Some resources for how to do research and related materials
(keep updating...)
- For prospective Graduate students - Amit Sheth from Kno.e.sis
- How to do research from MIT Media Lab
- Useful things to know about Ph.D thesis research
- http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~htk/thesis.htm
3. Types of Ph.D. theses (from Allen Newell)–not a topic of this talk
- Opens up new area
- Provides unifying framework
- Resolves long-standing question
- Thoroughly explores an area
- Contradicts existing knowledge
- Experimentally validates theory
- Produces an ambitious system
- Provides empirical data
- Derives superior algorithms
- Develops new methodology
- Develops a new tool
- Produces a negative result
- At top universities who does usually come up with research ideas, graduate students or professors?
Read Neal Lathia's answer to How do I become creative in Computer Science Research? on Quora Read Amit Sheth's answer to How important is the role of an adviser or supervisor for completing a PhD? on Quora
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After PhD