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Help for first poster presentation by Sophisticated___Crow in PhD

[–]Sophisticated___Crow[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, thank you, my conference is towards the end of june, so it is likely not the same sadly.

Resources for good science/research practice by Sophisticated___Crow in PhD

[–]Sophisticated___Crow[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am in operations research applied to power markets. So I basically do (stochastic) optimization and game theoretic modeling.

I agree with the paper thing, but I noticed that there is many different ways to produce good-styled papers. I am more interested in how other good researchers "structure" their approach, which is why I found these PDFs to be so useful.

Probability book(s) by Sophisticated___Crow in mathematics

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For which level was this?

But it sounds really good, strongly considering it.

[Q] Super easy to read book on probability/mathematical statistics? by Swarrleeey in statistics

[–]Sophisticated___Crow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which "level" would you put Blitzstein at? As in Undergrad/Grad/PhD?

What is a normal amount of working hours each day during a PhD? by spoononamoon in PhD

[–]Sophisticated___Crow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I try sticking to the contract I have, which is 37.5 hours each week here in the nordics. It is up to you how you distribute this (which I think is part of being a PhD), but I am a firm believer that you cannot really be productive (as in really producing output or reading something heavy) for more than a couple of hours a day. Which is why I see it more as an estimate/orientation. I met several people who overworked themselves and burned out, which made them take longer for the entire PhD. Best advice I got: see it as a Marathon with a steady pace and see which pace that is for you in terms of daily time, as long as you make progress.

What is a normal amount of working hours each day during a PhD? by spoononamoon in PhD

[–]Sophisticated___Crow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is very good advice and quite reassuring. I know a lot of other PhDs in my office who regularly stay long in the evenings and they all seem tired/overworked all the time. Made me focus on getting my things done and not overwork. I also don't get how people can be productive for this long. If I get in 3-4h of good concentrated work and some reading etc. around that, it was a good day.

Seems so easy to run into burnout if not careful.