Fifth IRR meeting (5/11/14)

1. IRR
Fifth meeting
Wednesday the 5th of November 2014
Tutor: Paolo Pareti
* Available from: http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/s1054760/tutorials/irr/2014/index.htm
* Adapted from the slides of Mark van Rossum, Andrew Stewart and Vincent Valton found on the IRR wiki:
https://www.wiki.ed.ac.uk/pages/viewpage.action?title=IRR+and+IRP+Wiki&spaceKey=irrirpwiki

2. 1. (8/10) Introduction:
○ Todo: look for a topic
Schedule
2. (15/10) Finding and reading papers
○ Todo: confirm topic, read at least 5 papers and prepare abstract
3. (22/10) Scientific style
○ Todo: create first bullet point draft
4. (29/10) Scientific writing
○ Todo: expand the draft, plus first peer review
5. (5/11) Discuss issues + LaTex Tutorial
○ Todo: finish draft
6. (12/11) Technical details for the submission and peer review
○ Todo: peer review drafts
7. (19/11) Feedback on the review.
○ Todo: finish and submit
FINAL DEADLINE
4pm, 15th January 2015, no extensions

3. Homework for next next week
● Try to finish a first version of the draft in one week and a half: by Sunday
the 16th of November
○ the main sections should have some content (excluding the
conclusion, which can be done at the end)
○ there will be a second round of peer-review before the last tutorial,
on the 19th of November, when we will wrap things up
If you think that peer-review is useful, feel free to continue exchanging
papers and reviews.

4. My feedback on your almost-final draft
I will let you know next week about the Turnitin system, how to access and
submit your review paper there.

5. When do you want my feedback?
● Submit by 28 November → feedback 7 December
● Submit by 5 December → feedback 14 December
● Submit by 12 December → feedback 21 December
● Submit by 19 December → feedback 9 January
* think about it, I will ask you again next week

6. Small exercise
In a small group (2/3 people), answer the following questions:
● In which stage is your review? What things have you done?
● What are the next things to do to finish your review?
● How much time do you think it will take, and when do you plan to do them?

7. LaTeX tutorial
http://www.slideshare.net/PaoloPareti1/la-textutorial