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Thesis for beginners 2015-10
Miguel Pardal, a lecturer at Técnico since 2002, emphasizes the importance of grounding research in existing literature and provides tools for effective academic writing and research practices. Key recommendations include utilizing reputable sources, maintaining a structured approach to writing, and appreciating the collaborative nature of scientific work. He also stresses the value of constructive reviews and the continuous improvement of one's work.
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- 2. LEIC 2000 Unisys Portugal Lecturerat Técnico since 2002 MEIC 2006 Visiting Student at MIT in 2009 DEIC 2014 First publication in 2004 Since then, about 20 more http://web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/miguel.pardal
- 3. Share experience Provide tools Learnfrom you Best thing about being a teacher
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- 7. “X is betterthan Y!” It needs to be grounded! Work of others Citations Own work Experimental results Statistically valid
- 8. Our research isonly possible because of the work of others before us Actual People, Labs, Universities Keep a reference repository Save the PDF Identify each paper Author name, year, (conference acronym, keywords)
- 11. Technical report Workshop paper Conferencepaper Journal article Book chapter Book Increasing public exposure and scrutiny
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- 14. Start with thebest sources Good conference ? Accept rate < 20% Only 1 in 5 submitted papers gets accepted Good journal ? Impact factor - average number of citations to recent articles published in the journal Start with the more recent papers They will cite older, relevant work in their references Find out where the community gathers
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- 16. Short summary ofpaper Should fit in an index card What is relevant? System characteristics Assumptions Examples/scenarios ... State good and identify bad points Use note taking app with search OneNote, EverNote, …
- 17. Tables are greatfor comparing things Start with existing columns, or think of your own Add more columns if you need Empty cells remind you of what you don’t know yet System Initial Release Latest Version … Windows [Gates83] 1983 10.0 Mac [Jobs84] 1984 10.11 (El Capitan) Linux [Torvalds91] 1991
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- 20. A model isa simplification/abstraction of a complex object To show relevant characteristics Easier to manipulate than the actual object Represent: Structure Behavior
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- 25. The work is(almost) complete Is it worth writing? YES To write is to express thoughts into words Use the third person, past tense So that others may learn Your own learning is not complete without the “distillation process” that comes with writing
- 26. Use the mostcommon science language, so that your work may reach the widest audience English What about Portuguese and other languages? Still important for scientific divulgation
- 27. Conference Ongoing work Journal Fully developedand final findings Journals have 3 times more citations, but It is harder to be accepted Conditional accepts Takes a long time until final publication
- 28. Process to increasethe quality of the writing Follow sound science practices Reviews Not always constructive Do not get offended It is not about you, it is about your work You should be the first to know that there is always something to improve…
- 29. English quality Structure Literature review Completeand to the point Motivation for decisions Rigor Avoid misunderstandings Identify the limitations of your own work They will be found anyway (sooner or later) They are future work opportunities
- 30. Introduction Problem Related Work Proposal Methodology Results Discussion /Evaluation Conclusion Contributions Future Work
- 31. Move 1 –Establish the “territory” Claiming centrality and/or Making topic generalizations and/or Reviewing items of previous research Move 2 – Establish the niche Counter-claiming or Indicating a gap or Question-raising or Continuing a tradition Move 3 – Occupy the niche Outlining purposes or Announcing present research Announcing principle findings Indicating Research article structure http://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Swalesian-Introduction
- 32. 3 tells Say whatyou will say Say Say what you said Provide guidance and context to the reader
- 33. Widely used Produces documentswith excellent aesthetics Easy to follow template rules Built-in support for mathematical expressions. Generates the reference list automatically! BibTeX It is a programming language (with comments) These are the main contributions: % do not forget to add the prototype!
- 37. Science is personaland social People and communities are central Read Learn from other authors Cite them Compare what they did Write Explain in a concise way Learn from the reviewers Share with others
- 38. Miguel.Pardal@tecnico.ulisboa.pt Obrigado Thank you “Thetraveler sees what he sees. The tourist sees what he has come to see.” ― G.K. Chesterton
- 39. Guide by myselfand Joana Pardal: http://web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/miguel.pardal/www/doc/ quick-guide-research.pdf IEEE Authorship Series and toolbox: http://www.ieee.org/publications_standards/publications/ authors/authors_journals.html