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Modern Research Paper Writing for Engineering and Computing Researchers

30th March 2026
Workshop

Workshop Overview

This workshop is designed to equip researchers with practical, up-to-date skills for writing high-quality research papers aligned with international conference and journal standards.

With increasing expectations on clarity, reproducibility, visual quality, and ethical use of AI tools, effective research communication has become as critical as technical novelty. Aligned with the requirements of major engineering and computing conferences, the workshop provides a hands-on, end-to-end guide to research paper preparation from structuring ideas to producing camera-ready manuscripts using professional tools.

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30th March 2026

Time: 6.00 p.m

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Target Audience

  • Undergraduate and postgraduate students
  • Early-career researchers, PhD candidates, academics, and industry researchers
Modern Research Paper Writing Workshop Details

What You'll Learn

Modern Research Paper Writing Techniques

  • Paper structure, problem formulation, contributions
  • Common reviewer expectations and rejection reasons

Conference Template Usage

  • IEEE/ACM/Springer templates
  • Page limits and camera-ready compliance

LaTeX for Research Writing

  • Equations, references, BibTeX
  • Overleaf and local workflows

Figure and Table Generation

  • MATLAB, Python, TikZ, vector graphics
  • Reproducibility and formatting standards

Online Research Tools

  • Reference managers, collaboration tools
  • Plagiarism checking and version control

Responsible Use of AI

  • AI-assisted writing and limitations
  • Conference/journal AI policies and ethical boundaries

From Draft to Submission

  • Submission checklists
  • Responding to reviewers

Contact Us

Email: mercon@uom.lk

Phone: +94112650301

Engineering Research Unit,
Faculty of Engineering,
University of Moratuwa,
Sri Lanka

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