Being a Researcher (eBook)
XVI, 132 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-45157-8 (ISBN)
This book explores research from the researchers' perspective: why to engage in research, what methods to follow, how to operate in daily life, what the responsibilities are, how to engage with society, and the ethical issues confronting professionals in their day-to-day research.
The book systematically discusses what every student should be told when entering academic or industrial research so that they can avoid going through the painful process of learning by personal experience and lots of errors. Rather than being technical, it is philosophical and sometimes even anecdotal, combining factual information and commonly accepted knowledge on research and its methods, while at the same time clearly distinguishing between objective and factual concepts and data, and subjective considerations.
The book is about scientific research in general and as such holds true for any scientific field. However, it is fair to say that the different fields differ in their research cultures and in their eco-systems. The book reflects the author's experience accumulated over almost 50 years of teaching graduate courses and lecturing in doctoral symposia at Politecnico di Milano, University of Zurich, TU Wien, Peking University, and at various conferences, and of academic research in informatics (also known as computer science).
This book is mainly intended for students who are considering research as a possible career option; for in-progress researchers who have entered doctoral programs; and for junior postdoctoral researchers. It will also appeal to senior researchers involved in mentoring students and junior researchers.
Carlo Ghezzi is an Emeritus Professor of Software Engineering at Politecnico di Milano, Italy.
He is an ACM Fellow, IEEE Fellow, Member of Academia Europaea, and Member of the Italian Academy of Sciences (Istituto Lombardo). He has been awarded the ACM SIGSOFT Outstanding Research Award and the Distinguished Service Award, and the IEEE TCSE Distinguished Education Award.
Carlo was on the evaluation board of several international research projects and institutions in Europe, Japan, and the USA, he was General Chair, Program Committee Chair and Member for numerous international conferences, and was Editor in Chief of the ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology, and Associate Editor of Communications of the ACM, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, and Science of Computer Programming.
His research has been focusing on software engineering and programming languages. He co-authored over 200 papers and 8 books, and coordinated several national and international research projects.
Preface 6
Post Scriptum 9
Contents 10
List of Boxes 12
1 What Is Research and Why We Do It 14
1.1 What Is Science 14
1.2 What Is Scientific Research 17
1.3 Why Do We Do Research? 18
1.4 Different Kinds of Research 24
1.5 Societal Impact of Research 27
1.6 A Closer Look at Informatics 33
1.7 Conclusions 35
1.8 Further Reading 36
2 Research Methodology 37
2.1 A Historical Perspective 38
2.2 Lessons Learnt from History 40
2.3 Inductive and Deductive Reasoning 47
2.4 The Limits of Discoveries 52
2.5 Further Discussion on Validation of Research Results 56
2.6 Conclusions 61
2.7 Further Reading 61
3 The Products of Research: Publication and Beyond 63
3.1 What Is a Research Result? 64
3.2 Research Papers 65
3.3 Paper Writing Principles and Practical Tips 69
3.4 The Peer Review Process 70
3.5 The Publication World 76
3.6 Other Forms of Dissemination 77
3.7 Towards Open Science 82
3.8 Conclusions 85
3.9 Further Reading 86
4 The Researcher's Progress 87
4.1 Am I Fit for Research? 88
4.2 Entering a Doctoral Program 90
4.3 Acquiring and Mastering the Necessary Skills 94
4.4 The Independent Researcher 97
4.5 Conclusions: Why Become a Researcher? 104
4.6 Further Reading 104
5 Research Evaluation 105
5.1 Evaluation of Research Papers 106
5.2 Evaluation of Researchers in Their Careers 111
5.3 Evaluation of Research Proposals 113
5.4 Quantitative Research Evaluation via Bibliometrics 115
5.5 Conclusions and Recommendations: How to Survive Through Evaluations 120
5.6 Further Reading 122
6 Research Ethics 123
6.1 General Ethical Principles for the Individual Researcher 124
6.2 Ethical Principles in Research Relations 126
6.3 Ethical Principles in the Practice of Research 130
6.4 Topic Specific Ethical Issues 133
6.5 Digital Ethics 136
6.6 Further Reading 139
References 140
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 22.6.2020 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | XVI, 132 p. 14 illus., 1 illus. in color. |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik |
| Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik | |
| Schlagworte | computing education • computing profession • Research Assessment • research ethics • Research Methodology • Research Publications |
| ISBN-10 | 3-030-45157-7 / 3030451577 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-030-45157-8 / 9783030451578 |
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