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Why write a scientific paper?
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Advance Knowledge in your research field with evidence;
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Explain your ideas;
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Two key components in a research paper:
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An explicit
claim
on your contribution on a research problem;
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Evidence
to support your claim;
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Your contribution can possibly be a refutation of a hypothesis of the present problem.
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What to claim for a scientific paper?
什么樣的觀點能夠成為科學性論文論述的內容？
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Your technique solves a problem for the first time;
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Your technique performs better in the following aspects:
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Higher success rate
高成功率
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Coverage
覆蓋率更高
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Efficiency
你的想法能夠提高某問題的效率
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Usability
你的方法更容易讓用戶接受
寫文章切忌面面俱到！一個，至多兩個切入點為好，要講深講透！
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Typical Structure of a Research Paper
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Title: Catchy and Indicative of your research contribution (
吸引眼球并有意義
)
文章題目越短，被接收的可能性反而越大
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Abstract: include the following items
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A summary of the research problem;
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Your claim;
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The evidence;
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Introduction
: include the following items (the most important part!)
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Motivation
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A re-statement of Abstract
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Significance (
重要性
)
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An outline of the rest of the paper
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Related Work:
與你的論文問題相關的資料
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A critical review
批判的眼光對待以前及現有的方法
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強調你的創新點
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Problem Statement and algorithm design: explain your idea in detail
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Evaluation: Evidence to support the claim of your research contribution
除非能用理論證明你的觀點，最好要有實驗結果與數據
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Conclusion & Summary of the research contribution
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What to know before you write?
寫論文前要知道些什么
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Assess the audience
：給誰寫
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Assess the purpose
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Read other people’s writing from the forums that you are targeting
要知道你的敵人是誰！看哪些人在做類似的工作
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Follow the rules
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如何寫高質量論文？
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Choose a promising topic
選題很重要
www.cs.uvm.edu
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How to present a convincing case?
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What exactly is the problem being solved?
你的文章解決什么問題
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How are your ideas significant?
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Is all related work referenced and reviewed?
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Comparative studies with previous work are needed.
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Has your system implemented?
文章提出解決問題的方法是否實現了
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In-Depth Analysis of Empirical Results
寫清實驗細節
Enough details for your experiment settings
有沒有其它的可能實驗途徑？
alternatives
實驗結果是否一致并有結論性？
Are the results consistent & conclusive?
實驗中重要參數調整與選擇的方法和原因
實驗結果與前言（
introduction
）動機是否一致
實驗過程中好的結果加以學習，壞的結果記錄下來讓他人避免
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Introduction
前言
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1/3-2/3 rule from reviewer’s perspective:
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1/3 time to read your introduction & make a decision
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2/3 time to find the evidence for decision
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A good introduction with a good motivation is half of your success!
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Include the following items:
研究的問題；動機；技術貢獻；證據；重要性；文章概要
Outline
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How to publish?
Reading
and citing relevant paper from the premier forums! (must)
技術進步文章是主題文章，應用型文章必須要強調創新點（
innovation
）
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How to deal with feedback?
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How to deal with Handling Editors?
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Be polite, but to the point;
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Ask for a change, if a clearly biased or unfair case;
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How to deal with conflicting review reports?
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雜志（
Journal Submissions
）：
Provide a point-by-point statement of change!
將每個審稿人修改意見列出，并說明所作的修改
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會議（
Conference
）
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How to deal with “arrogant” and “ignorant” reviewers?
Provide a gentle statement for the “unreasonable” criticisms;
Try and resolve some of their comments
盡量按他們的意愿改
Your attitude to the reviewers is important!
修改稿可以再投
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總結以上最重要的
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點：
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文章要有想法和證據；
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切忌面面俱到
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明確敵人是誰
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Choose a promising topic
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實驗數據前后是否一致
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前言很重要
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引論相關文章
premier forums
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寫詳細修改報告
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用寬容的態度對待審稿意見