📁 Appendices & Templates¶
“Research is hard enough—don’t start from scratch when others have built the tools for you.”
🔖 Quick Navigation¶
- 📄 Sample Annotated Research Paper
- 📊 Literature Matrix Template
- 📝 Review Sheet & Note-Taking Template
- 🏆 Top Venues by Domain
- 🧾 Citation Examples (IEEE / ACM / APA)
- 🛠️ Tools for Collaboration
📄 Sample Annotated Research Paper¶
A visual breakdown of a real CS research paper with annotations showing:
- Structure (IMRaD, Abstract, etc.)
- Section purposes
- Writing tips per section
- Commentary on clarity, contributions, and citations
→ Download PDF: sample_annotated_paper.pdf
📊 Literature Matrix Template¶
Use this spreadsheet to track, compare, and organize the papers you read.
| Paper Title | Authors | Problem | Method | Dataset | Results | Strengths | Limitations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
→ Download: literature_matrix_template.csv or Notion version
→ Alternate version: Obsidian/Markdown table template available in repository.
📝 Review Sheet & Note-Taking Template¶
A reusable template for structured paper reading:
```markdown
- Title:
- Authors:
- Venue & Year:
- Summary:
- Research Problem:
- Method / Architecture:
- Dataset:
- Key Results:
- Limitations:
- How it connects to my work:
````
→ Download as .md, .docx, or .pdf
Use this to build your own literature review database over time.
🏆 Top Venues by Domain¶
A curated list of respected conferences and journals across major CS fields:
| Domain | Top Conferences (CORE A/A*) | Top Journals |
|---|---|---|
| AI / ML | NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR | JMLR, AI Journal |
| NLP | ACL, EMNLP, NAACL | TACL, Computational Linguistics |
| Computer Vision | CVPR, ICCV, ECCV | IJCV, TPAMI |
| HCI | CHI, UIST, CSCW | TOCHI |
| Software Eng. | ICSE, FSE, ASE | TSE |
| Cybersecurity | IEEE S\&P, USENIX Security, CCS | IEEE TDSC, ACM TOPS |
| Data Science | KDD, WSDM, ICDM | TKDE, VLDB Journal |
→ Full version: top_cs_venues_by_field.pdf
🧾 Citation Examples (IEEE / ACM / APA)¶
IEEE Style:¶
[1] A. Author, “Title of the article,” Journal Name, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 123–134, 2020.
ACM Style:¶
[1] Author, A. 2020. Title of the article. In Proceedings of the Conference (CONF’20). ACM, 123–134.
APA Style:¶
Author, A. (2020). Title of the article. Journal Name, 12(3), 123–134.
→ BibTeX and Zotero exports available in repo
🛠️ Tools for Collaboration¶
Here are tools used throughout the research process:
| Tool | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Overleaf | LaTeX writing and collaboration |
| Zotero | Citation and bibliography management |
| Obsidian | Markdown-based knowledge management |
| Notion | Research dashboards, templates, matrices |
| GitHub | Version control for papers, code, and docs |
| Google Drive | File storage, review drafts, and backups |
✅ Consider integrating Zotero + Overleaf + GitHub for a seamless research workflow.
✅ Want More?¶
Visit the companion GitHub repository for:
- All downloadable templates
- Sample paper walkthroughs
- Markdown-friendly versions for Obsidian and Notion
- Community-submitted additions and workflows
→ Repository: github.com/McKlay/cs-research-handbook
“Templates don’t replace thinking—but they give your thinking a place to live.”