Experiences of Paper Writing

今天系上找了林永隆教授來演講,主題是如何寫好論文(his experiences),下面是一些note。

  • Structure (logical organization)
    • tree-like
    • no spaghetti
    • pre-order traversal for presentation
  • Prescise title
    • no "new algo.", "high performace", "efficient"
  • Abstract
    • can no longer be abstracted
    • never explain motivation
    • treat it as a press release, advertisement
  • Paragraph
    • one point in one paragraph
    • main point in the first sentence, and the others are "supported" sentences.
  • 看圖說故事
    • a graph is better than words and numbers.
  • Pick up a style and stick w/ it.
  • Revise, revise, revise, ...
    • read it loud
    • peer critic
    • no redundancy (don't repeat)
    • leave no hole
    • alternatives
    • 30 times shall be enough (驚)
  • 把不要的東西拿掉(如果這句話拿掉對整篇論文沒有影響,就幹掉吧)
  • Recommended Reading and Practice