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\title{Dos and Don'ts in Computational Linguistics Conference Papers}
%\subtitle{Darmstadt University of Technology\\Corpus-based Analysis of LSP\\Prof. Dr. Elke Teich, Dr. Sabine Bartsch, \mbox{SS 2004}}
\author{Jean-Pierre Schwickerath}
%\institution{July 2nd, 2004}
\institution{Darmstadt University of Technology\\Corpus-based Analysis of LSP, \mbox{SS 2004}\\Prof. Dr. Elke Teich, Dr. Sabine Bartsch\\\bigskip \textit{July 2nd, 2004}}
\email{http://schwicky.net/projects/2004/lsp/}

\slideCaption{Dos and Don'ts in Computational Linguistics Conference Papers --- Jean-Pierre Schwickerath}


\begin{document}
\maketitle

\begin{slide}{Generic structure}
\begin{enumerate}
	\item Abstract
	\item Introduction
	\item State of the art
	\item Main part
	\item Conclusion and future work
	\item References
\end{enumerate}
\end{slide}


\overlays{2}{%
\begin{slide}{How to decide about it?}

To find out the best way to organize a paper, one can:

\begin{itemstep}
	\item Use guidelines for reviewers,
	\item See what the market has to offer: Look at existing papers and extract information.
\end{itemstep}
\end{slide}}


\overlays{4}{%
\begin{slide}{Evaluation points (ACL)}

\begin{itemstep}
	\item \textbf{well-structured}: clearly organized, has an initial overview, a final summary, structure is logical.
	\item \textbf{well-written}: good prose, reasonable sentence length, grammar at native-speaker level.
	\item \textbf{well-motivated}: identifies important problem(s) to tackle, other analytical options are discussed/rejected.
	\item \textbf{focused}: clear statement of goals, goals carried out, results evaluated in terms of goals.

\end{itemstep}
\end{slide}}


\overlays{4}{%
\begin{slide}{Evaluation points (ACL) (2)}

\begin{itemstep}
	\item \textbf{situated}: notes relevant earlier work, relates own proposals to that work.
	\item \textbf{exemplified}: formalism given detailed applications, applications are intuitive and well-explained.
	\item \textbf{accessible}: technical terminology explained on first use, self-contained, careful development of new concepts.
	\item \textbf{evaluated}: evaluation methodology is explained clearly, novel techniques are adequately explained and justified, results are described in sufficient detail.

\end{itemstep}
\end{slide}}

\overlays{6}{%
\begin{slide}{Tenor: from expert to expert}

\begin{itemstep}
	\item An expert writing for less experts --- conference paper,
	\item An expert writing to a more expert --- paper at university.
	\item Be precise and clear! Don't loose yourself in complex elaborations.
	\item Don't be too vague. Be sure to be original enough.
	\item It's a scientific paper: expressions from spoken language and novel prose should be avoided.
	\item The reader doesn't want to taught by ``know-it-alls''.
\end{itemstep}

\end{slide}}



\overlays{4}{%
\begin{slide}{Advice for initial submission}
\begin{itemstep}
	\item Abstracts: In engineering longer than in linguistics.
	\item Take care of the correct content: what, why, how.
	\item ACL says: ``Maximum length of full papers: 7 pages.''
	\item Blind review: No name and no self references in the paper.
\end{itemstep}

\end{slide}}


\overlays{5}{%
\begin{slide}{Structure in detail}
\begin{itemstep}
	\item \textbf{Introduction}: Why was this paper written? Short intro into the topic. 
		What is the problem and the goal? Structure of the paper: 1--2 sentences per chapter.
	\item \textbf{State of the art}: what are others doing? Context and boundary conditions.
	\item \textbf{Main part}: Recursive structure on chapter level: Introduction --- Main Part --- Conclusion.
	\begin{itemize}
		\item Research papers: presentation of new results, possible applications, evaluation.
		\item Comparison of literature: presentation of the known work and comparing evaluation.
	\end{itemize}
\end{itemstep}

\end{slide}}


\overlays{6}{%
\begin{slide}{Advice for the content}
\begin{itemstep}
	\item Headings need to characterize content in a few words.
	\item A central theme needs to be discernible (roter Faden). Cross references should be avoided.
	\item Related ideas belong in a paragraph. 
	\item One cannot say it often enough: be precise! Complex descriptions and relativizing adjectives should be avoided.
	\item Don't write about stuff which is irrelevant for your paper.
	\item Avoid too long sentences, they're hard to understand.
\end{itemstep}

\end{slide}}



\overlays{6}{%
\begin{slide}{Advice for the content (2)}
\begin{itemstep}
	\item Every statement must be proved.
	\item When using a new term, you have to introduce it first.
	\item Same things should always be called the same.
	\item Usage of abbreviations can be useful.
	\item Examples can help understanding.
	\item Long text passages are hard to read: use figures, lists, tables\ldots
\end{itemstep}

\end{slide}}



\overlays{6}{%
\begin{slide}{Figures}
\begin{itemstep}
	\item Figures need to be explained in the text.
	\item When talking about a figure it should be included in the paper.
	\item If a figure contains a line with arrows at both ends but the text only explains one direction then: 
	\begin{itemize}
		\item the text is incomplete,
		\item or the figure is wrong.
	\end{itemize}
	\item Watch copyright and reference the source of the figure.
\end{itemstep}

\end{slide}}


\overlays{6}{%
\begin{slide}{References}
\begin{itemstep}
	\item Be sure to include every reference you used.
	\item In the text, use names of the authors and year of publication. Optionally: pages. E.g. (Teich and Bartsch, 2004)
	\item In linguistics, the list is usually not numbered.
	\item Include enough information to allow the reader to find the documents.
	\begin{itemize}
		\item Include: Authors, year, title of publications. Pages and publisher.
		\item Journal: number and volume.
	\end{itemize}
\end{itemstep}

\end{slide}}


\begin{slide}{Thank you for your attention!}
\begin{thebibliography}{99}
	\bibitem{aclguidelines} ACL Guidelines for Reviewers
	\bibitem{aclstyle} Style template for ACL papers
	\bibitem{acl} Various papers presented at ACL conferences \url{www.aclweb.org}
	\bibitem{ieee} Various IEEE papers \url{www.ieee.org}
	\bibitem{hinweise} Baumgart \textit{et al.}, Hinweise zur Erstellung schriftlicher Arbeiten und deren Präsentation
\end{thebibliography}
\end{slide}


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