Collected Advice on Research and Writing
A collection of advice about how to do research and how to communicate
effectively (primarily for computer scientists).
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An Evaluation of the Ninth SOSP Submissions, or, How (and How Not) to
Write a Good Systems Paper by Roy Levin and David D. Redell
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How to Have a Bad Career in Research/Academia by David Patterson
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Networking on the Network by Phil Agre
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On Being A Scientist: Responsible Conduct In Research,
from the National Academy of Sciences
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CRA Committee on the Status of Women in Research
- Hints
on good mathematical writing, by David Goss
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A primer on mathematical writing, by Steven L. Kleiman
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How to be a Good Graduate Student/Advisor, by Marie desJardins
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How to Get a Paper Accepted at OOPSLA, by Alan Snyder.
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A Letter to Research Students, by Duane A. Bailey
- The IUCS
Graduate Student Survival Guide.
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How to do Research in the MIT AI Lab, ed. David Chapman
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How to Give a Good Research Talk, by Simon Peyton Jones et al.
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How to Present a Paper in Theoretical Computer Science,
by Ian Parberry.
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A Guide for New Referees in Theoretical Computer Science,
by Ian Parberry.
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Advice to Authors of Extended Abstracts, by William Pugh.
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How To Have Your Abstract Rejected,
by van Leunen and Lipton.
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Advice for 1996 POPL submissions
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How to cope with "burnout",
by Andreas Gehmeyr.
- Burnout Prevention and Recovery at MIT (humor)
- Papers on
women in computer science.
Other references and related resources
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Study, Research, and Writing Skills web page
from the American Communication Association.
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The Young Scientists' Network (career oriented)
- Dissertation News,
published by
The Association for Support of Graduate Students.
- Ivan Sutherland, "Technology and Courage," in CMU Computer
Science: A 25th Anniversary Commemorative, ed. Richard F. Rashid. ACM
Press, 1991.
- Alan Jay Smith, "The task of the referee," IEEE Computer, April 1990,
pp. 65-71.
- ACM
SIGMOD academic careers information
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Resources for dissertation research (gopher)
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Information resources for graduate students by Jennifer Myers.
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Information for current and prospective graduate students by
Timothy Finin.
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A Guide for Applying to Graduate Schools
by Piroz Mohseni.