I’ve gathered a collection of valuable advice for PhD students here. While many excellent GitHub repositories offer simliar compilations, my aim is to provide a more personalized perspective with annotations. This is my own interpretation of advice – I wish to absorb and internalize the core principles from the collection of advice and hope this could help you as well.

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Principles for Research and PhD Program (By Prof. Seong Joon Oh) [Link]

• The repository features a well-structured guideline for PhD students. As it is authored by a (relatively young) professor, it offers a contemporary advice from an academic advisor who has recently navigated the PhD program themselves. This makes it particularly relevant for PhD students in this era, and I’ve personally leveraged this guideline to establish my own PhD milestones.
• I was also drawn to the research strategy outlined here. It proposes to start with an easy problem setup and find a simple solution. Then, by relaxing an assumption or restricting resources, challenges are introduced. Finding a solution under this circumstance enables a smooth transition into a more difficult problem setup. The key is to always stay close to perfect performance.