ResearchPh D Colloquium

CSI-2011Ahmedabad

Dhiren R. PatelNIT Surat/IIT Gandhinagar

• Research• Broad Area(s)• Defining problem (???)• Discuss with supervisor (your background,

strength, weakness)

• Do coursework• Literature Survey• Keywords - IEEE/ACM/Springer• Read papers

• Converge• Read more papers• Discuss with Research supervisor• Attempt to write a survey paper

• Identify challenges• Study and understand existing approaches• Look for room for improvement

• Write another survey paper• Define your research problem• What it is about?• Why it is required?• How you will move forward?

• Concepts - Subject area, Maths, Technology, programming skills, Tools, publications in the area, conferences happening, relevant journals, contemporary groups working on this.....

• Researching research????• Finding solution for which problem does not

exist!!

• Time line - step by step • Efforts requirement - time, paper reading,

programming, paper writing, learning tools......

• Progress monitoring - publications, seminars...

• Publications - raise bar - national conf, international conf, national journal, international journal, IEEE/ACM/Springer, Patent

• Reviewers' comments• Discussion with supervisor• Continuous improvement..• Resubmission...plagiarism...

• Proof of Concept validation• Implementation• Results• Comparisons• Performance issues• Benchmarks

• Assumptions...boundary conditions...flexibility...

• ======• Poster....crisp representation...• Identify your Contribution....• ======

• pre-Synopsis, Synopsis• Thesis• Viva-voce..• =====

• Its not about counting (killing) time...• It is about shaping you up... • Don't go for shortcuts......

• Thanks• dhiren@iitgn.ac.in• dhiren29p@gmail.com