[visionlist] [IEEE Biometrics Council]: Free Webinar by Prof. Terence Sim on "Power Papers: Some Practical Pointers"

[Vitomir Štruc]

*** FREE ONLINE WEBINAR on Power Papers: Some Practical Pointers ***

The IEEE Biometrics Council invites participants to the upcoming (free) 
webinar by Prof. Terence Sim on "Power Papers: Some Practical Pointers". 
Detail on the webinar are given below:

Title: Power Papers: Some Practical Pointers
Speaker: Professor Terence Sim, School of Computing, National University 
of Singapore
When: 4 December 2024, at 4pm Beijing time (9 am CET)
Where: Online (Zoom)
Registration: (free, but required): 
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ZPYFN0VTRdObat4LmrewUw

*** Talk Summary ***
Writing a good research paper takes effort; more so if there is a page 
limit. Yet this skill is required of every researcher, who, more often 
than not, fumbles his or her way through. Good grammar is only a start; 
care and craft must be applied to turn a mediocre paper into a memorable 
one. Writing skills can indeed be honed. In this abridged talk, I will 
highlight the common mistakes many researchers make, and offer practical 
pointers to pack more punch into your paper. Needless to say, the talk 
will be biased: I will speak not from linguistic theories, but from 
personal experience, sharing what has, and has not, worked for me. I 
will cover two major sections of a technical paper: the Title and 
Introduction. I will discuss the purpose of each section, present common 
mistakes, and provide concrete examples of good writing. The intended 
audience is the graduate student writing his/her first paper, but 
everyone is welcome. Seasoned writers are encouraged to share their 
experience of how they improved their writing.

*** About the Speaker ***
Dr. Terence Sim is an Associate Professor at the School of Computing, 
National University of Singapore (NUS). He is also Vice Dean for the NUS 
Office of Admissions. Over 2 decades, Dr. Sim has conducted research in 
Biometrics, Computer Vision, Computational Photography, and Privacy in 
Images. He served as Second Vice President in the International 
Association for Pattern Recognition from 2020 to 2022, and is still 
chairing a committee there. He is also active in the IEEE Biometrics 
Council, where for the past two years he chaired the Selection Working 
Group for the annual awards given by the Council. Dr. Sim obtained his 
PhD from Carnegie Mellon University in 2002, his MSc from Stanford 
University in 1991, and his SB from the Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology in 1990.

For more information, visit: 
https://ieee-biometrics.org/event/power-papers-some-practical-pointers/

-- 
Prof. Vitomir Struc, PhD
Laboratory for Machine Intelligence
Faculty of Electrical Engineering
University of Ljubljana, Slovenija
URL: https://lmi.fe.uni-lj.si/en/vitomir-struc/

VP Technical Activities, IEEE Biometrics Council
Supervisory Board Member: European Association for Biometrics (EAB)
Secretary of IAPR Technical Committee on Biometrics (TC4)

Program Co-Chair: IEEE International Workshop on Information Forensics and Security (WIFS 2024), https://wifs2024.uniroma3.it/
Program Co-Chair: IEEE Winter Conference on Applications in Computer Vision (WACV 2025)
Program Co-Chair: IEEE/IAPR International Joint Conference on Biometrics (IJCB 2025)