利田小子

I am always confused about research and how to do it. I have been a RA for 16 months so far and still I haven’t got the key. I am trapped in this confusion and lost. I read papers, write reports, code the programs, etc. Although I have spent a lot of time trying to break through the predicament, I just don’t get it right. I first thought the professor would give you hint and tell you what to do and what not. I kind of rely too much on someone else, rather than myself. Just as Stephen C. Stearns has put in <<SOME MODEST ADVICE FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS>>, I am on my own and I had better get used to it. The major professor’s job is to give you advices and his opinions on your problems, rather than tell you what to do exactly. I don’t get this point and it seems that it takes more than one year for me to reach this. It is my job to find and tackle the problems obstructing my research, to get through the difficulties, to search for and read papers in related area, to share and discuss with other people about my work. I am in charge of my research. Only by taking it as my own, which exactly is, can I have the initiative and the passion to solve the problems in front of me.

I want to be a good research assistant and I am on my way! Go get it, Huang!