# Advice on Research and Writing

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Collected Advice on Research and Writing

# Advice on Research and Writing

A collection of advice about how to do research and how to communicate
effectively (primarily for computer scientists).

## Writing and Publishing

- [How to Organize your Thesis](http://www.sce.carleton.ca/faculty/chinneck/thesis.html), by John W. Chinneck.- [Advice to Authors of Extended Abstracts](ftp://parcftp.xerox.com/pub/popl96/pugh/advice.ps.Z), by William Pugh.- [Hints
      on good mathematical writing](ftp://ftp.math.ohio-state.edu/pub/math.style/hint.ps), by David Goss- [A primer on mathematical writing](ftp://ftp.math.ohio-state.edu/pub/math.style/mit.ps), by Steven L. Kleiman- [How To Have Your Abstract Rejected](ftp://parcftp.xerox.com/pub/popl96/vanLeunenLipton),
          by van Leunen and Lipton.- [An Evaluation of the Ninth SOSP Submissions, or, How (and How Not) to
            Write a Good Systems Paper](ftp://fast.cs.utah.edu/pub/writing-papers.ps) by Roy Levin and David D. Redell- [How to Get a Paper Accepted at OOPSLA](http://ursamajor.uvic.ca/how.to.publish.html), by Alan Snyder.
              - Includes [comments from an OOPSLA program committee.](http://ursamajor.uvic.ca/how.to.panel.html)- [Advice for 1996 POPL submissions](ftp://parcftp.xerox.com/pub/popl96/suggestions)

## Research Skills

- [Graduate Study in the Computer and Mathematical Sciences: A Survival
  Manual](http://www.cs.umd.edu/~oleary/gradstudy/gradstudy.html), by Dianne O'Leary- [How to be a Good Graduate Student/Advisor](http://www.cs.indiana.edu/how.2b/how.2b.html), by Marie desJardins- [A Letter to Research Students](ftp://cs.williams.edu/pub/bailey/research.ps), by Duane A. Bailey- [How to do Research in the MIT AI Lab](http://www.cs.indiana.edu/mit.research.how.to.html), ed. David Chapman- The IUCS [Graduate Student Survival Guide](http://www.cs.indiana.edu/docproject/handbook/part1.9.html).
          - Includes [Survival Skills for Graduate Women](http://www.cs.indiana.edu/docproject/handbook/section1.9.0.3.html)- and [The Assistant Professor's Guide to the Galaxy](http://www.cs.indiana.edu/docproject/handbook/section1.9.0.6.html).

## Speaking

- [How to Give a Good Research Talk](ftp://ftp.dcs.glasgow.ac.uk/pub/glasgow-fp/papers/giving-a-talk.ps.Z), by Simon Peyton Jones et al.- [How to Present a Paper in Theoretical Computer Science](ftp://ftp.unt.edu/ian/guides/speaker/speaker.ps),
    by Ian Parberry.

## Career Development

- [Networking on the Network](http://communication.ucsd.edu/pagre/network.html) by Phil Agre- [Computer Science Faculty and Research Positions](http://www-ccsl.cs.umass.edu/~kaplan/jobs/)- [The Young Scientists' Network](http://snorri.chem.washington.edu/ysnarchive/)- [CRA Committee on the Status of Women in Research](http://cra.org/womencom.html)
        - Includes a [Graduate School Information Kit for Women in
          Computer Science and Engineering](http://cra.org/craw-docs/gradinfokit.html)- and the [Distributed Mentor Project](http://cra.org/mentor.html) for female undergraduates.- [ACM
          SIGMOD academic careers information](http://bunny.cs.uiuc.edu/funding/academicCareers.html)
          - Includes
            [transcripts from the
            Workshop on Academic Careers for Women](ftp://ics.uci.edu/pub/mentoring-workshop).

## Related Topics and Resources

- [Information resources for graduate students](http://www.eecs.nwu.edu:8001/jmyers/gradstudent.html) by Jennifer Myers.- [A Guide for New Referees in Theoretical Computer Science](ftp://ftp.unt.edu/ian/guides/referee/manuscript.ps),
    by Ian Parberry.- [On Being A Scientist: Responsible Conduct In Research](http://www.nas.edu/nap/online/obas),
      from the National Academy of Sciences- Papers on [women in computer science](http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/ellens/gender.html).
        - Includes
          [Why Are There So Few Female Computer Scientists?](http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/ellens/Gender/pap/pap.html),
          by Ellen Spertus.- [Study, Research, and Writing Skills](http://www.uark.edu/depts/comminfo/www/study.html) web page
          from the American Communication Association.- [Information for current and prospective graduate students](http://www.cs.umbc.edu/graduate/info.html) by
            Timothy Finin.- [A Guide for Applying to Graduate Schools](http://www.public.iastate.edu/~pmohseni/grad.ps)
              by Piroz Mohseni.- 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.

## Dissertation Advice

- [Dissertation News](http://www.asgs.org/Diss_Nws.htm),
  published by [The Association for Support of Graduate Students](http://www.asgs.org/).- [Resources for dissertation research](gopher://nuinfo.nwu.edu/11/graduate/dissertation) (gopher)- [How to cope with "burnout"](http://155.187.10.12/fun/burnout.html),
      by Andreas Gehmeyr.- How to Complete and Survive a Doctoral Dissertation, by
        David Sternberg. St. Martin's Press, New York. ISBN 0-312-39606-6- How to Get Control of Your Time and Your Life, by Alan Lakein.
          Signet Books. ISBN 0-451-16772-4- Procrastination: Why you do it, what to do about it,
            by Jane Burka and Lenora Yuen. Addison-Wesley. ISBN 0-201-55089-X

## Humor

- [How to Have a Bad Career in Research/Academia](http://www.cs.utah.edu/~lepreau/osdi94/keynote/abstract.html) by David Patterson- [Burnout Prevention and Recovery at MIT](http://web.mit.edu/afs/athena.mit.edu/user/w/c/wchuang/News/college/MIT-views.html.gz)- [A Dictionary of Useful Research Phrases](http://www.best.com/~smurman/soga/misc/research.html)

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