Seok Joo Chae
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Some helpful materials for research/communication/growth

Helpful materials

Writing

  1. An open letter to graduate students and other procrastinators: it’s time to write.
    • Writing is the only thing you do that matters.
  2. The joy of writing a paper
  3. Three tips for scientific writing: a guide for graduate students
  4. Whitesides’ Group: Writing a Paper
    • Do not, under anycircumstances, wait until the collection of data is “complete” before starting to write an outline

Research

  1. Openness guides discovery.
  2. Why would anyone want to be a scientist?.
  3. Making the right moves

Careers

  1. Finding the Right Graduate School: 7 Tips for Success

Presentations

  1. Ten simple rules for giving an effective academic job talk
  2. Ten simple rules for a good poster presentation

Networking

  1. Collectively building a mentor–mentee relationship through a one-day workshop.

AI/LLMs

  1. Prompt Engineering
  2. GPT-4.1 Prompting Guide
  3. PhD training needs a reboot in an AI world
  4. Foundations of Large Language Models

Interesting papers beyond my research focus

  1. Papers and patents are becoming less disruptive over time
  2. Racism, xenophobia, discrimination, and the determination of health
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