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*Written for students*
==For students==


Sections you should have:
===Sections you should have===
* Background
* Background
* Prior work
* Prior work
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* Summary
* Summary


Notes on finding references:
===On finding references===
Instead of typing search terms into Google, try:
* [https://dl.acm.org ACM Digital Library]
* [https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/home.jsp IEEE Xplore]
* [https://scholar.google.com/ Google Scholar]


Notes on writing final papers:


===On writing final papers===
* References should appear *in the text* of what you write as footnotes or end-notes. Do not just include a list of "sources" at the end of your paper.
* References should be in ACM or IEEE style. Be sure to include author(s), title, publication venue, and date. Do not include just a URL.
* References should be in ACM or IEEE style. Be sure to include author(s), title, publication venue, and date. Do not include just a URL.
* Discussion how you found your references. Was this a systematic review?
* Discussion how you found your references. Was this a systematic review?
* Reference every source that you use, no matter how trivial.
* Reference every source that you use, no matter how trivial.
* Include page numbers
* Include page numbers
* How did you evaluate what you did?
* How did you evaluate what you did?




Notes on grading final papers:
==For Faculty===
 
* Don't write what the papers do wrong, write how they could be improved.
* Don't write what the papers do wrong, write how they could be improved.

Revision as of 08:13, 7 March 2020

For students

Sections you should have

  • Background
  • Prior work
  • What you did
  • Results and Evaluation
  • Summary

On finding references

Instead of typing search terms into Google, try:


On writing final papers

  • References should appear *in the text* of what you write as footnotes or end-notes. Do not just include a list of "sources" at the end of your paper.
  • References should be in ACM or IEEE style. Be sure to include author(s), title, publication venue, and date. Do not include just a URL.
  • Discussion how you found your references. Was this a systematic review?
  • Reference every source that you use, no matter how trivial.
  • Include page numbers
  • How did you evaluate what you did?


For Faculty=

  • Don't write what the papers do wrong, write how they could be improved.