Research Skills Module - MPhil in Advanced Computer Science
Created: | 2009-12-03 15:57 |
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Institution: | Department of Computer Science and Technology |
Editors' group: | Department of Computer Science and Technology editors group |
Description: | Lectures from the Research Skills Module on the MPhil in Advanced Computer Science |
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This collection contains 23 media items.
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An example mathematics talk - 2012 Lecture 15c - Research Skills

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An example of how (and how not) to present a mathematical proof in a talk.
Collection: Research Skills Module - MPhil in Advanced Computer Science
Institution: Department of Computer Science and Technology
Created: Thu 25 Sep 2014
Authorship and acknowledgements - 2012 Lecture 11c - Research Skills

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Who should be author on your paper? What order should the authors be listed in? Who goes in the acknowledgement section? What are the guidelines for these, sometimes contentious,...
Collection: Research Skills Module - MPhil in Advanced Computer Science
Institution: Department of Computer Science and Technology
Created: Mon 28 Oct 2013
Conferences - 2012 Lecture 11b - Research Skills

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The importance of conferences in the field of computer science. How this differs from other scientific disciplines. The different types of conference. Where should you submit a...
Collection: Research Skills Module - MPhil in Advanced Computer Science
Institution: Department of Computer Science and Technology
Created: Thu 10 Oct 2013
Examples of creating graphs - 2012 Lecture 12b - Research Skills

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Two live examples of making graphs in Microsoft Excel. This demonstrates both exploring a data set and also the kinds of things that go wrong when using a graphing tool.
Collection: Research Skills Module - MPhil in Advanced Computer Science
Institution: Department of Computer Science and Technology
Created: Tue 23 Sep 2014
Figures, Tables, Maths, Algorithms - 2012 Lecture 13a - Research Skills

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Presenting non-textual material in academic papers - tips, pitfalls, and examples
Collection: Research Skills Module - MPhil in Advanced Computer Science
Institution: Department of Computer Science and Technology
Created: Tue 23 Sep 2014
Good and bad presentations

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Lecture 8 in a course on Research Skills, presented to the MPhil in Advanced Computer Science at the University of Cambridge, 2 November 2009.
Contents: (1) a research...
Collection: Research Skills Module - MPhil in Advanced Computer Science
Institution: Department of Computer Science and Technology
Created: Thu 3 Dec 2009
Graphs - 2012 Lecture 12a - Research Skills

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Good and bad graphs. Based on Edward Tufte's The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, Ross Ihaka's Auckland University lecture on good and bad graphs, and Steve Simon's...
Collection: Research Skills Module - MPhil in Advanced Computer Science
Institution: Department of Computer Science and Technology
Created: Tue 23 Sep 2014
How NOT to give a presentation - 2012 Lecture 3a - Research Skills

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An example of a bad presentation, demonstrating many mistakes made in presentations. This is followed by a discussion of what went wrong. Lectured to the Research Skills class on...
Collection: Research Skills Module - MPhil in Advanced Computer Science
Institution: Department of Computer Science and Technology
Created: Wed 17 Oct 2012
How to prepare a presentation

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Lecture 9 in a course on Research Skills, presented as part of the MPhil in Advanced Computer Science at The Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge. The lecture was given on...
Collection: Research Skills Module - MPhil in Advanced Computer Science
Institution: Department of Computer Science and Technology
Created: Wed 15 Sep 2010
How to prepare a presentation - 2012 Lecture 16b - Research Skills

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Tips on how to prepare a presentation: what are you trying to do? what questions should you ask yourself? how do you make your ideas stick in the heads of the audience?
Collection: Research Skills Module - MPhil in Advanced Computer Science
Institution: Department of Computer Science and Technology
Created: Thu 25 Sep 2014
How to read - 2012 Lecture 16a - Research Skills

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How to read (and write) academic papers - some brief thoughts.
Collection: Research Skills Module - MPhil in Advanced Computer Science
Institution: Department of Computer Science and Technology
Created: Thu 25 Sep 2014
How to write a great research paper - 2012 Lecture 6 - Research Skills

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Professor Simon Peyton Jones, Microsoft Research, gives a guest lecture on writing. Seven simple suggestions: don't wait - write, identify your key idea, tell a story, nail your...
Collection: Research Skills Module - MPhil in Advanced Computer Science
Institution: Department of Computer Science and Technology
Created: Fri 19 Apr 2013
How to write the first draft - 2012 Lecture 5b - Research Skills

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Two ways to write the first draft of a document. Advice on editing and advice on getting other people to comment on your document.
Collection: Research Skills Module - MPhil in Advanced Computer Science
Institution: Department of Computer Science and Technology
Created: Thu 7 Mar 2013
Laying out presentation slides - 2012 Lecture 15b - Research Skills

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How (and how not) to lay out presentation slides
Collection: Research Skills Module - MPhil in Advanced Computer Science
Institution: Department of Computer Science and Technology
Created: Thu 25 Sep 2014
More examples of creating graphs - 2012 Lecture 13b - Research Skills

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Two examples of using graphs to explore data sets.
Collection: Research Skills Module - MPhil in Advanced Computer Science
Institution: Department of Computer Science and Technology
Created: Tue 23 Sep 2014
Posters - 2012 Lecture 14a - Research Skills

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Making posters for conferences. Examples of good and poor posters.
Collection: Research Skills Module - MPhil in Advanced Computer Science
Institution: Department of Computer Science and Technology
Created: Fri 26 Sep 2014
Presenting a paper - 2012 Lecture 3b - Research Skills

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Presenting a paper. A short presentation of basic concepts and mis-conceptions in presenting a paper. This is an introduction to the longer presentations later in the course. In...
Collection: Research Skills Module - MPhil in Advanced Computer Science
Institution: Department of Computer Science and Technology
Created: Fri 30 Nov 2012
Reading research papers - 2012 Lecture 1 - Research Skills

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Introduction to the Research Skills module. The research process. The nature of research papers. How to read a research paper. How to produce a reading plan. How to find research...
Collection: Research Skills Module - MPhil in Advanced Computer Science
Institution: Department of Computer Science and Technology
Created: Tue 2 Oct 2012
Reviewing papers - 2012 Lecture 2a - Research Skills

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Refereeing academic papers and the reviewing process. This is a recording of a rehearsal of the first part of Lecture 2. There is no audience.
Collection: Research Skills Module - MPhil in Advanced Computer Science
Institution: Department of Computer Science and Technology
Created: Fri 5 Oct 2012
The Gettysburg Address - 2012 Lecture 15a - Research Skills

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The Gettysburg Address as an example of a presentation, including context and lessons for preparing presentations.
Collection: Research Skills Module - MPhil in Advanced Computer Science
Institution: Department of Computer Science and Technology
Created: Thu 25 Sep 2014