Students are encouraged to review the research resources that can help them write and present technical papers and reports.
Some good links for technical writing and paper presentation:
Hints on Writing Technical Papers and Making Presentations by Vicotor O. K. Li
How to Cite References: IEEE Documentation Style (import for reports)
Convert PDF to EPS file using GIMP (for good resolution of images in latex document)
Grammarly professional version to correct grammar in documents
Use Preferable Latex format given below for all reports submitted in LANS/Samsung Lab
Please submit reports for review only after verifying it with for template, Grammarly, references are correct, plagiarism check for similarity.
Check Official DTU guidelines for report for requirements. Update Latex template where required.
Below sample template is suggestive for research project writing!
Checklist for DTU students working with me:
Abstract - 200 - 300 words no references. ( Background, methods used, results achieved and concluding remarks.)
Chapters in the report
Introduction- Background, research gaps, proposed solution, problem statement, conributions numbered, rest of the report structure
The introduction should contain the detailed background, then include the challenges of the previous literature, motivation of the work, objectives of the papers, contributions, and paper organization. The background and challenges should be supported by proper citations.
Literature review - technical information details of the background information
Related work with comparison table
Discuss the related work in such a manner that it should highlight the method, results, advantages, and limitations. Add latest papers (past 5 years.
Proposed work/ implementation ( proper flow diagram)
Results ( put tables graphs to justify results and compare with related work)
Conclusion and Future work
Don’t include any citation in the conclusion section and it should be in a single paragraph
Mention the limitation of current research and future scope in the conclusion section.
Don't use random links. Mention only published papers
Strucutre for abastract, introuction, conclusion etc https://conferences.ieeeauthorcenter.ieee.org/write-your-paper/structure-your-paper/
Professional Grammarly check, acronyms
Paragraphs: Don’t use short paragraphs. Combine short paragraphs and make it into single paragraph.
use active voice for your work, no we did etc, put all figures and tables on top of page and use overleaf ref no harcoded numbers
Do not use pronouns in technical writing I we, they them
put references for small concepts, acronyms to be put in expanded form once in abstract and then again in the body of the paper, chapter in the beginning, rest references use the abbreviation only.
Figures and tables taken from outside must have references,
Figure Provide good quality images (don't use random screenshots)
captions of figures and tables, the first character of the caption is only capitalized as in a sentence. Short cpations. Figre and table need to be refered in text
manuscript must refer to all table, figure, eq
try to use numbered list and put the heading of the list in italics
Use bibtex for references IEEE standard
Plagiarism check Turntin
Prior soft copy approval (send file with proper name date and timestamp over email)