Seminar "Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten und Lehren"

15.11.2010 - Aufbau Wissenschaftlicher Arbeiten

Technical Information

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Research Project completed - what now?

→ publish it!
Peer Review
Anonymization
Publication Types
Formats
Structure

Peer Review

a number of knowledgable researchers review a paper
detect sloppy work
suggest improvements to paper and research
not suited for detecting scientific fraud
reviewers write report with required changes
conference proceedings: reviewers also give a score (1-5)
usually anonymous review process

Anonymization

single-blind: author does not know reviewer
double-blind: author and reviewer do not know each other
discussion about best model, some journals take novel approaches

Publication Types

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Technical Report
Poster
Demo
Workshop-Paper (peer-reviewed)
Conference Paper (peer-reviewed)
Journal Paper (peer-reviewed)
(book chapter, article in popular science magazines, etc.)

Technical Report

often used to publish technical details of a project
publish on website
no peer-review
example: Collected papers from our Advanced Seminar

Poster

show work in progress or not-so-successful projects
great way for discussing a new project with many people
submit a poster abstract to a conference
bring a poster to the conference
present it at the poster session
small-scale peer review or review by poster chairs
usually published in the conference extended abstracts

Demo

show working prototype
original research may have been already published
submit a demo abstract to a conference
bring demo to the conference
present it at the demo session
small-scale peer review or review by demo chairs
usually published in the conference extended abstracts

Workshop Paper

workshops focus on a confined topic, usually one-day events with discussions
may present original research, or
may be a position paper that describes one's research focus
submit to a workshop, usually by e-mail
small-scale peer review or review by workshop organizers
usually no formal publication

Conference Paper

present original research
may not have been published elsewhere
submit via a conference management system (e.g. PCS, easychair, EDAS)
double-blind anonymous peer review
sometimes with rebuttal phase (e.g. CHI, UIST)
give a talk at the conference
formal publication in the conference proceedings

Journal Paper

present original research
may not have been published elsewhere
submit via submission system or e-mail to a journal editor
usually double-blind anonymous peer review
several iterations
formal publication in the journal

Paper Formats

Paper Structure

Title - should be as precise and unique as possible
Authors - Order of names indicates contribution
Abstract - give a short summary of the paper
Keywords, etc.
Introduction
Related Work
Own Contribution
Discussion
Future Work
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
References
Appendix

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