做学问与写论文-长安大学隧道工程安全研究所.ppt

做学问与写论文How to do research and how to write papers 高新波 西安电子科技大学电子工程学院 School of E.E., Xidian Univ. xbgao@ieee.org 提纲 如何做研究 如何投稿 如何撰写论文 一、如何做研究 How to do research What Is Research? 研究方向 具体研究课题 解决方法 做学问的三个境界 昨夜西风凋碧树，独上高楼，望断天涯路 衣带渐宽终不悔，为伊消得人憔悴 众里寻她千百度，蓦然回首，那人却在灯火阑珊处 王国维《人间词话》 The Fun Keep yourself motivated everyday Believe in what your are doing Be excited about your project Find interesting people Research is not bigger than life Have a life 做学问的三各层次 一流高手提问题； 二流高手解问题； 三流高手抄问题。 How to do research? Choose a good topic Master the state of the art Good idea Sound supports Reasonable explanations …… What is a good topic? A real problem, not a toy problem Topic connected to existing research Topic related to products You have interests in Potentially useful Not outdated Significant, yet manageable Neither too big nor too trivial Solid theoretical work, or Good empirical results Or both How to master the state of the art? Query your advisor or senior researchers International communication attend conferences, personal communications Reading about 20 papers for a new area …… How to read? Books by leading experts Tutorials Good surveys Classic papers Very related papers Happy Read Need to know the state-of-the-art Read a lot Read selectively Find the key ideas in the paper Understand the motivation of the paper Learn how to write a good paper How to get reading materials? Library IEEE, Elsevier, Kluwer, Springer Internet author’s URL, Institution’s URL, search engine, mailing lists, …… Email the author Your friends abroad …… What is a good idea? Original Useful Reasonable Feasible A real progress instead of trivial improvement …… A good idea is the core of good research Where are good ideas Depth-first: 枪扎一条线 Breadth-first: 棍扫一大片 Cross-disciplinary When you get an idea, Don’t realize it immediately, instead, you should Check whether the work has already been done by others Ask yourself: Is it feasible? Bad idea will kill life Lay the idea aside, come back a month later an