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Writing for Computer Science.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: London : Springer London, Limited, 2015Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 3rd edDescription: 1 online resource (285 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781447166399
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 808/.0666
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- Kinds of Publication -- Writing, Science, and Skepticism -- Using This Book -- Spelling and Terminology -- 2 Getting Started -- Beginnings -- Shaping a Research Project -- Research Planning -- Students and Advisors -- A G̀̀etting Started'' Checklist -- 3 Reading and Reviewing -- Research Literature -- Finding Research Papers -- Critical Reading -- Developing a Literature Review -- Authors, Editors, and Referees -- Contribution -- Evaluation of Papers -- Content of Reviews -- Drafting a Review -- Checking Your Review -- 4 Hypotheses, Questions, and Evidence -- Hypotheses -- Defending Hypotheses -- Forms of Evidence -- Use of Evidence -- Approaches to Measurement -- Good and Bad Science -- Reflections on Research -- A H̀̀ypotheses, Questions, and Evidence'' Checklist -- 5 Writing a Paper -- The Scope of a Paper -- Telling a Story -- Organization -- Title and Author -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Body -- Literature Review -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Appendices -- The First Draft -- From Draft to Submission -- Co-authoring -- Theses -- Getting It Wrong -- Irrelevance -- Inconsistency, Inadequacy, and Incompleteness -- Incomprehensibility -- Ugliness -- Ignorance -- A Ẁ̀riting Up'' Checklist -- 6 Good Style -- Economy -- Tone -- Examples -- Motivation -- Balance -- Voice -- The Upper Hand -- Obfuscation -- Analogies -- Straw Men -- Reference and Citation -- Quotation -- Acknowledgements -- Grammar -- Beauty -- 7 Style Specifics -- Titles and Headings -- The Opening Paragraphs -- Variation -- Paragraphing -- Ambiguity -- Sentence Structure -- Tense -- Repetition and Parallelism -- Emphasis -- Definitions -- Choice of Words -- Qualifiers -- Misused Words -- Spelling Conventions -- Jargon -- Cliché and Idiom -- Foreign Words -- Overuse of Words -- Padding -- Plurals -- Abbreviations -- Acronyms.
Sexism -- 8 Punctuation -- Fonts and Formatting -- Stops -- Commas -- Colons and Semicolons -- Apostrophes -- Exclamations -- Hyphenation -- Capitalization -- Quotations -- Parentheses -- Citations -- 9 Mathematics -- Clarity -- Theorems -- Readability -- Notation -- Ranges and Sequences -- Alphabets -- Line Breaks -- Numbers -- Percentages -- Units of Measurement -- 10 Algorithms -- Presentation of Algorithms -- Formalisms -- Level of Detail -- Figures -- Notation -- Environment of Algorithms -- Asymptotic Cost -- 11 Graphs, Figures, and Tables -- Graphs -- Diagrams -- Tables -- Captions and Labels -- Axes, Labels, and Headings -- 12 Other Professional Writing -- Scoping the Task -- Understanding the Task -- Documentation -- Technical Reports -- Grant Applications -- Non-technical Writing -- Structuring a Report -- Audience -- Style -- Other Problem Areas -- A P̀̀rofessional Writing'' Checklist -- 13 Editing -- Consistency -- Style -- Proofreading -- Choice of Word-Processor -- An È̀diting'' Checklist -- 14 Experimentation -- Baselines -- Persuasive Data -- Interpretation -- Robustness -- Performance of Algorithms -- Human Studies -- Coding for Experimentation -- Describing Experiments -- An È̀xperimentation'' Checklist -- 15 Statistical Principles -- Variables -- Samples and Populations -- Aggregation and Variability -- Reporting of Variability -- Statistical Tools -- Randomness and Error -- Intuition -- Visualization of Results -- A S̀̀tatistical Principles'' Checklist -- 16 Presentations -- Research Talks -- Content -- Organization -- The Introduction -- The Conclusion -- Preparation -- Delivery -- Question Time -- Slides -- Individual Slides -- Slide Tools -- Layout -- Animation -- Other Elements -- Copyright -- Text on Slides -- Figures -- Posters -- Content -- Organization -- Presentation -- A P̀̀resentations and Posters'' Checklist.
17 Ethics -- Intellectual Creations -- Plagiarism -- Self-plagiarism -- Misrepresentation -- Authorship -- Confidentiality and Conflict of Interest -- An È̀thics'' Checklist -- Afterword -- Exercises -- Index.
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Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- Kinds of Publication -- Writing, Science, and Skepticism -- Using This Book -- Spelling and Terminology -- 2 Getting Started -- Beginnings -- Shaping a Research Project -- Research Planning -- Students and Advisors -- A G̀̀etting Started'' Checklist -- 3 Reading and Reviewing -- Research Literature -- Finding Research Papers -- Critical Reading -- Developing a Literature Review -- Authors, Editors, and Referees -- Contribution -- Evaluation of Papers -- Content of Reviews -- Drafting a Review -- Checking Your Review -- 4 Hypotheses, Questions, and Evidence -- Hypotheses -- Defending Hypotheses -- Forms of Evidence -- Use of Evidence -- Approaches to Measurement -- Good and Bad Science -- Reflections on Research -- A H̀̀ypotheses, Questions, and Evidence'' Checklist -- 5 Writing a Paper -- The Scope of a Paper -- Telling a Story -- Organization -- Title and Author -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Body -- Literature Review -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Appendices -- The First Draft -- From Draft to Submission -- Co-authoring -- Theses -- Getting It Wrong -- Irrelevance -- Inconsistency, Inadequacy, and Incompleteness -- Incomprehensibility -- Ugliness -- Ignorance -- A Ẁ̀riting Up'' Checklist -- 6 Good Style -- Economy -- Tone -- Examples -- Motivation -- Balance -- Voice -- The Upper Hand -- Obfuscation -- Analogies -- Straw Men -- Reference and Citation -- Quotation -- Acknowledgements -- Grammar -- Beauty -- 7 Style Specifics -- Titles and Headings -- The Opening Paragraphs -- Variation -- Paragraphing -- Ambiguity -- Sentence Structure -- Tense -- Repetition and Parallelism -- Emphasis -- Definitions -- Choice of Words -- Qualifiers -- Misused Words -- Spelling Conventions -- Jargon -- Cliché and Idiom -- Foreign Words -- Overuse of Words -- Padding -- Plurals -- Abbreviations -- Acronyms.

Sexism -- 8 Punctuation -- Fonts and Formatting -- Stops -- Commas -- Colons and Semicolons -- Apostrophes -- Exclamations -- Hyphenation -- Capitalization -- Quotations -- Parentheses -- Citations -- 9 Mathematics -- Clarity -- Theorems -- Readability -- Notation -- Ranges and Sequences -- Alphabets -- Line Breaks -- Numbers -- Percentages -- Units of Measurement -- 10 Algorithms -- Presentation of Algorithms -- Formalisms -- Level of Detail -- Figures -- Notation -- Environment of Algorithms -- Asymptotic Cost -- 11 Graphs, Figures, and Tables -- Graphs -- Diagrams -- Tables -- Captions and Labels -- Axes, Labels, and Headings -- 12 Other Professional Writing -- Scoping the Task -- Understanding the Task -- Documentation -- Technical Reports -- Grant Applications -- Non-technical Writing -- Structuring a Report -- Audience -- Style -- Other Problem Areas -- A P̀̀rofessional Writing'' Checklist -- 13 Editing -- Consistency -- Style -- Proofreading -- Choice of Word-Processor -- An È̀diting'' Checklist -- 14 Experimentation -- Baselines -- Persuasive Data -- Interpretation -- Robustness -- Performance of Algorithms -- Human Studies -- Coding for Experimentation -- Describing Experiments -- An È̀xperimentation'' Checklist -- 15 Statistical Principles -- Variables -- Samples and Populations -- Aggregation and Variability -- Reporting of Variability -- Statistical Tools -- Randomness and Error -- Intuition -- Visualization of Results -- A S̀̀tatistical Principles'' Checklist -- 16 Presentations -- Research Talks -- Content -- Organization -- The Introduction -- The Conclusion -- Preparation -- Delivery -- Question Time -- Slides -- Individual Slides -- Slide Tools -- Layout -- Animation -- Other Elements -- Copyright -- Text on Slides -- Figures -- Posters -- Content -- Organization -- Presentation -- A P̀̀resentations and Posters'' Checklist.

17 Ethics -- Intellectual Creations -- Plagiarism -- Self-plagiarism -- Misrepresentation -- Authorship -- Confidentiality and Conflict of Interest -- An È̀thics'' Checklist -- Afterword -- Exercises -- Index.

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