Scientific Writing in Software Engineering and Experimental Computer Science Yossi Gil
Introduction Writing papers / theses is a skill. It can be learned! (not sure it can be taught … ) Objectives: – Tools of the trade: LaTeX, BibTeX, etc. – The structure of a paper – The scientific sentence and paragraph – Auxiliary components: tables, figures, theorems, definitions, etc. Background: – M.Sc. Program in computer science – Interest in software engineering and related topics
Topics Covered 1. TeX, LaTeX and BibTex. Tools of the trade, and tricks of the gurus. 2. Elementary typography, fonts and simple checklists 3. Bibliography and references to bibliography 4. The Elements of style by White and Strunk, the Elements of Grammar 5. The sentence structure 6. Paragraph structure 7. Acknowledgements 8. Informative tables and figures 9. Formulae, definitions and theorems 10. Section structure and paper outline 11. The Introduction 12. Abstract and title. 13. Conclusions and future research. 14. Reviewing papers
Evaluation Assignments Lecture notes Must attend 75% of all lectures
Requirements An account in SSDL MikTeX / WinEdt installation