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1USTC,January9,2007HowtoWriteandPublishResearchPapersforthePremierForumsinKnowledge&DataEngineeringXindongWuDepartmentofComputerScienceUniversityofVermontUSA;合肥工业大学计算机应用长江学者讲座教授[e-mail]~xwu2USTC,January9,2007Contents–SomeTKDEandICDMstatistics–Scientificwritingandpaperstructure–Whattoknowandhowtowriteatop-qualitypaper•Apromisingtopic•Aconvincingcase•In-depthanalysisofempiricalresults•Themostimportantpart:theintroduction–HowtopublishatICDMandTKDE–Paperreviewinganditsfeedback–Summaryoftake-homemessages3USTC,January9,2007FocusedAreasinKnowledge&DataEngineeringDataMining–KnowledgeDiscoveryinDatabases(KDD)–IntelligentDataAnalysisDatabaseSystems–DataManagement–DataEngineeringKnowledgeEngineering–SemanticWeb–Knowledge-BasedSystems–SoftComputing4USTC,January9,2007MajorForumsinDataMiningConferences(conferencepublicationsareextremelyimportantinComputerScience):–Thebirthofdatamining/KDD:1989IJCAIWorkshoponKnowledgeDiscoveryinDatabases•1991-1994WorkshopsonKnowledgeDiscoveryinDatabases–1995–date:InternationalConferencesonKnowledgeDiscoveryinDatabasesandDataMining(KDD)–2001–date:IEEEICDMandSIAM-DM(SDM)–Severalregionalconferences,incl.PAKDD(since1997)&PKDD(since1997)Journals(topjournalsvshigh-impactjournals):–DataMiningandKnowledgeDiscovery(DMKD,since1997)–KnowledgeandInformationSystems(KAIS,since1999)–IEEETransactionsonKnowledgeandDataEngineering(TKDE)–Manyothers,incl.TPAMI,ML,IDA,…5USTC,January9,2007ACMKDDvs.IEEEICDMKDDandICDMPaperSubmissions133215162250264284237308298384415531365369501451630776100200300400500600700800Year#ofSubmissionsACMSIGKDDIEEEICDMACMSIGKDD133215162250264284237308298384415531IEEEICDM3653695014516307761995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520066USTC,January9,2007TKDESubmissionNumbersandAcceptanceRates1998219-Regular34.20%1999188-Regular39.90%2000195-Regular34.40%200129425.50%200223324.00%200335526.40%200452820.10%200556117.95%YearSubmission#(Current)AccptRate7USTC,January9,2007Contents–SomeTKDEandICDMstatistics–Scientificwritingandpaperstructure–Whattoknowandhowtowriteatop-qualitypaper•Apromisingtopic•Aconvincingcase•In-depthanalysisofempiricalresults•Themostimportantpart:theintroduction–HowtopublishatICDMandTKDE–Paperreviewinganditsfeedback–Summaryoftake-homemessages8USTC,January9,2007WhyWriteaScientificPaperAdvanceknowledgeinyourresearchfieldwithevidenceExplainyourideasandmakethemaccessibletoothersTwokeycomponentsinaresearchpaper:–Anexplicitclaimonyourcontributiononaresearchproblem–EvidencetosupportyourclaimYourcontributioncanpossiblybearefutationofahypothesisontheresearchproblem[Take-HomeMessage#1]ItisNOTenoughtodesignyetanothertechniqueorsystemwithoutconvincingevaluation.9USTC,January9,2007WhattoClaimforaScientificPaperYourtechniquesolvesaproblemforthefirsttimeYourtechniqueperformsbetter,inoneormoreofthefollowingdimensions[AlanBundy,How-ToGuides,homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/bundy/howtos/writingGuide.html],thanitsrivals:–Behaviour:XhasahighersuccessratethenYorproducesbetterqualityoutputs,e.g.shorter,easiertounderstand,moresimilartohumanoutputs,etc.–Coverage:XisapplicabletoawiderrangeofexamplesthanY–Efficiency:XisfasteroruseslessspacethanY–Useability:UsersfindXeasiertousethanitsrivals.[Take-HomeMessage#2]Youshouldavoidclaimingtoomanydimensions,butoneortwowithin-depthevidence.10USTC,January9,2007TypicalStructureofaResearchPaper(1)Title:Catchyandindicativeofyourresearchcontribution–ICDMDataMiningonICDMPaperSubmissions:Theshorterapapertitle,thebetteritsacceptancechance(lesspossibilityforbeingincrementalwork)Abstract:Asummaryoftheresearchproblem,yourclaim,andtheevidenceIntroduction:Motivation,are-statementoftheabstractinformation,significance,anoutlineoftherestofthepaperRelatedwork:a.Acriticalreviewontherivalapproachesthatsupportsthemotivationb.Howtodifferentiateexistingworkwithyourowncreativecontributions.11USTC,January9,2007ResearchPaperStructure(2)Problemstatementandalgorithmdesign:ExplainyourideasindetailEvaluation:Evidencetosupporttheclaimofyourresearchcontribution–Unlessyoucanprovideproofsforatheoreticalpaperontheorems,experimentalresultsarealwaysexpectedConclusion:Asummaryoftheresearchcontribution,adiscussiononitssignificance,andamentionoffuturework.12USTC,January9,2007Contents–SomeTKDEandICDMstatistics–Scientificwritingandpaperstructure–Whattoknowandhowtowriteatop-qualitypaper•Apromisingtopic•Aconvincingcase•In-depthanalysisofempiricalresults•Themostimportantpart:theintroduction–HowtopublishatICDMandTKDE–Paperreviewinganditsfeedback–Summaryoftake-homemessages13USTC,January9,2007WhattoKnowBeforeYouWriteAssesstheaudience:Towhomareyouwriting?Whywilltheybereadingyourwriting?Assessthepurpose:Whatshouldthereadertakeaway?Readotherpeople’swritingfromtheforumsthatyouaretargeting–Languageskillsandthewritingstylearealwaysimportant–Apaperpublishedinonetopjournalcaneasilygetrejectedbyanothertopjournal–communitydifferenceorculturaldifference[Take-HomeMessage#3]Knowyourenemy:Checkwhoareontheprogramcommitteeoreditorialboard,andcitetheirrelevantworkwithduecreditFollo