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DAT147 / DIT665 DAT147 / DIT665 Technical writing in Computer Systems and Networks lp1 HT20 (7.5 hp)

The course is offered by the Department of Computer Science and Engineering

 

Course purpose

This course aims to develop the student's awareness of the underlying structure of scientific and engineering research papers and to improve proficiency in reviewing and writing scientific research papers as well as presenting such papers in public. To this end, the student examines and surveys the current state of the art in a specific field, such as e.g. data communication, computer networks, distributed systems, computer security, real-time systems, computer architecture, and computer system engineering and writes an analytical survey paper in this field. Ethical issues in general and in connection with scientific writing, e.g. plagiarism and authorship, are an important part of the course.

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Course literature

Recommended textbook
Writing for Computer Science, 3rd ed., by Justin Zobel, ISBN 978-1-85233-802-2
(Full Text Online, Chalmers Library)

Template papers
These papers will be used as illustrative survey examples in the lectures and workshops:

Examiner and teachers

Examiner and coordinator: Vincenzo Gulisano, phone: 031-772 6147, email: vincenzo.gulisano

Teacher (writing): Raffaella Negretti, phone: 076-606 1663, email: negretti

Teacher (ethics): Richard Torkar, phone: 031-772 5719, email: richard.torkar

Teacher (presentation techniques): Dave Sands, phone: 031-772 1059, email: dave

Teaching assistants:

  • Hannaneh Najdataei, course assistant, phone: 031-772 8161, email: hannajd
  • Karl Bäckström, course assistant, phone: 031-772 6331, email: bakarl

Supervisors: 

  • Bhavishya Goel
  • Magnus Almgren
  • Tomas Olovsson
  • Marina Papatriantafilou
  • Elad Schiller
  • Ismail Butun
  • Romaric Duvignau
  • Philippas Tsigas
  • Vincenzo Gulisano
  • Pedro Trancoso
  • Ioannis Sourdis
  • Miquel Pericas
  • Per Stenström

Student representatives:

  • Åke Axeland, email: akeax

  • Daniel Karlberg, email: dankarlb

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