1. How To Be an Excellent Graduate Student Tie-Yan LIU Associate Researcher, PhD MICA Team, WSM Group, MSRA

2. What Do You Want to Do? Just Graduate Publish many papers Publish high-quality papers Become rising stars Become leaders

3. Graduate Very Easy –Pass all the exams –Publish some papers in domestic journals and conferences 清华学报, 电子学报 … ICCT, ICSP… –Get your diploma

4. Publish Many Papers Not Difficult –Keep reading, implementing and writing Hard working Writing skills –Target at second-tier international conferences and journals ICME, PCM, … IEICE Transactions, …

5. Beyond? Difficulty Publish high-quality papers Become a rising star in your field Become a leader in your field Needs research training and devotions Aiming high and get consistently focused Needs many years of hard work and dedications

6. Graduate Student – Golden Age

7. Publishing High-quality Papers -- Experiences and Tips

8. Step by Step Paper Reading Idea Formulation Implementation Paper Writing Submission Paper Revision Literature Search

9. Analog and Digital Library –ACM –IEL –CiteSeer Paper Search –Google Scholar –MSRA Paper Search

10. Reading Papers Reading is not enough –Thinking about what’s more –Take notes –Write a survey to summarize your reading –Come out useful lists Top Researchers Popular Benchmark State-of-the-art Algorithms 1.…… 2.…… 3.…… 4.……

11. Finding Research Topics Open vs Close Be on track Never to be “ 大而全 ”, drill down Treat your ideas conservatively Document your ideas as early as possible

12. Implementations A set of scientific methodologies Do not trust yourself for granted Do not give up if confident on your idea Never cheat both yourself and others

13. Writing Papers Benefit from your paper reading Focus on Abstract, Introduction and Conclusion Clear and accurate expression

14. Submitting Papers Your first time: submit to an ordinary conferences to gain your confidence Quickly focus on best conferences Submit to journals as early as possible

15. Revising Papers Do not be lazy, answer all the review comments. Learn reviews’ habit through review comments. Never give up revising.

16. Attending Conferences Make full use of it Talk to other people Attend talks/posters, ask questions Notice how others deliver talks/posters, how they handle questions

17. Beyond Paper Publication

18. Career of A Researcher Mission: –Make a difference and change this world. Vision: –To be a leading scientist with significant international impact and strong local commitment. Objective: –Continue performing leading-edge research within your scope.

19. Aiming High You are here to become a research leader You are here to make impact Never take the life easy.

20. Stay Focused Treat it as a life-long process Creating a plan for personal growth and implement it Remove anxiety Dedicated and persistent

21. Hard Working It was said Jin LI worked 16 hours everyday when pursuing his PhD in Tsinghua University! Many managers in MSRA work till mid- nights every day! What about you?

22. Collaborative Establish connections with top researchers in your field. Never refuse to communicate and discuss with those less experienced than you. Open, honest, and straightforward Dare to say “no,” but respect different opinions

23. Path of Rising Stars Publish many quality papers and attend conferences Serving as reviewers Chair special sessions Visit other research institutes Giving tutorials Organize workshops Act as PC members Chair conferences Where are you?

24. Thanks! Contact: t-tyliu@microsoft.comt-tyliu@microsoft.com