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Course Catalog 2011-2012
TKT-9617 Scientific Publishing, 6 cr |
Additional information
The course includes an exercise conference, in which students write, review, and present a paper and discuss after presentations. Course is in English.
Periods 1 and 2 contain the lectures, Period 3 contains homework (no lectures) and the final conference.
Suitable for postgraduate studies
Person responsible
Marko Hännikäinen
Lessons
| Study type | P1 | P2 | P3 | P4 | Summer | Implementations | Lecture times and places |
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Requirements
Active participation in lectures, exercises during the course, writing of a scientific article, paper review, exercise conference organization duties, and conference presentation.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation
Learning outcomes
A student is familiar with the complete scientific publishing process. A student knows what is expected from a good scientific article and can write high-quality articles him/herself. Also, a student can carry out peer-reviews and give constructive feedback for improving draft articles. Student can prepare conference presentation and masters a good oral conference presentation.
Content
| Content | Core content | Complementary knowledge | Specialist knowledge |
| 1. | A scientific publication: structure, contents, written presentation. | Good scientific practice, research ethics, example papers. IEEE practices and regulations. | |
| 2. | Phases and tasks of the publishing process. Scientific Societies. | Selecting publishers, purpose and reputation of different publishers and forums. | |
| 3. | Oral conference presentations: preparation, materials, structuring. | Poster preparation. | |
| 4. | Participation to a scientific conference. | Acting as a conference session chair, acting as an opponent. | |
| 5. | Use of English in scientific writing. | Analyzing example papers. Specific terminology. Practical hints for English writing. | |
| 6. | Tools for publishing: Internet, data bases, word processing tools. | Use of LaTeX tools. | |
| 7. | The peer review process - giving constructive feedback and comments for draft publications. | Evaluation of scientific quality of articles. |
Evaluation criteria for the course
Passing the course requires active participation in lectures and completion of all exercises. Successful completion of all exercises requires mastering the core content of the course.
Assessment scale:
Evaluation scale passed/failed will be used on the course
Partial passing:
Study material
| Type | Name | Author | ISBN | URL | Edition, availability, ... | Examination material | Language |
| Book | The Craft of Scientific Presentations | Michael Alley | 0-387-95555-0 | English | |||
| Book | The Craft of Scientific Writing | Michael Alley | 0-387-94766-3 | English | |||
| Lecture slides | Lecture notes and material | Marko Hännikäinen | English |
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Correspondence of content
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More precise information per implementation
| Implementation | Description | Methods of instruction | Implementation |
| A student is familiar and understands the complete scientific publishing process. A student knows what is expected from a good scientific article and can write high-quality articles him/herself. Also, a student knows how to carry out peer-reviews and give constructive feedback for improving draft articles. Student can prepare conference presentation and masters a good oral conference presentation. | Lectures Practical works |
Contact teaching: 0 % Distance learning: 0 % Self-directed learning: 0 % |