– we risk turning into ‘pancake people’—spread wide and thin as we connect with that vast network of information accessed by the mere touch of a button.
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Research is about innovation
How to train innovation?
Independent Thinking
• Is Google making us stupid?
– the downfall of deep reading/thinking
– Internet is rewiring our brains, forcibly adapting us to tolerate only bite-sized summations and simplified blips at the expense of deeper thought
• Long review & publication process • No page limit • No charge / Open access • Indexed by SCI
• Conference proceeding
– Long paper – Short paper – Demo
What Is Research?
1. Solve a problem using existing methods. Write a documentation, a tech report, a manual, a README.txt. -- low innovation, little impact
• Title (1000 readers) • Abstract (4 sentences, 100 readers) • Introduction (1 page, 100 readers) • The problem (1 page, 10 readers) • My idea (2 pages, 10 readers) • The details (5 pages, 3 readers) • Related work (1-2 pages, 10 readers) • Conclusions and further work (0.5 pages)
• Short review & publication process • Page length limit • Presentation at conference • Not indexed by SCI
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Journal vs Conference
• 丈夫驾车出门。 妻子在家听广播，听到一 则报道，妻子连忙拿起电话。 妻子：老 公啊，我刚听广播上说，高速公路上有一 辆车在逆行，你千万要小心啊。 老公： 哪是一辆啊，我看有好几百辆车都在逆行。
Nicholas Carr, Atlantic monthly July 2008
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Open eyes by reading
• How to read paper • How to select paper
Academic Paper (Scholarly Paper)
• In academic publishing, a paper is an academic work that is usually published in an academic journal. It contains original research results or reviews existing results. Such a paper, also called an article, will only be considered valid if it undergoes a process of peer review by one or more referees (who are academics in the same field) who check that the content of the paper is suitable for publication in the journal. .
2. Improve existing solutions to an existing problem. Write a paper. -- low innovation, little impact
3. Identify a new problem. Generalize your solution so it can solve a class of problems. Write a paper. -high innovation, high impact
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Paper Publication
• Journal– Re来自ular paper – Survey
• Conference proceeding
– Long paper – Short paper – Demo
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Paper Publication
• Journal
– Regular paper – Survey
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Paper Structure
• Title • Abstract • Introduction • The problem • My idea • The details • Related work • Conclusions and further work
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Structure (conference paper, 10~12pages)
• Short review & publication process • Page length limit • Presentation at conference • Not indexed by SCI
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Paper Publication
• Journal
– Regular paper – Survey
• Long review & publication process • No page limit • No charge / Open access • Indexed by SCI
• Conference proceeding
– Long paper – Short paper – Demo