ROAD TO DISSERTATION

PhD research stages:
Research and publish (I)
• Your research topic and directions of research are not the
sole responsability of your supervisor -> keep track of
state-of-art results in your field and look for innovative
ideas:
• On-line magazines, news articles
• IEEE database: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org
• The scientific literature digital library Citeseer
http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/
• Patent databases, e.g.,
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/
• Look actively for cooperation and/or exchange of ideas with
other research units in Finland and abroad (e.g., web
searches, during conference attendance, …) -> fresh
thoughts