The purpose of this course is to help students to communicate ideas better and to learn the skills of scientific communication. The main aims are:
- to improve communication skills
- to concentrate on scientific communication, both written and oral
- to learn about how scientific communication is performed at workshops, conferences, and in journals.
Further goals include training graduate and PhD students how to access information about different topics, such as
research results, conferences, etc., in paper-based publications and on the WWW to write cv's, abstracts,
extended abstracts, and articles for acceptance at international conferences and publications
(both with regard to language and contents) to review and assess submissions to scientific conferences. Additional focus is given on the improvement of English language skills.
Writing exercises (dealing with content as well as language) will include the students abstracts, extended abstracts, and papers. Presentation exercises include a 5 minutes and 10 minutes talk about a chosen topic. Presentations will be video-recorded and made available to students for self-assessment.
ECTS Breakdown: 3 ECTS = 75h
45.5h Seminar
1.5h Writing of CV
2h Preparation of CV presentation
2h Literature research
1h Writing of Informative Abstract
6h Writing of Extended Abstract
3h Preparation of Extended Abstract presentation
9h Writing of final paper
5h Preparation of final presentation
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75h
Schedule available on the course homepage
Please consider the plagiarism guidelines of TU Wien when writing your seminar paper:
Directive concerning the handling of plagiarism (PDF)
Written exercises (Abstract, Extended Abstract and Paper) will be evaluated and corrected by the lecturers with grades. The presentations will also be graded and discussed with oral feedback. For a detailed schedule of the course, refer to the homepage of the course.
