Vasant Honavar
Pennsylvania State University
Artificial Intelligence Research Laboratory
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Graduate Research, Writing, and Careers in Computer Science and Informatics
Useful Books on Graduate Studies, Research and Careers
You can find the slides of a talk that I have often given to new graduate students
here
You can find a list of extremely useful books
on research, scientific ethics, writing, dissertations, and scientific careers that I recommend to all of my graduate students
here
Online Resources on Graduate Study in Computer Science
Advice for Undergraduates Considering Graduate School
by Phil Agre.
Notes on the Ph.D. Degree
, by Doug Comer
How to Succeed in Graduate School - A Guide for Students and Advisors
by Marie desJardins.
Graduate Study in the Computer and Mathematical Sciences: A Survival Manual
by Dianne Prost O'Leary.
Graduate School Survival Guide
, Wanda Pratt.
Tomorrow's Professor
- Excerpts from Richard Reis's book with the same title.
Computer Science Graduate School Survival Guide
by Ronald Azuma.
Graduate School Superstars
How to Choose a PhD advisor
by Michael Loui.
Networking on the Network
by Phil Agre
How to be terrible graduate student
(by Graeme Hirst, University of Toronto).
How to cope with "burnout"
by Andreas Gehmeyr.
Online Resources on Ethics
On Being A Scientist: Responsible Conduct in Research
from the National Academy of Sciences.
Course on Responsible Conduct in Research
, from Columbia University
Responsible Authorship and Peer Review
Collaborative Science
Data Acquisition and Management
Mentoring
Research Misconduct
Conflicts of Interest
Integrity in Scientific Research
, Videos from American Association for the Advancement of Science
Ethics in Computing
by Edward Gehringer, North Carolina State University
Association of Computing Machinery Computing and Public Policy Page (including Code of Ethics)
Netiquette
, by Virginia Shea.
Resources on Plagiarism and How to Avoid it
MIT
On Line Ethics Center for Science and Engineering
from Case Western Reserve University
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
Online Resources on Research in Computer Science
You and your research
, by Richard Hamming.
A Letter to Research Students
, by Duane A. Bailey
How to Read a Research Paper
How to Read a Research Paper
How to Keep Up With the Literature
How to do research in Computer Science
by Michael Schillo, German Research Center for AI.
Research Methods in Computer Science
Serge Demeyer
About Computing Science Research Methodology
Nelson et. al.
Research methods in computer science Class notes
Ryerson.
Research methods in Computer science lecture notes
Cunnigham
How to do Research in the MIT AI Lab
, ed. David Chapman
How to Have a Bad Career in Research/Academia
by David Patterson
Online Resources on Writing, Publication, and Presentation
Grammar and Style
Elements of Style
, William Strunk
Grammar, Punctuation, and Spelling
from Purdue University
Writing a Thesis
Writing and Presentation of Thesis or Dissertation
by Joseph Levine.
How to write a Ph.D. thesis
by Joe Wolfe
On Ph.D. Thesis Proposals
, by H. C. Lauer
How to write up a Ph.D. dissertation
, Jason Eisner
Structure of CS Dissertations
, by Spencer Rugaber
How to write a thesis in an Experimental area of Computer Science
by Doug Comer.
How to Organize Your Thesis
by John Chinneck
Thesis Defense
by Chris Riesbeck
Hints on Ph.D. Thesis Defense
by Ed Coffman, Jonathan Rosenberg, and Sal Stolfo.
Preparing for Ph.D. Defense
by Andrew Broad.
Writing Papers and Abstracts
How to Publish a Scientific Paper
, by Sharon Downes
Me Write Pretty One Day: How to Write a Good Scientific Paper
, ASCB Women in Cell Biology
How to Write a Good Research Paper
, by Simon Peyton Jones.
How (and How Not) to Write a Good Systems Paper
by Roy Levin and David D. Redell
Hints
on good mathematical writing
, by David Goss
A primer on mathematical writing
, by Steven L. Kleiman
Mathematical Writing
by Don Knuth (including videos of lectures).
How not to write a research paper
by Oded Goldreich
How To Have Your Abstract Rejected
by van Leunen and Lipton.
Ian Parberry's Guide for for New Referees
Technical Writing Tips
by Henning Schulzrinne
Presenting Research
How to Give a Good Research Talk
, by Simon Peyton Jones et al.
Talk
Presenting Research
by Marie desJardins
Michael Ernst on giving a talk
Ian Parberry's Guide for Speakers
On Short Talks
, by Charles Van Loan, Cornell University
Tips on giving a 15-minute talk
Scott Keogh
Writing Research Proposals
The Art of Grantsmanship
, by Jacob Kraicer
How to Write a Strong Research Proposal
by Simon Peyton Jones and Alan Bundy.
Talk
Tips for Writing Research Proposal
by Joseph Levine
A Guide for Proposal Writing
, from the National Science Foundation
All About Grants
from the National Institutes of Health
Online Resources for Women in Computer Science
CRA Committee on Status of Women in Computer Science
with many pointers to resources for women in computing.
Graduate Scholarships and Fellowships
Graduate Assistantships, Fellowships, Scholarships
Graduate Teaching Assistantships
Graduate Traineeships in Bioinformatics and Computational Molecular Biology
Yahoo! Graduate Fellowships
AT&T Fellowships
Homeland Security Fellowships
INTEL Graduate Fellowships
Microsoft Graduate Fellowships
B.F. Goodrich Collegiate Inventors Program
Merril Lynch Grants Competition
National Academy of Science Predoctoral and Dissertation Fellowship Programs
National Physical Sciences Consortium Fellowship Program for Minorities and Women
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships
IBM Ph.D. Fellowships
NASA Graduate Fellowships
National Defense Science and Engineering Fellowships
Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship for Service Program
Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships
Department of Energy High Performance Computing Fellowships
NVIDIA Fellowship Program
American Association of University Women - American Fellowships
American Association of University Women - International Fellowships
Luce Scholarship Program
Google Scholarships
Iowa State University office of Financial Aid
Financial Aid
Online Resources on Careers in Computer Science
Ph.D. Careers
, from Berkeley
What you can do as a second year grad student
What to do when you advance to Ph.D. candidacy
Academic job listings
The CV
The Cover Letter
Letters of recommendation
Teaching Portfolio
Hiring process from the other side
Negotiating the offer
Computing Research and Academic Jobs
Higher Education Jobs
ACM Career Center
AI Jobs
Bioinformatics Jobs
Biomedical and Health Informatics Jobs
ISCB Computational Biology jobs
Bioplanet.com Bioinformatics Jobs
Science Careers
, American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS)
IEEE Job Site
Nature Jobs
New Scientist Jobs
Chronicle Careers
Academic Careers
Higher Education Jobs
Careers in the Academia
Yahoo! Hot Jobs
Career Builder
On-line Job Services
CareerPath
Monster.com
Recruiter Network
i-recruit.com
Online Resources on Life after Graduate School
Transition form graduate student to assistant professor
The Assistant Professor's Guide to the Galaxy
by George Bekey.
Resources for new professors
by Nigel Ward.
Humor
Ph.D. Comics
A Day in the Life of a Graduate Student
Burnout Prevention and Recovery at MIT
Nerd Songs
A Dictionary of Useful Research Phrases
Philosophical Humor
, Dave Chalmers
All Computer Humor
Omri's Computer Humor Page
Laughnet Computer Humor
Tina's Humor: Computer
Dr. Vasant Honavar, College of Information Sciences and Technology, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802
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