CS790
Technical Writing for Computer Scientists
Summer 2007
The goal of this course is to train computer science students in technical writing.
Class Schedule:
As posted below in Rm 4420 in Building E3-1; 9-Noon or 1-4pm on Mon and Thu.
Prerequisite:
PBT 580 or equivalent.
This course is designed strictly for students in computer science. Those from other departments will be taken in only after consultation with instructors.
Instructors:
Sung Deok Cha (Rm #4425, cha at cs kaist ac kr)
Sue Moon (Rm #4424, sbmoon at cs kaist ac kr)
Bldg E3-1 (정보전산학동)
Dept. of Computer Science
Office Hours:
To be announced in class every week
Class Web Site: http://an.kaist.ac.kr/courses/2007/cs790
Class Schedule:
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Date |
Instructor |
강의 내용 |
숙제 |
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6/25 1-4pm |
Moon |
Course overview “Elements of Style” Write a cold-call request |
1. 영어 성적표 복사본 2. [1] 전부
읽고 외우기. |
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6/28 1-4pm |
Moon |
Quiz Review cold-call requests |
1. 6/25 강의시간에
쓴 cold-call request 수정본 제출 |
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7/2 1-4pm |
Cha |
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7/5 1-4pm |
Cha |
500-word
essay due |
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7/9 1-4pm |
Cha |
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7/12 1-4pm |
Cha |
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7/16 1-4pm |
Moon |
Quiz Resume preparation [발표자료] |
1. Project description 2개 v1 (7/16 월) |
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7/19 1-4pm |
Moon |
Quiz Review
project descriptions |
1. Revised project description v2 (7/20 목) 2. Chapters 1-3 of [3]: 읽고 독후감 (7/20 목) |
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7/23 1-4pm |
Cha |
1000-word essay due |
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7/26 1-4pm |
Cha |
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7/30 1-4pm |
Cha |
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8/2 1-4pm |
Moon |
Quiz How to write a paper (Jim K’s 2006 CoNext Student Workshop Panel) 1000-word
extended abstract
[sigmetrics 2007 extended abstracts] (Follow the link to the proceedings on the
ACM Digital Library)
[ nsdi 2007 extended abstracts] (저자들의 홈피까지 찾아가야한다) |
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8/6
1-4pm |
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Project descriptions in a resume
[1] Cold-call request final version
[2] Project descriptions in a resume
[1] W. Strunk Jr. and E. B. White, The Elements of Style. 4th Edition; Longman Publishers
[3] Anne Lamott, Bird by bird. 1995; Anchor books.
[4] Joseph M. Williams, Style: lessons in clarity and grace. 9th Edition; Pearson Longman
[6] Justin Zobel, Writing for Computer Science, 9th Edition; 2004, Springer.