Scientific Writing in Software Engineering and

Experimental Computer Science

Yossi Gil

Introduction

Writing papers / theses is a skill. It can be learned! (not sure it can be taught…)

Objectives:– Tools of the trade: LaTeX, BibTeX, etc.– The structure of a paper– The scientific sentence and paragraph– Auxiliary components: tables, figures, theorems, definitions,

etc. Background:

– M.Sc. Program in computer science– Interest in software engineering and related topics

Topics Covered

1. TeX, LaTeX and BibTex. Tools of the trade, and tricks of the gurus.2. Elementary typography, fonts and simple checklists3. Bibliography and references to bibliography4. The Elements of style by White and Strunk, the Elements of Grammar5. The sentence structure6. Paragraph structure7. Acknowledgements8. Informative tables and figures9. Formulae, definitions and theorems10. Section structure and paper outline11. The Introduction12. Abstract and title.13. Conclusions and future research.14. Reviewing papers

Evaluation

Assignments Lecture notes Must attend 75% of all lectures

Requirements

An account in SSDL MikTeX / WinEdt installation