1. idea
Figure out what your idea is.
Design idea =/= paper idea.
Make sure that the external examiner is more curious about what the
idea is, not the design itself.
Many papers contain many good ideas, but do not distil what they
are.
2. The purpose
The purpose of the paper is not...
… to describe your project or prototype.
The role of Master thesis is to communicate your ideas or your
arguments to the audiences.
Ex_)
Initial title: SocialMirror: Online social networking tool to support
independence of adults on the austism spectrum
Revised title: Designing a social network to support the
independence of young adults with austism
3. Storytelling
Think about the story. What the readers want to hear about?
Write an abstract first including story ending.
But, story ending =/= Conclusion of your project.
What will be the essence of your study? Try to describe the essence
of your study in one sentence. You did what.. So..
Of course, story ending can be changed while you do further
develop your study.
4. Abstract
This project presents a ___________ method for
____________ the ____________, Using _______________ ,
the ____________was measured to be ________ +/- ________.
Results show ________________agreement with theoretical
predictions and significant improvement over previous
efforts by _____________, et al.
The work presented here has profound implications for
future studies of ___________ and may one day help solve
the problem of ______________.
Keywords: ___________, ____________, ____________
5. Storytelling
V.0
[…] In this paper, we describe the results of our interviews
and observations with young adults with austism andtheir
caregivers, who are mainly parents and teachers[….]
V.1.6
[…] Focus group discussions reveal the potential for
SocialMirror to increase motivation to learn everyday life
skills amongyoung adultswith austism and to forster
collaboration amonga distributed care-givers. […]
8. Related Work
Strategies
1. Give real comparisons, nota 'laundry list': 내 연구와 기존
연구를 아주 자세하게 비교하고, 다른 점을 명확하게 한다.
2. Categorizing: 비슷한 Theme이나 approach를 가진 연구를
묶어 설명하고, 이 논문이 어떻게 기존 연구들이 설명하지 못한
gap을 채울 수 있는 지 논의한다.
3. 어떤 지점에서 inspiration을 받았는 지 설명하고, credit을 명
확히 한다.
9. Summary
• 현재 연구 핵심 (결론)을 한마디로 요약하고, 논문을 구성한다.
• 결론은 원래 계획했던 방향과는 달라질 수 있다.
• 툴을 이용하여 참고 문헌을 상시 정리해둔다. 하지만, 남이 쓴
문장 전체를 복사 붙여넣기 하는 것은 피한다. 부족하지만 본인
만의 언어로 정리한다.
• 협업은 라이팅의 좋은 자극제이다. 또한 동떨어진 분야 친구들
에게도 피드백을 받는 것도 중요하다.
• 학교의 언어 교육 관련 리소스를 적극적으로 이용하자.