Publishing a research paper for the first time

boneh3ad
Wed, 12 Jan 2011 09:38:21 +0000

If your research interests lie in ME, then you shoul go that route. Don’t sit in one major when your interests lie elsewhere. I originally planned to do that as an ME trying to branch into AE and just ended up in AE for grad school in the long run.

What he means by finding where the hot research areas are and reading the literature is that you should basically be an expert in your area of research and up to date on the latest publications, especially papers. Reading literature ensures you don’t double up someone else’s research (looks very bad on you) and can give you new insights on your topic. Finding hot areas makes it more likely that people will care about your stuff.