Introduction
“The great thing about the research world is that you get to choose your environment, which consists in large measure of the members of your network. Of course, this also means choosing the topics you work on, the language you speak, the values you embrace, the dialogue you participate in, and so on. You choose the whole package. You make it. You build it.” (Phil Agre)
Foundations
What is research? Matt Might explains that research is about the creation of knowledge.
What is a researcher mindset? The core research qualifications (by the Univ. of Lugano)
What is academia? Phil Agre gives good insights for “Understanding the Research World” (in “Networking on the network”)
What is a academic freedom? Academic freedom is a key concept see Magna Charta Universitatum
PhD
How to find a PhD thesis topic? The 6 models of Janie Irwin, Penn State University
How to state a thesis? Dissertation Advice, by Olin Shivers
How to?
How to select your research problems? Don’t make boring science, keep thinking about important problems
How to effectively read a research paper? How to Read an Engineering Research Paper, by William G. Griswold at UC San Diego, How to read a research paper, by Michael Mitzenmacher at Harvard University, How to read a paper?
How to recognize a scientific conflict of interest? https://www.monperrus.net/martin/conflict-of-interest
How to give credit? Having proper references is a matter of scholarship, ethics, and courtesy (by J. Offutt)
How to effectively attend a conference? advice from M. Ernst and D. Notkin, and chapter “Socializing at conferences” of “Networking on the network”
How to build a professional research identity? See Chapter “Building a professional identity” of “Networking on the network”
How to prepare for tenure? See Chapter “Deep Tenure” of “Networking on the network”
How to exchange drafts? See Chapter 3.5 “Exchange drafts” of “Networking on the network”
Open-science:
- How to make a good open-science repository?: my humble answer
- How to consolidate your open-science research in your PhD thesis? see https://www.monperrus.net/martin/open-science-phd-thesis
How to give a good talk? Arnaud Legout’s slides.
How to write a good cover letter for an academic journal paper? https://www.monperrus.net/martin/journal-cover-letter
How to respond to reviewer comments in a cover letter? My answer
How to write a good rebuttal? The answer of Andreas Zeller
How to publish a working paper on Arxiv? my humble answer
How to write a good research paper? Writing Good Software Engineering Research Papers, by Mary Shaw (Carnegie Mellon University), Novelist Cormac McCarthy’s tips in Nature
How to write a good abstract? An answer by Philip Koopman, Carnegie Mellon University
How to write a good introduction? An answer by Jim Kurose (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
How to write a good review? My answer, Prem Devanbu’s review anti-patterns (Don’t write scout’s peer review!, Team Fortress, Matt Might)
How to write a good research grant proposal? Heilmeier’s answer from DARPA
How to write a research statement? https://gradschool.cornell.edu/academic-progress/pathways-to-success/prepare-for-your-career/take-action/research-statement/
How to effectively attend to a scientific talk? My humble answer
How to be a great PhD supervisor? See “Section 7. Advising Others” of “Networking…”, the to-the-point bullets of Jo Mitchell.
How to effectively work with asynchronous communication? See “Written communication is remote work super power”
How to communicate effectively with your collaborators at work? See Google’s answer on the loo
How to stay focused? Warren Buffett says to decline almost everything
How to deep work? Scientific research requires deep work
How to avoid procrastination in science? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=arj7oStGLkU
How to build a fruitful long-term research strategy? The Dangers of Intellectual Territorialism
How to develop your research taste? https://greatresearch.org/2013/09/13/cultivating-your-research-taste/, https://colah.github.io/notes/taste/
How to monitor the scientific literature? See https://www.monperrus.net/martin/monitoring-scientific-literature
How to cleanly decide who is author of a paper? See https://www.monperrus.net/martin/authorship-scientific-papers
How to write and share effective reading notes? See https://www.monperrus.net/martin/fat-reading-notes