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 ====Links & Resources====
-[[https://www.draw.io/]] A web tool to create diagrams with latex support
-===Writing===
+===For New Students===
+  * {{ :misc:advice_on_doing_graduate_research_2022.pdf | Doing Graduate Research: a New Student's Guide}}
+  * {{ :misc:criticalthinkingandresearch202305.pdf | Critical Thinking & Research}}:  a discussion on what it means to do "good" research. (Credit: Prof Xiaoping Zhang)
+===Presentation===
+  * [[https://writingcenter.catalyst.harvard.edu/slides | Slide design tutorial]]: a guide on fundamentals of slide design
+  * [[https://www.assertion-evidence.com/tutorial.html | Assertion-evidence style guide]]: a modern   template for creating effective presentations
+===Academic Writing===
   * {{ :misc:cs_writing.pdf |Scientific Writing for Computer
 Science Students}}: A detailed guide to write CS papers, with useful tips for English usage.
   * [[https://ltl.lincoln.ac.nz/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2016/01/Tense-Use-in-Research-Writing.pdf | A guide on verb tense in academic reading]]
   * [[https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/academic_writing/conciseness/index.html | Concision -- Perdue Writing Lab]]: a guide to concise writing.
+  * [[https://www.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/~norman/papers/good_writing/Technical%20writing.pdf | A Guide on Technical Writing]]: with detailed examples. Quick tips:
+<WRAP center round tip 90%>
+    * Have a clear aim in mind before you start writing, and make sure that you gear everything you write towards that aim alone.
+    * Keep things as simple as possible by using language that is clear and familiar.
+    * Keep sentences and paragraphs short.
+    * Avoid long, pompous words and phrases when there is a short simple alternative (especially avoid the words: utilise, facilitate, endeavour, necessitate, render).
+    * Avoid unnecessary words, clichés and legal words.
+    * Avoid repetition.
+    * Use active rather than passive style.
+    * Do not turn verbs into nouns.
+    * Use personal rather than impersonal style.
+    * Always refer to the same ‘thing’ in exactly the same way.
+    * Use examples and analogies before introducing abstract concepts.
+    * Write informative (rather than descriptive) abstracts.
+</WRAP>
+===Thesis Writing===
+    * {{ :misc:a_guide_on_master_thesis_proposal.docx |Guidelines for the Master thesis proposal}}
+    * {{ :misc:master_thesis_writing_tips_.pdf |Master thesis writing tips}} (also applies to Ph.D. thesis.)
+===Other Tools===
+[[https://www.draw.io/]] A web tool to create diagrams with latex support (actually it is better now to just use PowerPoint or Keynote)