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Technical writing in computer systems and networks

Course Code: DAT147 / DIT665
Number of Credits: 7.5 hp

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, is an important part of the course.

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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

Supervisors: 

  • Vincenzo Gulisano
  • Tomas Olovsson
  • Magnus Almgren
  • Elad Schiller
  • Karl Bäckström
  • Ivan Walulya
  • Marina Papatriantafilou
  • Pablo Picazo-Sanchez
  • Pedro Trancoso
  • Philippas Tsigas
  • Romaric Duvignau

Teaching assistant: Hannaneh Najdataei, course assistant, phone: 031-772 8161, email: hannajd

    Student representatives:

    • Akshita Bhatt

    • Tejaswini Priyanka R Ravi Kumar M

     

    Schedule

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