{"id":282,"date":"2013-09-09T14:35:43","date_gmt":"2013-09-09T19:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/homepages.uc.edu\/~yaozo\/wordpress\/?p=282"},"modified":"2013-09-09T14:35:43","modified_gmt":"2013-09-09T19:35:43","slug":"advice-on-research-and-writing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zhuoyao.net\/index.php\/2013\/09\/09\/advice-on-research-and-writing\/","title":{"rendered":"Advice on Research and Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Advice on Research and Writing<\/h1>\n<p>A collection of advice about how to do research and how to communicate effectively (primarily for computer scientists).<\/p>\n<h2>Writing and Publishing<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sce.carleton.ca\/faculty\/chinneck\/thesis.html\">How to Organize your Thesis<\/a>, by John W. Chinneck.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"ftp:\/\/parcftp.xerox.com\/pub\/popl96\/pugh\/advice.ps.Z\">Advice to Authors of Extended Abstracts<\/a>, by William Pugh.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"ftp:\/\/ftp.math.ohio-state.edu\/pub\/math.style\/hint.ps\">Hints on good mathematical writing<\/a>, by David Goss<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"ftp:\/\/ftp.math.ohio-state.edu\/pub\/math.style\/mit.ps\">A primer on mathematical writing<\/a>, by Steven L. Kleiman<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"ftp:\/\/parcftp.xerox.com\/pub\/popl96\/vanLeunenLipton\">How To Have Your Abstract Rejected<\/a>, by van Leunen and Lipton.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"ftp:\/\/fast.cs.utah.edu\/pub\/writing-papers.ps\">An Evaluation of the Ninth SOSP Submissions, or, How (and How Not) to Write a Good Systems Paper<\/a>\u00a0by Roy Levin and David D. Redell<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ursamajor.uvic.ca\/how.to.publish.html\">How to Get a Paper Accepted at OOPSLA<\/a>, by Alan Snyder.\n<ul>\n<li>Includes\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ursamajor.uvic.ca\/how.to.panel.html\">comments from an OOPSLA program committee.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"ftp:\/\/parcftp.xerox.com\/pub\/popl96\/suggestions\">Advice for 1996 POPL submissions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Research Skills<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.umd.edu\/~oleary\/gradstudy\/gradstudy.html\">Graduate Study in the Computer and Mathematical Sciences: A Survival Manual<\/a>, by Dianne O&#8217;Leary<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.indiana.edu\/how.2b\/how.2b.html\">How to be a Good Graduate Student\/Advisor<\/a>, by Marie desJardins<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"ftp:\/\/cs.williams.edu\/pub\/bailey\/research.ps\">A Letter to Research Students<\/a>, by Duane A. Bailey<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.indiana.edu\/mit.research.how.to.html\">How to do Research in the MIT AI Lab<\/a>, ed. David Chapman<\/li>\n<li>The IUCS\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.indiana.edu\/docproject\/handbook\/part1.9.html\">Graduate Student Survival Guide<\/a>.\n<ul>\n<li>Includes\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.indiana.edu\/docproject\/handbook\/section1.9.0.3.html\">Survival Skills for Graduate Women<\/a><\/li>\n<li>and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.indiana.edu\/docproject\/handbook\/section1.9.0.6.html\">The Assistant Professor&#8217;s Guide to the Galaxy<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Speaking<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"ftp:\/\/ftp.dcs.glasgow.ac.uk\/pub\/glasgow-fp\/papers\/giving-a-talk.ps.Z\">How to Give a Good Research Talk<\/a>, by Simon Peyton Jones et al.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"ftp:\/\/ftp.unt.edu\/ian\/guides\/speaker\/speaker.ps\">How to Present a Paper in Theoretical Computer Science<\/a>, by Ian Parberry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Career Development<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/communication.ucsd.edu\/pagre\/network.html\">Networking on the Network<\/a>\u00a0by Phil Agre<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www-ccsl.cs.umass.edu\/~kaplan\/jobs\/\">Computer Science Faculty and Research Positions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/snorri.chem.washington.edu\/ysnarchive\/\">The Young Scientists&#8217; Network<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cra.org\/womencom.html\">CRA Committee on the Status of Women in Research<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Includes a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cra.org\/craw-docs\/gradinfokit.html\">Graduate School Information Kit for Women in Computer Science and Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n<li>and the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cra.org\/mentor.html\">Distributed Mentor Project<\/a>\u00a0for female undergraduates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bunny.cs.uiuc.edu\/funding\/academicCareers.html\">ACM SIGMOD academic careers information<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Includes\u00a0<a href=\"ftp:\/\/ics.uci.edu\/pub\/mentoring-workshop\">transcripts from the Workshop on Academic Careers for Women<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Related Topics and Resources<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eecs.nwu.edu:8001\/jmyers\/gradstudent.html\">Information resources for graduate students<\/a>\u00a0by Jennifer Myers.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"ftp:\/\/ftp.unt.edu\/ian\/guides\/referee\/manuscript.ps\">A Guide for New Referees in Theoretical Computer Science<\/a>, by Ian Parberry.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nas.edu\/nap\/online\/obas\">On Being A Scientist: Responsible Conduct In Research<\/a>, from the National Academy of Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Papers on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ai.mit.edu\/people\/ellens\/gender.html\">women in computer science<\/a>.\n<ul>\n<li>Includes\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ai.mit.edu\/people\/ellens\/Gender\/pap\/pap.html\"><cite>Why Are There So Few Female Computer Scientists?<\/cite><\/a>, by Ellen Spertus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uark.edu\/depts\/comminfo\/www\/study.html\">Study, Research, and Writing Skills<\/a>\u00a0web page from the American Communication Association.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.umbc.edu\/graduate\/info.html\">Information for current and prospective graduate students<\/a>\u00a0by Timothy Finin.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.public.iastate.edu\/~pmohseni\/grad.ps\">A Guide for Applying to Graduate Schools<\/a>\u00a0by Piroz Mohseni.<\/li>\n<li>Ivan Sutherland, &#8220;Technology and Courage,&#8221; in CMU Computer Science: A 25th Anniversary Commemorative, ed. Richard F. Rashid. ACM Press, 1991.<\/li>\n<li>Alan Jay Smith, &#8220;The task of the referee,&#8221; IEEE Computer, April 1990, pp. 65-71.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Dissertation Advice<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asgs.org\/Diss_Nws.htm\">Dissertation News<\/a>, published by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.asgs.org\/\">The Association for Support of Graduate Students<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"gopher:\/\/nuinfo.nwu.edu\/11\/graduate\/dissertation\">Resources for dissertation research<\/a>\u00a0(gopher)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/155.187.10.12\/fun\/burnout.html\">How to cope with &#8220;burnout&#8221;<\/a>, by Andreas Gehmeyr.<\/li>\n<li>How to Complete and Survive a Doctoral Dissertation, by David Sternberg. St. Martin&#8217;s Press, New York. ISBN 0-312-39606-6<\/li>\n<li>How to Get Control of Your Time and Your Life, by Alan Lakein. Signet Books. ISBN 0-451-16772-4<\/li>\n<li>Procrastination: Why you do it, what to do about it, by Jane Burka and Lenora Yuen. Addison-Wesley. 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