• Advice for Prospective Research Students on Contacting Potential Advisors by David Evans
• A course on Preparation for Statistical Research offered at NCSU Stat Dept
• Principles of Effective Research by Michael A. Nielsen
• The Ph.D Experience by Mihir Bellare
• Tom Henzinger's advice on doing research
• The scientific method by Jeff Offutt
• Thoughts on choosing an advisor by Jeff Offutt
• Thoughts on writing a Ph.D. proposal by Jeff Offutt
• Thoughts on reading papers by Jeff Offutt
• Advice for Computer Science College Students by Joel Spolsky
• How to Be a Good Graduate Student by Marie desJardins, Indiana University
• Excellent advice about graduate school life by Ronald T. Azuma, University of Virginia
• Discussion on Ph.D. thesis proposals in computing science by H. C. Lauer
• How to write a PhD Thesis given at the doctoral symposium at ASE'03 (Oct 2003) by Steve Easterbrook
• Advice for finishing a Ph.D. (pdf document containing slides by Prof. Daniel M. Berry) Lecture
• How to Organize your Thesis, by John W. Chinneck.
• Chris Riesbeck on What is a Thesis Defense?
• How to write a thesis in an Experimental area of Computer Science by Doug Comer.
• How to escape during a Ph.D. Final Exam by Doug Comer.
• An explanation of language used in CS Departments by Doug Comer.