美国名校教授告诉你如何与导师邮件互通 两篇哟原文地址：美国名校教授告诉你如何与导师邮件互通(两篇哟)作者：留学项目部小编写在前面的话：近来，很多学生将他们准备发给洋导师的信件发给我预览，让我给同学们提提建议，其实，看过了同学们的申请文书，我也有些小小心得，什么样的申请信件容易引起老师的注意，什么样的信件不够真诚，什么样的信件太多平庸，等等等等。除了给每个同学适合其自身建议之外，我想通过博客与大家分享一下每天都接收到来自世界各地不同申请者来信的名校教授们对申请者的提点(有英文原版的，我会尽量提供原版，一来方便同学们联系语言，另一方面也是为了更好地表达愿意，同学们，不妨试试看。)ABKGroup Introduction for Prospective Students Andrew B.Kahng,December 22,2004 Welcome to ABKGroups introductory webpage for prospective students,draft version 3.The purpose of this webpage is to provide an overview of the group,and the personality/background you should have as anew member.Ideally,in this page you will find the contacts,suggestions,tools,and other information that will allow you to avoid wasting your time(if you and the group are not well-matched),or to hit the ground running(if you find amatch and begin working with us).Before You Apply Many inquiries arrive during the Summer and Fall quarters from prospective students,particularly students from India and the Peoples Republic of China.If possible,please do not send attachments by email,and do not send multiple copies of email.Please do not send any inquiries about the UCLA CS Ph.D.program；Professor Kahng no longer accepts students at UCLA.Your best course is to send alink to awebpage(URL)that contains your resume,application materials,publications,project writeups,etc.(Professor Kahng has afairly busy travel and research schedule,and averages around 200+emails per day.Thus,if you send an email and do not receive atimely reply,please accept apologies in advance.You might try contacting individual group members to learn more about the group,and to get your resume printed/read more quickly.)In your requests for joining the ABKGroup you should also describre your research character by answering the following questions：1.Do you think of yourself as a?theorist?or an?experimentalist?Are you a?hacker?Do you like to prove things(e.g.,theorems)?Are you looking to become aprofessor,a researcher,or adeveloper/engineer in industry?Do you think of yourself as ahard worker?Do you feel aneed to carve out?weekends?or other blocks of time to pursue non-research/non-school interests?2.Are you comfortable with the ideas of：(A)graduate school is the one time in your life when you will have the luxury of doing nothing but thinking and learning(albeit in a?research-directed?manner)；and(B)the purpose of aPh.D.is to become the worlds expert at something by the time you graduate?Some things you should know about ABKGroup and Professor Kahngs advising style,before you apply：1.An underlying precept is that aPh.D.student must develop all facets of his/her academic/scholarly persona,and that these facets encompass anumber ofbasic skills(technical toolkits,ability to synthesize/abstract,ability to communicate/teach,ability to work with others,etc.).2.New students build theirbasic skillsduring the first couple of years,then gradually focus on aspecific thesis topic.As anew student,you will touch lots of topics and lots of different activities-writing code,running computational experiments,doing literature searches,looking quickly at small/crisp problems,preparing talks,communicating with other researchers,etc.You will be helping more senior students.You will be put onto very short-term projects,asked to help critique talks or proofread papers or provide refereeing comments or draw figures or.Eventually,you are expected to be theworlds experton your thesis topic.3.Group members work hard.(It is not uncommon to graduate with 15+publications,meaningful fellowships/awards,and an overall resume that is competitive on the academic job market.)As anew Ph.D.student,you should expect to be in the group for not less than four years,and not more than five years.At most one or two summers will be spent on internships.At most one quarter(depending on program requirements)will be spent as aTA.You should expect full RA support during your Ph.D.studies(M.S.students are generally not supported,and there is limited interest in accepting new M.S.students).4.Communication and documentation of discussions/progress is by email and by web pages.We have manyremotecollaborations,and often dont see certain coauthors except at conferences once or twice ayear.Thus,precise communication is akey element of life in ABKGroup.If you dont like to read or respond to email,if you need to be told things more than once,or if you are imprecise and sloppy in your communication,then you will not adapt well to the groups research style.5.There is alot of context-switching,which is aconsequence of our interactive,fluid(free-form),collaborative style of investigation.6.Think carefully about whether you really are committed to Ph.D.studies,whether you enjoy(and are capable of)experimental/implementation-centric investigations,whether you are aproblem-solver,whether you are comfortable with formalisms and analysis,whether you want to be the best at what you do,etc.If you do not match up with the above traits,then there is likely to be friction,and you will not be happy in this group.If Youve Gotten This Far.If youve gotten this far,the next step is an introduction to the people currently in ABKGroup.From the groups main page you can find Professor Kahngs homepage,and current student/staff webpages.Take aminute to browse through them.Regarding background：incoming students should get acopy of Cormen,Leiserson,Rives tand Stein,Introduction to Algorithms,and read it carefully.Other basic knowledge：computational geometry(e.g.,Preparata/Shamos),combinatorial algorithms and network flows(e.g.,Lawler,Ahuja/Magnanti/Orlin),combinatorial optimization(e.g.,Schrijver,Papadimitriou/Stieglitz),VLSI(e.g.,Weste/Eshragian 2nd edition and Bakoglu).These readings are recommended for all new group members.If you are accepted into the group and have trouble finding these references,contact us as soon as possible.Of course,you should read the various papers on our publications webpage.Regarding skills：you will need to begin developing some skills before you arrive.One key skill is software development.We use C+almost exclusively.Whether youre new to the language or have years of experience,we highly recommend Stroustrups C+3rd Edition.If you dont already have this book,let us know and well send you one.In any case,get the book and read it carefully(perhaps twice).If youre new to C+programming,take alook at any of the following Intro to C+book C+FAQ-lite Sun WorkShop Compiler C+4.2 Documentation Draft Standards(very detailed,PS/PDF)Object Oriented programming launchpad(many good links)We also use STL extensively.SGI has good online documentation.The more familiar you are with STL,the easier your transition to the group code infrastructure will be.Before You Arrive When you get your ABKGroup(abkguest)login,please log onto one of our machines and take alook around.We hope to see you on afew times,before you arrive.Quite likely,you will have already identified some research questions and will be engaged in dialogue with Professor Kahng and possibly other group members.Keep these conversations active.Finally,if you have any questions,please send email to Prof.Andrew Kahng.(以上内容转载自网络)坊间一直有个传闻，说哈佛大学最骄傲的是，每年拒绝2000名SAT满分申请人。任凭你功课再好，我也无动于衷！实际上，名校的入学要求并不难捉摸：欧美学校入学前会对学生作面试，一个经典提问就是：我们为什么要录取你，你有何特别?特色、潜力、或者说独一无二性，顶级名校尤其看重这些，因为在他们的申请信件中，成绩优秀、活动积极的申请人实在太多了。所谓的独一无二、潜力，说得简单些，就是学习这个专业非你莫属的那种霸气。多年接触美国高校录取工作的业内人士清楚，美国高校特别看重学生对专业的兴趣，这种兴趣必须是发自内心的，对某专业有特殊的情感。摸清了这个路子，一个申请潜规则出现了-不少申请人在常规申请程序之外，纷纷和国外高校教授套近乎，试图通过电子邮件向教授推销自己的特点，期望让教授记住自己，好在日后的面试中获得加分。眼下就赶上这个套近乎的旺季，随着欧美高校申请季拉开帷幕，每天有成百上千封邮件飞到洋教授的收件箱里，不过惨不忍睹的是，有教授声称，大部分邮件被直接删除，因为很少有邮件提起他的兴趣！堪萨斯州立大学电子与计算机工程学院助理教授圣乔艾达斯就是这样一位教授，他对邮件的取舍，以及对学生潜力的判断，在留学圈中正引起热议，看看他是如何诠释独一无二的标准的。美国教授告国际申请人的一封信：国际申请者如果希望寻求入学指导和帮助，请在给我发邮件前先阅读一下这段文字。每天，我都会收到国际学生的问候邮件，他们向我索要入学信息、建议，尤其是询问关于经济方面的资助信息。不幸的是，我根本没有仔细阅读邮件内容，就删除了大部分此类邮件。一个原因是，每天我都会收到大量无关邮件，我不可能一一回复。当然，更重要的原因是，几乎没有一封邮件引起了我的注意！所以，在给我发邮件前，申请者最好阅读一下这段文字。要知道，我只乐于和一类申请人通信，首先他们必须有与众不同的地方，同时对我的专业领域有浓厚的兴趣，并且在这个领域有一定成绩。补充说明一点，我会特别青睐拥有硕士学位的申请人。具体说说哪些邮件我会回复，哪些邮件我会直接删除，这里有两封申请邮件的样本：第一封邮件的申请者是永远不可能从我这里获得研究生助教奖学金等入学信息的，这是一封不被期待的邮件-尊敬的先生，我对前来美国追求更高等的教育非常感兴趣。我正在寻求从贵校获得入学和资金方面的支持。我对人工智能和计算机体系结构有浓厚的兴趣。我曾有C+和java语言的编程经验。我还对Windows环境下的好多软件包非常熟悉，比如微软Word、Excel、Spreadsheet等。我也有诺威勒公司(NOVELL，老牌网络公司)的联网认证。我的GRE成绩是2050分，托福是99分。请求你抽出片刻宝贵的时间，游览邮件附件中的简历。先生，如果你好心地给我提供研究生助教奖学金，我保证我会非常努力地为你工作。事实上，从小学开始，我的学业成绩一向很好。你可否告知，我从贵学院获得助教奖学金的机会有多大?另外，可否通知我关于夏季学期申请截止日期的相关信息?谢谢你宝贵的时间。此致某某某教授评语我只会删除这种邮件，因为它废话连篇。这个申请人似乎过分卑躬屈膝，换句话说，也就是过于谄媚讨好。我时不时也会阅读一些邮件，当然数量非常有限，我的一个标准是，我会扫读全文，搜索诸如宝贵的、尊敬的之类的关键词，发现一个，就删掉一封邮件。我觉得那样写申请信的人非常不专业，过多的虚词，此人的特色和能力不得而知。再说点具体内容，这位申请人宣称对人工智能和计算机体系结构感兴趣，可这两个是非常不相关的领域，这让我产生这种想法：这个申请人是为了获得尽可能多的奖学金等资助，所以才会学习尽可能多的专业。此外，这个申请人对宣称的内容没有任何表述予以支撑、证明，比如他自称对人工智能感兴趣，可是就此为止，没有例证。而后，他又强调在软件方面的技能，这给我的感觉是，他来留学的目的就是在美国获得一份软件方面的工作，而所谓追求更高等的教育不过是他进入美国就业市场的垫脚石。他的GRE分数还不错，但是绝不是出类拔萃的那种。他问我获得我们学院助教奖学金的几率有多大，关于这点，我无从说起，我是教授，不是学院统管。他还希望我能够提供关于夏季学期申请截止日期的消息，我怎么会知道呢?我想，这些信息应该会公布在学校官网或者研究生院的网页上。最后，我觉得这封信太过平庸，毫无特色可言。我猜想，这位申请人可能使用这同一个模板，制作了成百上千封邮件，然后群发给全美高校中相关专业的教授。我每天就会收到成百上千封这样的邮件，我不会一一回复，这样的申请人根本提不起我的兴趣。这里还有一封绝对会引起我兴趣的邮件，它是一封很棒的邮件-亲爱的达斯教授，我正在申请堪萨斯州立大学的博士，我对你的研究领域很感兴趣，我正在寻求和你共同从事研究工作的可能性，当然也希望获得经济方面的支持。我感兴趣的领域之一是，将Tikhonov正则化方法应用到你的电脑神经科学方面的研究，因为我知道，神经科学研究得出的数据相当杂乱、并且很稀疏。此外，我对将进化运算法则运用到你的遗传神经网络参量估计研究也很感兴趣。我的另一个兴趣是多重处理。你是否考虑将多重运行投入到优化运算法则的系统中?考虑到你在学校网站上列出的研究课题可能和大量的计算密不可分，这样做的话，将可能成为有价值的战略性追求。去年，我在神经网络和图像处理的国际大会上曾发表过一篇论文，题为基于或然重复网络的混合梯度下降训练，后来被大会集结出版，那是一本经过同行盲审的出版物。我在附件中以PDF格式上传了这篇论文。如果你有经济方面的支持，同时对我的申请感兴趣，请尽快通知我。某某某教授评语这是一封直截了当的邮件，申请人对我的专业领域是真的有兴趣。这是一位优秀的申请人。他已经表明对专业学习有浓厚的愿望，并且已经相当精通我的研究领域。如果我有任何资金资源，我一定会竭尽所能地把这个申请人挖到我的专业里来。另外，这个人可能已经拥有硕士学位，要知道，大部分申请人只有本科学位。(陈默)(以上内容转载自海归网)MSN空间完美搬家到新浪博客！