Research advice guides

Collection of guides on various research and related topics.

Scientific Writing

• Advice to Authors of Extended Abstracts - William Pugh
• How to Read a Paper (source) - S. Keshav
• How to Read a Technical Paper - Jason Eisner
• How to Write Mathematics - P. R. Halmos
• How to Write a Technical Paper - Michael Hicks
• Imagine the Reader (slides) - (video) - Benjamin Pierce
• Mathematical Writing - Knuth, Larrabee, and Roberts
• Shitty First Drafts - Anne Lamott
• What it’s like to be a POPL referee; or how to write an extended abstract so that it is more likely to be accepted - Mark Wegman
• Writing Good Software Engineering Research Papers - Mary Shaw
• Writing Papers (video) - Leslie Lamport
• Writing and Speaking with Style - Benjamin C. Pierce and Rajeev Alur

Giving Talks & Presentations

• Giving Technical Talks (source) - Scot Drysdale
• How (not) to give a great research talk (slides) - (video) - Leonidas Lampropoulos
• How I Give a Talk - Javier Esparza
• How to Present a Paper in Theoretical Computer Science - Ian Parberry
• How to give a good research talk - Simon Peyton Jones
• How to give a technical presentation - Michael Ernst
• Making a technical poster - Michael Ernst
• Ten simple rules for effective presentation slides - Kristen M Naegle

Artifact & Technical Guides

• ACM Artifact Review and Badging - Current ACM badging guidelines
• Can you trust your experimental results? - Evaluate Collaboratory Technical Report
• EAPLS Artifact Badges - European badging scheme
• Empirical Evaluation Guidelines - ACM SIGPLAN checklist
• Guidelines for Proof Artifacts - by Marianna Rapoport
• Reliable benchmarking: requirements and solutions - Beyer, Löwe & Wendler
• Scientific Benchmarking of Parallel Computing Systems - Best practices guide
• STABILIZER: Statistically Sound Performance Evaluation - Curtsinger and Berger

Reviewing & Publishing

• A Guide for New Referees in Theoretical Computer Science - Ian Parberry
• Beall's List - potential predatory journals and publishers
• Defining the Role of Authors and Contributors - the ICMJE recommendations
• How NOT to review a paper (source) - Graham Cormode
• Mistakes Reviewers Make - Niklas Elmqvist
• No free view? No review! - peer reviewer pledge
• Some Lessons on Reviews and Rebuttals - David Stutz
• The Task of the Referee - A.J. Smith
• Low-CO₂ research paper initiative - TCS4F

About Research (Meta Discussions)

• Getting Your Research Adopted (video) - Emery Berger
• The Three Golden Rules for Successful Scientific Research - EW Dijkstra

Academic Job Search

• Demystifying PhD Admissions in Computer Science - ThanhVu Nguyen
• Faculty Job Interview Questions - a handout from Gursimran Walia
• Getting an academic job - Michael Ernst
• Negotiating Your Job Offer(s) Inside & Outside Academia - Gaeun Seo