Advice on Classes, Research, Publishing, Going to Graduate School, etc.

I have thoughts about a lot of things. If you've got questions, you should really e-mail or stop by to talk.

However, there are things that frequently come up or that I think are particularly relevant, so here are some links that I have found offer good advice.

For College Students and Programming

• "Advice for Computer Science College Students"
• "How NOT to do a programming assignment"

Thinking About Graduate School?

• Take the GRE
• CRA-W's Graduate School Information Guide
• Apply for fellowships.

Thoughts About Research and Research Resources

• "How to Prototype a Game in Under 7 Days" -- more relevant to research than you might think!
• The ACM Digital Library (free if on campus)
• Apply for fellowships.

Thoughts About Publishing

• List of conference deadlines (may be out of date)
• How to Get Your SIGGRAPH Paper Rejected

Using LaTeX

• Getting Started With LaTeX (also as a PDF)
• The Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol List
• Using Imported Graphics in LaTeX
• TeXnicCenter (A GUI interface to LaTeX for Windows)

Chris Wyman (cwyman@cs.uiowa.edu)