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How to Pick, Read, and Present a Research Paper

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How to Pick, Read & Present a Research Paper

ROBERT STEPHEN BREWER29. AUGUST 2014

WHY STUDY RESEARCH PAPERS?›To get ideas for your research› General topics› What remains to be done (future work)

›To understand what has come before› Don’t reinvent the wheel› Techniques/methods you can use

›To learn how to write your own paper› Make sure to learn from good papers, though!

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How to Pick, Read & Present a Research Paper

ROBERT STEPHEN BREWER29. AUGUST 2014

HOW TO FIND PAPERS›Start with relevant keywords› “human-computer interaction water conservation”› “food waste HCI”› “sleep quality tracking HCI”

›Search online› scholar.google.com› dl.acm.org› plain old google.com or google.dk

›If you don’t have keywords, start with topics

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How to Pick, Read & Present a Research Paper

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HOW TO PICK PAPERS›Does the title seem relevant?›Was it published somewhere reputable/high quality?

›Read the abstract› Does it seem useful?› Does it sound interesting?› What do you expect to learn from reading it?

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How to Pick, Read & Present a Research Paper

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HOW TO READ A PAPER 1›Two pass method› Adapted from S. Keshav. 2007. How to read a paper. SIGCOMM

Comput. Commun. Rev. 37, 3 (July 2007), 83-84. DOI=10.1145/1273445.1273458

›Pass 1› Read title, abstract, introduction, section headers, conclusion

› Should be able to answer the 5 Cs› Category› Context› Correctness› Contributions› Clarity

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How to Pick, Read & Present a Research Paper

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HOW TO READ A PAPER 2›Pass 2› Read the entire paper, examining it closely› Take notes on important points and questions you have

› Be skeptical! Examine any assumptions made, and look for proof of any claims made

› Note any interesting references, check them out later

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How to Pick, Read & Present a Research Paper

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HOW TO PRESENT A PAPER›Think about your audience: what do they want to know?

›List title and authors›What is the main problem or idea?›What are the main contributions of the paper?›How do the authors evaluate their ideas?›What conclusions do the authors draw?›What problems (if any) did you have with the paper?

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How to Pick, Read & Present a Research Paper

ROBERT STEPHEN BREWER29. AUGUST 2014

QUESTIONS?

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How to Pick, Read & Present a Research Paper

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LET’S FIND SOME PAPERS!

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