Improving Your Research Skills

The following contents are copied from Prof. Lui Sha's Realtime Systems Group.

• Building a Research Career, Dr. Indranil Grupta, a professor of the Computer Science Department at UIUC, gives tips on how to start building a research career. [Presentation

• On Conducting Research, Dr. P. R. Kumar, a professor of the Electrical and Computer Engineering at UIUC, speaks gives an overview of the skills that junior and senior level graduate students should obtain, as well as his advice on Academic or Industry jobs. [Presentation

• Having Fun In Research, Dr. YuanYuan Zhou, a Professor of the Computer Science Department at UIUC, tells how we can do good research while enjoying it. [Presentation

• Towards Productive Research in CS, Dr. Jiawei Han, a professor of the Department of Computer Science at UIUC speaks about how to conduct productive research in computer science. [Presentation

• Improve Research Productivity, Dr. Tarek Abdelzaher, a professor of the Department of Computer Science at UIUC speaks about how to conduct productive research in computer science. [Presentation

• Problems Follow System, Dr. Kevin Chang, a professor of the Department of Computer Science at UIUC speaks about how to formulate high impact research problems in computer science. [Presentation

• Elements of Research, Dr. Lui Sha, a professor of the Department of Computer Science at UIUC speaks about some of the key elements of doing good research. [Presentation

• Excellence in Oral Presentation for Technical Speakers:: Dr. Klara Nahrstedt of the Department of Computer Science addresses a wide variety of presentation types from persuasive arguments to conference talks. She discusses the myths of presenting and gives good examples for good and bad introductions, and good and bad conclusions. [Presentation

• Writing Good Research Papers :: Dr. Mary Shaw, a professor of the Computer Science Department of Carnege Mellon University, writes about how to write a good software engineering research paper. [Presentation

• CORE Method for Planning Research Paper Writing; Jim Frost, Director of Professional Writing of the Department of English integrates the CORE method of technical paper planning with Mary Shaw's questions for research paper writing. He also provides a concise Style Guide. [Presentation

• Learning to Write :: Dr. Ralph Johnson, a professor of the Department of Computer Science], discusses the process of mastering the skills of writing. [Presentation

• Lessons on Writing Papers:: Stanley Bak, a Ph.D. student of the Department of Computer Science, shows how to successfully incorporate reviewers' comments and improve paper quality. [Presentation

• 10 (Random) Lessons on Paper Writing :: Rodolfo Pellizzoni, a Ph.D. candidate of the Department of Computer Science, discusses people skills related to paper writing. [Presentation