Research Tips

1）General Career Advice

2）Research Advice

3）Writing Papers and Proposals

4）Speaking and Presentations

5）Teaching and Education

6）Useful to Anyone

- Seven Steps to Success in Graduate School by Naomi Halas
- Career Advice by Terry Tao
- Distilling the Wisdom of CEOs by Adam Bryant
- Tips for Success in Graduate School by Vinay Ribeiro
- You and Your Research by Richard Hamming
- Advice to Young Researchers by Malcolm Shuster
- How to be a Good Graduate Student by Marie desJardins (ACM paper)
- Notes on the PhD Degree by Douglas Comer
- Technology and Courage by Ivan Sutherland
- Networking on the Network by Phil Agre
- How to be a Star Engineer by Robert Kelley, IEEE Spectrum, October 1999
- Tomorrow’s Professor: Preparing for Academic Careers in Science and Engineering, by Richard M. Reis, IEEE Press, 1997, web page
- Thinking Strategically by Craig Loehle, Cambridge University Press, 1996
- A PhD is Not Enough by Peter Feibelman, Addison-Wesley, 1993
- Seven Steps to Successfully Launching a Research Project by George Heilmer
- Statistical Research: Some Advice for Beginners by Michael Hamada and Randy Sitter
- Five Steps to Stimulate Creativity by Paul Selwyn
- Eighteen Ways to Attack a Problem by Richard Bracewell
- Doctoral Education: Preparing for the Future by Jules LaPidus
- Advice on Writing Papers by Terry Tao
- How to be a Highly Cited Author in the Math Sciences by David Donoho
- Writing a Research Plan from Science
- Paper Writing and Presentations Page by Armando Fox
- Ten Tips on Writing Less Badly by Michael Munger
- How to Write Mathematics by Paul Halmos
- Dissertation Advice by Olin Shivers
- Writing and Presenting Your Thesis or Dissertation by S. Joseph Levine
- Guide for Writing a Funding Proposal by S. Joseph Levine
- The Elements of Style by W. Strunk and E. B. White
- The Task of the Referee by Alan Jay Smith, IEEE Computer, April 1990
- Oral Presentation Advice by Mark Hill
- Conference Etiquette by Mark Hill and David Wood
- Successful Presentations for Dummies by Malcolm Kushner
- The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs by Carmine Gallo
- Resources in Science and Engineeing Education by Richard Felder
- Protect your wrists, shoulder, and back! Clay Scott’s Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) web page
- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values by Robert Pirsig, William Morrow, 1979.
- How stuff works by Marshall Brian