How to Organize Your Thesis
- Aims of a thesis and how to present them. What should be in each chapter and why.
- http://www.sce.carleton.ca/faculty/chinneck/thesis.html
Writing Up Your PhD - The human mind works on full power until you sit down to write. Good advice on how to get past this problem. - http://sel.ics.es.osaka-u.ac.jp/~eddy/ResearchAdvice/writeup.html
How to Give a Good Research Talk - What to focus on and why, slide tips, using examples, pruning, and getting feedback. - http://research.microsoft.com/Users/simonpj/papers/giving-a-talk/giving-a-talk.htm
Burnout Prevention and Recovery - Funny view point on burnout at MIT - http://web.mit.edu/afs/athena.mit.edu/user/w/c/wchuang/News/college/MIT-views.html
Writing and Presenting Your Thesis - Advice for every stage of the process. List of general advice, suggestions and invaluable tips. - http://www.learnerassociates.net/dissthes/
How to have Your Abstract Rejected - Funny and to the point advice on creating and submitting abstracts. - http://www4.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/~nipkow/misc/reject.html
Notes on Writing Papers and Theses - Writing style tips. Common mistakes and how to avoid them. - http://aerg.canberra.edu.au/pub/aerg/edulertz.htm
Talking to others at conferences - Tips about how to get past the 'feeling awkward' stage at conferences. - http://www-personal.umich.edu/~danhorn/conference.txt
Thesis, what examiners look for - 18 questions covering introduction, review, objectives, experiments and contribution. - http://aerg.canberra.edu.au/pub/aerg/eduthes4.htm
So long, and thanks for the Ph.D. - Useful advice on the politics of research, skills you should work on and motives of the people involved. Long but worth the read. - http://www.cs.unc.edu/~azuma/hitch4.html