Effective Writing

Paul Kry - McGill University

Nov. 1, 2024, 2:30 p.m. - Nov. 1, 2024, 3:30 p.m.

ENGMD 280

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This talk will provide advice on how computer science grad students can improve their writing skills.  This will include a set of constructive principles that can be applied, along with a useful list of tips to help polish written work.  Other topics that will be briefly disccused involve writers block and knowing your audience. 

Paul G. Kry is an associate professor at McGill University in the School of Computer Science. He received his B.Math. in computer science with electrical engineering electives from the University of Waterloo, and his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in computer science from the University of British Columbia. He is the specialized conference chair for ACM SIGGRAPH, and is the past-president of the Canadian Human Computer Communications Society, the organization which sponsors the annual Graphics Interface conference.