Resources

The following is a collection of resources that I have found useful. The list is constantly updated. Got a suggestion? Drop me a line.

On working with your supervisor
On getting started
Search Engines
On time-management
On reading
On writing and presenting

On working with your supervisor

•  Graduate Supervision Handbook, Queen’s University SGS.

On getting started

• On Being a Scientist: Responsible Conduct in Research, The National Academy of Sciences.
• Chris Johnson, Basic Research Skills in Computing Science, Department of Computer Science, Glasgow University.
• Chris Johnson, What is Research in Computing Science?, Department of Computer Science, Glasgow University.
• Ahmed Helmy, How to Start Research in Computer Networks, Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering, University of Florida
• You and Your Research, J. F. Kaiser’s transcript of an Interview with Dr. Richard W. Hamming, Bell Communications.
• Booth, Colomb, Williams, Bizup and Fitzgerald, The Craft of Research, University of Chicago Press, 4th Edition, 2016.
• Silvia Miksch’s resource website on How to Do Research.

Search Engines

• ACM’s portal
• IEEE’s ieeeXplore
• Elsevier’s ScienceDirect
• Wiley’s InterScience
• Springer’s SpringerLink
• Google Scholar
• PSU IST citeseer

On time-management

• The Getting Things Done portal.
• MindTools’ time management site.
• Wikipedia’s page on time magement.
• Quickbase page on time management and studying resources. (Thanks, Jess!)

On reading

• S. Keshav, How to read a paper
• M. Mitzenmacher, How to read a research paper
• N. Rodrigues, How to read a scientific paper
• A. J. Smith, The Task of the Referee

On writing and presenting

• General writing
  • William Strunk, Jr., Elements of Style.
  • William Strunk, Jr and E. B. White, Elements of Style, Longman, 1999.
  • Mihir Bellare, Technical Writing for Computer Scientests, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University of California at San Diego.
  • R. T. Compton, Jr, Fourteen Steps to a Clearly Written Technical Paper.
  • Mary Shaw, Writing good software engineering research papers: minitutorial, ICSE 2003.
  • Henning Schulzrinne, Writing Technical Articles, Department of Computer Science, Columbia University.
  • Steve Easterbrook, How Theses Get Written: Some Cool Tips, Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto.
  • Diane Kelly, Advice for Writing Theses, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Royal Military College.
• Mathematical writing
  • David Goss, Some Hints on Mathematical Style.
  • S. L. Kleinman and G. P. Teslet, Writing a Math Phase Two Paper,  MIT.
  • Dimitri Bertsekas, Ten Simple Rules for Mathematical Writing, MIT.
  • D. E. Knuth, T. Larrabee and P. M. Roberts, Mathematical Writing.
  • Theoretical Computer Science Cheat Sheet.
• Latex resources
  • J. Warbrick et al, Essential LaTex ++.
  • T. Oteiker et al, The Not So Short Introduction to LaTex2_e.
  • LaTex2_e Cheat Sheet.
  • Scott Pakin, The Comprehensive LaTex Symbol List.
• Presenting
  • S. P. Jones,  J. Hughes and J. Launchbury, How to give a good research talk.
  • Lucia Dettori, Research Talk 101, DePaul University.
  • Ian Parberry, How to Present a Paper in Theoretical Computer Science: A Speaker’s Guide for Students, Department of Computer Science, ACM SIGACT News.
  • M. J. Miller, Presentation Tips for Computer Science Grad Students, Cisco Systems.
  • F. Chanut, Tips for Designing and Delivering a Dynamic Research Talk, University of California at San Francisco.
  • Chris O’ Leary, Elevator Pitch Essenitals.
• Posters
  • L. F. Cranor, Research Posters 101, The ACM Student Magazine.