10 Simple Rules, from Vince Fulco

2012-06-08 · Vince Fulco
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I found these 10 simple rules on Software Carpentry. There are plenty of juicy bits here for academia/commercial straddlers:

The "Ten Simple Rules" series being run in PLoS Computational Biology has a lot of useful gems. Written by editor-in-chief Philip Bourne and others, the entire collection to date is available as a single PDF, but for those who prefer bite-sized reading, here are ten simple rules for:

…Starting a Company (PDF)

…Getting Involved in Your Scientific Community (PDF)

…Teaching Bioinformatics at the High School Level (PDF)

…Developing a Short Bioinformatics Training Course (PDF)

…Getting Help from Online Scientific Communities (PDF)

…Building and Maintaining a Scientific Reputation (PDF)

…Providing a Scientific Web Resource (PDF)

…Getting Ahead as a Computational Biologist in Academia (PDF)

…Editing Wikipedia (PDF)

…Organizing a Virtual Conference—Anywhere (PDF)

…Chairing a Scientific Session (PDF)

…Choosing between Industry and Academia (PDF)

…Combining Teaching and Research (PDF)

…Organizing a Scientific Meeting (PDF)

…Aspiring Scientists in a Low-Income Country (PDF)

…Graduate Students (PDF)

…Doing Your Best Research, According to Hamming (PDF)

…a Good Poster Presentation (PDF)

…Making Good Oral Presentations (PDF)

…a Successful Collaboration (PDF)

…Selecting a Postdoctoral Position (PDF)

…Reviewers (PDF)

…Getting Grants (PDF)

…Getting Published (PDF) So, what would your ten simple rules for good computational science be?