Designing an Article Science: – Research: haphazard process Questions Observations (conjectures) Hypotheses Experiment (proof) Results – Publication: faking rational or magical discovery process Technical report Conference paper Journal paper

Publication Describe position within existing body of knowledge – Build upon known and trusted existing concepts Formal description of contribution Originality claim Justification

Peer Review Anonymous Leadership Check: – Originality – Quality – Understandability

Driving Forces Prestige Money Time Space

Ladder of publication Book Journal Full conference paper Extended abstract in a conference Thesis Technical report Manuscript

Organization Title Authors Affiliation Date Abstract Keywords Introduction

Title Descriptive – not cute Short Include many keywords Footnotes for previous publications, and supporting institutions

Authors Discipline Dependent – Usually alphabetical order – Students are sometimes promoted – No title, position or qualification

Affiliation

Date

Abstract

Introduction Topic Problem Approach Scope and limitation of solution Structure or Outline

Structure of paper Stop points: front matter, abstract, introduction, conclusions Tell a story: – Context, context, context Details are important, but belong in the end No endless definitions – Distinguish between: Statement Purpose – The “ simplest first ” rule – Running example

Hints on Design Write down everything in point form Choose section titles and organize in sections Write section prefaces Theorems, definitions, and lemmas titles Sketch the introduction Sketch the conclusions Write sections