Useful Links

Writing style:

• Ten Simple Rules for Mathematical Writing by Prof. Bertsekas
• Writing Tips and Style Guidelines by Prof. Cole Smith
• The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. et al.
• How to Email Your Professor (without being annoying AF) by Dr. Laura Portwood-Stacer

OR/CS/Math blogs:

• Farkas’ Dilemma
• OR in an OB World
• OR & Data Science Stories

Useful tools:

• Convert Excel to LaTeX tables
• Convert PPTx to Latex LaTeX Packages for Writing Pseudocodes
• Free Python Optimization Packages, among which SCIP is currently one of the fastest non-commercial solvers for mixed integer programming (MIP) and mixed integer nonlinear programming (MINLP)

Advice for new PhD students:

• Seven secrets of highly successful research students
• Twenty things I wish I’d known when I started my PhD by Dr. Lucy Taylor
• Your Research Career is a Long Game by Dr. Casey Fiesler
• 10 Tips for New Doctoral Students by Dr. Jamie Hipp
• The importance of stupidity in scientific research by Dr. Martin A. Schwartz
• Top Ten Secrets to Success with Optimization by Prof. Brown
• Resources for Students & Scholars by Prof. Frédo Durand