You and Your Research

The lecture–You and Your Research

Today,after finishing the physics experiments on easten campus,I come to attend a lecture dilivered by the new dean of Computer Science Department. The topic of the lecture is –You and Your Research.

How to choose the topic

Having a good direction is the first step of any research,so professor firstly talked about how to determine the topic.

I don’t want to retell the lecture and I just want to share some my own feeling.

As a freshman,what I can do now is to learn as much as possible not only from books but from attending more lectures dilivered by some great researchers. I study in the USTC,a really good platform for a ordinary student to become a good researcher,so I can get access to some good lectures which I do need to take good advantage of them. From books I can learn the theories and skills,but cannot konw how to give a presentation which is also crucial to researchers.

How to choose the advisor

Now I don’t need to think about how to choose my advisor,but once the fundamental konwledge have been mastered I will need a advisor to lead me in my research.

From the lecture, I learned that a good and frequent communication with the advisor really matters. I need to be proactive and often talk with my advisor,which may benefit both me and my teacher a lot.

How to do research

Well,it is the most important part of the lecture.The research can be divided into two types: Science & Engineer.

The former emphasizes discovering something others don’t konw while the latter stresses doing something others cannot.

From my part,I’m inclined to the engineering research for I want to transfer my knowledge into something that can be realized.

And I found my shortage that I didn’t read a papers about the most advanced technology progress, and it is the thing I will pay more attention to.

And there are so many things I need to learn,like how to writing a paper professionally and how to give a presentation and stuff like this,and I want to conclude my blog with

Keep at it and don’t give up.