生物與醫學資訊專論
Biomedical Informatics Paper Reading

* Greetings
   - We will spend some of our lives together in this class
   - Let's learn and have fun!


* Paper Presentation

** One paper/person ~20-25 min

*** Describe
    - Background
    - Motivation
    - Each Figure/Table
    - Conclusions
    - Positioning (relationship to previous work)
    - Criticism (positive or negative)

** Practice technical communication
   - Present to everyone (not just to the Prof)
   - Check if the audience seems to understand your main points.
       - Make eye contact
       - Pause occassionally
   - When the audience get's lost (will happen a lot)
       - Restate, reword as necessary.
       - Maybe even draw an impromptu picture.
       - Or let another who understands try to help explain
   - Pause occasionally and check if 
   - English preferred, Mandarin OK (emphasis on communication)


* Paper Selection Suggestions
** Journal Suggestions
*** Bioinformatics Journals
   - Bioinformatics
   - PLoS Computational Biology
   - Briefings in Bioinformatics
*** Other journals including bioinfo articles
   - Nucleic Acids Research
   - Genome Research
   - Genome Biology
   - BMC Journals (lower average quality?)
** Start Early
   - Scan/skim several papers first, before picking one
   - Pick a paper that you think is good work
   - Tell me the title of the paper(s) you select one week in advance (starting week 2)

* Presentation Preparation
   - Expect to spend 6 hours in preparation
     -  Sorry, but it really takes this much time!
     -  Includes reading background material (Wikipedia etc)
   - Prepare a slide or two (or even just a paper drawing) to summarize what you want to present
   - Use your own laptop / or upload your presentation to somewhere on the internet
   - You may find some pdf editing software useful, e.g. Okular


* Class Participation
   - Communication is a two way street  Presentor <==> Audience
   - Make eye contact.  Let the presentor know you care ♥