Resources

Rice University

• Data Science:
  • Data Science Initiative
  • Ken Kennedy Institute
  • Data to Knowledge
  • Kinder Institute
  
  

Advice

• PhD:
  • The illustrated guide to a Ph.D
  • So long, and thanks for the Ph.D.!
  • So, you want to go to grad school?
  • A letter to research students
  • PhD Comics
  
  
• Reading:
  • How to read a research paper
  • How to Read a Paper
  • How to (seriously) read a scientific paper
  
  
• Writing:
  • Heuristics for Scientific Writing (an ML Perspective)
  • Write good papers
  
  
• Speaking:
  • How to speak
  
  
• Problem solving:
  • How to solve it
  
  
• Attending talks:
  • The "Three Things" Exercise for getting things out of talks
  
  
• Research in general:
  • You and Your Research (also on Youtube)
  • The Three Golden Rules for Successful Scientific Research
  • The importance of stupidity in scientific research
  • Naturally Obsessed: The Making of a Scientist
  
  

Diversity in STEM

• Center for Minorities and People with Disabilities in IT
• Grace Hopper Celebration
• The Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing Conference