Student Write Paper

1. Abstract

• Problem statement (1-2 sentences)
• Approach (1-2 sentences)
• Key results (1-2 sentences)
• Significance (1 sentence)

2. Introduction

• Motivation and problem context
• Limitations of existing approaches
• Our contribution (bulleted list)
• Paper organization

3. Related Work

• Organized by theme, not chronologically
• Position our work relative to prior art
• Note what we borrow vs. what is novel

4. Method

• Formal problem definition
• Proposed approach with mathematical notation
• Algorithm pseudocode if applicable
• Complexity analysis

5. Experiments

• Experimental setup (datasets, baselines, metrics, implementation details)
• Main results table
• Ablation studies
• Analysis and discussion

6. Conclusion

• Summary of contributions
• Limitations
• Future work

Writing Rules

• Use precise language — avoid vague claims ("significantly better" → "3.2% improvement in F1")
• Every claim must be supported by evidence (experiments or citations)
• Define all notation on first use
• Tables and figures must be self-contained (readable without main text)
• Use consistent notation throughout

Versioning

• Save each major revision as a new version: paper_draft_v1.md, paper_draft_v2.md
• After reviewer feedback, create a new version addressing all comments
• Include a changelog at the top of each new version

Submission Checklist

• All experiments are reproducible (seeds, configs logged)
• Baselines are fair and up-to-date
• Error bars or confidence intervals included
• Limitations section is honest
• All figures are high-resolution
• References are complete and properly formatted