Crafting Your Research Future: A Guide to Successful Master's and Ph.D. Degrees in Science & Engineering

Abstract

Abstract What is it like to be a researcher or a scientist? For young people, including graduate students and junior faculty members in universities, how can they identify good ideas for research? How do they conduct solid research to verify and realize their new ideas? How can they formulate their ideas and research results into high-quality articles, and publish them in highly competitive journals and conferences? What are effective ways to supervise graduate students so that they can establish themselves quickly in their research careers? In this book, Ling and Yang answer these questions in a step-by-step manner with specific and concrete examples from their first-hand research experience. Table of Contents: Acknowledgments / Preface / Basics of Research / Goals of Ph.D. Research / Getting Started: Finding New Ideas and Organizing Your Plans / Conducting Solid Research / Writing and Publishing Papers / Misconceptions and Tips for Paper Writing / Writing and Defending a Ph.D. Thesis / Life After Ph.D. / Summary / References / Author Biographies Critical Acclaim for Crafting Your Research Future "Ling and Yang summarize the practical aspects of the expectations for the modern graduate student. They will all benefit." -- Randy Goebel, University of Alberta "It will be tremendously useful to post-docs and graduate students alike (and perhaps even some junior faculty!)." -- Adrian M. Owen, Professor and Canada Excellence Research Chair, Western University "Want to have a successful research career? This is a nice guide and companion!" -- Jiawei Han, Abel Bliss Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign