Zobel Writing for Computer Science

3rd Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4471-6639-9
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 285 Seiten

All researchers need to write or speak about their work, and to have research  that is worth presenting. Based on the author's decades of experience as a researcher and advisor, this third edition provides detailed guidance on writing and presentations and a comprehensive introduction to research methods, the how-to of being a successful scientist. Topics include:·         Development of ideas into research questions;·         How to find, read, evaluate and referee other research;·         Design and evaluation of experiments and appropriate use of statistics;·         Ethics, the principles of science and examples of science gone wrong.Much of the book is a step-by-step guide to effective communication, with advice on: ·         Writing style and editing;·         Figures, graphs and tables;·         Mathematics and algorithms;·         Literature reviews and referees' reports;·         Structuring of arguments and results into papers and theses;·         Writing of other professional documents;·         Presentation of talks and posters.Written in an accessible style and including handy checklists and exercises, Writing for Computer Science is not only an introduction to the doing and describing of research, but is a valuable reference for working scientists in the computing and mathematical sciences.

Justin Zobel is Head of the University of Melbourne's Department of Computing & Information Systems. He received his PhD from the University of Melbourne and for many years was based at RMIT University, where he led the Search Engine group. As a researcher, Professor Zobel is best known for his role in the development of algorithms for efficient web search. His current research areas include search, measurement and evaluation, bioinformatics, fundamental algorithms and data structures and compression. He is an author of around 200 papers, has written three texts on postgraduate study and research methods and is an associate editor of ACM Transactions on Information Systems, Information Processing & Management, and Information Retrieval.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zobel, Justin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Preface;5
2;Contents;8
3;1 Introduction;13
3.1;Kinds of Publication;14
3.2;Writing, Science, and Skepticism;15
3.3;Using This Book;16
3.4;Spelling and Terminology;18
4;2 Getting Started;20
4.1;Beginnings;21
4.2;Shaping a Research Project;22
4.3;Research Planning;25
4.4;Students and Advisors;26
4.5;A ``Getting Started'' Checklist;28
5;3 Reading and Reviewing;30
5.1;Research Literature;31
5.2;Finding Research Papers;32
5.3;Critical Reading;34
5.4;Developing a Literature Review;36
5.5;Authors, Editors, and Referees;37
5.6;Contribution;38
5.7;Evaluation of Papers;39
5.8;Content of Reviews;41
5.9;Drafting a Review;42
5.10;Checking Your Review;43
6;4 Hypotheses, Questions, and Evidence;45
6.1;Hypotheses;46
6.2;Defending Hypotheses;48
6.3;Forms of Evidence;50
6.4;Use of Evidence;52
6.5;Approaches to Measurement;53
6.6;Good and Bad Science;54
6.7;Reflections on Research;57
6.8;A ``Hypotheses, Questions, and Evidence'' Checklist;59
7;5 Writing a Paper;60
7.1;The Scope of a Paper;60
7.2;Telling a Story;63
7.3;Organization;65
7.3.1;Title and Author;65
7.3.2;Abstract;66
7.3.3;Introduction;66
7.3.4;Body;67
7.3.5;Literature Review;69
7.3.6;Conclusions;70
7.3.7;Bibliography;70
7.3.8;Appendices;70
7.4;The First Draft;71
7.5;From Draft to Submission;72
7.6;Co-authoring;74
7.7;Theses;75
7.8;Getting It Wrong;76
7.8.1;Irrelevance;77
7.8.2;Inconsistency, Inadequacy, and Incompleteness;78
7.8.3;Incomprehensibility;79
7.8.4;Ugliness;79
7.8.5;Ignorance;80
7.9;A ``Writing Up'' Checklist;81
8;6 Good Style;83
8.1;Economy;84
8.2;Tone;85
8.3;Examples;87
8.4;Motivation;88
8.5;Balance;89
8.6;Voice;89
8.7;The Upper Hand;90
8.8;Obfuscation;91
8.9;Analogies;92
8.10;Straw Men;92
8.11;Reference and Citation;94
8.12;Quotation;98
8.13;Acknowledgements;100
8.14;Grammar;101
8.15;Beauty;101
9;7 Style Specifics;102
9.1;Titles and Headings;102
9.2;The Opening Paragraphs;104
9.3;Variation;105
9.4;Paragraphing;106
9.5;Ambiguity;107
9.6;Sentence Structure;108
9.7;Tense;112
9.8;Repetition and Parallelism;112
9.9;Emphasis;113
9.10;Definitions;114
9.11;Choice of Words;115
9.12;Qualifiers;117
9.13;Misused Words;117
9.14;Spelling Conventions;120
9.15;Jargon;121
9.16;Cliché and Idiom;122
9.17;Foreign Words;123
9.18;Overuse of Words;123
9.19;Padding;124
9.20;Plurals;125
9.21;Abbreviations;126
9.22;Acronyms;127
9.23;Sexism;128
10;8 Punctuation;129
10.1;Fonts and Formatting;129
10.2;Stops;130
10.3;Commas;130
10.4;Colons and Semicolons;132
10.5;Apostrophes;132
10.6;Exclamations;133
10.7;Hyphenation;133
10.8;Capitalization;134
10.9;Quotations;134
10.10;Parentheses;135
10.11;Citations;136
11;9 Mathematics;137
11.1;Clarity;137
11.2;Theorems;139
11.3;Readability;140
11.4;Notation;142
11.5;Ranges and Sequences;143
11.6;Alphabets;144
11.7;Line Breaks;144
11.8;Numbers;145
11.9;Percentages;147
11.10;Units of Measurement;148
12;10 Algorithms;150
12.1;Presentation of Algorithms;150
12.2;Formalisms;152
12.3;Level of Detail;155
12.4;Figures;156
12.5;Notation;157
12.6;Environment of Algorithms;157
12.7;Asymptotic Cost;158
13;11 Graphs, Figures, and Tables;161
13.1;Graphs;161
13.2;Diagrams;170
13.3;Tables;175
13.4;Captions and Labels;180
13.5;Axes, Labels, and Headings;182
14;12 Other Professional Writing;183
14.1;Scoping the Task;183
14.2;Understanding the Task;184
14.3;Documentation;185
14.4;Technical Reports;186
14.5;Grant Applications;187
14.6;Non-technical Writing;188
14.7;Structuring a Report;189
14.8;Audience;190
14.9;Style;191
14.10;Other Problem Areas;193
14.11;A ``Professional Writing'' Checklist;194
15;13 Editing;195
15.1;Consistency;196
15.2;Style;196
15.3;Proofreading;197
15.4;Choice of Word-Processor;198
15.5;An ``Editing'' Checklist;199
16;14 Experimentation;201
16.1;Baselines;202
16.2;Persuasive Data;203
16.3;Interpretation;207
16.4;Robustness;209
16.5;Performance of Algorithms;211
16.6;Human Studies;213
16.7;Coding for Experimentation;215
16.8;Describing Experiments;216
16.9;An ``Experimentation'' Checklist;218
17;15 Statistical Principles;220
17.1;Variables;221
17.2;Samples and Populations;222
17.3;Aggregation and Variability;223
17.4;Reporting of Variability;225
17.5;Statistical Tools;227
17.6;Randomness and Error;230
17.7;Intuition;233
17.8;Visualization of Results;234
17.9;A ``Statistical Principles'' Checklist;236
18;16 Presentations;240
18.1;Research Talks;241
18.2;Content;242
18.3;Organization;244
18.4;The Introduction;245
18.5;The Conclusion;246
18.6;Preparation;246
18.7;Delivery;247
18.8;Question Time;249
18.9;Slides;249
18.9.1;Individual Slides;250
18.9.2;Slide Tools;250
18.9.3;Layout;251
18.9.4;Animation;251
18.9.5;Other Elements;251
18.9.6;Copyright;252
18.10;Text on Slides;252
18.11;Figures;253
18.12;Posters;254
18.12.1;Content;254
18.12.2;Organization;255
18.12.3;Presentation;256
18.13;A ``Presentations and Posters'' Checklist;256
19;17 Ethics;258
19.1;Intellectual Creations;260
19.2;Plagiarism;260
19.3;Self-plagiarism;263
19.4;Misrepresentation;264
19.5;Authorship;265
19.6;Confidentiality and Conflict of Interest;266
19.7;An ``Ethics'' Checklist;267
20;Afterword;268
21;Exercises;269
22;Index;278