VERSITET ROBERT STEPHEN BREWER POSTDOC AARHUS UNIVERSITY 1. SEPTEMBER 2014 UNI How to Pick, Read, and Present a Research Paper

AARHUS UNIVERSITY How to Pick, Read & Present a Research Paper ROBERT STEPHEN BREWER 29. AUGUST 2014 WHY STUDY RESEARCH PAPERS? ›To get ideas for your research ›General topics ›What remains to be done (future work) ›To understand what has come before ›Don’t reinvent the wheel ›Techniques/methods you can use ›To learn how to write your own paper ›Make sure to learn from good papers, though! 2

AARHUS UNIVERSITY How to Pick, Read & Present a Research Paper ROBERT STEPHEN BREWER 29. AUGUST 2014 HOW TO FIND PAPERS ›Start with relevant keywords ›“human-computer interaction water conservation” ›“food waste HCI” ›“sleep quality tracking HCI” ›Search online ›scholar.google.com ›dl.acm.org ›plain old google.com or google.dk ›If you don’t have keywords, start with topics 3

AARHUS UNIVERSITY How to Pick, Read & Present a Research Paper ROBERT STEPHEN BREWER 29. AUGUST 2014 HOW TO PICK PAPERS ›Does the title seem relevant? ›Was it published somewhere reputable/high quality? ›Read the abstract ›Does it seem useful? ›Does it sound interesting? ›What do you expect to learn from reading it? 4

AARHUS UNIVERSITY How to Pick, Read & Present a Research Paper ROBERT STEPHEN BREWER 29. AUGUST 2014 HOW TO READ A PAPER 1 ›Two pass method ›Adapted from S. Keshav How to read a paper. SIGCOMM Comput. Commun. Rev. 37, 3 (July 2007), DOI= / ›Pass 1 ›Read title, abstract, introduction, section headers, conclusion ›Should be able to answer the 5 Cs ›Category ›Context ›Correctness ›Contributions ›Clarity 5

AARHUS UNIVERSITY How to Pick, Read & Present a Research Paper ROBERT STEPHEN BREWER 29. AUGUST 2014 HOW TO READ A PAPER 2 ›Pass 2 ›Read the entire paper, examining it closely ›Take notes on important points and questions you have ›Be skeptical! Examine any assumptions made, and look for proof of any claims made ›Note any interesting references, check them out later 6

AARHUS UNIVERSITY How to Pick, Read & Present a Research Paper ROBERT STEPHEN BREWER 29. AUGUST 2014 HOW TO PRESENT A PAPER ›Think about your audience: what do they want to know? ›List title and authors ›What is the main problem or idea? ›What are the main contributions of the paper? ›How do the authors evaluate their ideas? ›What conclusions do the authors draw? ›What problems (if any) did you have with the paper? ›What is your overall evaluation of the paper? 7

AARHUS UNIVERSITY How to Pick, Read & Present a Research Paper ROBERT STEPHEN BREWER 29. AUGUST 2014 QUESTIONS? 8

AARHUS UNIVERSITY How to Pick, Read & Present a Research Paper ROBERT STEPHEN BREWER 29. AUGUST 2014 LET’S FIND SOME PAPERS! 9