Introduction to Doing Research in Media Arts and Sciences

Readings

These resources will help direct class discussions and aid with assignments. Please familiarize yourself with the resources. Please note that not every class has associated resources or readings.

CLASS	TOPICS	READINGS AND RESOURCES
1	Research	Suggestions on keeping a lab notebook
2	Ethics	MIT COUHES Website Ethical Expectations for UROP at MIT IEEE Code of Ethics ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct AIGA Standards of Professional Practice for Designers The Online Ethics Center for Engineering and Science
3	Intellectual Property (IP)	US Patent Database Google Patent Search World Intellectual Property Organization Handout: US Patent and Trademark Office General Information Concerning Patents Handout: Example patent (PDF - 1.9MB)
4	Resources	IEEE Xplore ACM Digital Library Google Scholar DBLP Zotero Britney Spears’ Guide to Semiconductor Physics
5	What’s “peer review” anyway?	IEEE Conference Search ACM Conference Calendar NASA document on how to do technical presentations. Katzoff, S. “Clarity in Technical Reporting.” NASA, 1964. (PDF - 1.6MB)
6	What the Web Means to All This
7	How does this stuff get paid for?
8	Demoing and Presenting	Generic powerpoint presentation for MAS111 (PDF)