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Research Methods

Course Overview

Module 1: Introduction to LaTeX - E. Franconi (27/10/2014 - 31/10/2014)

• Slides (by John Lees-Miller, University of Bristol)
  1. The basics
  2. Structured documents
  3. Presentations and more
• Additional material on LaTeX

Module 2: Introduction to research and scientific paper reading/writing - D. Calvanese (3/11/2014 - 7/11/2014)

1. What is Research?
2. Research in Computer Science
3. Selection of PhD topic
4. Reading scientific papers
5. How to write a good scientific paper

Module 3: Empirical/experimental CS research methods and paper writing - F. Ricci (10/11/2014 - 14/11/2014)

• Template for reading and critiquing a scientific article

Module 4: How to write a research plan - S. Helmer (17/11/2014 - 21/11/2014)

Module 5: Research evaluation - W. Nutt (24/11/2014 - 28/11/2014)

1. Peer reviewing
2. Bibliometrics

Module 6: Presenting scientific work - M. Montali (1/12/2014 - 5/12/2014)

Example presentations:

• Keynote by Joe Hellerstein on "The Declarative Imperative"
• BPM 2014 presentation - Check in particular the introduction and slides 14-16.
• KR 2014 presentation - Check in particular slide 2 and slides 12-23.

Additional useful material is available here.