CS7100: Readings

• General Stuff
  • "How to Succeed in Graduate School: A Guide for Students and Advisors", Marie desJardins, Crossroads, December 1994 and February 1995. Part 1 . Part 2 .
  • "How to do Research at the MIT AI Lab" , David Chapman
• Chossing Advisors
  • "Choosing Your Major Advisor" from The Graduate Newsletter, Spring 1991.
• Ethics and Responsibility
  • "On Being A Scientist: Responsible Conduct In Research" from the National Academy of Sciences
• Writing
  • An Evaluation of the Ninth SOSP Submissions, or, How (and How Not) to Write a Good Systems Paper by Roy Levin and David D. Redell
  • Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr.
• Giving Talks
  • "How to Present a Paper in Theoretical Computer Science" , Ian Parberry
• Reviewing Papers
  • "The Task of the Referee", Alan J. Smith, IEEE Computer, Vol. 23, No. 4, April 1990, pp. 65-73.
  • "A Guide for New Referees in Theoretical Computer Science" , Ian Parberry,
• Teaching
  • "Learning to Teach, Teaching to Learn" from The Graduate Newsletter, Spring 1990.

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