Meikang Qiu - Research and Technical Writing for Science and Engineering

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Qiu, Meikang, author. | Qiu, Han, author. | Zeng, Yi (Computer engineer), author.

Title: Research and technical writing for science and engineering / Meikang Qiu, Han Qiu, Yi Zeng.

Description: First edition. | Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2022. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2021042783 | ISBN 9780367687847 (hardback) | ISBN 9780367686406 (paperback) | ISBN 9781003139058 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Research--Methodology. | Engineering--Research--Methodology. | Technical writing.

Classification: LCC Q180.55.M4 Q58 2022 | DDC 001.4/2--dc23/eng/20211108

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021042783

ISBN: 978-0-367-68784-7 (hbk)

ISBN: 978-0-367-68640-6 (pbk)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781003139058

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Preface

The rapid advancement of science and engineering in recent years has increased by the publication of research papers. As the number of students studying science and engineering grows, so does the number of novel research findings. However, in order to better understand these research findings, academia still requires the ability to organize and write research papers. Because there is no efficient textbook designed to illustrate all details of science and engineering paper writing comprehensively, students will typically learn how to write a research paper piece by piece from their advisors.

The main motivation is to write a textbook focusing on illustrating how science and engineering papers are written to assist graduate-level students majoring in Science and Engineering to efficiently and systematically learn how to conduct research and then how to write research papers. A basic understanding of selecting research topics, conducting a literature review, formulating research problems, generating novel ideas, designing algorithms, and conducting experiments are required for science and engineering research. These objectives are critical for higher education institutions that want to prepare students to conduct successful scientific research.

This book, in particular, has four main parts (eleven chapters) that follow the general pipeline of research in the science and engineering field. We begin with an overview of the research itself and the importance of research integrity; then we emphasize how you can find new ideas and form your own problem; then we explain possible ways for you to bring your idea to reality by conducting solid experiments and paper writing; and finally, we explain how you can put your work out there and make an impact on the world of science.

The book is meant for graduate students or junior/senior undergraduate students in the fields of science and engineering, including computer science/engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, applied mathematics, economics, etc. The target readers also include researchers and engineers in the fields related to RL, CPS and cybersecurity.

Meikang Qiu, Texas A & M University-Commerce, Commerce, TX, USA

Han Qiu

Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Yi Zeng

Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA, USA

Author Bios

Meikang Qiu earned BE and ME degrees from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and obtained Ph.D. degree of Computer Science from University of Texas at Dallas. Currently, he is the Department Head and tenured full professor of Texas A & M University Commerce. He is an ACM Distinguished Member and IEEE Senior member. He is also the Highly Cited Researcher in 2021 from Web of Science and IEEE Distinguished Visitor in 20212022. He is the Chair of IEEE Smart Computing Technical Committee.

His research interests include Cyber Security, Big Data Analysis, Cloud Computing, Smarting Computing, Intelligent Data, Embedded systems, etc. Many novel results have been produced and most of them have already been reported to research community through high-quality journal and conference papers. He has published 20+ books, 600+ peer-reviewed journal and conference papers (including 300+ journal articles, 300+ conference papers, 100+ IEEE/ACM Transactions papers). His paper on Telehealth system has won IEEE Systems Journal 2018 Best Paper Award. His paper about data allocation for hybrid memory has been published in IEEE Transactions on Computers has been selected as IEEE TCSC 2016 Best Journal Paper and hot paper (1 in 1000 papers by Web of Science) in 2017. His paper published in IEEE Transactions on Computers about privacy protection for smart phones has been selected as a Highly Cited Paper in 20172020. He also won ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electrical Systems (TODAES) 2011 Best Paper Award. He has won another 10+ Conference Best Paper Awards in recent years.

Currently he is/was an associate editor of 10+ international journals, including IEEE Transactions on Computers, IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing, IEEE Transactions on Big Data, and IEEE Transactions on System, Man, and Cybernetics (A). He has served as leading guest editor for IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing (TDSC), special issue on Social Network Security. He is the General Chair/Program Chair of a dozen of IEEE/ACM international conferences, such as IEEE TrustCom, IEEE BigDataSecurity, IEEE CSCloud, and IEEE HPCC.