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We explain what properties the jury looked for to identify strong contributions and why they are important. They are formulated as seven pieces of advice: (1) Be in scope, (2) Enumerate your assumptions, (3) Delineate your contribution, (4) Honestly discuss limitations, (5) Show usefulness and practical applicability, (6) Have a well-prepared nutshell, and (7) Be timeless.
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Prechelt, L. (2022). Some Patterns of Convincing Software Engineering Research, or: How to Win the Ernst Denert Software Engineering Award 2020. In: Felderer, M., et al. Ernst Denert Award for Software Engineering 2020. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83128-8_2
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