How to write the 4-page paper

How to write the final paper:

Apart from writing one page reflection for each of the seminars, I also want you to write a 4-page essay. 

Content:

The paper can be on anything you find interesting - as long as it is related to HCI. Hopefully some topic that was brought up in one of the six seminars was interesting to you? Or it might be something you want to do in your MSc that you would like to outline and discuss? What I expect is a proper paper that has a particular question/idea, some method for exploring it (literature review, some empirical data you got from some study you've done in the past, some design work you've done, or some interaction you've implemented), and some result (what do I learn from reading your paper that I can bring into my practice?). 

Format:

The required format of your 4-page paper is this: ACM SICHI extended abstract format. I am pretty hard on the formatting! Absolutely no more than 4 pages! No appendix. Follow every instructions in the format rules! Put the pictures in the left-hand column. On the first page, the abstract needs to be in the rightmost column. References need to be included in the 4 pages. And so on. Be strict! 

Abstract:

The abstract should be something along the following lines: two - three sentences about the topic you are going to address, one - two sentences about your method, one - three sentences about your insight/result that I will learn from your paper. 

Introduction:
States the problem and introduces the overall topic.

Background: 

Who else has done anything in the field? What did they say? Put at least 5 - 10 references in your paper. Some perhaps from the course, some that you find in scholar.google.com or acm.org/dl.

Main part of the paper:

Describes your work - your design, study or what you have done. 

Discussion/conclusion:

End with a proper conclusion and/or discussion.

References:

Follow the formatting properly! A tip: in acm.org/dl once you've found a paper you want to refer to, click on "ACM ref" under the header Export Format. There you get the full, proper reference that you can copy. 

Plagiarism: 

I guess you've heard this many times, but as you know, you cannot copy text from someone else. If you want to put in text from someone else, put it inbetween "... " followed by a reference to that author. 

(In fact you cannot even copy your own text - that is named self-plagiarism). 

Deadlines:

No special deadlines in this course. The sooner you send me stuff, the sooner I will reply with feedback. 

Questions?

If you find this confusing or worried about what to write about, mail me and we can meet up and talk about it! 

Kia (khook@kth.se)