Scientific Writing - Winter 2008
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- Term
- Winter 08
- Lecturer
- Dr. Michael Bader, Dr.-Ing. Harald Köstler
- Time and Place
- block seminar (see below for schedule)
- Audience
- Students of the Bavarian Graduate School of Computational Engineering, or of the Elite Network of Bavaria
- Tutorials
- -
- Exam
- -
- Semesterwochenstunden / ECTS Credits
- 3 Credits
- TUMonline
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Topics and Schedule
The seminar will address topics in scientific writing and publishing. It will mix short student presentations with group work and discussions, and will also include writing and reviewing assignments in addition to the seminar sessions.
Seminar Sessions
Preliminary plan for the block seminar sessions:
| Time and Day | Place | |
|---|---|---|
| Session 1 | Thu, Dec 4, 14:30-18:30 | Erlangen |
| Fri, Dec 5, 9:00-13:00, 14:00-17:00 | ||
| Session 2 | Fri, Jan 9, 13:00-18:30 | Garching |
| Sat, Jan 10, 9:00-12:00, 13:00-15:30 | ||
| Session 3 | Thu, Jan 22, 14:30-18:30 | Erlangen |
| Fri, Jan 23, 9:00-13:00, 14:00-17:00 |
Schedule for Short Presentations
This schedule is preliminary!
| Topic | Presented by | Session/Day |
|---|---|---|
| How Does Scientific Publishing Work? | Prof. U. Rüde | Fri, Dec 5, 14:00 |
| Scientific Writing - The IMRAD approach | Ömer Demirel | Thu, Dec 4 |
| How To Prepare the Title | Yang Li | Thu, Dec 4 |
| How To Prepare the Abstract | Dheevatsa Mudigere | Fri, Dec 5 |
| How To Write the Introduction | Ventsislav Petkov | Fri, Dec 5 |
| How To How To Cite the References | Yunyun Ni | Fri, Jan 9 |
| How To Write the Materials & Methods Section | Rishi Patil | Fri, Jan 9 |
| Use and Misuse of English | Daniel Butnaru, Kaveh Rahnema | Sat, Jan 10 |
| How To Write the Results | Torsten Dreher | Thu, Jan 22 |
| How To Design Effective Tables | Björn Gmeiner | Thu, Jan 22 |
| How To Prepare Effective Graphs | Hao Zhu, Robert Schmidt | Thu, Jan 22 |
| How To Write the Discussion | Thomas Heller | Thu, Jan 22 |
Literature
The student presentations will be based on the following textbook:
- Robert A. Day: How to Write & Publish a Scientific Paper, Oryx Press
Further material (incl. online resources):
- Nicholas J. Higham: Handbook of Writing for the Mathematical Sciences, SIAM
- Mathematical Writing by Donald E. Knuth, Tracy L. Larrabee, and Paul M. Roberts