Writing for Computer Science

Name: Writing for Computer Science
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ISBN: 9781852338022

ISBN-10: 1852338024

ISBN-13: 9781852338022

Edition: 2nd 2004 (Revised)

Authors: Justin Zobel

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The elements of good writing are an essential part of success in science. With comprehensive practical help for students and experienced researchers, Writing for Computer Science:nbsp;- Gives extensive guidance for writing style and editing;nbsp;- Presents sound practice for graphs, figures, and tables;nbsp;- Guides the presentation of mathematics, algorithms and experiments;nbsp;- Shows how to assemble research materials into a technical paper; - Offers guidelines and advice on spoken presentations. This second edition contains detailed new material on research methods, the how-to of being a scientist, including:nbsp;- Development of ideas into research programs; -Design and evaluation of…

Book details

List price: $32.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Springer
Publication date: 6/3/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 270
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Preface



Introduction Kinds of publication Writing, science, and skepticism Using this book Spelling and terminology



Good styleEconomy Tone Examples Motivation Balance Voice The upper hand Obfuscation Analogies Strawmen Reference and citation Quotation Acknowledgements Grammar Beauty



Style specificsTitles and headings


Theopening paragraphs Variation Paragraphing Ambiguity Sentence structure


Tense Repetition and parallelism Emphasis Definitions Choice of words


Qualifiers Misused words Spelling conventions Jargon Cliche and idiom Foreignwords


Overuse of words Padding Plurals Abbreviations Acronyms Sexism



Punctuation Fonts and formatting Stops Commas Colons and semicolons Apostrophes Exclamations Hyphenation Capitalization Quotations Parentheses Citations



Mathematics Clarity Theorems Readability Notation Ranges and sequences Alphabets Linebreaks Numbers Percentages Units of measurement



Graphs, figures, and tables Graphs Visualization of results Diagrams Tables Captions and labels Axes, labels, and headings



AlgorithmsPresentation of algorithms Formalisms Level of detail Figures Notation Environment of algorithms Performance of algorithms Asymptotic complexity



Editing Consistency Style Proofreading Choice of word-processor An editing checklist



Writing up The scope of apaper Telling a story Organization


The First draft Fromdraft to submission Prepublication


Theses A writing-up checklist Doing researchBeginnings Shaping a research project


Students and advisors Finding research literature Reading Research planning


Hypotheses Defending hypotheses Evidence Good and bad science Reflections on research A research checklist



ExperimentationDesigning experiments Measurements and coding Describing experiments Variables Statistics Intuition An experimentation checklist



Refereeing Responsibilities Contribution Evaluation of papers Referees' reports A refereeing checklist



EthicsPlagiarism Self-plagiarism Misrepresentation Authorship Confidentiality and conflict of interest Anethics checklist



Giving presentations Content Organization The introduction The conclusion Preparation Delivery Question time Slides Slide tools Text slides Figures A presentations checklist Examples of slides


Afterword


Bibliography Exercises


Index