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Week 4 – Compose yourself

Learn how to organize your thoughts for effective writing, presentations, and posters. Stay updated, create a bibliography, know your tools and mediums, and stay engaged.

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Week 4 – Compose yourself

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  1. Week 4 – Compose yourself Mr. Bilal Ahmad bilal@leads.edu.pk

  2. Half –1 • In the First Half we will discuss about the Pan flexes that you have submitted and in the next half we will discuss about the Compose yourself – 1

  3. COMPOSE YOURSELF! • THE BASIC PRINCIPLE – YOU ARE WHAT YOU THINK • UNORGANIZED THOUGHTS WILL NOT LEAD TO ORGANIZED PAPERS, TALKS, POSTERS ETC……. • ORGANIZED THOUGHT SHINES THROUGH ……… • ….. AND AGAIN IT MAKES YOUR TASKS MUCH EASIER

  4. WORKING ADVISE • STAY UPDATED • CREATE A BIBLIOGRAPHY • KNOW YOUR TOOLS • KNOW YOUR MEDIUMS • STAY ENGAGED

  5. STAY UPDATED • FOLLOW PUBLICATIONS • ACM • IEEE • KEEP TRACK OF; • NEWS • BLOGS • FORUMS • SOFTWARES

  6. STAY UPDATED

  7. CREATE A BIBLIOGRAPHY • ASIDE FROM YOUR LAB BOOK, YOU KEEP TRACK OF THE REFERENCES YOU COME ACROSS • WORTH REPEATING – TAKE NOTES! • CONSIDER MAKING AN ANNOTED BIBLIOGRAPHY • WHAT IS? A DETAILED, PER PAPER SURVEY WITH SUFFICIENT INTRODUCTION TO THE SUBJECT MAJOR • SEE HANDOUT

  8. CREATE A BIBLIOGRAPHY

  9. KEEP A LAB BOOK • TO KEEP TRACK OF YOUR TIME AND LIFE • TO DOCUMENT YOUR RESEARCH ACTIVITIES • WHAT WORKS, WHAT DOESNOT • WHAT NEEDS EXANSION, REVISION • THAT GOOD WAY YOU THOUGHT TO DESCRIBE SOMETHING, MAKE AN ARGUMENT (TRUST ME YOU LOSE THEM) • IDEAS • PAYOFF WILL BE GREAT WHEN THE TIME COMES TO WRITE YOUR THESIS AND PAPERS

  10. KNOW YOUR TOOLS • WRITING – WORK ETC. • PRESENTING – POWERPOINT, ACROBAT ETC. • POSTERS – PUBLISHER, POWERPOINT • DRAWING • PROGRAMMING • MATH SOFTWARE • SIMULATING • ANALYZING

  11. KNOW YOUR MEDIUMS • CAN YOU TALK, FOR HOW LONG? • CAN YOU WRITE, WHAT IS THE WORD/ SPACE LIMIT? • CAN YOU USE SLIDES? • CAN YOU USE FIGURES AND/ OR TABLES? • CAN YOU USE ANIMATIONS AND/ OR VIDEOS? • CAN YOU CITE? • CAN YOU INTERACT WITH AUDIENCE? • CAN YOU ANSWER TO YOUR INSTRUCTOR QUESTIONS?

  12. Stay engaged • FORM A JOURNAL CLUB • WITHIN YOUR GROUP • WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT • TRY OUT YOUR IDEAS AND ARGUMENTS • WRITE THEM UP (BLOG) • GIVE TALKS WHENEVER YOU GET A CHANCE

  13. WHAT IS AN ARGUMENT? • A STATEMENT THAT CAN BE SUPPORTED IN ABSOLUTE TERMS • IT IS NOT AN OPINION OR A MATTER OF TASTE • “I LIKE VEGETABLE SOUP” • IT IS NOT A FACT • A METER IS 100 CM • THERE IS A KINGSTON IN CANADA

  14. MOTIVATIONS FOR ARGUMENTS • PRACTICIAL CONSEQUENCES • HIGH COSTS • LOW PERFORMANCE • WASTE OF RESOURCES • ETC……. • SKEEING THE TRUTH • EGO……. • I AM RIGHT BECAUSE I AM RIGHT!

  15. THE MAKE OF AN ARGUMENT • PREMISES LEADING TO A CONCLUSION • WHAT MAKES A PREMISE? • AN INAGRUABLE (TRUE/FALSE, FACT) • AN ARGUMENT IS EITHER VALID OR INVALID • YOU JUDGE THAT THE PREMISIS LEAD TO THE CONCLUSION • TWO POINTS OF ATTACK • WHETHER PREMISIS ARE TRUE OR FALSE • WHETHER ARGUMENT IS VALID

  16. TYPES OF ARGUMENTS • DEFINITION ARGUMENT • WHAT IS IT? • CASUAL ARGUMENT • HOW DID IT GET THAT WAY? • EVALUATION ARGUMENT • IS IT GOOD OR BAD? • PROPOSAL ARGUMENT • WHAT SHOULD WE DO ABOUT IT?

  17. DEFINITION ARGUMENT • A CAT IS A MAMMAL • WHAT IS A MAMMAL? • WHAT IS A CAT? • YOU ARE TRYING TO FIT A SUBJECT THE CAT TO A COMPLEMENT/ DEFINITION MAMMAL THROUGH A PREDICATE • PREDICATE COMPRISES A LINKING VERB (IS) AND COMPLEMENT

  18. What can go wrong? • WEAK DEFINITIONS • UNJUSTIFIED GENERALIZATIONS • CONCLUSIONS BASED ON NON EXHAUSTIVE EXPERIMENTATIONS • LACK OF EVIDENCE

  19. MORE ON AGENCY • SHE SLAPPED HIM WHEN HE GAVE HER THE GIFT • A GIFT SOLICITS • GRATITUDE/ APPRECIATION • A GIFT IN RESPONSE • AN AGENCY MUST NOT BE • IMPLAUSIBLE • BACED ON UNCLEAR OR REMOTE CAUSES

  20. EVALUATION ARGUMENT • EMPHASIS ON CRITERIA • MAY REQUIRE AN OVERARCHING DEFINITION ARGUMENT • THAT BASED ON THE CRITERIA, YOUR ARGUMENT HOLDS • AGAIN IT IS NOT A MATTER OF TASTE/ OPINION • WHAT CAN GO WRONG? • CRITERIA DOES NOT JUSTIFY JUDGMENTS HARSHNESS OR GENEROSITY • CRITERIA DOES NOT APPLY

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