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StrategiesforEffectiveThesis/Dissertation
WritingIsabelM.AustriaAssistantProfessor
ElectricalandElectronicsEngineeringInstitute
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EffectiveThesis/DissertationWriting
• Beginning• Adviser• Topic
• StayingonTrack• TimeManagement• Howtoreadapaper• TheimportanceofPreliminaryWork• Gettingorganized
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Whatisthefirststepindoingathesis/dissertation?
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Whatisthefirststepindoingathesis/dissertation?Choosing:
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Whatisthefirststepindoingathesis/dissertation?Choosing:Adviser
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Whatisthefirststepindoingathesis/dissertation?Choosing:Topic
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Whyisthechoiceofone’sadviserimportant?
• Youradviserwillbeasignificantinfluencetoyourgraduatecareer• It’salongtermcommitment• Establisharelationshipthattransforms• Youdonotstartasequals:apprenticeship• Shouldendascolleagues• Someevencontinuetohelpormentorbeyondthethesis/dissertation
R.Lipshitz,“OnChoosingaThesisAdvisor”,NoticesoftheAmericanMathematicalSociety,pp.191-193,February2019.Available:https://www.ams.org/journals/notices/201902/rnoti-p191.pdf.[AccessedJune3,2019].
M.Loui,“HowtoChooseaThesisAdvisor”,February5,1997(RevisedJanuary24,2004).[Online].Available:https://web.eecs.umich.edu/~imarkov/advisor.html.[AccessedJune3,2019].
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Somecriteriaforchoosinganadviser
• Hasexpertiseinyourtopicofinterest• AreyouinterestedinX’sresearcharea?• Areyoucomfortablediscussing<topic>withX?
• Activelydoingresearchandadvising• Advisingisadifferentskillfromresearchandclassroomteaching• Hasresources,projectfunding,contacts• Up-to-date
R.Lipshitz,“OnChoosingaThesisAdvisor”,NoticesoftheAmericanMathematicalSociety,pp.191-193,February2019.Available:https://www.ams.org/journals/notices/201902/rnoti-p191.pdf.[AccessedJune3,2019].
M.Loui,“HowtoChooseaThesisAdvisor”,February5,1997(RevisedJanuary24,2004).[Online].Available:https://web.eecs.umich.edu/~imarkov/advisor.html.[AccessedJune3,2019].
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Somecriteriaforchoosinganadviser
• IsX expectedtobearoundforthedurationofyourMSorPhDstudies?• HowdoesX expectstudentstofindresearchproblems?• Givesfirstresearchproblem?• Discussesopenquestions?• Expectsstudentstofindtheirfirstproblems?
R.Lipshitz,“OnChoosingaThesisAdvisor”,NoticesoftheAmericanMathematicalSociety,pp.191-193,February2019.Available:https://www.ams.org/journals/notices/201902/rnoti-p191.pdf.[AccessedJune3,2019].
M.Loui,“HowtoChooseaThesisAdvisor”,February5,1997(RevisedJanuary24,2004).[Online].Available:https://web.eecs.umich.edu/~imarkov/advisor.html.[AccessedJune3,2019].
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Howtochooseanadviser
• Takeacoursewithapotentialadviser• Readup:grantproposals,publications,etc.ofyourpotentialadviser• Considerworkingwithtwoadvisers• Meetandinterviewapotentialadviser• Personalchemistryisalsoimportant!
R.Lipshitz,“OnChoosingaThesisAdvisor”,NoticesoftheAmericanMathematicalSociety,pp.191-193,February2019.Available:https://www.ams.org/journals/notices/201902/rnoti-p191.pdf.[AccessedJune3,2019].
M.Loui,“HowtoChooseaThesisAdvisor”,February5,1997(RevisedJanuary24,2004).[Online].Available:https://web.eecs.umich.edu/~imarkov/advisor.html.[AccessedJune3,2019].
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Ifnochoices:beflexibleJ(Psychyourselfandsetyourexpectations)
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Gettingalongwithyouradviser
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Remember:youradviserisonyourside
• Openlycommunicatewithyouradviser• Informaboutyourstrengthsandweaknesses• Deviseadetailedplanwithyouradvisertoaddressshortcomingswrtthesis/dissertationwork
• Meetregularly• NEVER,NEVER,NEVERskipameeting• …especiallywhenyouencounterthesisproblems• ReportgoodresultsANDbadresults• Clarifydeliverablesfornextmeeting• Bringallpapers,results,etc.
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ChoosingaTopic
J.Cham,“Thesistopic- gradschoolapplication”,PiledHigherandDeeper,www.phdcomics.com.[Online].
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ChoosingaTopic
J.Cham,“Thesistopic- Epiphany”,PiledHigherandDeeper,www.phdcomics.com.[Online].
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Choosingyourtopic
• Feasiblewithresourcesonhand• Hardware/softwaretools• Accesstorawdata• Adviserexperience• Techsupport
• Significant• Distinguishyourcontributionfromexistingwork• Contributetolab’sresearchprogram
• Interesting
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Tipsonchoosingatopic
• Joinalaborresearchgroup• Moretechsupport• Easiertoidentifytopics• Contributetothegroup’sprogress
• Conversewithpeers/peopleinyourlab• Day-to-daydeep,intellectual discussionspromotecreativityandinnovation
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StayingonTrack
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“Full-time”gradstudentsarenotentirelyfull-time• Dailyerrands• Dutiestofamily,lovedones• Administrativeoverhead• Traffic/dailycommute• Physicalandmentalexhaustion• Facebook,Netflix,…
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TimeManagement
• Detailedplanning• Riskmanagement:PlanA,PlanB,…• Explicitday-to-daysched
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Thekeyisnottoprioritizewhat’sonyourschedule,buttoscheduleyourpriorities.— Stephen Covey• Startwithyourgoals,prioritizethem,thenfocusonthemostimportanttasksthatwillhelpyouachieveyourgoals• UseanEisenhowerMatrix
IntroducingtheEisenhowerMatrix,www.eisenhower.me. [Online].Available:https://www.eisenhower.me/eisenhower-matrix/.[AccessedJune3,2019].
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The“rock,pebbles,andsand”analogy
Imagetakenfrom:http://www.mattdouglas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/jar-of-rocks.jpg
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Readingpapers
J.Cham,“References”,PiledHigherandDeeper,www.phdcomics.com.[Online].
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Howtoreadapaper:Three-PassApproach
• Firstpass• Title,abstract,introduction• Sectionandsub-sectionheadings– ignoreeverythingelse• Conclusions• TheFiveC’s:
• Category:measurementpaper?Analysispaper?Prototype?• Context:whatisitrelatedto?Theory?• Correctness:assumptionsappearvalid?• Contributions• Clarity
S.Keshav.“HowtoReadaPaper”.ACMSIGCOMMComputerCommunicationReview,Vol.37,No.3,July2007.
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Firstpassisreadingforbreadth
• Bird’s-eyeviewofthepaper• Whatdidtheydo?• Considercredibility
• Howuseful/relevantisit?• Skip,file,orgoon?
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SecondPass
• Lookcarefullyatfigures,diagrams• Areaxeswelllabeled?Resultswitherrorbars?
• Notereferences• Whicharefamiliar?Whicharenot?
• Graspcontent,summarizemainthrust• Takesroughlyanhour• Mayormaynotunderstandfullyatthispoint
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Thirdpass:Readingindepth
• Challengewhatyouread• Examinemethods• Examinestatistics• Followproofs/derivations• Examinereasoningandconclusions• HowcanIapplytheirapproachtomywork?
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TheimportanceofPreliminaryWork
• Readingisnotasubstitutefor‘HelloWorld’• Startplayingwithyourtools• Bettertolearnbydoing• Sanity-checkyourhypothesesearly
• Startresearchbeforeproposalisapproved
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GetOrganized!• Putorderinyourresearchtools,references,software,digitalfiles,etc.
• Takenoteswhenyoureadapapertoavoidhavingtore-readtheentirepaperlateron
• Documenteverything• Backupeverything• Chooseyourwriting/researchweaponofchoiceandmasterit• Latex,Overleaf,Lyx• Jabref,Zotero• GoogleScholar
Imagetakenfrom:https://www.everydayhealth.com/healthy-living/why-marie-kondos-de-cluttering-method-life-changing/
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Finally:yourbiggestdragonisyourself.MasteryourselfJ