gad-all-2007.ppt - UTCS Graduate Advice Day Slides, Feb 23, 2007
Links to a variety of professional development materials. Originally collected & edited by Mike Dahlin, Kathryn McKinley, and Risto Mikkulainen, among others.
Advice on Research, Dr. R.W. Hamming
How to Have a Bad Career in Research/Academia, David Patterson
Pithy advice for researchers, Mike Dahlin
Pithy advice for graduate school, Rachel Pottinger & Kathryn McKinley (June 2005)
Accreted wisdom related to computer science, Armando Fox
As We May Think, Vannevar Bush, Atlantic Monthly (July 1945)
There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom, Richard Feynman
How to give a bad talk, Mike Dahlin
How to give a good talk, Mike Dahlin
The Task of the Referee Alan Jay Smith
Hints on writing technical papers, Armando Fox
Style: The Basics of Clarity and Grace, Joseph M. Williams
The Elements of Style, Strunk and White
The Neural Networks research page is a useful and thorough collection of UTCS info, including lots of advice about classes, working on a dissertation, etc. Especially interesting are the sections about “General Research Tools” information, including guides for LaTeX, LyX, CVS, SSH, and system security. [Accessible from UT network only]
CRA (Computing Research Association), Graduate Student Information guide, and lots of other great career advice