Prof. Scott Tilley
Scott Tilley is a faculty member at the Florida Institute of Technology, where he is a Professor of Software Engineering in the Department of Computer Sciences, a Professor of Information Systems in the College of Business, and an Associate Member of the Harris Institute for Assured Information. He is also a Visiting Scientist at Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute. Scott holds a PhD from the University of Victoria.
Scott is a Past Chair of the ACM’s Special Interest Group on Design of Communication (SIGDOC). He is Chair of the Steering Committee for the IEEE Web Systems Evolution (WSE) series of events. He was General Chair for the 24th IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance (ICSM 2008), which took place in Beijing, China.
Scott writes the weekly “Technology Today” column for the Florida Today newspaper (Gannett). His recent books include “Software Testing in the Cloud: Migration & Execution” (Springer, 2012) and “Software Testing in the Cloud: Perspectives on an Emerging Discipline” (IGI Global, 2012).
Distinguished ACM Speaker
Keynote: Writing About Technology
Abstract
Communication skills are essential to a successful career in computing. You may be an excellent programmer, but if you can’t explain your work to your peers then your career will quickly plateau. This means the most important language you should master during your graduate studies is not C# or Java – it’s English.
Whether it’s writing reports for class, writing conference or journal papers to summarize research results, or writing a long document such as a thesis or a dissertation, it’s all writing. Your special challenge is explaining complex concepts to your readers in a way that they can easily understand. Fortunately, this is a skill that you can learn.
This talk discusses the unique concerns related to writing about technology. Some of the tools, techniques, and resources available to help you become more proficient are described. Examples from a weekly newspaper column targeted towards a general audience are used to illustrate some important lessons learned.
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