How to Be a Successful PhD Student(in Computer Science (in NLP/ML)

Wirter:   

     Mark Dredze (Johns Hopkins University)

    Hanna M. Wallach (University of Massachsetts Arnherst)

Becoming a PhD Student

why Get a PhD?

1. You have to really want it.

2. It's more than okay to do something else first.

Appling to Graduate School

3. Think beyond the school.

4. Surround yourself with smart people.

You and Your Advisor

5. Listen to your Advisor.

6. Ping your advisor.

7. Feedback

Meeting with Your Advisor

8. Meet regularly

9. Make an agenda.

10. Bring results.

11. Start with a summary.

Managing Your Day-to-Day Work Life/Being Productive

12. Research is #1.

13. Talk to other students.

14. Everyone works differently.

15. Keep to a regular schedule.

16. Prioritize.

17. Make your own "next actions"

18. Keep a log.

19. Getting things done.

20. A social life.

21. Learn from your mistakes.

Research

Reading papers

23. Read, read, read!

24. Take notes.

25. Read deeply.

26. Breadth vs. depth.

Picking a Research Topic

27.Know the literature.

28.Know the community.

29. Think big.

30.It takes time.

31.Don't make up problems that don't exist.

The Research Process

32.First Year.

33.Start with writing.

34.Learn when to quit.

35.Don't be deadline focused.

36.Don't leave the writing to the end.

37.Ask questions.

38.Implement.

39.Version control.