Graduate school and research

• Mihir Bellare. The Ph.D experience
• Ronald Azuma. So long and thanks for the PhD!
• Wanda Pratt. Graduate school survival guide.
• Naomi J. Halas. Seven Steps to Success in Graduate School.
• Marie Des Jardins. How to be a good graduate student.
• Richard Butterworth. I did a PhD and did NOT go mad .
• Online PhD Guide .

Mathematical and Technical Writing

• Mihir Bellare. Technical Writing for Computer Scientists .
• Marc Raibert. On Good Writing.
• Oded Goldreich. How NOT to write a paper.
• David Goss. Hints on good mathematical writing.
• Steven L. Kleiman and Glenn P. Tessler. Writing a Math Phase Two Paper .

Science and research

• Richard Hamming. You and your research . About what makes great science and how to do it.
• Richard Feynman. Cargo cult science ; On teaching ; Judging books by their covers .
• Oded Goldreich. On Journals; On Awards; On the role of program committees.

On the lighter side

• Douglas Comer. How to generate a CS research topic ; How to measure research ; How to insult a Computer Scientist.
• Mihir Bellare. Automated crypto research topic generator .
• A day in the life of a graduate student.