Scientific Writing for MSc in Computer Science

582519
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The course focuses on skills needed in scientific writing: searching, selecting and reading scientific articles, making notes during reading, organising your material, and writing scientific article itself. We also discuss some writing-related ethical issues, like stealing, cheating, and plagiarism, which are not tolerated by the academic community. You will write an approximately 10-pages long scientific article on a topic given by the instructor following the department"s guidelines for master thesis and seminar papers. You will also practice reviewing articles. This course is only for MSc students majoring Computer Science! You are not allowed to participate if you have already passed the course!
Vuosi Lukukausi Päivämäärä Periodi Kieli Vastuuhenkilö
2013 syksy 03.09-08.10. 1-1 Englanti Tiina Niklander

Luennot

Aika Huone Luennoija Päivämäärä
Ti 10-12 B222 Tiina Niklander 03.09.2013-08.10.2013

Harjoitusryhmät

Group: 2
Aika Huone Ohjaaja Päivämäärä Huomioitavaa
Ke 10-11 A318 Emanuele Giaquinta 04.09.2013—04.09.2013

Yleistä

The course is for students who are doing only their Master's degree in English at the Department of Computer Science. That means that students with a bachelor's degree in computer science from University of Helsinki do not participate to this course, because the course Kandidaatintutkielma has covered similar content.

 

The course follows the model of last Fall's course. You can find information about the schedule and course content at the moment from that course's pages at:

https://www.cs.helsinki.fi/courses/582519/2012/s/k/1

Kurssin suorittaminen

All small groups have their initial meeting on Wednesday morning. Read your meeting time from your email. Small group leaders are Sourav Bhattacharya, Emmanuele Giaquinta, Esther Galgrun, Julien Mineraud, and Kai Zhao.

 

During the course you will write one 10-page scientific report about a given topic. The paper will graded using the normal grading scale 0-5. The report must be written following the best scientific practices, like using proper references and citation techniques, as well as, proper scientific style and good written presentation. See the table about factors affecting the grades (PDF) and the evaluation subpage.

Kirjallisuus ja materiaali

Zobel, J., Writing for Computer Science: The art of effective communication. 2nd edition, Springer-Verlag, 2005 or similar book about scientific writing. Also the 1st edition from 1997 can be used. Some copies available in the campus library.

The support material page contains links to some useful online materials and services.