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Ph.D Milestones. Jin Zhao 23 Nov 2012. Timeline. Year. Milestones. Stage. 1. Qualifying Exam. Initial Exploration. Graduate Research Paper (GRP). 2. Topic Formulation. Thesis Proposal. 3. 4. Sub-topic Exploration. 5. 6. Pre-Submission. 7. Wrapping up.
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Ph.D Milestones Jin Zhao 23 Nov 2012
Timeline Year Milestones Stage 1 Qualifying Exam Initial Exploration Graduate Research Paper (GRP) 2 Topic Formulation Thesis Proposal 3 4 Sub-topic Exploration 5 6 Pre-Submission 7 Wrapping up Pre-Defense, Submission / Defense?? WING, NUS
Year 1: Initial Exploration WING, NUS • Starting Point: Text-to-Expression Linking • User Study in Math • Meta-search • Resource Categorization • Text-to-Expression Linking • Qualifying Exam
Year 2: Initial Exploration WING, NUS • Prototype Implementation in Math • Resource Categorization • Graduate Research Paper • "Enhancing the Search for Math Materials" • Publications • "Math Information Retrieval: User Requirements and Prototype Implementation" (JCDL 2008) • "Towards a User-Centric Math Information Retrieval System" (TCDL 2008 Bulletin)
Year 3: Topic Formulation and Sub-Topic Exploration WING, NUS • Thesis Proposal • Version 1: "A User-Centric and Math-Aware Information Retrieval System • Version 2: "Domain-Specific Information Retrieval using Bayesian Networks: Resource Categorization and Text-to-Construct Linking" • Readability (Math) • eEvidence Project (Nursing) • User study in Nursing
Year 4: Sub-Topic Exploration WING, NUS • Readability (Math and Medical) • Iterative Computation • eEvidence Project (Nursing) • eEvidence System • Key Information Extraction • Publications • "Domain-Specific Iterative Readability Computation" (JCDL 2010) • "eEvidence: Information Seeking Support for Evidence-based Practice: An Implementation Case Study" (AMIA 2010) • "Improving Search for Evidence-based Practice using Information Extraction" (AMIA 2010)
Year 5: Sub-Topic Exploration WING, NUS • Internship • University of Colorado at Boulder • User Interface for DLESE (Digital Library for Earth System Education) • Readability • Probabilistic Iterative Computation • Key Information Extraction • Text-to Construct Linking
Year 6: Sub-Topic Exploration WING, NUS • Key Information Extraction • Joint Inference • Text-to-Construct Linking • Expression Linking + Construct Ranking • Publication • "Exploiting Classification Correlations for the Extraction of Evidence-based Practice Information" (AMIA 2012) • Thesis Pre-Submission • "Graphical Modeling for Resource Categorization and Text-to-Construct Linking in Domain-specific Information Retrieval"
Year 7: Wrapping Up? WING, NUS • Thesis Pre-Defense • The Missing Piece: System Evaluation • User Study (In Progress) • Thesis Submission / Defense ??
Lessons Learnt WING, NUS Find your direction. Keep track of your progress. Persist!