053039 VU Academic Research and Writing (2021W)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Mo 13.09.2021 09:00 to Mo 20.09.2021 09:00
- Deregistration possible until Th 14.10.2021 23:59
Details
max. 25 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Wednesday 06.10. 08:00 - 09:30 Digital
- Wednesday 13.10. 08:00 - 09:30 Digital
- Wednesday 20.10. 08:00 - 09:30 Digital
- Wednesday 27.10. 08:00 - 09:30 Digital
- Wednesday 03.11. 08:00 - 09:30 Digital
- Wednesday 10.11. 08:00 - 09:30 Digital
- Wednesday 17.11. 08:00 - 09:30 Digital
- Wednesday 24.11. 08:00 - 09:30 Digital
- Wednesday 01.12. 08:00 - 09:30 Digital
- Wednesday 15.12. 08:00 - 09:30 Digital
- Wednesday 12.01. 08:00 - 09:30 Digital
- Wednesday 19.01. 08:00 - 09:30 Digital
- Wednesday 26.01. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 2, Währinger Straße 29 2.OG
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
The evaluation of your performance will be based on three parts:
1) written paper review
2) written test
3) oral paper presentation.You will be assigned a current paper of computer science research for which you need to prepare a written review. You will choose a second paper which you will present in an oral presentation. Furthermore, there will be a written test on the topics of the lecture.You can obtain up to 40 points on the written test, up to 30 points for the review of your paper and up to 30 points for the paper presentation.
1) written paper review
2) written test
3) oral paper presentation.You will be assigned a current paper of computer science research for which you need to prepare a written review. You will choose a second paper which you will present in an oral presentation. Furthermore, there will be a written test on the topics of the lecture.You can obtain up to 40 points on the written test, up to 30 points for the review of your paper and up to 30 points for the paper presentation.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Regular attendance is mandatory in order to pass the course.The grading scale for the course will be:
1: at least 87.5%
2: at least 75.0%
3: at least 60.0%
4: at least 40.0%
1: at least 87.5%
2: at least 75.0%
3: at least 60.0%
4: at least 40.0%
Examination topics
Lecture and research papers.
Reading list
Justin Zobel: Writing for Computer Science, Springer 2009, 2014.
Association in the course directory
Module: MSE
Last modified: Fr 12.05.2023 00:13
Topics include: Issues in scientific writing (authorship, reproducible research); Preparing a scientific manuscript for high-impact conferences and journals; Conference presentation; How to do a peer review; How to search in the literature.