say usually say it with the fewest words
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3. Read references
- will help in choosing journal - better insight into possible reviewers
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Writing Style
Use simple sentences, unless you are comfortable writing complex and compound sentences Avoid repetition Make use of the grammar and spelling checker, but exercise caution Will a figure or table be able to say the same thing more effectively?
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Confucius says
I hear, and I forget. I see, and I remember. I do, and I understand.
The more you writethe more research papers you writethe easier writing will be and the better writer you will become.
This is the truth! Good luck!
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