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6. No one (not even your mother) is as interested in this topic as you
没有人对这个话题和你一样感兴趣
so you had better be (or appear) interested
所以你最好表现得很有兴趣
tell readers why they should be interested in your “story”
告诉读者为什么他们应该对你的故事感兴趣
don’t overload reader with 40 graphs:
别逼读者读你论文中的40幅图
think about main points you want to convey with graphs
考虑一下你想用图传递的主要信息
can’t explore entire parameter space
不可能探讨整个参数空间
don’t overload reader with pages of equations
别逼读者读满篇的方程式
put long derivations/proofs in appendix, provide sketch in body of paper
将很长的推导或证明放在附录中，只在正文部分提供摘要
7.State the results carefully
谨慎地陈述结果
clearly state assumptions (see overstate/understate your results)
清晰地说明假设（见9）
experiment/simulation description: enough info to nearly recreate experiment/description
对实验/仿真的描述：需要足够的信息来重现实验以及相关描述
simulation/measurements: statistical properties of your results (e.g., confidence intervals)
仿真/测量：你的结果的统计学性质
are results presented representative? or just a corner case that makes the point you want to make
试验结果有代表性吗？还是说只是为了达到你的目的而进行的一个特殊用例
8.Don’t overstate/understate your results
不要夸大你的结果，也不要太保守
overstatement mistake: when only actually shown for one/small/limited cases
夸大型错误（如果只是针对一个/很少/有限的用例做出的结果）：
“We show that X is prevalent in the Internet”
“We show that X is better than Y”
understatement mistake: fail to consider broader implications of your work
保守型错误：没有认识到你的工作引申出来的意义
if your result is small, interest will be small
如果结果不引人注意，读者就没有兴趣
“rock the world”
“rock the world”
9.Study the art of writing
学习写作的艺术
writing well gives you an “unfair advantage”
高超的写作技巧可以让你拥有“不公平的优势”
writing well matters in getting your work published in top venues
写作技巧关系到你的论文能不能发表在顶级的期刊上
highly recommended:
强烈推荐（书籍）：
The Elements of Style, W. Strunk, E.B. White, Macmillan Publishing, 1979（PDF格式下载 ）
Writing for Computer Science: The Art of Effective Communication, Justin Sobel, Springer 1997.
你认为谁是你们领域最会写作的：学习他们的风格
who do you think are the best writers in your area: study their style
10. Good writing takes times
写作需要花费一定时间
give yourself time to reflect, write, review, refine
给自己一些时间来构思、写作、审查、修改论文
give others a chance to read/review and provide feedback
让别人阅读/审查你的论文然后给你反馈
get a reader’s point of view
了解读者的视角
find a good writer/editor to critique your writing
找一个好的论文写手或者编辑评价你的写作
starting a paper three days before the deadline, while results are still being generated, is a non-starter
如果你在最后期限的三天前才开始动笔，而这时实验结果还正在生成，那你的论文根本没有希望完成
