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)
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
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)
Job Search
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)
