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A curated list of practical tips and tricks to help you achieve an awesome CS master thesis [WIP] - contributions are welcome
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# Awesome Thesis [![Awesome](https://awesome.re/badge.svg)](https://awesome.re) [![License: CC BY-SA 4.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-CC%20BY--SA%204.0-lightgrey.svg?style=flat)](LICENSE.md)



> A curated list of practical tips and tricks to help you achieve an awesome CS master thesis.



☆=(ゝ･ω･)/



## Contents



- [Workflows](#workflows)

  * [Research Ideas](#research-ideas)

  * [Meetings](#meetings)

  * [Searching](#searching)

    + [Searching techniques](#searching-techniques)

    + [Searching through academic material](#searching-through-academic-material)

  * [Tools](#tools)

- [Artifacts](#artifacts)

  * [Code](#code)

    + [Searching for code](#searching-for-code)

  * [Data](#data)

    + [Designing a dataset](#designing-a-dataset)

    + [Obtainig a dataset](#obtainig-a-dataset)

- [Experiments](#experiments)

  * [Designing experiments](#designing-experiments)

  * [Running experiments](#running-experiments)

  * [Benchmarking](#benchmarking)

- [Writing](#writing)

  * [Scientific writing](#scientific-writing)

  * [Writer's block](#writers-block)

  * [Spell-check](#spell-check)

  * [Latex](#latex)

  * [Graphics](#graphics)

  * [Books](#books)

- [Defending your thesis](#defending-your-thesis)

  * [Slide-deck](#slide-deck)

  * [Presentation](#presentation)

- [Mental health](#mental-health)

- [Women in STEM](#women-in-stem)

- [Tools](#tools-1)

  * [Workflows](#workflows-1)

    + [File Versioning](#file-versioning)

  * [Artifacts](#artifacts-1)

    + [File Sharing](#file-sharing)

    + [Backups](#backups)

  * [Experiments](#experiments-1)

    + [Remote Control](#remote-control)

  * [Writing](#writing-1)

    + [Bibliography Management](#bibliography-management)

    + [Searching and indexing code](#searching-and-indexing-code)

- [Yet unsorted but awesome](#yet-unsorted-but-awesome)

- [Acknowledgements](#acknowledgements)

- [Contribute](#contribute)



## Workflows

Workflows and tips to help you manage your thesis like a pro.



- [Applying Agile Methodologies to Design and Programming](http://www.cs.tlu.ee/teemad/get_file.php?id=198) - you can apply agile methodologies to many things ;)

### Research Ideas



- [How to come up with new research ideas](https://www.slideshare.net/jbhuang/how-to-come-up-with-new-research-ideas-4005840)



### Meetings



Keep notes during meetings, and keep files organized and shareable.

- [Effective Meeting Minutes](https://gaiku.io/blog/effective-meeting-minutes)



### Searching

Searching for information can be a daunting task.



#### Searching techniques

- [google dorks](https://exposingtheinvisible.org/guides/google-dorking/) - _dorking_, is a powerful technique to query search engines

- [+Fravia's search lores](http://search.lores.eu/indexo.htm) - information is outdated, but still a valuable resource for _searchers_ to understand the web

  + [Feed the search engines with synonyms](http://search.lores.eu/sonof_01.htm) - _"broaden your search results by using synonyms for words you are unsure about"_

  + [The weird ways of searching and the weird findings](http://search.lores.eu/bg_weird.htm) - explore the web differently



#### Searching through academic material

- [Google scholar](http://scholar.google.it) - your first place to go when looking for papers and patents ``Stand on the shoulders of giants``

- [How to read a paper](http://blizzard.cs.uwaterloo.ca/keshav/home/Papers/data/07/paper-reading.pdf) - powerful tips to understand papers, and save time.

- [Efficient reading of papers in science and technology](https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~hgs/netbib/efficientReading.pdf)



### Tools

- [Concept, mind, and argument mapping](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10734-010-9387-6) - different kinds of mind-mapping explained



## Artifacts

With great artifacts comes a great thesis, put a readme in every directory, and keep it tidy and understandable to others!



### Code

Making experiments easily replayable might be of help to your advisors to crack problems with you, keep code and docs tidy.



- [coding conventions]() - keep your code consistent and readable

- [documentation]() - document where you can :)

    - [how to document your code responsibly](https://medium.com/@andrewgoldis/how-to-document-source-code-responsibly-2b2f303aa525) -

#### Searching for code

- [advanced searching on github](https://help.github.com/articles/about-searching-on-github/) - powerful search tools

- [http://www.pudn.com](pudn.com) - huge database of code (pay or contribute to download ...but just knowing the file names inside a package might help searching ;)



### Data



#### Designing a dataset



#### Obtainig a dataset

- [Scraping techniques]()

  - [Beginner guide with Beautiful SOUP](https://www.analyticsvidhya.com/blog/2015/10/beginner-guide-web-scraping-beautiful-soup-python/) -  Beautiful Soup is a python library for pulling data out of HTML and XML files

  - [Selenium with Python](https://selenium-python.readthedocs.io/) - Selenium with Python libary allows your script to interact with the website



## Experiments

Be proactive, carefully pick your next steps, don't be afraid of proposing _and defending_ different solutions.



### Designing experiments



### Running experiments



- [AWS](https://aws.amazon.com/free/) - you can use an amazon micro instance for free for 1 year ;)



### Benchmarking

Running benchmarks is a delicate part of your thesis, these resources will help you

- [Benchmarking Crimes](https://arxiv.org/pdf/1801.02381) - This paper explores oversights in benchmarking



## Writing



### Scientific writing

- [Harvard College Writing Center Writing Resources](https://writingcenter.fas.harvard.edu/pages/resources)

- [PrettyWrite](https://github.com/phretor/pretty-write) - Practical Thesis-writing Guidelines for Master Students

- [How to write a research paper](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1LGcM3Jmd5ZkoYfn1Bph4W4-lYQD0lDnrtOKe3IpTiAs/edit?usp=sharing) - these awesome tips also apply to your thesis



### Writer's block



### Spell-check

- [Chrisper](https://github.com/invernizzi/Chrisper)

- [Academic Writing Check](https://github.com/devd/Academic-Writing-Check.git)

- [aspell](http://aspell.net/)

- [Grammarly](https://www.grammarly.com/)



### Latex

- [Latex](http://latex.org/index.php) [![Latex][awesome]](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/egeerardyn/awesome-LaTeX)

- [CS PhD dissertation latex template](https://github.com/phretor/cs-phd-dissertation-latex-template)

- [Latex Tutorial](https://www.um.edu.mt/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/171373/LaTeX_Tutorial.pdf)



### Graphics

Use high resolution scalar images (PNG), or vectorial formats (SVG/PDF) for images included in your thesis.



- [Tikz](http://www.texample.net/tikz/) [![Tikz][awesome]](https://github.com/xiaohanyu/awesome-tikz)

- [draw.io](https://www.draw.io/) - When Tikz doesn't work out, draw.io might save you

- [The Noun Project]( https://thenounproject.com)- ``Icons for everything`` with permissive licenses



### Books

- [BUGS in Writing](https://www.amazon.com/BUGS-Writing-Revised-Guide-Debugging/dp/020137921X) - debug your writing skills



## Defending your thesis

- [The best thesis defense is a good thesis offense](https://xkcd.com/1403/)

- [How to give a talk](http://www.howtogiveatalk.com/)

- [How to prepare a talk](https://www.cs.jhu.edu/~jason/advice/how-to-give-a-talk.html)



### Slide-deck

- [How to avoid death by PowerPoint](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwpi1Lm6dFo)

- [Life after death by PowerPoint](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpvgfmEU2Ck)



### Presentation

Almost there! がんばって!



- [Presentation Advices](https://www.ifte.de/infos/dissertation/presentationAdvices.pdf)



## Mental health

Student mental health resources.



- [Awesome mental health](https://github.com/theimpossibleastronaut/awesome-mentalhealth) - curated list of resources



## Women in STEM



- [BU CS resources - Women in Computer Science](https://www.bu.edu/cs/resources/women-in-computer-science/) - useful resources for women in STEM.



## Tools



### Workflows

- [Trello](https://trello.com/) - A web-based kanban-like project management application.



#### File Versioning



- [The Git Book](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2) - _the git book_

- [Github Cheat Sheet](http://git.io/sheet) - A list of cool features of Git and GitHub



### Artifacts

#### File Sharing



- [Dropbox](https://www.dropbox.com) - Dropbox is a modern workspace designed to reduce busywork – so you can focus on the things that matter.

- [Google Drive](https://www.google.com/drive/) - Cloud Storage & File Backup for Photos, Docs & More

- [Nextcloud](https://nextcloud.com/) - Open source cloud and collaboration platform based on ownCloud

- [ownCloud](https://owncloud.org/) - ownCloud is the largest Open Source Content Collaboration Platform in the world



#### Backups

[TBD]



### Experiments

#### Remote Control

Check out your long running experiments

- [Chrome Remote Desktop](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chrome-remote-desktop/gbchcmhmhahfdphkhkmpfmihenigjmpp) - a nice remote desktop software tool with multiplatform support ([09/2018, Running on Ubuntu require some fiddling](https://medium.com/@vsimon/how-to-install-chrome-remote-desktop-on-ubuntu-18-04-52d99980d83e))



### Writing

#### Bibliography Management



- [Zotero](https://www.zotero.org/) - Your personal research assistant

- [Mendeley](https://www.mendeley.com) - Easy referencing

- [JabRef](http://www.jabref.org/) - JabRef is an open source bibliography reference manager

- [Papis](https://github.com/papis/papis) - A Python based command line manager



#### Searching and indexing code

- [Elixir](https://github.com/bootlin/elixir) - a lightweight source referencer for C/C++ projects

- [OpenGrok](https://github.com/oracle/opengrok) - source code/cross referencing engine

- [silversearcher-ag](https://github.com/ggreer/the_silver_searcher) - ditch your grep, silversearcher is a blazing fast code searching tool

- [cscope](http://cscope.sourceforge.net/) - tool for browsing C source code

- [ctags](https://ctags.io/) - generate [``tag files``](http://ctags.sourceforge.net/whatis.html) for different programming languages



## Yet unsorted but awesome

- [Survival Skills for Graduate School and Beyond](http://www.angelfire.com/la3/laprairie/FischerZigmond.pdf) - 



## Acknowledgements

The content of this document is inspired by awesome people, [go check them out](acknowledgements.md).



## Contribute

Contributions welcome! Read the [contribution guidelines](contributing.md) first.



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