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[ Formal Data | Syllabus | Materials ]
The materials for the future lectures are "best guess" and provided for better planning
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August 31, 2009 Lecture 1 |
Part I: Introduction to this class
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Alan Bundy, Ben du Boulay, Jim Howe and Gordon Plotkin (1985) The Researcher's Bible |
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September 7, 2009 Labor Day |
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September 14, 2009 Lecture 2 |
Planning your Doctoral Studies |
Hassan Karimi |
David Chapman (1988) How to do Research At the MIT AI Lab Marie desJardins (1994) How to Be a Good Graduate Student Diana Bental (1992) Thesis prevention: Advice to phd supervisors AISB Quarterly No. 80 |
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September 21, 2009 Lecture 3
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A Broader view on Your Research Life Video: Desires and Diversions. Allan Newell |
Richard Hamming. You And Your Research. Transcription of the Bell Communications Research Colloquium Seminar, 7 March 1986 |
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September 28, 2009 Lecture 4
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The Working of Scientific Enterprise |
Sherry Koshman |
David Goodstein How Science Works How Science Really Works, University of California, Berkeley J. Paul Peter & Jerry C. Olson. Is Science Marketing? Journal of Marketing, 47, 111-125, 1983 |
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October 5, 2009 Lecture 5 |
How to Find a Research Topic Video: Creativity and Scientific Discovery Herbert A. Simon |
Daqing He |
Shigeto Kawahara Finding research topics Rutgers University Robert Hampel In Search of New Frontiers: How Scholars Generate Ideas. The Chronicle of Higher Education, Monday, October 5, 2009 |
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October 13, 2009 (Tuesday!) Lecture 6
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Reference and Search Tools |
Stephen Hirtle |
Thomson Reuters Web of Science Tutorial University of North Carolina EndNote Tutorial Wikipedia Impact Factor |
Magazine summary: Dudas |
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October 19, 2009 Special location: 1st Floor Conference Room Lecture 7 |
Writing Grant Proposals |
Rosta Farzan (recent graduate) |
Susan Finger Advice on Writing Simon Peyton Jones, Alan BundyWriting a good grant proposal National Science Foundation A Guide for Proposal Writing Locke L F, Spirduso W W, & Silverman S J. (1999). Proposals that work (4th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. |
Magazine summary: Baracaldo |
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October 26, 2009 Lecture 8 |
Writing Research Articles |
Becker, Howard. (1986). Writing for Social Scientists. Chicago, Chicago University Press. Richardson, Laurel. (1990). Writing Strategies: Reaching Diverse Audiences. Sage Publications Zerubavel, Eviatar. (1999). The clockwork muse: A practical guide to writing theses, dissertations and books. Cambridge, Harvard University Press. Murray, R. (2002). How to write a thesis. Buckingham, Open University Press. Dunleavy, Patrick. (2003). Authoring a PhD: How to plan, draft ,write and finish a doctoral thesis or dissertation. London, Palgrave. |
Magazine summary: Chien |
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November 2, 2009 Lecture 9 |
Teaching skills |
Jung Sun Oh |
Wilbert J. McKeachie (1978). "Teaching Tips: A Guidebook for the Beginning College Teacher." Lexington, MA: D.C. Heath & Co.,17th edition |
Research Idea Paper Due Magazine summary: Ghafourian |
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November 9, 2009 Lecture 10
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Time Management Video: Time Management, Randy Pausch |
Geoffrey C. Bowker |
Peter R Drucker Managing Oneself Harward Business Review David Allen (2002) Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity.Penguin |
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November 16, 2009 Lecture 11
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Peer Review |
Prashant Krishnamurthy |
Juan Miguel Campanario (1996) Have Referees Rejected Some of the Most-Cited Articles of All Times? Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 47(4):302-310, 1996 Bruce D. Shriver (1990) The Benefits of Quality Refereeing. IEEE Computer, pages 10-16, April 1990 |
White Paper Due Magazine summary: Lee, Jin |
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November 23, 2009 Lecture 12
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Career Planning |
Vladimir Zadorozhny | Paul Gray, David E. Drew (2008) What They Didn't Teach You in Graduate School: 199 Helpful Hints for Success in Your Academic Career. Stylus: Sterling, VA |
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November 30, 2009 Lecture 13
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Service |
James Joshi |
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December 7, 2009 Lecture 14
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Ethics in Science |
Paul Munro |
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Research Paper Summary Due Peer Review Due Research Paper Summary Presentation |
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December 14, 2009 Lecture 15
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Presentation |
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Final version of research proposal due Research Proposal Presentation |
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