UCSD VLSI CAD Laboratory

Useful tips on how to succeed in graduate school and your subsequent research career

Seven Steps to Success in Graduate School, adapted from Naomi Halas
Five Steps to Stimulate Creativity by Paul Selwyn
Seven Steps to Successfully Launching a Research Project by George Heilmer
You and Your Research by Richard Hamming
How to Be a Good Graduate Student by Marie desJardins
Technology and Courage by Ivan Sutherland
Networking on the Network by Phil Agre
What New Grad Students Should Know
An Applicant's Guide to Graduate School Admissions
On Good Writing ( PostScript PDF ) by Marc Raibert
Writing up Research: an online resource
How to Present a Paper: a Speaker's Guide (PostScript) (PDF)
A Guide for New Referees (PostScript) (PDF)
Advice on Time Management
- Time management by Randy Pausch (PostScript version)
- Mind Tools
PITAC - Interim Report to the President
International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors
Dissertation Advice by Olin Shivers
Doctoral Education: Preparing for the Future by Jules LaPidus
The Task of the Referee by Alan Jay Smith
IEEE Computer, April 1990, 23(4), pp. 65-71
A PhD is Not Enough by Peter Feibelman
Addison-Wesley, 1993 (ISBN: 0-201-62663-2)
Tomorrow's Professor: Preparing for Academic Careers in Science and Engineering by Richard M. Reis, IEEE Press
Ph. D job hunt by Edward D. Lazowska
How to Be a Star Engineer by Robert E. Kelley
summary of "How Bell Labs Creates Star Performers" by Robert E. Kelley
How to write fast sequential C++ code? by Prof. Igor Markov (imarkov@eecs.umich.edu)