1. Reading - How to read Fausto Giunchiglia Literature:
Bruno Buchberger, Thinking Speaking Writing
By Fausto Giunchiglia and Alessandro Tomasi
Fausto Giunchiglia 2005

2. Index: 1. The Role of Literature 2. What is literature. 2
Index: The Role of Literature 2. What is literature Classify the results 3. The Documentation of Literature 4. Steps in the Use of Literature

3. 1. The Role of Literature

4. 1. The Role of Literature “Keep Re-Inventing the wheel”
For many problems:
the solutions is already in the literature
the literature has solutions in similar problems

5. 1. The Role of Literature It is necessary to know
how the literature is organized:
within your research community
outside your research community
[translate other concepts
in our community]
Necessary
Useful
but not
Necessary

6. 1. The Role of Literature There is an interleaving of:
Try to solve the problem yourself
Read the Literature

7. 1. The Role of Literature Interactive Process of Reading Papers:
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3 …
Quantity
Depth

8. 1. The Role of Literature How do I know when I can stop reading?
When I know the 90% of the papers
cited by relevant papers

9. 1. The Role of Literature To keep Scholarship: go to conference
talk to people (best opportunity in conference)
journals
proceedings
web …

10. 2. What is Literature

11. 2. What is Literature Monographs / Books Journal Articles Main Way
Articles in Collections
Papers in Proceedings of Conference
Papers in Proceedings of Workshop
Technical Reports
Grey Literature (Ex: Web Sites)
Main Way
to do Career
More important
than papers

12. 2. What is Literature Each research community has: 1-2 Top Journals
1-2 Top Conference

13. 2.1 Classify the results

14. 2.1 Classify the results Monographs / Books: Note:
the research is finished
Contents:
extensive/complete description of research
Originality:
None (2/3 years old)
Quality Control:
Very Good

15. 2.1 Classify the results
Journal Articles:
Note:
Come regularly
Contents:
Very good, very crisp, specialized
Originality:
Full of two years ago (in CS is obsolete)
Quality Control:
Very High (Many shots)

16. 2.1 Classify the results Articles in Collections: Note: Not regularly
Contents:
Very good, very crisp, specialized
Originality:
Full of two years ago (in CS is obsolete)
Quality Control:
Lower

17. 2.1 Classify the results Conferences: Note: Is Refereed Contents:
New results, almost complete, semi-final
Originality:
Good (6 months ago)
Quality Control:
Medium (only one shot: accept or reject)

18. 2.1 Classify the results Workshop Note: Is Not Refereed Contents:
New results, almost complete, semi-final
Originality:
Good (6 months ago)
Quality Control:
Medium (only one shot: accept or reject)

19. 2.1 Classify the results Technical Reports Note: --- Contents:
Detailed about a specific topic
Originality:
Maybe
Quality Control:
Low (No Refereeing Process)

20. 2.1 Classify the results Grey Literature (Ex: Web Sites) Note:
The main way to publish our results
Contents:
Random
Originality:
Random
Quality Control:
Random

21. 3. The Documentation of Literature

22. 3. The Documentation of Literature
Library
- author files
- keywords files
Review Journals
- Computing Journal
- Artificial Intelligence Review
- Scientific Magazines
- Scientific Magazines for Spreading Communications
- Journal for Publish new Results
Bibliographies
Citation index
Research index

23. 3. The Documentation of Literature
Research Community are organized
into societies
Produce:
Organized Conferences, Journals, Magazines
Examples of Societies:
ACM, IEEE, ECCAI, VLDB, …

24. 3. The Documentation of Literature
Citations Index:
defines journals
cites titles, authors, abstract of all paper
Example:
ISI, the most important for Science

25. 3. The Documentation of Literature
Research Index:
the new game
is on line
how many times you are cited in Internet
Example:

26. 4. Steps in the Use of Literature

27. 4. Steps in the Use of Literature
Use CiteSeer (
Ask to Colleagues, Advisor,
Friends, … by
Consult References
Consult Review Journals
Ask Authors