- How To Give A Great Research Talk by Microsoft Research starring John Krumm, Patrick Baudisch, and Mary Czerwinski
- Philip Guo's advice on how to give a good talk
- Simon Peyton's advice (and again in written form)
Monday, June 23, 2014
How to give a good research talk
So, it's now time to explain to various students how to give a good research talk and I found myself scouring the web for folks who've already written up great tips for giving a great talk. And thankfully, I have not come out shorthanded. So here's a few resources on how to give a good talk:
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Monday, March 3, 2014
Getting started as a Ph.D. student
I've been thinking about how to advise new Ph.D. students, along the lines of creating a list of "Things I wish I knew when I started my Ph.D." and in particular "Things I wish I knew when I started my Ph.D. in the U.S. as a foreigner". I figured this was a good excuse to resurrect my defunct blog and give this blogging gig one more shot, if for no other reason than to refer my Ph.D. students to these posts so I don't have to repeat myself.
So the first thing I thought of to prepare students before they even touch down in the U.S. or prior to starting is to get hold of these three handbook gems:
So the first thing I thought of to prepare students before they even touch down in the U.S. or prior to starting is to get hold of these three handbook gems:
- A Ph.D. is not enough! A Guide to Survival in Science by Peter J Feibelman
- Getting What You Came For: The Smart Students Guide to Earning an M.A. or a Ph.D. by Robert Peters
- Tomorrow's Professor: Preparing for Academic Careers in Science and Engineering by Richard M. Reis
I found "Getting What You Came For" particularly useful as a handbook to navigate different parts of the Ph.D. process and even for preparation for the faculty job search. "Tomorrow's Professor" is better reading for a little later on in the process when you're at the proposal stage after you've done a bit of research and also when you're starting to think about the job market.
Of course a couple of must-have links for Ph.D. survival, particularly for HCI or CS related fields are:
- PhdComics - this is surprisingly helpful not just for humor but to learn about the American style of Ph.D. including all the wonderful things like qualifying exams, thesis proposals, thesis defenses, publishing, and life as a grad student in the U.S.
- XKCD - because it rocks.
Finally, a quick Google search and then some turned up the following very useful links for prepping to start your Ph.D. journey:
- What I tell my graduate students
- Advice for new Ph.D. students
- How to do great research
- Michael Ernst's advice for students
- Jason Hong's advice for students
- A collection of useful links from Jen Mankoff
I'll continue to put up more tips as they come to me. Signing off for now (and hopefully not for several years like my previous post :)).
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