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be ondasurvival uide
AssistantProfessor,
CSIE/GINM,
NTU
sdlin@csie.ntu.edu.tw
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Someofthematerialsandideasare
ori inatedfromother eo le,includin : MariedesJardins
EdHovy
DianneO'Leary
DuaneA.Bailey
RonaldT.Azuma
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LordoftheRingstheGraduateVersion
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Fro o Frodo Frodo
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project ven e
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, ro o ro ect
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project
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GandalfFrodo Elron
LegolasSam Boromir Pippin
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ThePersuasive GandalfFrodo
5000 15000 committee
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Iwilltakethering,althoughIdonotknowtheway.
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Gandalf
funding
Idea
Legolas
Frodo
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Frodo
Frodo
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Frodo
Hesubmittedtheringto
, .
Defensecommittee
Gan a Saruman
Frodo
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Wh FrodoSuffered
Becauseheisalwaysforcedtodothings,heisnot .
Youshouldbeinforyourself,notforyouradvisororfamil .
Failorsucceed,itisYOUthatshouldberesponsibleforit. Youshouldthinkaboutpassingthetestwithflyingcolors,
notjustsurvivingit. BecausenobodyhasevercomebackfromMordor
opass eexper ence. ThegoalofthistalkistoletyouknowsomethingthatI
graduatelife.
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GraduateStudent GeneralTi s
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Graduateschoolisadifferentballgame
(comparingwithUndergraduate)
Asuccessfulundergraduatestudent A
successful raduatestudent Thestudentswhodowellingraduateschoolare
andmakethenecessaryadjustments.
swimmingby
tossing
students
into
the
deep
endofthepoolandseeingwhomakesitto
theotherendaliveandwhodrowns(weare
2008/1/6 13tookindtodothistotheundergraduates)ResearchMethods,Prof.ShoudeLin,NTU
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Threemajorthingstotakecareofasa
graduatestudent
CourseResearch
ClubResearch
Research is NOT about programming, NOTabout learnin , it is about findin and solvin
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oursewor : no
Teaching:no Dissertation: yes
You:Inmythesis,IshowedX.
Them:Really? Icanusethatinmywork! Them:Really? Huh,myapproachisntnearlyasgood.
Them:Really? ImdoingY. WeoughttoputXandY
together.
em: ea y oway. ea y
Them:Really? Areyoulookingforajob?
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PhDisalotofwork,requireshardthinking. .
Onlyofyouwillmakeitthrough.
Wh do it? PhDtrainsyoutobeaprofessionalresearcher Researchlifeisfun
Yourideaswillshapethefuture Youdonthavecommercialpressure Yourcolleaguesaresmartandinteresting Youcandiscussresearchinexoticlocations
Yourfamilyexpectsyoutodoit Youmainlywanttotakemoreclasses)
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Course Asyouhaveheard1000timesinyourlife,Gradesarenot
asimportantthanaswhatyouhavelearnedintheclass.
Well,thissayingFINALLYbecomestruenow.
Youfinall havethefreedomtochoosethecourses oodorbad?corecourseorresearchrelatedcourse?)
Takin coursesthatarerelevantto ourresearch but
differentfromyouradvisorsexpertisesoyoumightlearnsomethingyouradvisordoesnt.
Attendingcourses:instructorscanperformbetteroreven
turnintoahumorist whentalkingaboutsomethingrelevanttohisorherresearch.
Courseproject:Achancetoenrichyourresumeand
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Tobesuccessfulatresearch,itisessentialthatyoulearntocopew cr c sm,an even a youac ve ysee ou .
Writeupwhatyou'reworkingon(evenifyou'renotreadytowriteafullconferenceor ournal a er andshowittopeople.
Talkingtootherpeoplewillhelpyourealize w c aspectso yourresearc aretru y erentan nnovat ve howyourworkfitsintothecurrentstateofyourfieldandwhere
it'sgoing
whichaspectsofyourworkarehardertosell(and,therefore,whichaspectsyouneedtothinkmoreaboutjustifying).
'have30second,2minute,5minuteand10minutesummariesofyourprojectreadyatamoment'snotice.
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ResearchTo ics
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, , ,
Networking:wireless,VOIP,protocol
eory:a gor m,ma , earn ng eory
AI:IR,datamining,agent,naturallanguageprocessing,,
Hardware:embeddedsystem,architecture
o ware:comp er,so wareeng neer ng,programm nglanguage,automaticcontrol,digitalarchive
ers: o n orma cs, umancompu er n erac on,(younameit),security
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Checkwhetherpeopleworkingonthatarea
areha . Checkthetrendofthemajorconference
.
Checkwhatkindofjobthegraduatesfindinthatarea.
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Choosin ResearchTo ics
ThefirstmistakeFrodomadeisthatheneverreallythinksaboutwhathewantstodo(and
.
DontchoosearesearchtopicONLYbecause:
Itisfunded. Itis ouradvisorsfavorite believeornot,
peoplesfavoritecanchangeveryquickly).
,changeveryquickly).
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____ .
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ome ng a n eres syourse ,youra v sor,an
yourresearchcommunity.
, ,notawelldefinedproblem).
Ithastohavecertainconnectiontoexistingresearch(If
not,youneedtomakesurepeoplethinkitisinterestingandworthdoing.)
contributionorempiricalresults(preferablyboth).
,additionsthataresuccessivelyriskierbutwillmakethethesismoreexciting(Chapman)
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an een us as ca ypursue yyou n e ongrun Istheproblemsolvablebyyou? Willitleadtootherpotentialresearchproblems? Isitmana eableinsize?
Whatisthepotentialformakingoriginalcontributionstothecorrespondingresearchsociety? an eresu s me o s eeva ua e Canyoudemonstrateindependentskillstoothersby
solvin it? Canthesocietybenefitfromsomebodysolvingthis
problem?(e.g.whatstheapplication)
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Talktoyouradvisor.
.
Readsomepapers.
Dontjustreadpapers,dosomething(joinarou im lementas stem .
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Writethefollowingsdown(clearlyand
concisel )andshowitto eo leforcomments Whyitisimportant(Researchvalue?Commercial
Whyitinterestsme?(soyouaresureitisnota
Whyitischallenging(whyithastobeathesisra er anacoursepro ec
Whyitisdoable?(soIcangraduateonthis)
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LiteratureReview
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Reading Trygoingtothelibraryeveryweek,spendingsomehours
readingrecentjournalsorbooks(i.e.,therearethingsthatcannotbedownloadedonline).
Startwithatutorialpaperorclassicpaper,thenthe
.
SummarizeeveryarticleyoureadinEndNoteorotherbibliographyformat(BibTeX).Itwillsaveyoualotoftimeint es swr t ng.
TakeadvantageofACMGuidetoComputingLiterature
Scanthetitlefirst,thenabstract.Ifyouinterestisstillthere,
readthe
introduction
and
conclusion
first. YouwillNEVERbeabletofinishallthereading.Startdoing
researchwhenyoufeelyouhavecertainbackground,butdontsto readin .
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Askyourselfwhenreadingapaper(orattending
somebodystalk) Problems Istheproblemclearlydefined?
Isitagoodresearchproblem?
Istheproblemrelevanttoyourresearch/interests?
Solutions
Arethesolutionssoundandreasonable?
Isthesolutioneasilyimplementable?
Istherean bettersolutions oucanthinkofforthis roblem?
Canweuse/modifytheirsolutionstosolveourproblems? DataandResources
Whatkindofresources(e.g.machines,infrastructure)dotheyuse?Dowehavesimilarones?
A lications Isthereanyapplicationstheyhaventthoughtof?
Howmuchgapistherebetweentheexistingtheoryanditsfinalapplication?Isthereanyresearchvaluehiddeninsuchgap?
FutureWork
Isitworthdoing?
Canwedoitusin abettermethod?
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DoingResearch
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veryt es s s erent en ewe :
Opensupnewarea
Provides unif in framework
Resolveslongstandingquestion
Thoroughlyexploresarea
Contra ctsex st ng now e ge
Experimentallyvalidatestheory
Producesambitioussystem
Providesempiricaldata
Derivessuperioralgorithms
eve opsnewme o o ogy
Developsnewtool
Producesnegativeresult
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The Evolution of Researchers (knight)
eg nn ng esearc ers xper esearc ersCant explain what he/she is doing & Can write hoped-for paper abstract
Unwittingly working on a previously
solved problem
Knows all related work
Attends directly-related seminars Goes to seminars, tries to ask aquestion
Can write about finished work Can write a proposal
Work goes unnoticed Causes other researchers to shift gears
rngs pre-conce ve so u on s ens care u y o e a a a an
Blocks on non-research problems Emails to others who must have faced
Works with same basic tools aseveryone else
Has a secret weapon (datainfrastructure unsupervisedec nque -processor c us er
Aims too low, or too high (or in astrange direction)
Picks good problems to work on2008/1/6 32ResearchMethods,Prof.ShoudeLin,NTU
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Algorithm:DynamicProgramming,Graphtheory,Clustering,
automata,logic,cryptography
Searchmethods: . .
systemtooptimizeanexplicitorimplicitobjectionfunction(e.g.MaximumlikelihoodEstimation)
input/outputpairs,learningtellsyouhowtopredicttheoutputgivensomeunseeninput.Proposedmethods:SVM,NN,ME,DT,
,
Math:probabilityandstatistics,informationtheory,coding
theory,queuing
theory,
linear
algebra,
discrete
math ProgrammingSkills:C++,Java,designrelatedtools,Python,
Perl,MPI,databasemanagement
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,
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Youneedtoidentifyyoursecretweapon. Forexample,thehammersinMSlab:
EstimationMaximization
Algorithm. ass ers e.g. , , , .
BayesianInferenceTools. .
RegressionTools. BayesianNetworksLearningTools. ClusteringTools(e.g.Kmeans,Hierarchical). HiddenMarkovModels. ar ov ec s on rocesses. SocialNetworkAnalysisTools.
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.
DealingwithGigaWords ofdataResearchMethods,Prof.ShoudeLin,NTU
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HowCanIFindNewandBetterIdeas(knight)
Listentodata (HerbSimon)
advisor
Rejectcomplexideas
Narrowimmediately whatsthefirstex eriment?
Learnpowerfultechniquesbyimplementing
them Pickproblemsthatwillteachyousomething Obsessyourselfwiththeresearchproblem,
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Writing
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eeparesearc ourna Writedownwhatyoudidinresearchbeforegoingtobed
Writedownothersusefulideas
Dontstartwritin a a eronl untilall our
experimentsaredone.Startwritingtheintroductionsectionassoonasyouknowwhattodo,andthe.
Writingdownyourmethodusuallycanrevealitspitfall.
It'sdifficulttoformalizeanideawellenou htotestandproveituntilyou'vewrittenitup;
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Circumscribetheproblemandargueconvincinglythatitneedstobe
solved.
Convincethecommitteeyouhaveamethodologyforsolvingit. Clearlystatehowyouplantoevaluateyoursystem.
hasthisproblembeenaddressedbefore? Whataretheshortcomingsofexistingworkinthearea,andhowwillyour
approachdifferfromandbeanimprovementoverthesemethods?
Besurethatyourcommitteemembersareasfamiliaraspossiblewithyourworkbeforeyouroral.
Duringtheexam,don'tpanicifyoudon'tknowtheanswer.Simplysay,``I'mnotsure''andthendoyourbesttoanalyzethequestionandpresentpossibleanswers.
YouwanttoconvincethecommitteethatyouCANsolvetheproblem,notyou so ve epro em.
Giveapracticetalktootherstudentsandfacultymembers. Remember:youknowmoreaboutyourthesistopicthanyourcommittee.
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rgan za on:
Abstract:aminiversionofthesis,writeitwhenyoufinishthe
wholethesis Introduction:Themostimportantsectioninyourdissertation.
Shouldcontaintheresearchstatement(goal),motivation , .
Relatedworks:toshowthatyouhavereadeverythingrelevant(canbemovedtolater).
Methodology:howtosolvetheproblem. Experiment(orevaluation):showyourmethodisuseful.
. Conclusion:saysomethingthatbecomesclearafterreading
alltheabove.
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Dontworryabouttheminordetails(e.g.
len th, ositionofthefi ure)until oufinishthewholearticle.
, , .
Usuallyitisnecessarytorewritetheintroductionsectionafteralltheother
cha ters are done. FiguresandTablesshouldbeselfexplainable
usecap ons2008/1/6 40ResearchMethods,Prof.ShoudeLin,NTU
EdHovysSevenStepstoThesis TheideaI th l i ? I th l i l ?
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Isthereaclaim?Istheclaimclear? Istheidealargeorsmall?Istheideaaslargeasitcanbe?Canyougeneralizeit,orapplyi
e sew ere?
Motivation,Use,orApplication Whyshouldwecare? Howcantheclaimbeused?Arethereotherapplications?
Detai so t eI ea Whatarethebasicitems/elements/representationunitsoftheidea?
Whataretherulesortypesofinterrelationshipsbetweenthem? owe a orate aret ese temsan ru es re at ons ps owmuc o t ep enomenatheycover?
Data
DiscoveryMethodology Isthemethodofinvestigationclear?Isitappropriate?Doesitignorephenomenathatloo
Isitwellreasoned?nobiasesormistakes?
History
Proof
Isthereanevaluation? Ifso,isitadequate?Completeenough?
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Doesitspeaktotheclaim?Doesitactuallyprovetheclaim?
Ifnot,whynot? Isthereadiscussionofhowonemighttrytotestorprovetheclaim?Canonemakepredictionsand(easily)testhem?
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soun s esomewar a you ave ow n,andunfortunately,sometimesitistrue.
yousidethereis.onlyyou.
Youprobablyhaveaallyontheirside(ifnot.goodluck!). Trytostay um e utcon i ent,sot eresto t e
enemieswillshowyousomesymphonyandrespect.
alsosupportiveasacommitteemember.
Choosesomebody
that
compensates
your
advisors
expertiseasacommitteemember.
Callonthemforhelpifnecessary(itstheir
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ry oa en a eas one e oreyour urncomes. Controlthetalk,anddontletthetalkcontrolyou:
Dontbringupthingsyouarenotsure.
Don'tbedefensiveatyourdefense Noneedtofightforeverything.SometimesyoucansayThanks
foryourideas.Iwillbegivingitsomethinking
Reveal the bi icture but i nore the details leave ourselfsomematerialsforQ/A).
Rehearsalatleastthreetimes. Rememberyouradvisorisyourally,notyourenemy.
Discusswithhimaboutpossiblestrategy.
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Quotient
+
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Initiative :ratheraggressivethanpassive
our adviser is NOT oin to hold our hands and tell ou what to do ever steoftheway.
Yourgoalistoproveyourselfandeverybodythatyoucandohighquality
research,nottogetadegree. Tenacity: Letmete yout esecrett at as e metomygoa .Mystrengt
liessolelyinmytenacity." LouisPasteur Youdon'tneedtobeageniustoearnadegree,butveryfewfinishesa
.
Noonecantellyouinadvanceexactlyhowlongthedissertationwilltake,soit'shardtoseewherethe"endoftheroad"lies. It'sveryeasytobecomedepressedandunmotivatedaboutgoingon.
Discipline: doresearchEVERYDAY,insteadofwhenyouareinthemood. Flexibility:takingadvantageofopportunitiesandsynergies,workingaround
problems,andbeingwillingtochangeplansasrequired Awareness: payingattentiontotherules,news,tipsthatcanbenefityou. Haveasenseorurgency.ItisYOURfuture.
Selective:Youhaveonlylimitedamountoftime.Sodontspendtoomuchofyourtimeonsubordinatethingsortasks.2008/1/6 45ResearchMethods,Prof.ShoudeLin,NTU
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: Everythingispossible,unlessyouproveitimpossible. Dontgiveuptooearly.
. Berealistic(therearemoreresearchtobedoneaftergraduation).
Breadth: . .
Dontconstraintyourselfononearea.
Itwonthurttohavemoreknowledgeonmathandalgorithm
Walkthetalk(Talkthetalk,walkthewalk). Smartnesscanbelearned(Experiencecounts).
Knowin whatiscriticalandwhatisminor e. .thes eedissometimesasimportantasthequality) Thelast10%toperfectiontypicallyconsumes80%oftheeffort.Thedevilis
alwaysinthedetails (Prof.TzickerChiueh)
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Skills
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Skills
Asfrustratingascomputerscanbe,theyatleastbehaveinalogicalmanner,whilehumanbeingsoftendonot.
However, oursuccessin raduateschoolandbe ondde endsa reatdealuponyourabilitytobuildandmaintaininterpersonalrelationshipswith
youradviser Committeemembers yourfellowclassmates.
Interpersonalskills(how) Res ectever bod ,nomatterthe are rofessorsoronl administrators. Donotoffendpeopleyoudontlike,simplytryavoidingthem(buttry
pretendingyouarenotdoingitintentionally) Organizationalskills
Failingtoplanisplanningtofail.
Communicationsskills "Whatiswrittenwithouteffortis,ingeneral,readwithoutpleasure." Samuel
o nson
"Presenttoinform,nottoimpress;ifyouinform,youwillimpress. FredBrooks
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SetupyourGoals:
You should have dail weekl monthl and earl oals setu and checkconsistentlywhetheryouachievethosegoals.
Beruthlesswithtimebutgraciouswithpeople
Acceptthethingsyoucan'tchange(e.g.networkbroken).Controlthecontrollables. Savethecursingtime,itisYOUthatshouldberesponsibleforhowyourtimearespent.
Whenacrisisoccurs,don'tcomeunglued. Useyourenergytofindsolutions.
Takeyourtime(sometimestimeheals). Consideryouroptions(makealist). es m nu es. Don'tstartafireputtingoutafire. Turnacrisisintoanopportunity.
or smar s e er anwor ar Spendingmoretimeonmoreimportanttasks(e.g.writingpapersinsteadof
preparingexams).
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, .
Workhard,ifyoudontknowhowtoworksmart.
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Learning owtosay no .
Maintainatodolist,andestablishyourprioritiesonthetasks.
Knowwhattimesofda arebest/worstfor ou
mentallyandphysically. Have and maintain a semester calendar to
indicatetheduedate.
. Havethedeterminationtostartworkingona
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Attending Seminars Workshop
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AttendingSeminars,Workshop,
andConference en ng em nar r ay s a w enever e op c
interestsyou
Itdoesnotmatterifitisrelevanttoyourresearchornot. Itisgoodtolearnhowtodeliveranice(orbad,occasionally)
seminartalk.
.
WorkshopandConference Trytomakethemostoutofit(sinceyouwillanywayattendit). Studythescheduleandmarkthetalksyouareinterestedin
beforeyougo.
Writedownashortsummar aboutwhat oulearnedever da . Makingconnectionsisasimportantasbuildingknowledge: Trytotalktopeopleafterhistalkbyaskingrelevantquestions.
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mates).
Betteraggressivethanshy.ResearchMethods,Prof.ShoudeLin,NTU
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enera yspea ng,peop eprov e e erma n enance ortheircarsthanfortheirownbodies." ScottAdams,The
DilbertFuture
Earningagraduatedegree(inparticularPh.D.)islikerunningamarathon.Youhavetolearntopaceyourselfandtakecareof
.
keepintouchwiththe"realworld,"toremindyourselfthatthegraduatestudentpopulationisnotrepresentativeofhumanityngenera an o eepyourperspec ve.
Graduateschoolisn'tworthriskingyourpersonalrelationships
over be sure that ou save time and ener to focus on thepeoplewhomattertoyou.
Taketimeforexercise,culturalactivities,relationships,and, ,
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Dontjustdoonething(oronetypesofthing),
forexam le: Doingresearchandtakingcoursesatthesame
.
Workingontwodifferentresearchproblemsat.
Writingyourdissertationand..(maybethisisan
excep on
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FAQ
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Ans:pickone
' .
willbesomeoneyoucangetalongwith.
activelybe
doing
high
quality
research
and
be
involved
in
and
respected
.
arewillingandcapableofpassingthewisdomtoyou. serveasamentoraswellasasourceoftechnicalassistance. provi e or e pyouto in t eresourcesyounee inancia ,equipment,
andpsychologicalsupport). introduceyouandpromoteyourworktoimportantpeopleinyourfield. encourageyourown nterests,rat ert anpromot ngt e rown. beavailabletogiveyouadviceonthedirectionofyourthesisandyour
career.
e pyouto n a o w enyou n s . helpyoutosetandachievelongtermandshorttermgoals. enthusiasticabouttheresearchandteachingtheyaredoing
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Q: Why everyone seems so together except me?
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Q:Whyeveryoneseemssotogetherexceptme?
Ans:
Well,believeornot,itisnottrue
arestillnotpublishedyet).
. .
resultsarenotevengoodenoughtowriteapaper
Well,peoplesometimeshidethemselveswhensuffering.
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,
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Ans:
Youdbeamazedhowmanypeoplereadyourstuff! Youradvisorwillsendyoutoconferencestopresentyourwork
Presentingacoherent,writtenscientificargumentisalearned
skill learnbydoing!
Itsatest ifyoucantdoit Mygreatworkkeepsgettingrejected.
..Rare.
.
CSisanapplicationscience.However,yourworkwillnotbe
... .
.
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ns:
Well,atleastitisagoodstarttorealizethis. Attendingtheresearchorientedcourseoffered
byafacultymemberhere.
s ngpeop e sen orstu ents, un orstu ents,postdocs)whataretheirsecretweapons(believe
, .
Check(byreadingpapers)whatkindof
usuallyuse.
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Ans:
Well,everybodyaskshimself/herselfthesamequestiononthewaytothedegree(youarenotthefirst,andwontbe
thelast . Wealllosemotivationoccasionally.Seekhelpfromyour
advisororseniorstudents.
Somet mes t appensw enyoustuc :
Trysomethingdifferent.
problem)toregainyourconfidence.
Sometimesithappenswhenyouareburnedout. . .
Findthesenseofhumoryou'veprobablylost.Learntolaughatyourselfandatthesituation.
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, ,life.Learntorecognizewhenyouaredrivingyourselftoohard.
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Ayoungmartialartistkneelingbeforethe
MasterSenseiinaceremon toreceiveahardearnedblackbelt.
,
hasfinallyreachedapinnacleofachievementinthediscipline.
"Before rantin the belt ou must ass onemoretest,"saystheSensei.
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"Iamready,"respondsthestudent,expectingperhapsonefinalroundofsparring.
" Whatisthetruemeaningoftheblackbelt?
"Theendofmyjourney,"saysthestudent."Awelldeservedrewardforallm hardwork.
TheSenseiwaitsformore.Clearly,heisnot
s a s e . na y, e ense spea s."Youarenotyetreadyfortheblackbelt.
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es u en ra ne ar or ew o e o ow ngyear,andthenkneelsagaininfrontoftheSensei.
" "askstheSenseiagain.
"
achievementinourart,"saysthestudent. ,
waiting.Clearly,heisnotsatisfied.Finally,he
s eaks.
"Youarestillnotreadyfortheblackbelt.Returninoneyear."
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Ayearpassedby,thestudentkneelsonceagainn ron o e ense ,w con ence.
Duringthepastyear,thestudentdidntspend. ,
peoplewhohaveearnedtheblackbeltbefore.
"
meaningoftheblackbelt?" startofaneverendingjourneyofdiscipline,work,
andthe
ursuit
of
an
ever
hi her
standard,"
memorizedthestudent.
"Yes.Youarenowreadytoreceivetheblackbelt
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Receivin the de ree is ust a be innin notanend. Peoplerarelydotheirbestjobintheir
.later.
Ifyou
bother
to
talk
to
and
learn
from
people
whohavealread onethrou hthis rocess
youmightgraduatetwoyearsearlier.
And this concludes the talk. Thanks!
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