10 tahun!

Wah, ndak sedar.. sudah sepuluh tahun rupanya Misako mengajar di menara gading ini. Walaupun masih belum diiktiraf sebagai senior, tapi telah banyak pengalaman ditimba sepanjang satu dekad ini.

How To Write A Good Thesis

I am now in my full-swing-phd-mood. I will talk about my life-long-learning-journey just yet. But, this article is too good to be put into my favourite and after that I forget about it. Therefore, I would like to post it in this dear blog for my future reference. Once I start writing my thesis. Dear Merciful Allah, please guide me through this journey.

I am searching for an example on how to create my phd Gantt chart when I came across this, informative and wonderful website : PhD, Anyone? This article is belong to the writer. I am just sharing it here.

2 stages in reading a paper:
The first stage of reading is to learn fundamental knowledge
The second is to find faults - by being critical, we will get new ideas and problems

Abstract:
1 - 2 paragraphs
It is a summary of our research work

Table of content:
A section of equal importance
List headings and subheadings together with page numbers
"From here, the reviewer can see what you have done and how well you organize it."

Introduction Chapter:
includes:
-motivation
-contribution
-outline main contents of each chapter
"Put in the HOOK at the beginning of the intro to motivate the examiner to read on."
the HOOK is a word/phrase/sentence that can catch the reader's attention

Literature Review (LR):
"A good LR makes a good survey paper."
Discuss related literature in conjunction with our own ideas.
"Focus on how it (the paper) relates to your ideas and fit into your framework."
It is "like a tutorial".
"Write this chapter after you have finished all other chapters. The intro chapter is the 2nd last, then LR chapter."

Main work and result chapters (Chapter 3 - 7):
Provide answers to questions posed in the introduction chapter.
Give reasoning, proof, simulation & experimental results.

Conclusion:
Summarize what was learnt and how it can be applied .
Mention the possibilities for some further research work - this is "must have" coz examiners are interested.

References:
List all references cited in the text in alphabetical order.
"Learn to write a good (journal/conference) paper to write a good thesis"

I am about to jump into this new area. Will learn to swim once I am in the water ;) I really hope I will not drown. Let me survive, dear Allah.