写好论文的10条建议.ppt

Top-10 tips for writing a paper
Jim Kurose
Department puter Science
University of Massachusetts
2006 CoNEXT student workshop panel
what is the “elevator pitch” of your story?
1: Every paper tells a story
the story is not what you did, but rather
what you show, new ideas, new insights
why interesting, important?
why is the story of interest to others?
universal truths, hot topic, surprises or unexpected results?
know your story!
elevator pitch = summary that is short enough
to give during an elevator ride
2. Write top down
computer scientists (and most human beings) think this way!
state broad themes/ideas first, then go into detail
context, context, context
even when going into detail … write top down!
3 Introduction: crucial, formulaic
if reader not excited by intro, paper is lost
recipe:
para. 1: motivation: broadly, what is problem area, why important?
para. 2: narrow down: what is problem you specifically consider
para. 3: “In the paper, we ….”: most crucial paragraph, tell your elevator pitch
para. 4: how different/better/relates to other work
para. 5: “The remainder of this paper is structured as follows”
4. Master the basics anized writing
paragraph = ordered set of topically-related sentences
lead sentence
sets context for paragraph
might tie to previous paragraph
sentences in paragraph should have logical narrative flow, relating to theme/topic
don’t mix tenses in descriptive text
one sentence paragraph: warning!
5. Put yourself in place of the reader
less is more:
“I would have sent you less if I had had time”
take the time to write less
readers shouldn’t have to work
won’t “dig” to get story, understand context, results
need textual signposts to know where ‘story” is going, context to know where they are
good: “., Having seen that … let us next develop a model for …. Let Z be ….”
bad: “Let Z be”
what does reader know/not know, want/not want?
write for reader, not for yourself
6. Put yourself in place of the reader
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