How-To

Last Updated: Saturday, August 30, 2008

How to Solve and Write Up Homework Problems: Helpful advice from Prof. Alan Sherman of the U. of Maryland, Baltimore County.
Advice on Writing Technical Reports: Also from Prof. Alan Sherman.
Advice on Research and Writing: A collection of advice about how to do research and how to communicate effectively (primarily for computer scientists). Includes a number of good links.
How To Use Presenation Slides to Best Effect. From ACM Ubiquity, (Issue 15 April 15 - 21, 2008).
Richard Felder's Student Handouts: Some useful advice for students, including tips on test-taking. His site also includes Engineering Student Survival Guide.
How to Present a Paper in Theoretical Computer Science: By Professor Ian Parberry of U. of North Texas, SIGACT News, March 2000. Useful guide for any type of CS presentation.
How to Write an Abstract: By Professor Philip Koopman of Carnegie-Mellon U. Good advice for preparing an abstract for a CS paper.
How to Write a Great Research Paper: By Simon Peyton Jones of Microsoft. Excellent advice.
William Strunk's The Elements of Style (1918 edition, online): Despite its age, this short classic will do more to improve your writing style than any newer or longer book.
Online Resources for Writers: A good collection of links to many of the major online writing resources.
Writing Guide: A useful general guide to writing papers, from Henson College.
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Excellent and thorough discussion of grammar and composition, inludes tutorials, links, and FAQs.
Efficient Reading of Papers in Science and Technology: This short brochure is well worth studying.
How (and how not) to Write a Good Systems Paper: A classic paper you should read before writing for publication.
How To Read a Paper By Prof. S. Keshav of U. of Waterloo. Short and to the point.
How To Study A website with suggestions for students on how to study.
How To Succeed in Graduate School. Good advice from Prof. Marie desJardins of U. of Maryland.

Home Page of Bill Stallings