Advice from David Kotz

I've collected here some advice on various topics related to writing and presenting research.

• tips on writing, usage and style
• tips for making research presentations
• tips for squeezing space in LaTeX
• my favorite papers and books with advice
• "You too can write a bad MobiSys paper", a tongue-in-cheek set of tips for writing a good systems paper.
• Best practices for authors of healthcare-related artificial intelligence manuscripts; though specific to npj Digital Medicine, I expect the concepts may be useful for other prominent venues.
• An evaluation of the ninth SOSP submissions or how (and how not) to write a good systems paper, by Levin & Redell, 1988.
• How to Write CHI Papers, Fourth Edition
• Peter Gutmann's advice: HOWTO: Avoid common problems when writing a security conference paper
• David Evans' Advice for Prospective Research Students
• list of publishers we often use, and their copyright policies
• the 'right' way to use templates in g++

--David Kotz