Advice on Research and Writing

• Networking on the Network by Phil Agre
• On Being A Scientist: Responsible Conduct In Research, from the National Academy of Sciences
• CRA Committee on the Status of Women in Research
  • Includes a Graduate School Information Kit for Women in Computer Science and Engineering
  • and the Distributed Mentor Project for female undergraduates.
• Hints on good mathematical writing, by David Goss
• A primer on mathematical writing, by Steven L. Kleiman
• How to be a Good Graduate Student/Advisor, by Marie desJardins
• How to Get a Paper Accepted at OOPSLA, by Alan Snyder.
  • Includes comments from an OOPSLA program committee.
• A Letter to Research Students, by Duane A. Bailey
• The IUCS Graduate Student Survival Guide.
  • Includes Survival Skills for Graduate Women
  • and The Assistant Professor's Guide to the Galaxy.
• How to do Research in the MIT AI Lab, ed. David Chapman
• How to Give a Good Research Talk, by Simon Peyton Jones et al.
• How to Present a Paper in Theoretical Computer Science, by Ian Parberry.
• A Guide for New Referees in Theoretical Computer Science, by Ian Parberry.
• Papers on women in computer science.
  • Includes Why Are There So Few Female Computer Scientists?, by Ellen Spertus.

Other references and related resources

• Dissertation News, published by The Association for Support of Graduate Students.
• Ivan Sutherland, "Technology and Courage," in CMU Computer Science: A 25th Anniversary Commemorative, ed. Richard F. Rashid. ACM Press, 1991.
• Alan Jay Smith, "The task of the referee," IEEE Computer, April 1990, pp. 65-71.
• ACM SIGMOD academic careers information
  • Includes transcripts from the Workshop on Academic Careers for Women.
• Resources for dissertation research (gopher)
• Information resources for graduate students by Jennifer Myers.
• Information for current and prospective graduate students by Timothy Finin.
• A Guide for Applying to Graduate Schools by Piroz Mohseni.