Scientific Writing for MSc in Computer Science : Support material
Some useful material for Scientific writing
Contents
- Text classification
- Material useful for reading and reviewing
- Material useful for writing
- Information retrieval
- Oral presentation
Text classification
Material for reading and reviewing
- Keshav, S., How to Read a Paper. ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review, 37,3 (2007), pp. 83-84.
- Roscoe, T., Writing reviews for systems conferences.
Material useful for writing
Printed writing guides in English
- Zobel, J., Writing for Computer Science: The art of effective communication. 2nd edition, Springer-Verlag, 2005. Also the 1st edition from 1997 can be used. Some copies available in the campus library.
- Lester, J.D., Writing Research Papers: A complete guide. 7th edition. HarperCollinsCollege Publishers, New York, 1993.
- Barrass, R., Scientists Must Write: A guide to better writing for scientists, engineers and students. Chapman & Hall, London, 1995.
- Whitesides, G.M., Whitesides' Group: Writing a Paper. Advanced Materials, 16, 15 (2004), pp. 1375-1377.
Guides for academic writing
Here are some examples of guides for academic writing:
- Writer's Handbook of University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA)
- Online writing lab of University of Purdue (USA)
- Writing skills guide of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (Australia)
Word lists in English
- Merriam-Webster Thesaurus
- OneLook dictionaries
- Term and Word Online - General Language Dictionaries
- Computing and Internet glossary (Special language glossaries by University of Vaasa)
- General language dictionaries (link collection by University of Vaasa)
Information retrieval
- Digital libraries (conference proceedings, journals, etc.), e.g..
- Bibliographies
- Scholar Google
- Yahoo
- On-line CS Techreports
- Computer Science Technical Reports
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