All researchers need to write or speak about their work, and to have researcha that is worth presenting. Based on the author's decades of experience as a researcher and advisor, this third edition provides detailed guidance on writing and presentations and a comprehensive introduction to research methods, the how-to of being a successful scientist.aTopics include:aaaaaaaa Development of ideas into research questions;aaaaaaaa How to find, read, evaluate and referee other research;aaaaaaaa Design and evaluation of experiments and appropriate use of statistics;aaaaaaaa Ethics, the principles of science and examples of science gone wrong.Much of the book is a step-by-step guide to effective communication, with advice on:aaaaaaaaa Writing style and editing;aaaaaaaa Figures, graphs and tables;aaaaaaaa Mathematics and algorithms;aaaaaaaa Literature reviews and refereesO reports;aaaaaaaa Structuring of arguments and results into papers and theses;aaaaaaaa Writing of other professional documents;aaaaaaaa Presentation of talks and posters.Written in an accessible style and including handy checklists and exercises, Writing for Computer Science is not only an introduction to the doing and describing of research, but is a valuable reference for working scientists in the computing and mathematical sciences.