Useful Links

On being a CS Ph.D. student

• So long, and thanks for the Ph.D.! by Ronald T. Azuma
• Graduate School Survival Guide by Wanda Pratt
• 3 qualities of successful Ph.D. students: Perseverance, tenacity and cogency by Matt Might
• How to Have a Bad Career in Research/Academia by David A. Patterson

On reading and writing papers

• How to Read a Paper by Srinivasan Keshav
• The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White. The classic book on writing.
• Margo’s Tips on Writing a Thesis by Margo Seltzer
• How (and how not) to write a good systems paper by Roy Levin and David D. Redell, ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review.
• Responding to peer review by Matt Might
• Advice on writing an author response by Michael Hicks
• Paper Writing Checklist by Zheng Zhang

Others

• A Reading List in Computer Networking by Yang Richard Yang