• Graduate study in the computer and mathematical sciences (O'Leary).
• Academic skills (students, pdf).
• Characteristics of CS (under-)graduates (ACM).
• Advice on researching and writing (CMU).

• Letter to research students (Bailey).
• Some tips for reading research papers (Swarthmore).
• Useful things to know about PhD thesis research (Kung).
• Principles of effective research (Nielsen).
• D.E. Knuth homepage.

• How to write a paper (Ashby).
• How to write a scientific paper (Schulman).
• How not to write a paper (Goldreich).
• Hints on good technical writing (Dove).
• Hints on good mathematical writing (Goss).
• Mathematical writing (Knuth, Larrabee and Roberts).
• The elements of style (Strunk).
• Guide to punctuation (Trask).
• Advice to authors of extended abstracts (Pugh).
• How to write a paper in scienctific journal style and format (Bates).
• Tips on how to write a paper for an academic journal (Thompson).
• Write down every idea you have in a log or note-book. Write every paper
  with the intention/expectation that it will be published (Thompson).

• How to give a good research talk (Peyton Jones).
• The short talk (Van Loan).
• Some tips for preparing your paper presentation (Swarthmore).
• How to present a paper (Parberry).
• How to present a paper: a speaker's guide (Spilman and Parberry).
• Advice on designing scientific posters (Purrington).
• Preparing professional scientific posters (Kirkeby).
• Presentation skills (U Newcastle).

• Advice on academic writing (Univ Toronto)
• How to write a PhD thesis (Wolfe).
• Writing and presenting your thesis or dissertation (Levine).
• How to complete your PhD (in software engineering) (Tveit).
• Constructing a good dissertation (Hofstee).
• How to survive a thesis defence (Wolfe).
• Guide for PhD students (in Dutch).
• How To Write A Masters Thesis (Clemson).

• A guide for proposal writing (NSF, see also here).
• Guide for writing a funding proposal (Levine).
• Persuasive proposal writing (Mackler).
• Proposal writing short course (Foundation center).
• Basic elements of grant writing (PB).
• Proposal writers's guide (Thackrey).
• How to write a winning proposal (U Virginia).

• Writing a book review (Univ Indiana)
• How to referee a paper (Parberry).
• Hints for referees (Knuth).
• Tips on how to do a good journal review for a paper (Thompson).

• To follow

• Write a research statement.
• Writing admission letters for grad school (Univ Toronto)
• Requesting a letter of recommendation (Ernst).
• Interview preparation (Career Recruitment Media).
• Writing letters of recommendation (Ernst).
• Advice for students, graduate students, and faculty (Ernst).
• Writing application letters and resumes (Univ Toronto)
• Europass (European diplomasupplement)

• Vacant positions in computer science (and in IT) (see also old version)
• Sollicitatietips (Nederlands)
• Tips on negotiating your first academic job (Thompson).

• Teaching technical information and helping adults learn (Levine).
• Good teaching practices (Gross Davis, 1993).
• Policies wrt submissions, marking, cheating, illness, ... (Waterloo).

• Conference manual (ACM).
• Program chairmanship (ACM).
• Notes on organizing conferences (Agre).

• To follow.

• Open innovation (Wikipedia).
• Open innovation (EU).
• Open innovation (Chesbrough).

• Basic management skills (Blair).
• About management (About).
• Workstation set-up (MIT), and laptop ergonomics (MIT).
• Repetitive Strain Injury - How to prevent, identify, and deal with RSI (Scott).
• Preventing RSI - repetitive strain injury (Marxhausen).
• RSI-patientenvereniging (in Dutch).

• ..

• Company histories

• Wetenschap op bestelling (KNAW, in dutch)
• Declaration of scientific independence (KNAW, in dutch)

• Nederlandse Gedragscode Wetenschapsbeoefening (VSNU).
• Notitie wetenschappelijke integriteit (pdf) (KNAW, in Dutch, see also here ).
• Regeling nevenwerkzaamheden (UU).

• ACM policy on prior publication (ACM, see also here).
• Republication policy (ACM SIGPLAN).
• Academic honesty (UC Irvine, see also here ).
• Academic Integrity and acknowledging work of others (Cornell University).
• Academic honor code (Georgia Tech).
• Academic integrity (Penn State).
• Academic integrity honor codes (Center for Academic Integrity).
• Preventing academic dishonesty (Gross Davis, 1993).
• Plagiarism: definitions, examples and penalties (Univ Kentucky).
• Avoiding plagiarism (UC Davis).
• Avoiding plagiarism (Purdue).

• Comprehensive TeX archive network (CTAN).
• LaTeX manual (van Oostrum, in Dutch, pdf).
• LaTeX in 129 minutes (Oetiker et al, pdf).
• Short course (Kent, pdf).
• Hypertext help with LaTeX (Green, 1995).
• Guide for graduate students (Gil).
• Text processing using LaTeX (U Cambridge).
• LaTeX for slide and ppt-like presentations (LaTeX Prosper), LaTeX for beamer presentations (LaTeX Beamer).
• MetaPost.

• Datumprikker.nl, MeetingWizzard.

• Dictionary (Webster), On-line dictionary (Cambridge), Oxford English Dictionary (Oxford), Word origins (Eng), Online etymology dictionary
• On-line woordenboek (Van Dale), Nederlandsewoorden (spelling) Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal (spelling), Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal (WNT), WikiWoordenboek (Wiktionary), Etymologisch Woordenboek (EWN, A-R), Onze Taal.
• Uitdrukkingen, gezegden, spreekwoorden (Wikipedia), Spreekwoordenboek der Nederlandsche taal (Harrebomee), Nederlandsche spreekwoorden, spreekwijzen, uitdrukkingen en gezegden (Stoett).
• Signalering onjuist spatiegebruik (SOS).
• Recommended emoticons for email communication.
• Wikiquote.
• Digitale bibliotheek der Nederlandse letteren.
• History of Mathematics archive.

• Advice for Computer Science College Students (Spolsky).

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