Professor A. Mason: Writing and Presentation Tips
Many knowledgeable people have
prepared books, articles and notes on the principles of effective and proper
writing that are very helpful aids to preparing technical reports and
scientific papers. Here I will reference (and link where possible) the
material I have found most useful and include some of my own resources on
writing and presentations.
Writing
General technical aspects of writing in English
The Elements of Style by William
Strunk, Jr.
contents online at: http://www.bartleby.com/141/index.html
Common Bugs in
Writing, notes from Professor Henning Schulzrinne, Columbia University
Focus on scientific papers (especially electrical
engineering & IEEE)
Whitesides' Group: Writing a Paper by George M. Whitesides
<PDF>
Writing Technical Articles, notes from Professor
Henning Schulzrinne, Columbia
University
http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~hgs/etc/writing-style.html <PDF, in case the URL
changes>
Top
10 tips for writing a paper, and Writing
a good introduction, by Jim Kurose, Univ.
of Massachusetts, Amherst
How
to give/write a good research talk/paper/grant, a collection of
resources by Simon Peyton Jones, Microsoft
Tips on presenting and writing <PPT>, lecture notes by Andrew
Mason, Michigan State Univ.
IEEE
Journal/Transactions Template -a 'must read' for preparing IEEE
papers
Presentations
General speaking skills
"How to Speak: Lecture Tips from Patrick
Winston",
by Professor Patrick Winston, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
videos available online from the Derek Bok
Center for Teaching and Learning
at Harvard University
http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/html/icb.topic58703/winston1.html
Focus on technical presentations
Tips on presenting and writing <PPT>, lecture notes by Andrew
Mason, Michigan State Univ.
The
Short Talk, by Charles Van Loan, Cornell Univ.
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