generative training

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Assimilation of Useful and State-of-the –art tools/Toolsets in
Academic writing, Document Processing and prestigious
Publication
An Introductory Training
By Girma Kassa
June 2023, Bishoftu, Ethiopia

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TOC
A/ Prerequisite
B/ Pedagogical approach… የሥልጠና መርሆን የተከተለ
ይሆን?
C/Group Norm
 1/ Introduction
 The context-EIAR Policy
 PUBLICATION: WHY?
 TYPES of venues
 About this training
2/ Our PC first….healing therapy
Debloat and tweak
A tiny thing on IT
3/ VIPc Softs
3.a Art in Science
Flow Chart, concept map, mind map Organogram
3.b Graphical Abstract
3.c file management and other Explorer (windows explorer+) tabs
3.d Tablets, Electronic data collection/MDC aps and data scence
4/ Our Daily e- and Web life
5/ Modern Tools of the time
 5a-1 Non-AI Based Online access tools
 5a-2 ChatGPT AI
6/ More Dedicated Publication Support Guides and Tools
7/ Writing papers by Latex typsetter
7a/ No one uses Word with out trouble, why?
7b/ LaTeX is the norm…How
7c/ Installation
7d/ Create tex file article.tex, with content:
7e/ Latex scripting

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Internet and power
IT
moving around in the WINDOW
Ms Office
Excel
Acess
others
Working gadgets/gizmos
Laptop
‘Yetizita limich, ~Dula, ’
motivation, diligence stamina, endurance
your profession?
A/ Prerequisite

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ከቀድሞው ወደ አሁኑ
ላLanguage of instruction ጉራማይሌ --አንግሎ
Geez/Gondar
Impressive Expressive Axis, poles and slider
Hands on
Originally a Chinese Proverb, Confucius said, “I
hear I forget, I see I remember, I do I
understand.” Benjamin Franklin attributed it as
“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may
remember, involve me and I learn.”
B/ Pedagogical approach… የሥልጠና መርሆን የተከተለ
ይሆን?
Don’t worry, be “appy”!

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C/Group Norm
Avoid side talk not prohibited unless…
Active Participation
Silent mobile Phone
Punctuality
Energizer
Dr Samson and Girma kassa
Manager and Time Keeper
Dr. Ejigayehu
Time
Morning
2:30-4:30 , 4:35-6:4
Afternoon
7:20-9:30, :9:50-11:30 ,

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1/ Introduction
Pursuing our goals
The goals EIAR are to increase the productivity of crops,
livestock, trees and land by meeting quality requirements;
create facilitative socioeconomic and policy environments for
the effectiveness and wide adoption of technological options
generated through research; protect and enhance the natural
resource base for sustainable production of crop, livestock, and
trees; and build research capacity and strength partnership
Getting the results of this research out to the public and to
the scientific community is an essential part of EIAR’s
functions.
The staff of EIAR must have access to information networks
through which agricultural research furthered to achieve the
stated goals. Maximizing the quality and quantity of science
publications relies on fostering solid and positive working
relationships between researchers, information professionals,
and the public.
• የኢግምኢ ምርትና ተረፈምርት
The Context

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Communicate science
• Makes scientific progress possible
• Allows researchers to build on each other
results
Should be rigorous
• Peer-reviewed
• Very different from other types of literature
• Very different value and trust than a post on a
blog
Worthy
• Each paper should make a contribution
• Ensure novelty and progress
PUBLICATION: WHY?
Shows evidence of PhD novelty
Peer-reviewed publications as a prerequisite for
PhD defense
• Way to ensure a minimum of PhD quality
• Publications as proxies for relevant work
• In our department (UAM): two journal
publications
Get involved with the community
• Get feedback from other researchers
• Present the work at conference, discuss,
exchange ideas
• Other researchers can build on your results
Essential skill for a successful academic career
SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATION DURING A PHD:
WHY?

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Journals
• Specialized technical content
• Normally unlimited length for papers
• Publication typically takes <= 1 year
• Top in our area: ……..
Magazines
• Shorter papers, more informal style
• Typically for a broader audience, sometimes
professionals (not only
academics)
• Top in our area: ………………..
Books
• Monographs vs. collections (eg., result of
seminars, set of papers on a topic)
• Typically specialized, sometimes for teaching
(e.g., post-graduate)
• Top book publisher in our area: Springer
TYPES OF VENUES
Conferences
• On a particular topic
• Acceptance rate, limited length
• Quicker publication compared to journals (answer in
a couple of months)
• Conference registration is not free, access to
proceedings is typically not free (some open access
initiatives, like ETAPS)
• Yearly basis, strict deadlines
• Top in our area: ……………………………
Workshops
• On a very specialized (emerging, hot) topic
• Affiliated to conferences
• More permisive, the goal is discussion

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Publication….Publish or perish
Nature of publishers …..nowadays.xlsx
Quality papers EIAR needs ….Reputable ……..db
failure Histories …not surveyed though
….regret phrases….tell us
Opportunities
About this training……….እኔም ለናቴ 2ኛ ልጅ በመሆን አንደኛ ነኝ..በ
ያሰብኽዉ ዓላማ አልሆን ብሎ ሲከሽፍ ሁኔታዉ
ሲጠጥር
ጠጣሩ እንዲላላ የላላዉን ወጥር
ገሞራው

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Peace of our PC==Pease of mind
• Tweak now and Unti tween
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2/ Our PC first….healing therapy
Chris Titus

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A tiny thing on IT

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3/ VIPc Softs

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Flow Chart, concept map, mind map Organogram
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3.a Art in Science

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Flow Chart, concept map, mind map
Organogram
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3.b Graphical Abstract
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3.c file management and other Explorer (windows explorer+) tabs

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Data type,
Spatio-temporal
Attribute and Position…..GNSS()
Data valorization….collection-……Analysis……DST
Big data, ML
V4………
5/6/8/10Vs
3.d Tablets, Electronic data collection/MDC aps and data scence
ODK and like Electronic data collection/MDC aps on Android OS
Tablets
1. Volume
2. Veracity
3. Variety
4. Velocity
5. Value
6. Visualizatio
n
7. Viscosity
8. Virality
9. Validity
10. Variability:
11. Volatility
12. Vulnerability

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4/ Our Daily e- and Web life

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5/ Modern Tools of the time
Let them teach you cheat them
AI Non-AI Based Online offline
 5a-1 Non-AI Based Online access tools

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HTTPS://WWW.BRITANNICA.COM/TECHNOLOGY/CHATGPT
CHATGPT, IN FULL CHAT GENERATIVE PRE-TRAINING TRANSFORMER, SOFTWARE THAT
ALLOWS A USER TO ASK IT QUESTIONS USING CONVERSATIONAL, OR NATURAL, LANGUAGE. IT WAS
RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 30, 2022, BY THE AMERICAN COMPANY OPENAI AND ALMOST
IMMEDIATELY DISTURBED ACADEMICS, JOURNALISTS, AND OTHERS BECAUSE OF CONCERN THAT IT
WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO DISTINGUISH HUMAN- FROM CHATGPT-GENERATED WRITING.
5a-2 ChatGPT AI
ChatGPT Definition
ChatGPT Example of Application
 5a-2 AI Based Online tools
Good Prompter

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Eg. Dr Mirjana’s Grammar and Mechanics…..Space Science
and Geo-Spatial institute of Ethiopia
6/ More Dedicated Publication Support Guides and Tools
6a/ Advanced Scientific Writing Courses….pen paper
Eg. Scrivener and Swan
6b/ (Rewriting tools beyond spinners)
6c/ Typesetting tools
Eg. a/ Tex /Latex COMPILOR-main setup ….
b/ Countless EDITORs- online-offline softs and sites….

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7/ Writing papers by Latex typsetter
7a/ No one uses Word with out trouble
7b/ LaTeX is the norm
• Not professional results
• Often perceived as a bad sign of quality
• Difficult for collaborative writing
• Difficult for version control
• Bottom line: don’t use Word for writing papers
• Similar to HTML, or to code
• Compiled into pdf (pdflatex)
• Also possible to compile to .dvi (latex) and then to
.ps (dvips), but try to avoid that
7c/ Installation

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b/ List of Editors
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7/ Writing papers by Latex typesetter
7d/ Create tex file article.tex, with content:
Use one of the ppt espresso files or the online OVERLEAF Guide
Bon Voyage

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Learn Unlearn Relearn
Process tracing to strengthen Analytical power…..use screen clipper
Advices to
You are not alone, your troubles are already experienced by people
sometime before you and solutions/workarounds available, Google it
on YouTube