Advice

How to do Research (MIT)

How to Read a Research Paper (UC San Diego)

How to write a great research paper (MSR) (Video)

How to give a great research talk (MSR) (Video) (Paper)

How to write a great research proposal (MSR)

Tips for Writing Technical Papers (Stanford) (I usually follow the structure suggested in this paper.)

Writing Good Software Engineering Research Papers (CMU) (Guidelines in this paper applies pretty much to all diciplines.)

Empirical Evaluation Guidelines (ACM SIGPLAN)

Michael Ernst’s advice (UW)

Tao Xie’s advice (UIUC)

Jason Hong’s advice (CMU)

Andy Ko’s advice (UW)

Advice for finding jobs in academia and research labs (UMich)

Social Media for Software Engineering Researchers (CMU)

CV Tips and samples (UIUC)

Guidance on Writing a Statement of Purpose (UIUC)

Which Ph.D. Offer is Best for You? (UCSD)

Tips for CV (in Farsi)

More reliable rankings of CS programs:CSRankings

The morning paper

Accepted Papers Twitter Feed

Technology Radar

Microsoft Research Videos

System and debugging zines