1. Research and Life in Sakurai Lab.
For CSC students:
Research and Life in Sakurai Lab.
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Outline
I. How to do research
II. Life in Sakurai Lab
III. Others
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How to do research?
Research topic;
Methodology;
Paper writing;
Paper revision;
Conference selection;
Journal selection
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1. Research Topic
Determine your research topic:
Researcher surveys
Mathematics
Your background
Paper surveys
Crypt./Security
Conf. surveys
Programming skills ?
Journal surveys
Your topic…
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1. Research Topic
About your research topic:
Is it still quite active in academia?
What is the most recent advance on it?
How many papers are related with your topic in recent years, many or few?
To answer these questions
Read the follows …
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Methodology
Paper reading
Broad reading
Step 1: broad search from Internet
Google , of course.
Google scholar, when you want to check some citations.
ISIKnowledge, helps you to find the trend.
Others, MS academic, Crypt. ePrint, etc.
Step 2: make a list for organizing these papers.
Classified by years,
Classified by sub-topics.
Intensive reading
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Methodology
Intensive reading:
Find those papers:
IEEE, ACM, Springler, Elsevier etc.
From related conferences
There must be several conferences well related with your research.
From related journals
There must be several journals well related with your research.
Survey the state-of-art progress from these papers.
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8. 3. Paper writing How to write a paper? Problem definition
Reasonable?
A new problem
Perhaps most important
Problem definition
An improvement to an existing problem
Your solution
Solution design
Analysis (proof?)
Verification
Experiments?
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3. Paper writing
How to write a paper?
Background
Idea confinement
Motivation
Introduction
Related works
Challenge issue
Our contributions
Writing
Policy
Imitate pre-papers
English
Whitesmoke tool
Evaluation
Cross check
Finish your paper 2 weeks before submission deadline.
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4. Paper revision
If your submission is rejected, please revise as the reviewer comments.
Make a schedule on revision;
A basic format:
Comment
Your rebuttal
Reviewer 1
Comment 1
… (schedule)
Comment 2
Reviewer2
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11. 5. Conference selection A general schedule for your submission:
Domestic conf. submission
International conf. submission
Extended Journal submission
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5. Conference selection
Criteria for selecting a conference:
Topic
Is your paper topic consistent with conf. topic?
Deadline
Is the deadline appropriate?
VISA issue? Do you have enough time for applying VISA?
Quality
Acceptance ratio?
Rank level?
Read published papers?
Committee?
Others ...
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6. Journal selection
If it is an extended version:
Do you have enough extension work? (at least 30% new works).
Criteria for selecting a journal:
Topic
Is your paper topic consistent with journal topic?
Deadline
Is the deadline appropriate?
Quality
Acceptance ratio?
Rank level?
Read published papers?
Committee?
Others ...
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14. Suvive in Sakurai in Lab
Life in Sakurai Lab.
Meetings
Lab. Wiki.
About reports
Homepage
Daily life in sakurai lab
Seminar
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1. Meetings
1. Monday lunch meeting
For international students, discuss problems you encountered in life.
E.g. dormitory, bank, assurances etc.
2. Wednesday lunch meeting
All members of the lab.
Discuss everything related with our Lab.
3. Study meeting
English language meeting
Japanese language meeting
Some specific meetings related with your research
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1. Meetings
4. CSC-meeting
Every Thursday afternoon;
CSC students;
Discuss research progress since your last presentation.
5. Saturday CSC meeting
Pre-CSC meeting
Prepare materials for CSC meeting
CSC meeting
Report your progress to sensei.
Confirmation meeting
Confirm sensei’s comments to your research.
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2. Lab. wiki
Lab. Wiki
You can find all the rules of our lab. From wiki.
Including:
Submissions of our lab.
Study meetings and corresponding reports.
Some guidance and rules related all aspects of your life in Sakurai lab.
Check by yourself.
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3. About reports
Professor likes reports:
Please send your reports, when
Had a discussion with Sakurai sensei, Hori sensei or Nishide sensei.
Had a discussion with your external advisiors researcher.
Had a discussion with your senior.
Had a meeting.
Had some activities related with your research.
Daily report (send everyday).
Weekly report (send every week).
Weekend report. (send when you do research at weekend)
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4. Homepage
Every student should make a homepage:
Introduce your basic information
Research related paper publications
Your visit,
Conference attending report.
Update your homepage up-to-date.
Example:
Members
Amril Syalim:
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20. 5. Daily life in Sakurai lab
Morning:
Come to the lab. before 9:30AM (some should come before 8:30AM).
Check .
Send a report when you are late or leave earlier.
Send your daily report before 10:00PM.
Check if any reply from professor before going to sleep.
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6. Seminar
Everyone should attend the seminar, no absence is allowed no matter whatever reasons.
Send the abstract in both English and Japanese before Wednesday of that week.
Presentation type;
Title
Abstract
Keywords ……
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Others
Update your computer, monitor, mouse, desktop information to the lab. Wiki.
Follow sensei and your senior’s suggestion, or go back.
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