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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, 2021 Lecture 1 |
Part I: The Syllabus: What we will learn and how we will do it
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Alan Bundy, Ben du Boulay, Jim Howe and Gordon Plotkin (1985) The Researcher's Bible Richard Butterworth (1998) I did a PhD and did NOT go mad Ronald T. Azuma (2003) Everything I wanted to know about C.S. graduate school at the beginning but didn't learn until later And please, enjoy PhD Comics! |
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September 7, 2021 Lecture 2 |
Planning your Doctoral Studies |
(Start at 11:00am) |
David Chapman (1988) How to do Research At the MIT AI Lab Marie desJardins (2008) How to succeed in graduate school: a guide for students and advisors
Matt Might The Illustrated Guide to a Ph.D. Jamie Hipp 10 Tips for New Doctoral Students For future reading: Debora J. Bell, Sharon L. Foster, and John D. Cone (2020) Dissertations and Theses From Start to Finish, APA |
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September 14, 2021 Lecture 3
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Presentations |
Susanne Ulm How To Improve The Presentation Skills Of PhD Students (main readings) Patricia Gosling, Bart Noordam Mastering Your Ph.D.: Giving a Great Presentation Science, Oct. 20, 2006 Christine Kelly Mastering the Art of Presenting Inside Higher Ed, February 6, 2017 Noreen Watson Public speaking and graduate school, American Psychological Association, March 2014 How to make a good presentation Jason Shen How to Dramatically Improve your Public Speaking Skills, January 8, 2018 PhD Comics: Seminar Bingo For future readings: Julius Loewenstein PUBLIC SPEAKING - Speaking like a Professional: How to become a better speaker, present yourself convincingly and increase your self-confidence through successful communication Allison Gaffey The elevator pitch American Psychological Association, June 2014 How to Write a PhD Elevator Pitch For future readings: Fred Miller NO SWEAT Elevator Speech!: Expanded Edition For Future readings: Chris O'Leary Elevator Pitch Essentials |
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September 21, 2021 Lecture 4
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The Working of Scientific Enterprise |
(Start at 11:00am) |
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 Norbert L. Kerr HARKing: Hypothesizing After the Results are Known. Personality and Social Psychology Review, Vol. 2, No. 3, 196-217 1998 The A-Z’s of predatory publishing Paolo Crosetto Is MDPI a predatory publisher? |
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September 28, 2021 Lecture 5 |
How to Find a Research Question Video: Creativity and Scientific Discovery Herbert A. Simon |
(Start at 11:00am)
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Raul E. Valdes-Perez Personal Recollections from 15 years of Monthly Meetings [with Herbert Simon] Pat Langley Heuristics for Scientific Discovery: The Legacy of Herbert Simon Shigeto Kawahara Finding research topics Keio University Don Davis Thesis Research: Where do I Start? Columbia University Uri Alon, How To Choose a Good Scientific Problem, Molecular Cell (2009), doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2009.09.013 Robert Hampel In Search of New Frontiers: How Scholars Generate Ideas. The Chronicle of Higher Education, December 19, 2008 Herbert A. Simon (2001) Creativity in the Arts and the Sciences. The Kenyon Review, New Series, Vol. 23, No. 2, Cultures of Creativity: The Centennial Celebration of the Nobel Prizes (Spring, 2001), pp. 203-220 (18 pages) |
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October 5, 2021 Lecture 6-1 |
Reference and Search Tools 1 Research Idea "Elevator Speech" Presentation |
(Start at 11:00am) |
Thomson Reuters Web of Science Tutorial University of North Carolina EndNote Tutorial |
Research Idea Paper Due |
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October 12, 2021 Lecture 6-2 |
Reference and Search Tools 2 Research Paper Summary Presentation |
(Start 9:45) |
Wikipedia Impact Factor, H-Index Teixeira da Silva, J.A. & Dobranszki, J. : Multiple versions of the h-index: cautionary use for formal academic purposes. Scientometrics, May 2018, Volume 115, Issue 2, pp 1107-1113 |
Research Paper Summary Due |
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October 19, 2021 Lecture 7 |
Writing Grant Proposals |
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Susan Finger Advice on Writing
Proposals to the National Science Foundation
Michael LesieckiHow to Write a Winning NSF Proposal Kate Viera Planning and Writing a Grant Proposal Lisa Chasan-Taber 10 Tips for Successful Grant Writing, The Chronicle of Higher Education Alice L Ruhnke Be a Standout: 10 Tips for Writing Grant Proposals that Get Funded For Future Reading: National Science Foundation A Guide for Proposal Writing For future reading: Locke L F, Spirduso W W, & Silverman S J. (1999). Proposals that work (4th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. |
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October 26, 2021 Lecture 8 |
Writing Research Articles |
Michael Ernst (2005) How to write a technical paper Beth A. Fischer and Michael J. Zigmond Twenty steps to writing a research article. University of Pittsburgh Writing a journal article. Tailor and Francis How to write a first class paper. Nature, 2018 How to write a journal article: Tips and Tools. Canadian Science Publishing For future reading: Becker, Howard (1986). Writing for Social Scientists. Chicago, Chicago University Press. For future reading: Richardson, Laurel (1990). Writing Strategies: Reaching Diverse Audiences. Sage Publications For future reading: Zerubavel, Eviatar (1999). The clockwork muse: A practical guide to writing theses, dissertations and books. Cambridge, Harvard University Press. For future reading: Murray, R. (2002) How to write a thesis. Buckingham, Open University Press. For future reading: Dunleavy, Patrick (2003) Authoring a PhD: How to plan, draft, write and finish a doctoral thesis or dissertation. London, Palgrave. For future reading: Chris A. Mack (2018) How to wring a good scientific paper. Bellingham, WA, SPIE Press |
White Paper Due |
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November 2, 2021 Lecture 9
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Teaching |
(Start 9:45) |
Kate Bradley (2009) Teaching as a PhD student Melanie Newport Teaching Tips for Graduate Students Amy J. Ko (2020) Informatics Teaching Guide Shelia M. Kennison, Rachel H. Messer and C. Daniel Hornyik (2013) Tips for the First-Time Graduate Student Instructor For future reading: Wilbert J. McKeachie (1978) "Teaching Tips: A Guidebook for the Beginning College Teacher." Lexington, MA: D.C. Heath & Co.,17th edition |
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November 9, 2021 Lecture 10
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Time Management Video: Time Management Randy Pausch |
(Start 9:45)
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Peter R Drucker Managing Oneself Harward Business Review David Allen (2002) Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity.Penguin Getting Things Done (GTD) Method + The 8 Best GTD Apps of 2020 Getting Things Done (GTD) Method and 20 Best GTD Apps & Tools The Getting Things Done (GTD) Method + 14 Best GTD Apps in 2020 |
Reviews for the White Paper Due |
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November 16, 2021 Lecture 11
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Peer Review |
(Start 9:45) |
Wikipedia Peer Review Joshua A Hirsch et al. (2017) The peer review process: a primer for JNIS readers, Journal of neurointerventional surgery, Vol.9 (e1), p.e3-e6 Alan Jay Smith (1990) The Task of the Referee. IEEE Computer, p. 65-71, April 1990 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 Fytton Rowland (2002) The peer-review process Learned Publishing, 15 (4), p.247-258 Laxmaiah Manchikanti et al. (2015) Medical journal peer review: process and bias, Pain Physician, 8(1):E1-E14. |
First version of the final research proposal due |
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November 23, 2021 Thanksgiving |
Video: Desires and Diversions. Allan Newell |
Video: Desires and Diversions |
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November 30, 2021 Lecture 12
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Career Planning Video: Some Keys to a Successful Career |
Kayhan Batmanghelich |
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 Richard Hamming. You And Your Research. Transcription of the Bell Communications Research Colloquium Seminar, 7 March 1986 Nick Rushby On being an editor, British Journal of Educational Technology Vol 46 No 4 2015 681–683 Anderson, K.K. (2014) The Editor—a vital role we barely talk about anymore The Scholarly Kitchen.
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Peer reviews for research proposals due |
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December 7, 2021 Lecture 13 |
Ethics in Science |
Alexandra Gedrose 5 Psychological Experiments That Prove Humanity is Doomed David B. Rescnick (1998) The Ethics in Science: An Introduction. Routledge, London
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December 14, 2021 Lecture 14
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Final version of research proposal due Research Proposal Presentation
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