Pointers to Advice for Research Students in CS

on Writing
- Handbook of Writing for the Mathematical Sciences (2nd ed.) by N.J. Higham (1998) at Univ. of Manchester
- Three Sins of Authors in Computer Science and Math by J.A. Shewchuk at UC Berkeley
- On avoiding the passive voice from H.J. Tichy's (1988) book, Effective Writing for Engineers, Managers, Scientists (2nd Ed.) by way of D.S. Nau at Univ. of Maryland
- If you are going to rite it, write it right, presentation slides by F. Culwin at South Bank Univ., London
- and, in general, The Elements of Style (4th Ed.), classic guide to the fundamental elements of style of English prose, by W. Stunk Jr. & E.B. White (1999) (courtesy Bartleby)
on Reading
- Efficient Reading of Papers in Science and Technology prepared by M.J. Hanson and updated by D.J. McNamee (and hosted at Columbia Univ.)
on Theses and Dissertations
- Dissertation Advice by O. Shivers at Northeastern
- The Seven Steps Toward a Thesis by E. Hovy at USC (by way of D.K. Byron)
- How To Write A Dissertation (or Bedtime Reading For People Who Do Not Have Time To Sleep) by D.E. Comer at Purdue
- Helpful ideas compiled by M. Petre at The Open University, UK (and hosted at Radford Univ.)
Courses:
- Cal Ribben's course on Research Methods in CS at Virginia Tech has links to information similar to that linked to here
- Cliff Shaffer's course on Research Methods in CS at Virginia Tech has links to information similar to that linked to here
on Academic Jobs
- Advice for a Young Investigator by S.R.Y. Cajal (2004)
- A Ph.D. is Not Enough by P.J. Feibelman (1993) at SNL
- Tomorrow's Professor by R.M. Reis (1997) at Stanford
- How to Build an Economic Model in Your Spare Time by H. Varian at UC Berkeley