Topic outline
-
The course will be given early October to mid December 2024 in person with active participation of students.Time and location: we meet on Thursdays at 14.15-16.00 in the Cramér room at the Department of Mathematics, house 1 in Albano, starting October 3. Please note that we start 14.30 the first day, October 3!.
Contents: The course will cover the following areas: Writing scientific papers, Writing popular texts, Giving scientific talks, writing applications and the submission procedure.Literature: During the course, handouts will be distributed and also references given.
Examination: Examination will consists of active participation at the meeting and doing each home assignment (see below) with passing mark, including giving feedback to other participant's contributions. I expect 100% attendance from course participants - inform me if you for some reason have to miss any meeting. The last two meetings are absolutely compulsory.
Home assignments: All written home assignments should be uploaded in the course page at the respective "day" in pdf-format (it should also be sent by e-mail to other selected course participants when applicable). Deadline: The deadline is 23.59 the Wednesday just prior to the following meeting.
Additional to the home assignment and completely voluntary (although much appreciated!), I would be grateful to receive feedback on my written handouts which will be distributed during the course. All kinds of feedback is appreciated, be it typos or suggestions for restructuring or missing bits.
If you are currently working on a paper without time pressure this may be used in the course. The home assignment of Day 2 is writing a paper - of course this need be started on at an earlier stage. One complaint last time the course was given was the short time for preparing this. I hence suggest you start this assignment asap.
Please note that course material will be updated during the course (current material is from 2021). The files will be updated no later than the day of the corresponding lecture. Updated files will have "2024" in their title.
-
Contents: Things to consider when writing a paper
Home assignment(this home assignment hence has deadline Oct 9 at 23.59, and similar for the following home assignments): Read my handouts and Lecture notes. Read a text about Writing Mathematics (confirm your choice of text with me) and prepare a short written summary of some useful advice you found, and prepare for a 3-5 minute oral presentation of the text using only blackboard/whiteboard as possible utility.
-
Contents: Presentations of home assignments. More about writing a paper.
Assignment: Read my handouts and Lecture Notes. Write a manuscript taking into account contents of the first two meetings, the handout and possibly other literature. Of course this takes more than a week so you should have started earlier. You can also extract part of a paper you are currently writing, and focus on improving it according to recommended literature and lectures.
-
Contents: The submission process and giving feedback.
Assignment: Read my handouts and Lecture Notes. Give written feedback to two course participants' scientific papers (send this to the participant and me).
-
Contents: Revising a manuscript and writing response letter
Assignment: Read my handouts and Lecture Notes. Revise your paper according to comments and write response letter.
-
Contents: Writing a popular text in mathematics
Assignment: Read handouts and Lecture Notes. Write a popular text on selected topic.
-
Contents: Writing applications (for academic job or grant) including a CV.
Assignment: Read my handouts and Lecture Notes. Write an application and suitable CV and give written feedback to popular text of one selected course participant.
-
Contents: To give an oral presentation.
Assignment: Read my handouts and Lecture Notes. Give feedback to application of one selected course participant. Prepare an oral presentation on selected topic.
-
Contents: Oral presentations of half of the group (we will try to film it)
Assignment: Read my handouts and Lecture Notes. Give written feedback to oral presentation of one selected presentation.
-
Contents: Oral presentations of half of the group (filmed)
Assignment: Read my handouts and Lecture Notes. Give written feedback to oral presentation of one selected presentation.
-
Reserve date