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Location: Monday, 9–10, Kilburn 2.19.
Location: Thursday, 9–10, Kilburn Collab 1.
Please see below for the session schedule and key dates as well as the group assignment.
100% coursework, 0% exam
Note that the schedule is subject to flux.
| Week | Class | Lecture | Reading | Assignment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon | Intro (Bijan) | How to Write a Good Paper in Computer Science How to Write a Great Research Paper (video) |
Find people in school and their publications Prepare a short (150-200 words) piece of writing. If stuck for a topic, try a brief overview of work done in the department on your area. |
| 1 | Thurs | The Basics (Bijan) | Computing as a discipline How to not mess up your bibliographies with Bibtex MCR referencing guide |
(A1) Create Bibtex file of pubs by in school people |
| 2 | Mon | How to Skim/Review a Paper (Jon) | Experimental Evaluation in Computer Science: A Quantitative Study | (A1 due) Extract/manipulate/complete data |
| 2 | Thurs | Impact and Errors (Bijan) | Spreadsheet Errors: What We Know. What We Think We Can Do., Information Technology Uses in Research: Best Practices and Recommendations,Why Most Published Research Findings Are False |
(A2) Tiered venues |
| 3 | Mon | Ethics etc. (Jon) | Empirical evaluation in Computer Science research published by ACM | (A2 due) |
| 3 | Thurs | Paper Process (Bijan) | An Efficiency Comparison of Document Preparation Systems Used in Academic Research and Development, Information Technology Uses in Research: Best Practices and Recommendations | (A3) Tichy coding |
| 4 | Mon | Presenting Math/Algos (Jon) | (A3 due) | |
| 4 | Thurs | Presenting Empricial Results (Bijan) | Reread How to Write a Good Paper in Computer Science | (A4) Paper Draft |
| 5 | Mon | Theses and EOY Reports (Bijan) | PGR handbook | (A4 due) Review A4s |
| 5 | Thurs | Wrap up (Jon) | Review A4s |
(A5) Final draft submitted with data. (Date in blackboard)