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As an undergraduate, graduate student or postdoc, as exciting a time as this is, you will face stress, frustration and deception. Your passion for science can suck up all your time and wack your physical and mental health out of balance. This can lead to a downward spiral out of which comes no good. So here are a few tips to avoid that in the first place... | As an undergraduate, graduate student or postdoc, as exciting a time as this is, you will face stress, frustration and deception. Your passion for science can suck up all your time and wack your physical and mental health out of balance. This can lead to a downward spiral out of which comes no good. So here are a few tips to avoid that in the first place... | ||
* [http://www.nextscientist.com/work-life-balance-in-academia/ The Happy PhD zone]: how to maintain a work-life balance in academia | * [http://www.nextscientist.com/work-life-balance-in-academia/ The Happy PhD zone]: how to maintain a work-life balance in academia | ||
* [http://thegradstudentway.com/blog/?p=76#.WRZWlGfSkvc 6 Ways To Survive Grad School and Achieve Work-Life Balance] | * [http://thegradstudentway.com/blog/?p=76#.WRZWlGfSkvc 6 Ways To Survive Grad School and Achieve Work-Life Balance] | ||
| + | * [https://www.mcgill.ca/gradsupervision/supervisees/work-life Official McGill University guidelines] on work-life balance | ||
| + | * [https://www.bustle.com/articles/87409-graduate-school-is-hard-so-here-are-8-simple-ways-to-maintain-your-sanity How to maintain your sanity] during grad school | ||
| + | * [https://psychcentral.com/lib/12-tips-for-surviving-and-thriving-in-grad-school/ Grad school survival tips] | ||
Revision as of 00:57, 13 May 2017
A list of useful resources on the web.
Contents
General Math
- Matrix cookbook
- Image filtering, edge detection, etc. (Computer vision)
- Hough transform tutorial (Computer vision)
- Introductory tutorial on Wavelet transforms
- Imaging Brain Function with EEG: Advanced Temporal and Spatial Analysis of EEG Signals (Book by Walter J. Freeman)
- Bayesian Cognitive Modeling: A Practical Course
Statistics
- Rice University online Stats book
- Markov Chain Monte Carlo in practice - book
- Bootstrap methods & significance estimation
- how to do repeated measures ANOVA in Matlab (by Parisa)
- Ten Simple Rules for Effective Statistical Practice
- Testing Hypotheses About Psychometric Functions
- Latin square method for experimental design
How to do science
- Konrad's paper writing 101
- Konrad's 10 simple rules for structuring papers advice: read this before you start writing!!!
- PLoS CB - 10 simple rules collection: a must read for everyone!
- Colorbrewer: great tool for selecting colour schemes on publications
How to be successful
- Ed Boyden's advice on how to think
- Developing better thought processes
- How to argue well
- Habits for success
- Hitchhikers guide to a Career in Neuroscience
Work-life balance & mental health
As an undergraduate, graduate student or postdoc, as exciting a time as this is, you will face stress, frustration and deception. Your passion for science can suck up all your time and wack your physical and mental health out of balance. This can lead to a downward spiral out of which comes no good. So here are a few tips to avoid that in the first place...
- The Happy PhD zone: how to maintain a work-life balance in academia
- 6 Ways To Survive Grad School and Achieve Work-Life Balance
- Official McGill University guidelines on work-life balance
- How to maintain your sanity during grad school
- Grad school survival tips
