Useful Links

• Organizations
  • Association for Computing Machinery
  • IEEE Computer Society
  • American Association for Artificial Intelligence
  • Computing Research Association
  • International Federation for Information Processing
  • Museum of Computing
• Computer Science Departments Around the World
• Searchable Conference Announcements Index
• Computer Science Technical Reports and Bibliographies
  • DIENST Tech. Report Server
  • Unified CS TR Index
  • On Line CS Tech Reports
  • Query Interface to CS Tech Reports Harvest Broker
  • Tech Report Sites Index (from Monash Univ).
  • Computer Science Bibliographies
  • Computing Virtual Library
  • Computer Science Journals
• Some Useful Search Engines, WWW Indices, Reports
• Internet Scout Report
• Starting Point
• Alta Vista Searchable Index
• Infoseek Search Engine
• Snap.com Search Engine
• Google Search Engine
• Deja News Usenet News Archive Search Engine
• Excite Search Engine (Includes NetReviews)
• Disinformation
• Nerd World
• Hotbot
• Open Text Index
• Lycos Search Engine
• Yahoo Index
• Webcrawler Search Engine
• Komputer Klinic
• Nexor's Index of Search Engines
• University of Geneva Index of Search Engines
• Who Where?
• Inktomi
• Magellan Internet Guide
• Funding Agencies
• National Science Foundation
• Advanced Research Project Agency
• National Institute of Health
• Resources for New Faculty
  • The Assistant Professor's Guide to the Galaxy by George Bekey.
  • Resources for new professors by Nigel Ward.
  • Academic Careers for Experimental Computer Scientists and Engineers published by National Academy Press.
• Graduate Study in Computer Science
  • Information resources for graduate students by Jennifer Myers.
  • Information for current and prospective graduate students by Timothy Finin.
  • Graduate Student Survival Guide (from Indiana).
  • Choosing a Graduate Advisor (from Indiana).
  • Choosing an Advisor by Marshall Lev Dermer, UW-Milwaukee.
  • How to be a Good Graduate Student by Marie desJardins.
  • Networking on the Network by Phil Agre
  • How to be terrible graduate student (by Graeme Hirst, University of Toronto).
  • How to cope with "burnout", by Andreas Gehmeyr.
• Ethics
  • On Being A Scientist: Responsible Conduct in Research (from National Academy of Sciences).
  • Science Ethics - Essay by Henry H. Bauer.
  • Association of Computing Machinery Computing and Public Policy Page (including Code of Ethics)
  • IEEE Code of Ethics
  • Iowa State University's Code of Computer Ethics
  • The Net: User Guidelines and Netiquette. by Arlene Rinaldi.
  • Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
• Research
  • Research Methods and Writing Resources by Vasant Honavar
  • A Letter to Research Students, by Duane A. Bailey
  • Research Methods in Computer Science (Tom Dietterich's course at Oregon State).
  • How to do Research in the MIT AI Lab, ed. David Chapman
  • How to be a Good Graduate Student by Marie desJardins.
  • How to Have a Bad Career in Research/Academia by David Patterson
  • Study, Research, and Writing Skills web page from the American Communication Association.
  • Dissertation News, Thesis News published by The Association for Support of Graduate Students.
• Writing, Publication, and Presentation
  • Research Methods and Writing Resources by Vasant Honavar
  • An Evaluation of the Ninth SOSP Submissions, or, How (and How Not) to Write a Good Systems Paper by Roy Levin and David D. Redell
  • Hints on good mathematical writing, by David Goss
  • A primer on mathematical writing, by Steven L. Kleiman
  • How to Give a Good Research Talk, by Simon Peyton Jones et al. and comments.
  • How to Present a Paper in Theoretical Computer Science, by Ian Parberry.
  • A Guide for New Referees in Theoretical Computer Science, by Ian Parberry.
  • Advice to Authors of Extended Abstracts, by William Pugh.
  • How To Have Your Abstract Rejected, by van Leunen and Lipton.
  • Advice for 1996 POPL submissions
• Women and Minorities in Computer Science
  • Papers on women in computer science.
  • Why Are There So Few Female Computer Scientists?, by Ellen Spertus.
  • Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering
  • CRA Committee on the Status of Women in Research
  • Graduate School Survival Guide for Women (from Indiana).
• Careers in Computer Science
• Computing Research and Academic Jobs
• Careers in Computer Science from Aftercollege.com
• ACM Career Advising
• On-line Job Services
• Companies
• CareerPath
• CareerMosaic
• ACM Career Information
• Computer Science Jobs
• Employment Information on the Internet
• Some Federal Agencies
• IRS
• National Institute of Standards and Technology
• Library of Congress
• Census Bureau
• Congress
• Consumer Information Center
• Government Databases
• NASA
• Postal Service
• White House
• Reference
• Automotive Buyer's Guide
• Bartlett's Quotations
• CIA World Factbook, and Publications
• Dictionary
• Earth
• Encyclopaedia Britannica
• Finance
• Food
• Indian recipes
• Maps
• Movies
• Music Recommendation Service
• State and National Parks
• Taxes
• Telephone 800 Number Directory
• Telephone Books
• Area/City/Country Telephone Code Lookup
• Television: TV1 and TV Net
• Thesaurus
• Wall Street
• Weather
• ZIP Code Lookup
• Another ZIP Code Server
• Travel
• Travel Planning
• Airlines
• PCTravel Airline Reservation Service
• Internet Travel Network Airline Reservation Service
• Hostels
• TravelWeb
• Student and Budget Travel Guide
• Travel Guide (WebScope)
• CityLink
• CityNet
• Virtual Tourist
• News
• Personalized Magazine
• Asia Online
• ESPN
• New York Times
• Time Magazine
• Conveniences
• Shopping Books Online
• Order Food Takeout/Delivery Online
• Buy Groceries Online
• Fun
• Web Museum, Paris
• David Letterman's Top Ten Lists
• A Day in the Life of a Graduate Student
• Burnout Prevention and Recovery at MIT
• Nerd Songs

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