How to write a scientific paper Fausto Giunchiglia Literature: Jeffrey A. Lee, The scientific endeavor, 2000 Bruno Buchberger, Thinking Speaking Writing By Fausto Giunchiglia and Alessandro Tomasi

Role of Papers Analysis of audience Analysis of kind of paper Defining Goals Structuring Papers The Process Style Index:

Role of Papers

Analysis of audience

Analysis of kind of paper

Defining Goals

Structuring Papers

The Process

Style

1. Role of Papers

1. Role of Papers

“ I have got the idea but I cannot express it” 1. Role of Papers This is nonsense

“ I have got the idea but I cannot express it”

1. Role of Papers Role of parts of Papers: support the process of expressing an idea show your result relate to existing scientific work enable readers to learn / continue their work

Role of parts of Papers:

support the process of expressing an idea

show your result

relate to existing scientific work

enable readers to learn / continue their work

2. Analysis of audience

2. Analysis of audience “ First I’ll write the paper and then I’ll publish it” This is nonsense

Depends on the audience: Age Scholarship Background Scientific Community 2. Analysis of audience

Depends on the audience:

Age

Scholarship

Background

Scientific Community

3. Analysis of kind of papers

TechRep Workshop Paper Top Conference Journal Invited Talks 3. Analysis of kind of papers

TechRep

Workshop Paper

Top Conference

Journal

Invited Talks

Kind of publications archival publications not archival publications ISBN/ISSN publications 3. Analysis of kind of papers

Kind of publications

archival publications

not archival publications

ISBN/ISSN publications

It’s the writer’s business to make the reader’s life as easy as possible 2. Analysis of kind of papers

It’s the writer’s business to make

the reader’s life as easy as possible

2. Analysis of kind of papers A Paper must be: Self-Explanatory Self-Contained

A Paper must be:

Self-Explanatory

Self-Contained

To plan long in advance is the difference from accepting and rejecting 2. Analysis of kind of papers Deadline of a Conference Decide which conference to submit the paper Write it 3…6 months [for a PHD Student] 3 months [for a PHD student] Write it

To plan long in advance is the

difference from accepting and rejecting

4. Defining Goals

4. Defining Goals The process from Analysis to Synthesis Until you have written a paper, the research is not finished

4. Defining Goals One paper one message Ask yourself: What is your goal? (a new technique, a new experimentation) What did you try to do? What have you done? How did you do this? What is the core idea?

One paper one message

Ask yourself:

What is your goal? (a new technique, a new experimentation)

What did you try to do?

What have you done?

How did you do this?

What is the core idea?

Message = Core Idea = Goal A goal may be a sub-goal of another goal A goal may be a prerequisite for another goal 4. Defining Goals

Message = Core Idea = Goal

A goal may be a sub-goal of another goal

A goal may be a prerequisite for another goal

5. Structuring Papers

5. Structuring Papers After defining your goal, you can start working on the structure of the paper 5.1 Coarse Grained 5.2 Fine Grained

Do the Writing according to the following Sequence Tentative Title A Write your Main Idea D Write Introduction C Write Conclusions E Finalize the Title A Write the Abstract B 5. Structuring Papers

Do the Writing according to the following Sequence

Tentative Title A

Write your Main Idea D

Write Introduction C

Write Conclusions E

Finalize the Title A

Write the Abstract B

A B C D E F Title Abstract Introduction Work out of main idea Details of main idea Conclusions Appendixes 5. Structuring Papers

Title

Abstract

Introduction

Work out of main idea

Details of main idea

Conclusions

Appendixes

In Title, Abstract, Introduction, Conclusions - same thing at different levels of detail - different purposes 5. Structuring Papers

Title: A A short sentence with the description of your work Goal: convince reader to read abstract 3-5 words 5. Structuring Papers

Title:

Title Structure: A Name of the problem solved Data Domain Solution 5. Structuring Papers

Title Structure:

Name of the problem solved

Data Domain

Solution

Title Structure: Example A Data Domain Data Coordination in Peer-to-Peer DataBase Name of the problem to be solved: Peer-to-Peer DataBase Solution: Semantic Matching in Heterogeneous DB’s 5. Structuring Papers

Title Structure: Example

Data Domain

Data Coordination in Peer-to-Peer DataBase

Name of the problem to be solved:

Peer-to-Peer DataBase

Solution:

Semantic Matching in Heterogeneous DB’s

Title Structure: how to find a title A 5. Structuring Papers A table with problems, solutions and domains: Title is a combinations of this words… … … Bioinformatics Semantic Matching … P2P Database Matching Heterogenity DB Domain Solutions Problems

Title Structure: how to find a title

Abstract B A paragraph with the description of your work Goal: convince reader to read the paper 10 lines 5. Structuring Papers

Abstract

Abstract Components B Name of the Problem Solved Data Domain Solution What is new NO CITATIONS 5. Structuring Papers

Abstract Components

Name of the Problem Solved

Data Domain

Solution

What is new

NO CITATIONS

Introduction C Some paragraph with the set of goals of your work Goal: establish main message of paper 1 page 5. Structuring Papers

Introduction

Introduction C [Context + to get the idea]  1 paragraph (NO citations) Problem + Citations  ≤ 20 lines Approach + Solutions  ≤ 20 lines [Why you are novel] Structure of the Paper, by sections  ≤ 20 lines [Auxiliary Material (Notations, Observations, How to read it,…)] 5. Structuring Papers

Introduction

[Context + to get the idea]  1 paragraph (NO citations)

Problem + Citations  ≤ 20 lines

Approach + Solutions  ≤ 20 lines

[Why you are novel]

Structure of the Paper, by sections  ≤ 20 lines

[Auxiliary Material (Notations,

Observations, How to read it,…)]