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Writing a scientific paper

Writing a scientific paper. Maxine Eskenazi Meeting 1 - Overall Structure and Content of a Paper. IMPORTANT NOTE. We will talk about conference papers, not journal papers WE WILL USE PUBLISHED PAPERS IN THIS COURSE AS EXAMPLES NEVER NEVER NEVER COPY THE CONTENTS OF A PUBLISHED PAPER

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Writing a scientific paper

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  1. Writing a scientific paper Maxine Eskenazi Meeting 1 - Overall Structure and Content of a Paper

  2. IMPORTANT NOTE • We will talk about conference papers, not journal papers • WE WILL USE PUBLISHED PAPERS IN THIS COURSE AS EXAMPLES • NEVER NEVER NEVER COPY THE CONTENTS OF A PUBLISHED PAPER • NEVER NEVER NEVER REWORD THE CONTENTS OF A PUBLISHED PAPER • If you want to cite someone for background • Cite the main idea in less than a sentence • then “(Name et al, 2008)” • Or “Name et al (2008) states that …”

  3. Session 1 – the paper, overall • What is its goal? • Why is it interesting? • What is in it?/What isn’t in it? • Where are you giving it? • What is its structure?

  4. What’s in a paper? – THE GOAL • What is the goal of the paper? • How to find the goal: • Take a step back • Go from specific to more general • What is your technique? – How does that fit into a bigger picture? • Why did you do this? • How does this fit in the project that pays you? • Imagine you were from another lab, reading this… • What do you want to prove? • What do you want folks to take away? • What don’t you want folks to take away?

  5. Why is it interesting? Important? • Is this new work? • Does this extend something? • Does this use a new technique from another field? • Can it be generalized to something else? • Can it be replicated? • Can you think of 2 other labs who would be interested in these results – would use them, replicate them, build on them?

  6. Contents: what’s in it, what’s not in it? • Make the paper general enough to be relevant to many readers • Choose only one topic, not many • Completely explore the topic you have chosen • Discuss things you thought about but could not do • Compare your work to similar work by others. • Credit others who have published on it – not just those in your lab • Respect the page limit! • Respect the formatting! • Get a native speaker to read it over

  7. Where are you giving it? • Is this a conference, a workshop, etc? • Who will be there? • Experts in the field? • Grad students only? • Folks from other fields • Choose the venue that best matches its content • OR – make the paper match the venue

  8. What is the structure of a paper?

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  11. What is the structure of a paper?

  12. What is the structure of a paper? • Title, authors, affiliation • Abstract • Introduction • Background • What you did that is innovative • How you proved it worked – study/assessment • Presentation of results • Discussion of results • Conclusions • Acknowledgements • References

  13. Title, Authors, Affiliation • Who did the work? • Who advised? Who had the idea? • Who consulted? Who helped? • Be inclusive • If there was a contribution from someone, either: • Make them a coauthor • OR thank them in the acknowledgements • Best: ask them what they are comfortable with • Ordering the authors… • Different faculty have different ordering… • First author will be use when article is cited… • Our affiliation is the Language Technologies Institute. You must use this. • You can add School of Computer Science.

  14. Assignment for next time • For the next paper you plan to write (or a paper you recently wrote): • What is the goal and the scope of the paper? • Be prepared to defend it! • Why will others be interested in your paper? • What is the novelty? • Why is it appropriate for the venue?

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