Research Skills

Generally Speaking

How to Have a Bad Career in Research/Academia, by David A. Patterson
You and Your Research, by Richard Hamming
Principles of Effective Research, by Michael A. Nielsen
An Opinionated Guide to ML Research, by John Schulman
Practicing AI research, by Jason Wei

Before you start your Ph.D.

Ph.D. Advice: Useful Thoughts about Research, by H.T. Kung
The Ph.D. Grind, by Philip J. Guo
A Survival Guide to a PhD, by Andrej Karpathy
A PhD Is Not Enough!: A Guide to Survival in Science, by Peter J. Feibelman

Paper Reading

How to Read a Paper, by Srinivasan Keshav [Personal Note]
Efficient Reading of Papers in Science and Technology, by Michael J. Hanson and Dylan J. McNamee

Writing a Paper

How (and How Not) to Write a Good Systems Paper, by Roy Levin and David D. Redell (9th SOSP Program Committee Co-chairmen)
The Science of Scientific Writing, by George D. Gopen and Judith A. Swan
How to write a technical paper or a research paper, by Michael Ernst
Writing Perfect Papers, by Baochun Li
10 tips on how we write papers, by Edward H. Sargent

Presentation

The Art of Presentation, by Baochun Li

Faculty Job Search

Philip’s notes on the tenure-track assistant professor job search, by Philip J. Guo

Student Mentorship

Your students are your legacy, by David A. Patterson [中文译本]

AI Research

The Bitter Lesson, by Richard S. Sutton

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