Table of Contents

Graduate School

A Guide to PhD Studies and Research (David Schmidt et al.)

How to Succeed in Graduate School (by Marie desJardins)

How to Have a Bad Career in Research/Academia (by Dave Patterson)

Ten Simple Rules for Graduate Students (by Philip E. Bourne)

Notes on the PhD Degree (by Doug Comer)

Graduate School Survival Guide (by Wanda Pratt)

Computer Science Graduate School Survival Guide (by Ronald Azuma)

Choosing an Advisor (by Marshall Lev Dermer)

How to be a Terrible Graduate Student (by Graeme Hirst)

Research

How to do good research, get it published in SIGKDD and get it cited!

Ten Simple Rules for Doing Your Best Research, According to Hamming

Ten Simple Rules for Getting Published

Choosing a venue: conference or journal? (by Michael Ernst)

Writing Resources

Generic Technical Paper Skeleton

Writing a technical paper (by Michael Ernst)

Helpful Hints for Technical Paper Writing

Teach Technical Writing in Two Hours per Week

How to Organize your Thesis (by John W. Chinneck)

How to write a great research paper (by Simon Peyton Jones)

How To Have Your Abstract Rejected (by van Leunen and Lipton)

Crafting Papers on Machine Learning (by Pat Langley)

Ten Reasons Why TeX is Better than Word

Oral Presentations

Giving a technical presentation (giving a talk) (by Michael Ernst)

How to Give a Good Research Talk (by Simon Peyton Jones et al.)

Hints for Giving a Good SURF, REU, etc. Talk

Ten Simple Rules for Making Good Oral Presentations (by Philip E. Bourne)

http://lumetta.web.engr.illinois.edu/bad-talk/ (by Steven S. Lumetta, adapted from David A. Patterson)

How to Give a Bad talk (by J. Ousterhout, T. Anderson, D. Patterson, channeled by M. Dahlin)

How to Give a Bad Practice Talk (by Milo M. K. Martin)

Bad Talk, Good Talk (by David G Messerschmitt)

Poster Presentations

Ten Simple Rules for a Good Poster Presentation

Making a technical poster (by Michael Ernst)

Reviewing

Notes on Constructive and Positive Reviewing

John Ousterhout's Hints for Reviewing Papers

Reviewing Papers: A Student Guide by Robin Murphy

Conferences

Advice for first-time conference attendees (by David Notkin)

Conference Etiquette (by Mark D. Hill and David A. Wood)

Attending an Academic Conference (by by Michael Ernst)

Online Resources for Graduating Students (ACM)

Job Search Tips for International Students

One day, one job

Various

How to read a scientific paper (Mihai Pop)

Tutorial on how to read a scientific paper (Purdue)

Requesting a letter of recommendation (by Michael Erns)

Why Get an Internship (by Michael Ernst)

Ten Simple Rules Collection (PLoS)

Ten Simple Rules for Choosing between Industry and Academia

Burnout Prevention and Recovery

Networking on the Network (by Phil Agre)

Getting an academic job (by Michael Ernst)

PhD Comics