Course Name: 00UB9L1 English (III): English for Science 英文(三):科學英文 (Spring 2022)
Instructor: Chao Wang 王超
Teaching Assistant: Guo-Hao Li 李國豪
Course Meetings: Monday 13:20–15:10, Gongguan Campus, S506 PBL classroom
Office Hours: see contact
Midterm Exam: N/A
Final Exam: N/A

配合教育部雙語大學政策，此課程為 EMI 全英文授課。

Contents

• Course Syllabus
• Course Schedule
• Textbook and References
• Accessibility
• Academic Integrity
• Homework Assignment

Course Syllabus

Fluency in the academic use of English is key to your success in the study of science and engineering. Historically, a significant portion of the body of knowledge is written and communicated in English, and it would be an unfortunate loss to us if the language itself prevents us from the access to it.

In this course, we will introduce the basics of academic English in the setting of science and engineering. The course includes four modules:

1. Effective and critical reading of scientific literature
2. Elements of nonfiction, technical writing style
3. Structures of research papers and technical reports
4. Verbal and visual presentation using academic English

Base on my background, I will cover the materials in the context of computer science and engineering. But no worries if you’re not in the department of CSIE - the goal of this course is really about leveraging English as an effective medium in study, not about learning computer science in English. Nevertheless, throughout the semester we do will learn a bit of computer science as a side effect of no harm :)

Grading Policy

• 30% Homework assignments
• 30% Participation
  • in-class Q&A and exercises
  • online Moodle interaction
• 10% Roll call
• 30% Final written report and final oral presentation

Course Schedule

Textbook and References

Required Text

“The Elements of Style” by William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White. 4th edition.

References

The following list will be updated throughout the semester. Many of the research papers can be found using Google Scholar. Our school has subscriptions to many digital libraries, so you should be able to download the listed papers via campus network.

1. “On Writing Well,” a book by William Zinsser.
2. Saxena, Abhinav, et al. “Damage propagation modeling for aircraft engine run-to-failure simulation.” 2008 international conference on prognostics and health management. IEEE, 2008. (Both the mentioned data set and the paper can be downloaded via NASA’s Prognostics Center of Excellence data repository, entry 6: Turbofan Engine Degradation Simulation Data Set.)
3. Heilmeier’s Catechism
4. Wang, C., Gill, C., & Lu, C. (2019, July). Frame: Fault tolerant and real-time messaging for edge computing. In 2019 IEEE 39th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS) (pp. 976-985). IEEE.
5. Keshav, S. (2007). How to read a paper. ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review, 37(3), 83-84.
6. Barricelli, Barbara Rita, Elena Casiraghi, and Daniela Fogli. “A survey on digital twin: Definitions, characteristics, applications, and design implications.” IEEE access 7 (2019): 167653-167671.
7. Wang, C., Gill, C., & Lu, C. (2020, April). Adaptive Data Replication in Real-Time Reliable Edge Computing for Internet of Things. In 2020 IEEE/ACM Fifth International Conference on Internet-of-Things Design and Implementation (IoTDI) (pp. 128-134). IEEE.
8. Wang, Chao, “Real-Time Reliable Middleware for Industrial Internet-of-Things” (2019). McKelvey School of Engineering Theses & Dissertations. 459. https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/eng_etds/459

Accessibility

Students in need are encouraged to bring their considerations to the instructor.

Academic Integrity

Academic integrity is a key component of your education, which is for your benefit. Anyone found to be cheating or helping someone else cheat will receive zero score for that homework/exam. Please reflect on the university’s motto: Sincerity 誠, Integrity 正, Diligence 勤, Simplicity 樸.

Homework Assignment

All homework assignments will be announced on Moodle.