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What I wish I had known before starting my PhD
Carlos Cotrini
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● Creativity● Persistence● The human side of research
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Creativity
The most important skill you need.
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Historical evidence of the power of creativity
● Penicillin (Investigating bacteria)● Microwave (Improving radars)● Teflon (Improving refrigerators)● Viagra (Investigating hypertension)
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Before and after
● Taking advanced courses in machine learning and information security.
● Read papers until I was able to reproduce every proof in it.
● Developing complicated solutions for variations of popular problems.
● Taking courses on areas that are related but not on my research focus.
● Read papers until the main ideas were clear.
● Discovering new and relevant problems with simple solutions.
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A PhD is not only an intellectual challenge, but also a psychological challenge.
Persistence
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This incubation period is daunting.
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Strategies to keep going
● Talk about it● Practice optimism and gratitude● Meditation
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The human side of research
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Conclusion
● When tempted to find a complicated solution, try instead to find a more interesting problem.
● Find strategies to maintain an optimistic and hopeful attitude.
● More than a researcher, you are a human. Learn what makes you truly happy and use that to make better decisions.