how to be a good graduate student
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How to be a good graduate student. Patrice Koehl Computer Science, UC Davis. Being a CS Graduate Student is about. Learning to do research Doing it Learning to communicate the results of your research Doing it. Why do we do CS research?. Intellectual : to advance science or technology - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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How to be a good graduate student
Patrice KoehlComputer Science, UC Davis
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Being a CS Graduate Student is about
-Learning to do research
-Doing it
-Learning to communicate the results of your research
-Doing it
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-Intellectual: to advance science or technology-Passion: You are driven to it
(your way to be creative)
-Ego: I must be really smart-Social: To advance social goals
-Strategic: On the path to reach a goal-Economic: High paying jobs
-Boredom: For fun
Why do we do CS research?
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Why do we do CS research?
-Intellectual: to advance science or technology-Passion: You are driven to it
(your way to be creative)
-Ego: I must be really smart-Social: To advance social goals
-Strategic: On the path to reach a goal-Economic: High paying jobs
-Boredom: For fun
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How do we conduct CS research?
The 1/3 – 1/3 -1/3 rule:- 33% preparation- 33% actually doing the research- 33% Communicating (writing paper, oral presentation)
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How do we conduct CS research?
The 1/3 – 1/3 -1/3 rule:- 33% preparation- 33% actually doing the research- 33% Communicating (writing paper, oral presentation)
Too often, it is replaced with the “GS rule”:10% - 90% - 0%
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What is research?
Your research is:- Your papers- Your software- Any tools that you publish
It is not:- Your ideas- Your proposals- The notes in your lab book- Your skills- Whom you know….
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What is good research?
- Ground breaking work (opens us a new line of research,that people follow) : Best situation!
- Good incremental work (most frequent for graduate students?)
- Useful work
- Aesthetically pleasing work
- Starts from, and leads to good questions
- Timely
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Avoid “me-too” Research!
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The Whole Brain Model: Ned Herrmann
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DissatisfactionCreativityPersistenceIntuitionSuspiciousIntelligenceOrganizationOpen mind
What it takes to do good research
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What it takes to do good research
1.Time2. More Time
3. More Time!
4. Writing skills!
Sloppy writing is sloppy thinking!