China How to Get good research Published HongJiang Zhang Microsoft research china Sept 2000 hezhang(@microsoft.com
Outline China o Patenting in Research o Publication Why to write a paper When to write a paper? What is a good paper? How to get a good paper published? p
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Patenting in research China o Patents are an major part of a company's Ip o Keep your employer in an advantageous IP position Protect your employer's interest in the market place o A major measure of our impact and success
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Patent Filing: Processes China Write down clearly the idea as a pre disclosure, and present to patent coordinator nd your research manager o Review importance of idea o Meeting with patent attorney o Following up with attorney in revising draft ° Sign off the filling
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Patent Filing: Rules China Ideas with potentially high significance in product impact o Not obvious, no priori art, but avoid search o Experimental testing not always necessar o Patent is not a paper, only people who contributed to the ideas qualifies for an Inventor
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Protect Company Ip cont China Protect others IP y Not bring IP(Source codes) from previous job Be careful when using public domain code y No public domain code in product Don't ask /hire other companies confidential Information No illegal copy of software Be careful on copy right: be careful in using others content
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坚持最高的研究标准 China o Target on most prestigious conferences and journals Number does not count Be referred is the measure o Keep highest standard in paper writing English is not the problem of preventing good papers Seriousness is essential Read it
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How to Write A good Paper China Importance of Paper-writing Skills ° What Makes a Good Paper o Why is it so Hard to Write Good Papers? o How to Improve 9 A Template for Good papers oVoid Run-on Sentences o Summary
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Importance of Writing skills China o Publishing papers is critical for researchers o Publishing is hard Low acceptance rate Competing with good papers Reviewers are potential competitors
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What makes a good paper China Good paper- good content writing skills Content and results: your job o Writing skills: Structure, flow, argument Logical, clear, succinct, consistent English o Standard must be high Your best efforts Compared with others, yours is good/best Don't fool with the reviewers
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