computer science & mathematics programme in

COMPUTER SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS
PROGRAMME IN ENGLISH
Programme Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Markus Westner
Module title
Writing in Computer Science
Module code
YWCS
Module instructor
Prof. Dr. Scherzinger
Level
Bachelor (B.Sc.)
Hours per week
4
Lecture type
Interactive seminar
Lab sessions
ECTS credits
5
Duration
1 semester
Prerequisite(s)
Good academic standing
Grading
Written report
Objectives
 The students are able to search for, evaluate, and referee research papers.
 The students are able to assemble research materials into a technical paper. This includes writing
an abstract, an introduction, and presenting empirical results.
 The students honor research ethics.
Content
 Kinds of publications
 Punctuation and style
 Presenting graphs, figures, and tables
 Presenting mathematics and algorithms
 Editing
 Writing up
 Doing research
 Experimentation
 Refereeing
 Ethics
Textbook/teaching material
 Justin Zobel: Writing for Computer Science, Springer, 2004.
 Felicitas Macgilchrist: Academic Writing, UTB Verlag, 2014.
Note: this is not the official course descriptor according to the “Studien- und Prüfungsordnung” (SPO)
O S T B A Y E R I S C H E
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Hochschulleitung
Verwaltung
Architektur
Bauingenieurwesen
T E C H N I S C H E
H O C H S C H U L E
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Allgemeinwissenschaften
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Betriebswirtschaft
Elektro- und Informationstechnik
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R E G E N S B U R G
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O T H
GALGENBERGSTR. 30
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Maschinenbau
R E G E N S B U R G
Gemeinsam noch stärker:
Die OTH Regensburg und
die OTH Amberg-Weiden
sind Kooperationspartner im
Hochschulverbund Ostbayerische
Technische Hochschule.