DSA 557 1.0 Scientific Writing and Communication is offered under MSc in Data Science (DS) and Artificial Intelligence (AI).

The MSc in DS and AI at USJ was designed in partnership with the Erasmus+ DS and AI consortium, a group of 15 European and Asian organizations with the mission of bringing European-standard advanced education to Asia.

Log in LMS at http://lmsgraduate.sjp.ac.lk/ to view the course outline.

Course content

Writing: Thesis/ Journal Articles

Source: here

Slides Reading LaTex Exercise - Select a data science and AI related paper from https://arxiv.org/ and write a review report on the Manuscript according to the review criteria at https://revistas.uma.es/index.php/ejfb/peer-review-process

Data visualization

Slides-1 Slides-2 Reading Plotnine Exercise

Selecting and Publishing in a Journal and Reproducible research

Selecting a good journal: In-class discussion

Key factors to consider

  1. Suitability

  2. Audience

  3. Prestige

  4. Access (Open access or subscription)

  5. Impact

  6. Article Processing Charge (APC)

Resources: https://www.scimagojr.com/journalrank.php

Quarto installation: https://quarto.org/docs/get-started/

HTML qmd Reading Quarto Exercise

Writing

Literature review

Research Ethics

Reference Management Software

Writing mathematical equations/ proof

Presentation skills

Example slides

Active listening

Think hard

Business insight

Storytelling

Soft issues