Conference papers are original papers presented at a formal gathering of peers. Use catchy but formal words in the title. Avoid slang or colloquial words.
Conference papers are original papers presented at a formal gathering of peers. Use catchy but formal words in the title. Avoid slang or colloquial words.
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Conference papers are original papers presented at a formal gathering of peers. Use catchy but formal words in the title. Avoid slang or colloquial words.
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Conference papers An original paper presented at a formal gathering of peers, usually at the invitation of the group or organization sponsoring the conference, which may be subsequently published in its proceedings.
exchange of information between researchers.
Announcement like “Call for Papers” or “Call for Abstracts”
Call for Paper Sites General CFP Sites examples Conference Alerts Eventseer OpenResearch.org Papers Invited WikiCFP Specialized CFP Sites examples ACM: Computer IEEE: Engineering H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences LingList: Linguistics UPenn-English: English Language AS@ICU: Distributed systems and pervasive computing Conference basics Related issues NSS / MIC 2009 2009 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference website http://www.nss-mic.org/2009 e-mail: nss-mic2009@mit.edu location: Orlando, Florida, USA date:25 October 2009 until 31 October 2009 deadline:11 May 2009 for abstract Issues of papers Paper Title The Abstract The Introduction Related Work The Body Performance Experiments The Conclusions Future Work The Acknowledgements Citations Appendices Sections of paper Experimental process Section of Paper
What did I do in a nutshell? Abstract
What is the problem? Introduction
How did I solve the problem? Materials and Methods
What did I find out? Results
What does it mean? Discussion
Who helped me out? Acknowledgments (optional)
Whose work did I refer to? Literature Cited
Extra Information Appendices (optional)
Title A general or descriptive heading for a section of a written work Title Research Paper Titles are What Your Readers See at First Glance A research paper does not only need to have good results but should also be attractive to the readers.
Use catchy but formal words in the title. Avoid
slang or colloquial words.
You no longer need to put a period at the end of
the title. Title Article title Authors name Authors school affiliation
[Specific] "Second-order Beliefs and the Use of Self-
Presentational Explanations for Behavior." [General] "Cognitive Abilities and Social Understanding“
Give example of a specific and a general title related to
computer architecture Paper Title Titles can be long and descriptive: Linear-Time External Multipass Sorting with Approximation Guarantees short and sweet: Approximate External Sort The paper (or at least the algorithm) could have a cute name that sticks in people's minds: Floosh: A Linear-Time Algorithm for Approximate External Sort Example of Title Example of Title Business titles examples Informational "Acquisition is recommended“ "Project delay due to spec change” "Adjust the volume control“ Tease "Should we do the acquisition?" "Project status" "How to fix it“ Cute "Buying spree!" "Spec change strikes again“ "Are we loud enough?" Titles Bad Title: Web Cleaners and web cleaning key to Process Control Improvements - Teknek Coverting - Web cleaning equipment for the coating, laminating, printing, and converting industries. This is a company's web site. The title field should contain only the company's name. The title contains descriptive information. Titles should not contain descriptive information about the site (or in this case, the company). Descriptive information goes in the description field. Abstract Abstract First, write your paper. While the abstract will be at the beginning of your paper, it should be the last section that you write. Once you have completed the final draft, use it as a guide for writing your abstract.
Function: An abstract summarizes, in one
paragraph (usually), the major aspects of the entire paper in sequence Abstract (Sequence) the question(s) you investigated (or purpose), (from Introduction) state the purpose very clearly in the first or second sentence. the experimental design and methods used, (from Methods) clearly express the basic design of the study. Name or briefly describe the basic methodology used without going into excessive detail-be sure to indicate the key techniques used. the major findings including key quantitative results, or trends (from Results) report those results which answer the questions you were asking identify trends, relative change or differences, etc. a brief summary of your interpretations and conclusions. (from Discussion) clearly state the implications of the answers your results gave you. ABSTRACTS AND INTRODUCTIONS COMPARED At first glance, introduction and the abstract are very similar because they both present the research problem Objectives briefly reviewing methodology main findings and main conclusions. Introduction Should be short, but does not have a word limit; Main purpose is to introduce the research by presenting its context or background. Introductions usually go from general to specific, introducing the research problem and how it will be investigated Abstract Has a maximum word limit; Is a summary of the whole research; Main purpose is to summarize the research (particularly the objective and the main finding/conclusion), NOT to introduce the research area. Example abstract Abstract The long-term performance of various systems was determined and the economic aspects of solar hot water production were investigated in this work. The effect of the collector inclination angle, collector area and storage volume was examined for all systems, and various climatic conditions and their payback period was calculated. It was found that the collector inclination angle does not have a significant effect on system performance. Large collector areas have a diminishing effect on the system’s overall efficiency. The increase in storage volume has a detrimental effect for small daily load volumes, but a beneficial one when there is a large daily consumption. Solar energy was found to be truly competitive when the conventional fuel being substituted is electricity, and it should not replace diesel oil on pure economic grounds. Large daily load volumes and large collector areas are in general associated with shorter payback periods. Overall, the systems are oversized and are economically suitable for large daily hot water load volumes. Example abstract (explanation) "The long-term performance of various systems was determined and the economic aspects of solar hot water production were investigated in this work." Here the authors present the objectives of their research (and by implication their research problem, i.e. the long-term performance and the economic aspects are unknown and need to be found).
"The effect of the collector inclination angle, collector area and
storage volume was examined for all systems, and various climatic conditions and their payback period was calculated." Here we are told what was studied and calculated, i.e. we are given a very brief summary of the methodology. Example abstract (explanation) "It was found that the collector inclination angle does not have a significant effect on system performance. Large collector areas have a diminishing effect on the system’s overall efficiency. The increase in storage volume has a detrimental effect for small daily load volumes, but a beneficial one when there is a large daily consumption." This part of the abstract presents the main finding (i.e. results) the authors obtained.
"Solar energy was found to be truly competitive when the conventional
fuel being substituted is electricity, and it should not replace diesel oil on pure economic grounds. Large daily load volumes and large collector areas are in general associated with shorter payback periods. Overall, the systems are oversized and are economically suitable for large daily hot water load volumes." Finally, the main conclusions and recommendations from the research are given. Materials and Methods When writing a lab report, it is often a good idea to begin by writing the Materials and Methods section. Very straightforward Following this section, it is generally recommended to write the Results section, followed by the Discussion, and finally the Introduction. Although this strategy is only a recommendation, and although it may seem illogical at first, many have found this approach very effective for writing scientific papers. Example (M & M) A potato and a knife were obtained for this experiment. Also, distilled water, a blender, cheese cloth, a clean container with a cover, and eight spectrophotometer tubes were used. A Spectronic 20 spectrophotometer was used for this experiment, as were buffers of pHs 4, 6, 7, and 8. Catechol substrate, Parafilm coverings, KimWipes, a black pen, and pipettes were also obtained for this experiment. Finally, a pencil and pad were obtained for recording results. Non verbal factors Don’t worry about non verbal factors because, each conference or journal has their standard format Writing style Writing style Passive voice has no place in technical writing. It obscures who the actor was, what caused it, and when it happened. Use active voice and simple, clear, direct phrasing. Do not use words like “obviously” or “clearly”, as in “Obviously, this Taylor series sums to pi.” If the point is really obvious, then you are just wasting words by pointing it out. And if the point is not obvious (readers won't be intimately familiar with the subject matter the way the author is), then you are offending readers by insulting their intelligence, and demonstrating your own inability to communicate the intuition. Writing style Prefer singular to plural number. In “sequences induce graphs”, it is not clear whether the two collections are in one-to-one correspondence, or the set of sequences collectively induces a set of graphs; “each sequence induces a graph” avoids this confusion. Likewise, in “graphs might contain paths”, it is unclear whether a given graph might contain multiple paths, or might contain at most one path. Figure Figures Figures A figure should stand on its own, containing all the information that is necessary to understand it. Good captions contain multiple sentences; the caption provides context and explanation. For examples, see magazines such as Scientific American and American Scientist. Never write a caption like “The Foobar technique”; the caption should also say how the Foobar technique works or what it is good for. Figures I am not fond of having many different types of figures in a paper — some labeled “figure”, others labeled “table” or “graph” or “picture”. This makes it very hard to find “table 3”, which might appear after “figure 7” but before “freehand drawing 1”. It's best to simply call them all figures and number them sequentially; the body of each figure can be a table, a graph, a drawing, or whatever. Naming Naming Don't confuse the reader by substituting “program”, “library”, “component”, “system”, and “artifact”, nor by conflating “technique”, “idea”, and “method”. Choose the Choose good names not only for the concepts that you present in your paper, but for the document source file. Don't name the file after the conference to which you are submitting (the paper might be rejected) or the year. Even if the paper is accepted, such a name won't tell you what the paper is about when when you look over your source files in later years. Instead, give the paper a name that reflects its content. best word for the concept, and stick with it. Summary of paper Introduction Methods Figures and Tables Conclusion