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PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS
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UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH
- "Advice for Students and Postdocs" by Prof. Andrea L. Bertozzi (UCLA) - http://www.math.ucla.edu/~bertozzi/advice.html
- SFU Engineering Science Undergraduate Thesis - http://www.sfu.ca/~whitmore/enscthesis/examples.html
- Guidelines for Preparing an Undergraduate Thesis Proposal - http://aec.ifas.ufl.edu/docs/pdf/undergrad/AEC-UG-Thesis-Guidelines-20112.pdf
- Undergrad Thesis FAQ (Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition, Univ of Guelph) - https://www.uoguelph.ca/family/undergraduate/undergrad-thesis-faq
- Undergraduate Thesis (Ryerson Univ) - http://www.ryerson.ca/content/dam/psychology/undergraduate/thesis/thesisinformation.pdf
- Undergraduate Thesis Policy (Univ. of Northern BC) - http://www.unbc.ca/sites/default/files/assets/biology/undergrad_thesis_policy_revised_dec_2000.pdf
- Senior Thesis (Univ of Delaware) - http://urp.udel.edu/content/senior-thesis
- Undergraduate Thesis Guideline (Brandon Univ) - http://www.brandonu.ca/geography/files/2011/07/Geography_Thesis_Procedures_and_Style-1.pdf
- "My Undergraduate Research Experience and Decision to Pursue a Ph.D" by Frank Wang - http://web.mit.edu/frankw/www/papers/article.pdf
- Sample UROP Proposals - http://web.mit.edu/urop/guides/sampleprops.html
- Sample Proposals for the Undergraduate Engineering Review - http://www.writing.engr.psu.edu/workbooks/proposal.samples.html
- Proposal - http://www.writing.engr.psu.edu/workbooks/proposals.html
- Writing in the Sciences and Engineering - http://gsrc.ucla.edu/gwc/resources/writing-in-the-sciences-and-engineering.html
- Grant Writing Proposal Workshop for Graduate Engineering Students - http://www.seas.virginia.edu/admin/diversity/Fellowships&GrantWritingforGraduateEngrStudents.pdf
- Sample proposals - http://www.urop.uci.edu/SURP/surp_sample_proposals.html
- Why some professors welcome new lab members with clear expectations—in writing - https://www.sciencemag.org/careers/2019/08/why-some-professors-welcome-new-lab-members-clear-expectations-writing
RESEARCH
- Research
- Doing Research
- How to Do Research - http://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/%7esilvia/research-tips/
- Tomorrow's Professor Blog - http://derekbruff.org/blogs/tomprof/
- Grant Writing Tips (McGill Univ) http://muhc.ca/research/page/grant-writing-tips
- NSERC - Discovery Grants Information Centre - http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Professors-Professeurs/DGIC-CISD_eng.asp
- NSERC Peer Review Manual 2012-2013 - http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NSERC-CRSNG/Reviewers-Examinateurs/IntroPRManual-IntroManuelEP_eng.asp
- Advices from Jenn Wortman Vaughan, Assistant Professor, UCLA Computer Science - http://www.cs.ucla.edu/~jenn/misc.html
- Mihir Bellare's Ph.D. Experience http://cseweb.ucsd.edu/users/mihir/phd.html
- Links to some other people's guides http://cseweb.ucsd.edu/users/mihir/education.html
- 5+5 Commandments of a Ph.D. - http://matt.might.net/articles/phd-commandments/
- The illustrated guide to a Ph.D.http://matt.might.net/articles/phd-school-in-pictures/
- Writing
- The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) - http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
- How to Write a Lab Report - http://inpp.ohiou.edu/~roche/group_page/tips/lab_report.pdf
- How to Write a Lab Report - http://www.columbia.edu/cu/biology/faculty/mowshowitz/howto_guide/lab_report.html
- How to write a conference paper - http://liyanashuib.blogspot.ca/2010/04/how-to-write-journal-and-conference.html
- How to Write a Journal/Conference Paper - http://www.ee.umanitoba.ca/~ferens/ECE7650_DTN/ConferencePaper/How%20to%20write%20a%20Paper.pdf
- Tips for Writing Technical Papers - http://infolab.stanford.edu/~widom/paper-writing.html
- How to give an effective conference paper - http://www.universityaffairs.ca/how-to-give-an-effective-conference-paper.aspx
- How to Write an Abstract - http://www.ece.cmu.edu/~koopman/essays/abstract.html
- Choosing a venue: conference or journal? - http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/mernst/advice/conferences-vs-journals.html
- How to write a good abstract for a scientific paper or conference presentation - http://www.indianjpsychiatry.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5545;year=2011;volume=53;issue=2;spage=172;epage=175;aulast=Andrade
- Basics of Research Paper Writing and Publishing http://gruppe.wst.univie.ac.at/~derntl/papers/meth-se.pdf
- SFU Student Learning Commons: Writing handouts - http://www.lib.sfu.ca/about/branches-depts/slc/writing/writing
- Dave Patterson's Writing Advice - https://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~pattrsn/talks/writingtips.html
- GWIE | Gradute Writing Institute for Excellence - http://gwie4grads.org/
- Useful Phrases and Sentences for Academic & Research Paper Writing - https://www.ref-n-write.com/blog/how-to-write-a-research-paper-academic-phrasebank-vocabulary/
- Writing Tools
- MicroSpell Spell Checker - http://www.microspell.com/
- Presentations
- Presentation skills for grad students (47:41 minute video) http://www.sfu.ca/dean-gradstudies/blog/tips/LearningCommonsVideos.html
- Dissertation Haiku - http://dissertationhaiku.wordpress.com/
- Dance Your PhD - http://news.sciencemag.org/2010/09/dance-your-ph.d.-finalists-announced
- Three Minute Thesis - http://www.sfu.ca/dean-gradstudies/events/three-minute-thesis/3MT-tips.html
- Chronicle of Higher Education: Teaching Ph.D.'s How to Reach Out - http://chronicle.com/article/Teaching-PhDs-How-to-Reach/131776/
- Misc
- Research Tips from Prof. Shengdong ZHAO - http://www.shengdongzhao.com/research-tips/
- Collected Advice on Research and Writing http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/mleone/web/how-to.html
GRADUATE STUDIES AND BEYOND
- Graduate Studies
- Thinking about a PhD? - http://stackblog.wordpress.com/thinking-about-a-phd/
- Graduate study in the computer and mathamatical sciences: A survival manual - http://www.cs.umd.edu/~oleary/gradstudy/gradstudy.html
- How to be a good graduate student - http://heibeck.freeshell.org/Grad_Advice/how2b/how.2b.html
- Guide to graduate student - http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~murphyk/Teaching/guideForStudents.html
- Academic labbder - http://www.academicladder.com/
- Qualifying Examination - http://beststudentviolins.com/guide.html#conducting
- Advice to beginning graduate student - http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mblum/research/pdf/grad.html
- Pursuit of the Ph.D.: Is it good for your health? - http://kerlins.net/bobbi/research/myresearch/health.html
- The Ph.D. Grind - http://pgbovine.net/PhD-memoir.htm
- Advice for researchers and students Compiled by Michael Ernst - http://homes.cs.washington.edu/~mernst/advice/
- Notes on the PhD Degree by Douglas Comer - https://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/dec/essay.phd.html
- A Graduate School Survival Guide: So long, and Thanks for the Ph.D! by Ronald T. Azuma - http://www.cs.unc.edu/~azuma/hitch4.html
- How to Succeed in Graduate School by Marie desJardins - https://www.csee.umbc.edu/~mariedj/papers/advice-summary.html
- How to do Research At the MIT AI Lab edited by David Chapman - http://www.cs.indiana.edu/mit.research.how.to.html
- How to have a Bad Career in Research/Academia by David A. Patterson - https://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~pattrsn/talks/BadCareer.pdf
- Thesis Guide
- How to Write a Ph.D. Thesis - http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/%7ejw/thesis.html
- How to Do Research at the MIT AI Lab - http://www.cs.dal.ca/graduate/doc/MITAIResearch.html
- Writing and Presenting Your Thesis or Dissertation - http://www.learnerassociates.net/dissthes/
- Discussion on Ph.D. Thesis Proposals in Computing Science - http://john.regehr.org/reading_list/proposal.html
- How to Write a PhD Thesis - http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~jw/thesis.html
- Dissertation Guide http://www.itstudyguide.com/dissertation_study_guide.htm
- How to prepare for your PhD VIVA - http://www.bracil.net/edward/phd_viva.html
- How to write a master's thesis in computer science - http://cs.fit.edu/~wds/guides/howto/
- Order dissertation - http://www.umi.com/products_umi/dissertations/disexpress.shtml
- ProQuest - http://www.proquest.com.
- Notes on a PhD Defence
- Anatomy of a PhD Defence - http://science-professor.blogspot.com/2007/07/anatomy-of-phd-defence.html
- A Candidate's Guide to the PhD Oral Exam - http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/complit/defenseguide.html
- Nasty PhD Viva Questions - http://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~saul/wiki/uploads/Chapter1/NastyPhDQuestions.html
- Hints for PhD Defenses - http://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~saul/wiki/uploads/Chapter1/Hints.html
- Academic Career
- Advices from Leigh Thompson - http://www.leighthompson.com/
- Tools for Success in Graduate School and Beyond (UT) -
- The Job Search: A series of posts - http://geomblog.blogspot.ca/p/job-search-series-of-posts.html
- Reviewing Paper
- How to Review a Technical Paper - http://eetd.lbl.gov/EA/Buildings/ALAN/Publications/how.to.review.html
- How to publish your journal paper - http://www.apa.org/monitor/sep02/publish.html
- Writing Review of Journal Article Pape - http://www.smccd.edu/accounts/saterfield/Psyc200/Review%20articles.htm
- Reviewing Papers: A Student Guide by Robin Murphy http://www.csee.usf.edu/~murphy/Students/reviewing.htm
- Reviewing a paper - http://users.ecs.soton.ac.uk/hcd/reviewing.html
- Reviewing a CS conference paper - http://www.cgl.uwaterloo.ca/~smann/Research/review-conference.txt
- Writing Technical Articles - http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~hgs/etc/writing-style.html
- "How to Read an Engineering Research Paper" by William G. Griswold - http://web.cs.dal.ca/~eem/gradResources/How%20to%20Read%20an%20Engineering%20Research%20Paper.htm
- Interview
- Ultimate Guide to Programming Interviews - http://www.programminginterview.com/
- Job Hunting
- Ashley Wiersma, "The Job Market Maze", May 19, 2013 - http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/gradhacker/job-market-maze#ixzz2TqqPKx2O
- Adam Chapnick, "How to ask for a reference letter" http://www.universityaffairs.ca/how-to-ask-for-a-reference-letter.aspx
- Conferences
- A list of Evolutionary Computation Conferences http://hiroshisomeya.wordpress.com/conferences/
- Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology - CIBCB - http://www.cibcb.org/
- Writing technical articles http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~hgs/etc/writing-style.html
- Attending Conferences
- How to get the most out of attending conferences - https://www.sciencemag.org/careers/2017/05/how-get-most-out-attending-conferences
- Seven Tips for Attending Your First Big Conference - http://sustainable-nano.com/2015/08/13/conference-tips/
- How to do an academic conference: advice for first time graduate student attendees - https://camwsgrads.wordpress.com/2019/03/01/how-to-do-an-academic-conference-advice-for-first-time-graduate-student-attendees/
- Making the Most Out of Conferences - https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2018/02/26/tips-making-most-out-conferences-when-it-comes-your-career-opinion
- Graduate Studies Humors
- PhD Comics - http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php
- You Might Be A Graduate Student If… http://www.gettingintogradschool.com/book/you-might-be-a-graduate-student-if
- Presentation
- How to Give Highly Effective Lectures - http://www.columbia.edu/cu/tat/pdfs/presentations1.pdf
- How I conquered my fear of public speaking and learned to give effective presentations - https://www.sciencemag.org/careers/2019/08/how-i-conquered-my-fear-public-speaking-and-learned-give-effective-presentations
- Randy Pausch Lecture: Time Management - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTugjssqOT0
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