How-to-Be-a-Good-Graduate-Student-怎样成为一个成功的研究生.pdf

How to Be a Good Graduate Student Marie desJardins marie@ Abstract This paper attempts to raise some issues that are important for graduate students to be successful and to get as much out of the process as possible, and for advisors who wish to help their students be successful. The intent is not to provide prescriptive advice -- no formulas for finishing a thesis or twelve-step programs for becoming a better advisor are given -- but to raise awareness on both sides of the advisor-student relationship as to what the expectations are and should be for this relationship, what a graduate student should expect to accomplish, common problems, and where to go if the advisor is not forthcoming. Introduction Before You Start Doing Research The Daily Grind Staying Motivated Getting to the Thesis Finding an Advisor Finding a Thesis Topic Writing the Thesis Getting Feedback Getting Financial Support Advice for Advisors Interacting With Students Becoming Part of the Research Community Attending Conferences Publishing Papers Networking All Work and No Play... Issues for Women Conclusions Bibliography Introduction This article originated with a discussion I had with several women professors about the problems women face in graduate school, and how more women could be encouraged to go to graduate school in computer science. Eventually, the conversation turned to the question of what these women could do in their interactions with women students to support and encourage them. I volunteered that over the course of my graduate career I had collected a variety of papers and e-mail discussions about how to be a good advisor, how to get through graduate school, and issues facing women. They were eager to get this material, and I told them I would sort through it when I got a chance. After mentioning this project to a number of people, both graduate stude