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Prof. Sudeep Pasricha, Director

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Advice

Below is a collection of articles from the Internet that prospective and current students at CSU might find useful. Most of these articles are a must read if you intend to work with me.

Prospective and current students

  • Advice for prospective MS and PhD students before contacting faculty
  • What is the PhD experience?
  • How to be a good graduate student
  • More advice about graduate student life
  • A guide to the unwritten rules of grad school in the sciences
  • How to be a terrible graduate student
  • How to have a terrible career in research/academia

 

Technical writing (project reports, conference/journal papers, thesis)

  • How to write a PhD thesis
  • How to write an abstract
  • Common bugs in writing
  • Writing technical articles
  • Reviewing papers – The task of the referee
  • Writing center @ CSU (can help with critiquing reports, theses documents)
  • English grammar tutorial
  • Very good English grammar book: Grammar in use (Basic, Intermediate, Advanced)

 

Presentations (project, thesis)

  • Giving a talk
  • How to present a research paper
  • Presenting at a research conference
  • Effective short talks
  • Common mistakes during presentations
  • Tips and tricks for presentations
  • PhD thesis defense tips
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