Resources
A periodically updated list of useful books and articles for life before, during and after grad school.
Grad school
- A CS graduate schools ranking tool
- Advice on applying to Computer Science grad school by Justine Sherry
- The N=1 guide to grad school by Adam Marcus
- The N=2 Interview about Ph.D.s in Computer Science by Philip Guo, Eugene Wu, Keith Winstein
- Advice for researchers and students by Michael Ernst
- Inside the mind of a master procrastinator by Tim Urban
Research
- Richard Hamming on the research process and its pitfalls: You and Your Research
- How to make progress in research: vectoring and velocity
- The Lean Startup by Eric Ries: The book is about building a start up company, but you can apply the scientific method to your research process; fail fast and often, in problem selection, design, prototyping, experimentation, and communication.