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    How to write

    scientific papers

    Engr. Kaleem Ullah

    CAS-EP509 – Research Methodology

    Slide Credits: Claudio Casetti, Mario Casu, Paolo Giaccone, DET, Politecnico di Torino
    Why are we here?
    • The acceptance rate of non-mother English tongue
    authors is generally a lot lower than for native English
    tongue authors.

    • The scientific quality of an article is the principal


    reason for publication

    • However, is editorial rejection purely on scientific


    grounds?
    General Advice
    • Write for your readers

    • Write for your reviewers

    • Think in English as you write in English

    • After writing the paper, read it!

    • Run a spell checker!


    The Title

    • As Robert Day (author of “How to Write a


    Scientific paper”) puts it:

    “The title should be the fewest words that


    adequately describe the content of the paper”
    Choosing a good title
    • Don’t be afraid to be creative

    • Titles must not look like random sets of


    keywords:

    ✘ WiFi
    A Joint Analysis
    Networks of Cellular Small Cells and

    ✔ When Cellular Meets WiFi in Wireless Small Cell


    Networks
    Choosing a good title
    • Don’t be afraid to be creative

    • Titles must not look like random sets of


    keywords:

    ✘ Quality
    Internetof Service in Video Streaming over the

    ✔ Streaming Videos over the Internet: Are


    Worth the
    They
    Wait?
    Choosing a good title
    • Don’t be afraid to be creative

    • Titles must not look like random sets of


    keywords:

    ✘ Evaluation of non-Optimal Multicast Routing


    ✔ How bad is a Naïve Multicast Routing?
    Choosing a good title
    • Don’t get carried away!

    TCP-Smart Framing: A New, Exciting Addition


    ✘ to the TCP

    TCP Smart Framing: a Segmentation Algorithm


    Universe
    ✔ to Reduce TCP latency
    Choosing a good title

    •Do not pile up terms in attributive position


    1 2 3
    High-throughput Receiver-oriented Multicast
    ✘ Delivery Protocols
    4 5
    High-throughput Protocols for
    ✔ Receiver-oriented Multicast Delivery
    1 2 3
    Choosing a good title
    • Stress what’s novel by placing it at the end

    • Readers implicitly assume the last words are


    more important

    Gateway-based User Management in Wireless


    ✘ HomeNetworks

    User Management in Wireless Home


    ✔ Networks: The Gateway View
    EXERCISE 1
    Propose new titles
    Scientific Writing Structure -
    IMRaD
    • IMRaD – Introduction, Method, Results and Discussions

    • A common organizational structure (a document format)

    • IMRaD is the most prominent norm for the structure of a 


    scientific journal article of the original research type

    Introduction

    Method,
    Results and
    Discussions

    Conclusion
    Structuring a paper
    Abstract

    How do you get from here to there


    ?

    Conclusions
    The abstract

    • After the title, it is you business card

    • Often, the first thing a reviewer reads

    • Aim at making a lasting impression from the


    outset
    The abstract
    • Ideally, a scientific paper
    abstract should provide 5
    key pieces of information
    The abstract
    • Ideally, a scientific paper
    abstract should provide 5
    key pieces of information

    1. Motivation
    The abstract
    • Ideally, a scientific paper
    abstract should provide 5
    key pieces of information

    1. Motivation

    2. Problem statement
    The abstract
    • Ideally, a scientific paper
    abstract should provide 5
    key pieces of information

    1. Motivation

    2. Problem statement

    3. Approach
    The abstract
    • Ideally, a scientific paper
    abstract should provide 5
    key pieces of information

    1. Motivation

    2. Problem statement

    3. Approach

    4.
    Results
    5. Conclusions
    }
    The abstract
    The abstract

    • This is an abstract
    you do not want to write

    • no discernible structure

    • no context

    • unfocused problem statement

    • just a list of paper content


    The abstract

    • Aim for an abstract that is at most 250 words

    • Do not state anything which is not in the paper


    Structuring a paper
    Abstract

    Introduction

    Conclusions
    The “Introduction”
    • Capture the readers’ (and reviewers’) attention!

    • Structure the Introduction in an easily


    recognisable format:

    • General statements, scope and context

    • Focus on the problem you are about to tackle

    • Outline your contribution: methodology and


    results
    The “Introduction”
    General statement
    The “Introduction”
    • The General Statement is usually where you
    want to flaunt your creativity…

    “It is a truth universally acknowledged,


    that a single man in possession of
    a good fortune, must be in want of a
    wife.”

    Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice


    The “Introduction”

    Getting your work into focus


    The “Introduction”

    Getting your work into focus


    The “Introduction”

    Getting your work into focus


    The “Introduction”

    Outlining your contribution


    Structuring a paper
    Abstract

    Introduction

    Related Work

    Conclusions
    Related Work

    • You must not only list literature works that are


    related…

    • …but also explain how they are related, how


    they differ from your paper
    Related Work

    • Related work is mostly about citations

    • know how to cite other works in your paper

    • know how to list citations in the bibliography


    Related Work
    • Only cite primary sources

    • Avoid, unless strictly necessary, to cite:

    • papers in press or, worst, submitted only

    • web sites

    • technical reports (especially if a


    “shortcut” against page limit)
    Related Work

    • Be detailed in your citations

    • Give credit to the authors of the papers you cite

    ✘
    would you like your work
    to be cited in this
    Related Work

    • Be detailed in your citations

    • Give credit to the authors of the papers you cite

    ✔
    Related Work

    • Be detailed in your citations

    • Give credit to the authors of the papers you cite

    ✔ this works too!


    Bibliography
    • Some simple rules:

    • list citations in… citing order

    • you can be minimalist… up to a


    point

    ✘ ✔
    Bibliography
    • Some simple rules:

    • list citations in… citing order

    • you can be minimalist… up to a


    point
    • don’t be sloppy or inconsistent
    Bibliography
    • Some simple rules:

    • list citations in… citing order

    • you can be minimalist… up to a


    point
    • don’t be sloppy or inconsistent

    • all items in the bibliography must be cited


    somewhere in the paper
    Bibliography
    Use IEEE Reference/citation style, for example;

    Body Citation:
    This is because; system architects have little or no visibility of the lower-
    level details that are needed to implement low power schemes at RTL
    [10].

    Reference/ Bibliography
    [ 10] A. Qamar, F. B. Muslim and L. Lavagno, "Analysis and implementation of the Semi-Global
    9 Matching 3D vision algorithm using code transformations and High-Level Synthesis," in
    ]
    Proceedings of the 81st IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring), Glasgow,
    2015.
    Structuring a paper
    Abstract

    Introduction

    Related Work

    Technical
    Backgrou
    nd

    Your
    P
    Conclusions
    r
    Background and
    Proposal
    • This is the crucial section, and the hardest
    for which to provide advice

    • General advice:

    • be as sequential, logical as possible

    • watch your grammar and syntax


    Structuring a paper
    Abstract

    Introduction

    Related Work

    Technical
    Background

    Your
    Propos
    al
    Results and discussion

    • Usually divided into two parts:

    • description of the settings, or scenario, of the


    performance evaluation and experiments

    • presentation of results and comments on their


    significant
    Results and discussion
    • How to present the data:

    • if you use an analytical approach, always state


    any simplifying assumptions

    • If you use simulation, report the confidence


    interval

    • If you use real implementation, comment on


    external factors affecting results (human,
    environmental factors etc.)
    Structuring a paper
    Abstract

    Introduction

    Related Work

    Technical
    Background

    Your
    Propos
    al
    Conclusions

    • Conclusions are usually the last thing you write,


    but may be the first thing a reviewer reads

    • Summarize topic, methodology and main


    results but…

    • …make sure it isn’t the abstract in the past tense!

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