1Sample Survey Paper for EE832 at SEECS, NUSTAamir Gulistan,
Bilal Aziz, Zeeshan Sajid, and Junaid Qadir
[email protected], Member, IEEE
AbstractThe abstract of the article goes here. This is oneof the
most important section of your paper. Make sure thatthe abstract
concisely captures the essence of the paper and themain
contributions of your work. Its length should be from 10-20lines.
You should think of the abstract as an invitation to readthe paper:
describe what the paper contains, and why reading itis worth the
readers time.
KeywordsMultipath,NetworkingLayers,Crosslayer,Cooperative,MIMO,Protocols
I. INTRODUCTION
In this section, you should introduce the subject matter ofthe
paper. You should think of this as the formal start of thepaper.
You may think of the abstract as a detached summaryof the paper.
The real paper starts here.Importance of clarity and preciseness:
It is important to
ensure that your paper is written well. A survey paper is
anexercise in exposition or explanation. You will not be able todo
your job satisfactorily if you write sloppily. Please notethat
technical writing is distinct from non-technical writing(like
fiction) because the main purpose of a technical articleis to
convey and clarify a technical idea. Therefore, youshould avoid
ambiguity, suspense, grand expressions, etc. Inparticular,
scientific writing has to be precise. In other words,you should be
prepared to back up every sentence you saywith evidence. If you are
making some assertion, be ready toback it up with a reference. As
an example of a reference, ora citation, this is a reference [1] to
a classical book on Englishwriting which you should definitely
refer to.Importance of referencing other works: A survey paper
should refer to many documents since its aim is to surveythe
state-of-the-art in a particular subject. It should refer to
allimportant works in that particular area. Survey papers
addressbroad topics and can easily include more than 50 (or even
100!)references [2] [3] [4]. It is important not to get intimidated
bythe mass of literature available on your topic of interest.
Youshould read Keshavs practical tips on how to read a paper
[5].
[TODO: PAPERS CONTRIBUTIONS] The main contri-butions of this
survey paper are as follows. List your paperscontributions
here.
[TODO: PAPERS ORGANIZATION ] The rest of thepaper is organized
in the following manner. In section II,the necessary background to
our subject topic is provided andbasic terminology is introduced.
The topic is explored in moredepth in section III. We introduce
open research issues and
Student 1, Student 2 are students at the School of Electrical
Engineeringand Computer Sciences (SEECS) at the National University
of Sciences andTechnology (NUST), Pakistan. Junaid Qadir is an
Assistant Professor at theElectrical Engineering Department of
SEECS, NUST.
future directions for research in section IV. Finally, this
paperis concluded in section V.
II. BACKGROUNDIntroduce the topic in a logical fashion: i.e.,
the presentation
should flow from one topic to another. Ensure that there is
noabruptness in the writing. As you begin a long section, youshould
introduce the organization of that section to facilitatethe
reader.
III. MAINThis is the main section of your paper. You should
change
the name of this section and align it to the topic of your
survey.
A. Subsections NameFeel free to break down sections into
subsections according
to the hierarchy of your ideas. Organization of the paper is
veryimportant and it typically takes numerous iterations before
youget it right. Do not feel overly attached to your first draft,
sinceyou will find that editing it through rewriting and
rearrangingwill be necessary for improved presentation.1)
Sub-subsections Name: You can also have sub-
subsections. Sometimes you might need to create bullet listsor
enumerated lists. The way to do that in LATEXcan be seenin this
documents .tex file.
Unnumbered list: this is an unnumbered bullet list this is this
lists second bulletNumbered list:1) this is an numbered bullet
list2) this is this lists second item
B. Help on LATEXLATEXis an excellent tool for typesetting and
producing
professional documents. Please explore the following resourcesto
find help about LATEX[6].
C. Help on ResearchYou can read about various tips on how to do
quality
research in the following book available at SEECS library
[7].
D. Tips on writing wellYou can find valuable tips on technical
writing through the
following references [8] [9].
2E. Devices for improving comprehensionRemember that the primary
purpose of a survey and tutorial
paper is exposition. You want to introduce a broad topic to
areasonably intelligent non-specialist. To make things easier
forthe reader, explore using various devices for presentation.
Deciding on the best format for presentation of technicaldata is
more an art than a science. You can learn a lot byreading any of
the following books of Edward Tufte, availableat SEECS library [10]
[11] [12].
In particular, explore using figures and tables for
improvingyour presentation.
An example figure can be seen in figure ??. In general,
youshould try to use .eps graphic files, and avoid .jpeg and
.gifimages, due to resolution issues.
An example table can be seen in table I
IV. OPEN RESEARCH ISSUES AND FUTURE WORKThis is an extremely
important section of your survey paper.
Your paper should not only present disconnected summaries ofthe
individual works, but should synthesize broad insights thatapply to
the overall field. This is the place where you shouldprovide the
big picture of what the main research issues inyour subject area
are.
Highlighting and defining research problems is a very im-portant
component of research. It is said with not a lot ofexaggeration
that a problem well-defined is half solved. Asyou read various
papers on your subject topic, you should beable to categorize the
works and identify missing gaps. Thesemissing gaps are to be
highlighted in this section as potentialfuture works for
research.
V. CONCLUSIONIn this section, you should conclude the paper by
reiterating
the main points of your paper. You should enlist the
maincontributions of your survey paper and differentiate your
workfrom existing surveys (if any) by demonstrating how your workis
extending the current body of knowledge.
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[6] The Not So Short Guide to Latex by Tobias Oetiker
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PLACEPHOTOHERE
Student 1 The biography of the first author goeshere.
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Student 2 The biography of the second author goeshere.
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Student 3 The biography of the second author goeshere.
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B iography text here.
