Links
For Graduate Students
As a graduate student and researcher, one needs to present one’s work to the scientific community. This presentation can be in terms of an article, or an oral presentation. Please find below a number of links that advise on improving writing and presentation skills.
- Good Writing Advice
- Advice for Oral Presentations
- More Advice for Oral Presentations
- Advice for Successful Researchers
- C++ for C Programmers
- Wolfram Mathematica Tutorials
- Good introduction to Mathematica (published version)
Academic Writing
LaTeX
For preparing professional quality papers/reports in science, LaTeX is one of the most commonly used tool. There are a variety of editors that make writing in LaTeX easier. I personally use TeXnicCenter.
LyX
Various researchers recommend LyX because it flattens the LaTeX learning curve significantly. Please find below a list of web resources to help you get started.
- LaTeX (Organization)
- BibTeX (Wikipedia)
- LyX/LaTeX on Mac
- LyX/LaTeX on Windows
- LyX (Organization)
- LyX Quickstart Guide
Beamer
Beamer is a tool to create presentations in LaTeX.
- Beamer Quickstart
- Beamer Workshop Slides
PGF/TikZ
PGF/TikZ is one of the powerful tools to create graphics in LaTeX. You need to write simple code to create graphics and it doesn’t have a graphical interface. However, the code is highly re-usable.
- TikZ Workshop Slides
- Figures in TikZ and PGF
Git
Git is a distributed version control system.