Scientific Writing for MSc in Computer Science
Year | Semester | Date | Period | Language | In charge |
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2014 | spring | 11.03-22.04. | 4-4 | English | Tiina Niklander |
Lectures
Time | Room | Lecturer | Date |
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Tue 10-12 | B119 | Tiina Niklander | 11.03.2014-22.04.2014 |
Exercise groups
Time | Room | Instructor | Date | Observe |
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Wed 14-16 | A318 | Tiina Niklander | 12.03.2014—23.04.2014 |
General
Scientific Writing for MSc in Computer Science is obligatory course for Master-level students who have not done bachelor degree at University of Helsinki and are doing the degree in English. Druring the course you will write one scientific overview article about a given topic. You canno repear the course later.
This Spring occurrence of the course is based on the Fall version. All the material is available on the Fall 2013 course page.
The course's moodle pages are now available for paper submissions. The direct address is https://moodle.helsinki.fi/course/view.php?id=12813
Completing the course
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.
Weekly program:
Week 1: Topic selection, latex template
Week 2: Paper structure, bibtex-file
Week 3: First two (sub)sections written
Week 4: Half of the paper written
Week 5: Peer-reviews, fulle paper written
Week 6: Finalizing: abstract page, etc., paper submission
Literature and material
Zobel, J., Writing for Computer Science: The art of effective communication. 2nd edition, Springer-Verlag, 2005 or similar book about scientific writing.