Guidelines, Advice, and Ramblings

• DPRL BS/MS Thesis, Project, and Independent Study Guidelines
  Please read if you are interest in an undergraduate or Master's thesis, project, or independent study 
• About Doing Research
  Some brief thoughts about who does research, why, and how  
• Academic Writing for Computer Science
  Some brief guidelines on how to approach writing academic papers
• Research Programming Guidelines
  Some thoughts and strategies for building research prototypes
• Preparing Proposal, Project and Thesis Defense Talks
  Some things to think about when preparing for your defense presentation
• General Advice on Giving Presentations
   Assuming that the technical content in a talk is correct and complete, I recommend:
  
  
  • Presenting only what is needed to
    make a few key points clear,
  • showing pictures when it
    helps clarify details and/or explain concepts more quickly,
  • engaging your audience; make them feel you:
    (1) want their attention, and are
    (2) leading up to a discussion with them, and
  • use a presentation style that is comfortable,
    while being respectful of your audience.