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Academic writing

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FI-TOP Z 2 10B Czech
Course guarantor:
Tomáš Nováček
Lecturer:
Petr Kroha, Tomáš Nováček
Tutor:
Petr Kroha, Tomáš Nováček
Supervisor:
Department of Software Engineering
Synopsis:

Publishing is an important and required part of research activity. It is not only about obtaining research results but also about applying them in the form of publication. Writing scientific publications can be useful for students not only in their own publishing activities but also in the preparation of a bachelor's or master's thesis. In the course, students will learn how to write a scientific article, what parts such an article should have, and how the peer review process works. Students will also try their hand at presenting an article and reviewing someone else's article. The course will be taught in blocks, with one lecture at the beginning of the semester and one practicum in the middle of the semester. Dates will be determined based on the availability of enrolled students.

Requirements:

None

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Content of the seminar:

2. Problems of writing and publishing

a. Structure of the conference paper

b. Abstract

c. What is the problem (Introduction)

d. What the author has read (Related Work)

e. What the author has made up (Establishing the Hypothesis)

f. How he/she solved it in a new way (Method of solution)

g. How he implemented it (Description of the system architecture)

h. What data was used for the experiments (Description of data)

i. What results were obtained (Hypothesis validation)

j. What is the original contribution of the paper (Comparison with other papers)

k. Summary

l. Literature used

3. Review

a. What reviewers notice

b. How to satisfy them

4. Using LaTeX

a. Example: Springer format, LNCS (single column)

b. Example: IEEE format (two-column)

5. Use of English

a. Chicago Manual of Style

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. the student writes an article (in English) according to the principles presented in the lecture on a topic of his/her choice

a. first, its structure (chapter and subchapter titles, content in headings)

b. then the whole paper (length about eight pages according to LNCS, no more!), both single-column (according to Springer, LNCS style) and double-column (according to IEEE style)

c. the paper must include figures, tables, formulas, references to figures and chapters, and literature citations

d. At least 10 references (at least five publications from the last five years)

2. the student sends his/her paper to the instructor, who sends it to two colleagues in the seminar

3. the student will read two papers of his/her colleagues, write reviews and send them to the authors and the instructor

4. the student corrects his/her paper according to the comments of his/her colleagues and the teacher

5. Final presentation

a. Students present their papers English lectures with transparencies (PowerPoint or Beamer)

Study Objective:

Learn how to write scientific publications, learn the ins and outs of approving scientific articles

Study materials:

Swales, J.M., Feak, Ch., B.: Academic Writing for Graduate Students - A Course for Nonnative Speakers of English. University of Michigan, 1994.

Štěpánek, L., de Haaff, J. a kol.: Akademická angličtina (Academic English). Grada, 2011.

Note:

The course is taught in blocks, with one lecture at the beginning of the semester and one tutorial at the middle/end of the semester. Dates will be determined based on the availability of enrolled students.

Course Registration:

E-mail: tomas.novacek@fit.cvut.cz

Please indicate:

Name and surname

Year and type of study (Bachelor's, Master's)

Experience in writing professional scientific publications (e.g. bachelor thesis, publication at XYZ 2024 conference, etc.)

Further information:
https://courses.fit.cvut.cz/FI-TOP
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