Course Catalog 2014-2015
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Course Catalog 2014-2015

TIE-12106 Scientific Papers and Presentation, 6 cr

Additional information

The course includes an exercise conference, in which students write, review, and present a paper and discuss after presentations. Course is in English. Periods 1 and 2 contain the lectures, Period 3 contains the homework (no lectures) and the final conference day.
Suitable for postgraduate studies

Person responsible

Hannu-Matti Järvinen, Kai Koskimies, Marko Hännikäinen, Tommi Mikkonen

Lessons

Study type P1 P2 P3 P4 Summer Implementations Lecture times and places
Lectures
Assignment
Seminar
 2 h/week


+2 h/week



 30 h/per
 8 h/per



 



 
TIE-12106 2014-01 Friday 14 - 16 , TB223
Friday 14 - 16 , TB222
Friday 12 - 20

Requirements

Passing presentation exercise, active participation in the research method seminar that is part of the course, successful submission of the paper prepared during the course, participation in the peer review process of the course papers, presentation of the student's own paper in the course workshop.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Learning Outcomes

A student is familiar with the complete scientific publishing process. A student knows what is expected from a scientific article and can write high-quality articles him/herself. Also, a student can carry out peer-reviews and give constructive feedback for improving draft articles. Student can prepare conference presentation and masters a good oral conference presentation.

Content

Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. A scientific publication: structure, contents, written presentation.  Good scientific practice, research ethics, example papers. IEEE practices and regulations.    
2. Phases and tasks of the publishing process. Scientific Societies.  Selecting publishers, purpose and reputation of different publishers and forums.   
3. Oral conference presentations: preparation, materials, structuring.   Poster preparation.   
4. Participation to a scientific conference.  Acting as a conference session chair, acting as an opponent.   
5. Use of English in scientific writing.  Analyzing example papers. Specific terminology. Practical hints for English writing.   
6. Tools for publishing: Internet, data bases, word processing tools.   Use of LaTeX tools.   
7. The peer review process - giving constructive feedback and comments for draft publications.   Evaluation of scientific quality of articles.    

Instructions for students on how to achieve the learning outcomes

Passing the course requires active participation in lectures and completion of all exercises. Successful completion of all exercises requires mastering the core content of the course.

Assessment scale:

Evaluation scale passed/failed will be used on the course

Partial passing:

Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Study material

Type Name Author ISBN URL Edition, availability, ... Examination material Language
Book   The Craft of Scientific Presentations   Michael Alley   0-387-95555-0       No    English  
Book   The Craft of Scientific Writing   Michael Alley   0-387-94766-3       No    English  
Lecture slides   Lecture notes and material   Marko Hännikäinen         No    English  

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Correspondence of content

Course Corresponds course  Description 
TIE-12106 Scientific Papers and Presentation, 6 cr OHJ-3816 Publication in Software Engineering Research, 6 cr  
TIE-12106 Scientific Papers and Presentation, 6 cr TKT-9617 Scientific Publishing, 6 cr  

More precise information per implementation

Implementation Description Methods of instruction Implementation
TIE-12106 2014-01 A student is familiar and understands the complete scientific publishing process. A student knows what is expected from a good scientific article and can write high-quality articles him/herself. Also, a student knows how to carry out peer-reviews and give constructive feedback for improving draft articles. Student can prepare conference presentation and masters a good oral conference presentation.   Lectures
   
Contact teaching: 0 %
Distance learning: 0 %
Self-directed learning: 0 %  

Last modified12.02.2014