CS 6000 Research Methodologies

Papers to be Reviewed (Oral Presentation):

Papers to be Reviewed (Written Presentation):

Useful URLs:

• CS 6000 Syllabus click here
• CSUH Library Home Page click here
• HAYSTAC Library Catalog click here
• Library Catalog for Author IEEE with Limit Search to Periodicals click here
• Library Catalog for Author ACM with Limit Search to Periodicals click here
• Enter IEEE or ACM at the Periodical Locator click here
• Electronic Resources Subject Guide for Computer Science click here
• Selected Computer Science Library Resources click here
• Elsevier Science: click here
• Library Liason for Computer Science Liz Ginno click here
• ACM Portal click here
• IEEE Search click here
• IEEE Digital Members click here

Oral Presentation Suggestions:

• talk to your audience, not to your instructor or the screen
  • assume your audience is exactly a group of Master's students
  • assume your audience knows very little about your particular topic
  • try to be as relaxed as possible
  • be sure your audience can hear you
• for 15-20 minute talk, consider about 15 slides or so
• start off with an index or table of contents
• then we need to see the point of the paper
• most of your talk should then be on the content
• finish up with contribution, technical quality, strong/weak points, open issues
  • you don't have to do all of these but think about them
• if you choose a really light-weight paper:
  • there might not be enough "meat" to make it interesting
  • you might have to bolster your talk to give more info
• if you choose a more technical paper:
  • you have to make sure that you can summarize for the audience
• do not just read your slides
  • make short "bullet" items, rather than paragraphs, and then talk more about them
  • do not read from another set of notes
• be careful about your organization
  • maybe it should not flow exactly like the paper, just consider it
• it's OK to "edit"
  • if it's long, you definitely want to get the key points
• try to help your audience with the real "meaning" of the topics

Written Presentation Suggestions:

• select a technical paper
• summarize the technical aspects to demonstrate that you understand it
  • assume your audience is your instructor (Ph.D., Professor)
  • assume your audience might have had some exposure to the area
  • assume your audience has not read the paper in detail
  • assume your audience *will* read in detail if necessary
    • avoid this
• think of your paper as a "reader", or "attachment" to the source paper
  • you don't have to make figures or equations, just refer to the source
  • try to get quickly to the heart of the technical material and put it into your own words
• be careful about your organization
  • since you are summarizing, maybe there's a different organization than the paper
• the length does not have to be long
  • the goal is to summarize
  • but it has to be long enough to demonstrate understanding
  • 2 pages (maybe too short), 3, 4, 5 (maybe too long)
• the style should be "narrative"
  • do not make bullets but rather paragraphs
  • if you need to show some math, fine
  • but just don't show the same math as in the paper and leave it at that. instead, your job is to convert to words.
  • don't write anything "verbatim", paraphrase in your words
  • don't waste (stuff) your few pages with algorithm code directly from the paper. instead, refer to the code in the source paper and explain it in your own words.