Section Name Description
File Course syllabus
Week 1 - Introduction File Lecture 1 Notes - Introduction (2024)

Fall 2024
Page Tailor your messaging to your audience: some examples
URL You and Your Research - Richard Hamming

A mediation of one of computing's great minds on how to do impactful research.
Week 2 - Reading Papers File Lecture 2 Notes - Reading Papers (2024)
File How to Read a Paper? 3 passes strategy
File Conference Paper Example

An example of a conference paper at a top venue.
File Journal paper example

The extension of the above conference paper. Note the explicit delta mentioned in the introduction.
File Later journal paper example

My newest structure for journal papers. Note the explicit contributions and research questions in the intro, and the explicit categories for threats to validity.
Folder Summary examples
Week 3 - Reviewing papers URL Guidelines to reviewers for MICCAI 2023

"This document provides detailed guidelines to reviewers for MICCAI 2023. We believe it is important to summarize what makes a good MICCAI review and some of the expectations from you as a reviewer. We also include the rules that MICCAI 2023 adopts for paper anonymization as part of its double-blind peer review process."
File ICSE 2023 Review Process and Guidelines
File Lecture 3 - Reviewing Papers - Slides (2024)
Folder Review Examples

Here are examples of good reviews from past editions of the course.
Folder Research field notes

Presentations about different research fields. Main conferences/journals, their submissions procedures and dates, major papers and presentations.
Week 4 - Writing papers File Lecture 4 - Writing papers and proposals (2024)
File NSERC Presentation Standards
File Potential Paper Structure
URL How to write a great research paper

This talk offers seven simple, concrete suggestions for how to improve your research papers.
URL How to write a great research proposal

Writing a good research grant proposal is not easy. This page is an attempt to collect together a number of suggestions about what makes a good proposal.
File Research Proposal Sample
URL Behind the scenes: the struggle for each paper

A detailed examination of each of the author's papers. Shows how much hard work, luck, and rejections there are for each paper. Very worth reading to see how papers are actually written.
Week 5 - Presentation skills File Lecture 5 - Presentation Skills
URL How to give successful oral and poster presentations
URL How to give a great research talk

Writing papers and giving talks are key skills for any researcher, but they aren’t easy. In this presentation, they describe simple guidelines that they follow for giving talks,
Folder Examples of Presentation Slides

Example presentation slides from past terms
Week 6 - About Conferences File Lecture 6 - About Conferences Slides
Week 7 - Productivity File Lecture 7 - Productivity Slides
URL 40 years of programming

An essay on life, software, and productivity. Well worth reading.

TLDR: "Take care of yourself. Sleep. Eat. Exercise. Rest. Relax. Take care of other people, as best you can. People are important. Software is just fun."
Week 8 - Long-term Productivity File Lecture 8 - Long-term productivity slides