Productive Grad School

I've just started my PhD. You've probably just started yours. I'll put some links below which might make our life easier a bit by learning from the people who've been there already. However, some links are quite generic, the list is mostly biased towards computer science/engineering/math.

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• [T] talk
• [B] book
• [BP] blog post
• [P] paper
• [V] video
• [S] Slide deck
• [WWW] web page

General Tips

• [BP] The Pragmatic Scientist
• [BP] PhD 101
• [BP] 3 qualities of successful PhD students by Matt Might
• [P] How to be a good graduate student by Deirdre N. McCloskey
• [P] How to do Research At the MIT AI Lab
• [WWW] Syllabus for Eric's PhD students
• [T] How to be organised and productive during your PhD by Nicole Peinelt
• [BP] What I wish I knew before starting my PhD by Fotis Savva
• [BP] Reflections on my (Machine Learning) PhD Journey

Anki

• [BP] Augmenting Long-term Memory
• [BP] Using spaced repetition systems to see through a piece of mathematics
• [BP] Everything I Know: Strategies, Tips, and Tricks for Anki
• [BP] My advice to the 2012 class by Murat Demirbas

Writing

• [P] Writing a scientific paper, step by painful step
• [P] Giving a Research Talk
• [V] How to write a great research paper
• [P] Notes on writing by Frédo Durand
• [BP] Ten Tips for Writing CS Papers by Sebastian Nowozin
• [BP] Write in your own voice by Terence Tao
• [P] Ten simple rules for structuring papers
• [P] How to construct a Nature summary paragraph
• [P] How to Write a Technical Paper
• [BP] How to write a great science paper
• [P] Writing a paper
• [WWW] Write the paper first
• [WWW] How to Write Up a Ph.D. Dissertation

Giving a talk

• [V] How to give a great research talk

Peer review

• [S] Peer Review
• [WWW] ICLR2020 reviewing guideline
• [WWW] Advice on Reviewing for EMNLP

Time management

• [BP] Calendar. Not to-do lists. by Devi Parikh

misc

• [WWW] Resources for Students & Scholars by Frédo Durand
• [P] How to succeed in Graduate School by Marie des Jardins
• [P] The care and maintenance of your adviser
• [P] In praise of lectures by T.W.Körner
• [WWW] Graduate Skills Seminars, 2010-2011, UofT
• [WWW] Twenty things I wish I’d known when I started my PhD
• [P] How to send and reply to email by Matt Might
• [P] Reading for Graduate Students by Matt Might
• [P] Email writing tips by Philip Guo
• [P] How I read a research paper by Murat Demirbas
• [P] My advice to my graduate students by Murat Demirbas
• [P] If you're not writing a program, do not use a programming language by Murat Demirbas
• [P] How to Succeed in Graduate School: A guide for students and advisors by Marie des Jardins
• [WWW] How to be a LARG student
• [BP] Ten tips for research and a PhD by Sebastian Ruder