Thursday, January 31, 2013

Tips for PHD

How to write an abstract in 30 minutes

Have you ever been in the following situation?

You have selected a conference you would like to attend, and you have all the information you need for writing the abstract (the conference topic which suits your work, the maximum amount of words, submission through a website or email). Maybe you've googled "How to write an abstract". And there you are, with a new Word document and a scary white page in front of you. You go and get a cup of coffee, and stare at the screen. You play around with some words to come up with a good title which is within the maximum amount of characters allowed. You go and get another cup of coffee. Check Facebook. Get a snack... And before you know a few hours have gone by and Word is still showing an almost empty screen.

I've found what really works for me to write an abstract in roughly 30 minutes. As I was googling "How to write an abstract" in the past, I came across this article by Philip Koopman which caught my attention.

What I most like about this website is the questions it has in the different sections your abstract should contain:

Motivation: Why do we care about the problem and the results?

Problem statement: What problem are you trying to solve?

Approach: How did you go about solving or making progress on the problem? Did you use simulation, analytic models, prototype construction, or analysis of field data for an actual product?

Results: What's the answer?

Conclusions: What are the implications of your answer? Is it going to change the world (unlikely), be a significant "win", be a nice hack, or simply serve as a road sign indicating that this path is a waste of time (all of the previous results are useful)?


In fact, whenever I now write an abstract, I simply copy and paste these questions into a new document. Then I start answering them one by one. Sometimes I just talk out loud and write it down. Style and grammar don't matter to me at that point - I just need to get the ideas out first.
These answers then make up the first draft of my abstract. I simply delete the questions, and print out this first version. At that point, I start manipulating the abstract into a readable text, in correct English (as good as possible in my case), and making sure the entire piece flows from its starting point and background description towards the results and conclusions.








source of material :http://phdtalk.blogspot.com

Monday, January 28, 2013

target January & Feb

Work from 2nd Research ROOM

What is a PHD ?



More realistically, a PhD is a demonstration of research competence. There are certain things that you are demonstrating through your dissertation: 

i.   Mastery of your subject
ii.  Research insight
iii. Respect for the discipline
iv. Capacity for independent research
v.  Ability to communicate results and relate them to the broader discourse

These reflect competence and professionalism, rather than greatness. Importantly­, they are as much about comprehending others' work as about doing one’s own.



from Mohamad Shaiful Osman
 

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

2 Day Report

Working at 2nd Research Room.

Target For this Year 2013

1. International Conference

i. Science and Information Conference 2013

  • Paper Submission (Early-Bird) : February 15, 2013
  • Paper Submission (Deadline) : April 01, 2013
  • Camera Ready Submission : June 15, 2013
  • Conference Dates : October 7-9, 2013

    http://thesai.org/SAIConference2013/CallforPapers




ii. SPIT-ASP 2013 
 Last Date of Paper Submission: 20 Aug 2013
Paper Acceptance Notification: 10 Sep 2013
Camera Ready Paper: Oct 05, 2013
Paper Registration: Oct 05, 2013
Conference Attendee Registration: Dec 10, 2013
Conference Date: Dec 26-27, 2013

http://spit.theides.org/2013/asp/venue.html


2. International Journal.




Friday, January 18, 2013

remote research

1. Working from remote center at rawang for developing the labview software....


Good Bro........