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1、Top-10 tips for writing a paper,Jim Kurose Department of Computer 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 inter
2、esting, 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
3、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 i
4、s 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 of organized writing,paragraph = ordered set of
5、 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 dont mix tenses in descriptive text one sentence paragraph: warning!,5. Put yourself in place of the reader,less is
6、 more: “I would have sent you less if I had had time” take the time to write less readers shouldnt have to work wont “dig” to get story, understand context, results need textual signposts to know where story” is going, context to know where they are good: “e.g., Having seen that let us next develop
7、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,page upon page of dense text is no fun to read avoid cramped feeling of tiny fonts, small margins create openess with white space: figure
8、s, lists enough context/information for reader to understand what you write? no one has as much background/content as you no one can read your mind all terms/notation defined?,7. No one (not even your mother) is as interested in this topic as you,so you had better be (or appear) interested tell read
9、ers why they should be interested in your “story” dont overload reader with 40 graphs: think about main points you want to convey with graphs cant explore entire parameter space dont overload reader with pages of equations put long derivations/proofs in appendix, provide sketch in body of paper,8. S
10、tate the results carefully,clearly state assumptions (see overstate/understate your results) experiment/simulation description: enough info to nearly recreate experiment/description simulation/measurements: statistical properties of your results (e.g., confidence intervals) are results presented rep
11、resentative? or just a corner case that makes the point you want to make,9. Dont overstate/understate your results,overstatement mistake: “We show that X is prevalent in the Internet” “We show that X is better than Y” when only actually shown for one/small/limited cases understatement mistake: fail
12、to consider broader implications of your work if your result is small, interest will be small “rock the world”,10. Study the art of writing,writing well gives you an “unfair advantage” writing well matters in getting your work published in top venues highly recommended: The Elements of Style, W. Str
13、unk, E.B. White, Macmillan Publishing, 1979 Writing for Computer Science: The Art of Effective Communication, Justin Sobel, Springer 1997. who do you think are the best writers in your area: study their style,11. Good writing takes times,give yourself time to reflect, write, review, refine give others a chance to read/review and provide feedback get a readers point of view find a good writer/editor to critique your writing starting a paper three days before the deadline, while results are still being generated, is a non-starter,