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Toby Walsh National ICT Australia and UNSW, Sydney http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~tw

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Toby Walsh National ICT Australia and UNSW, Sydney http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~tw

How to write a good enough paper
Toby Walsh National ICT Australia and UNSW, Sydney http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~tw

Why me?
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I’m not sure
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Many other researchers who consistently get their papers published Peter van Beek, Pascal van Hentenryck, ... Often win best paper awards

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Why me?
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My papers get rejected too!
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“This should be sent to a journal” “Very good work, but I’m not sure why Alan Bundy hasn’t written this?” Anonymous review: “Clearly the author fails to understands Walsh’s previous work on this topic”

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1st Lesson
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Don’t lose heart
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Even if you do everything right, reviewing is imperfect Good papers will be rejected But try to learn from your knock-backs!

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Why you?
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Academic career
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Publish or perish

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Have an impact
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Communicate your results Many have not had the impact they deserve for being bad writers

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Writing is fun!

Outline
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How to get your paper rejected
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There are many traps even experienced researchers make Myself very much included

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Hints about how to write a paper
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Writing is a craft not a science!

How to be rejected

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Submit over-length
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Blind man: send in 7 pages even though the instructions clearly say 5 Once they see quality of work, they’ll be pleased you sent in more material

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How to be rejected
Submit over-length
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Diplomatic immunity: put extra 2 pages in appendix Appendices clearly don’t count Similarly, bibliography doesn’t count

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How to be rejected
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Submit over-length
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LaTeX hacker:
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change from 11 to 9 point font squeeze inter-line space ...

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No one will ever notice

How to be rejected
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Submit late
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