Archive for 2008
EndNote
24 November 2008There are many referencing programs out there. I guess they are functioning well. I, however, prefer to use EndNote personally for my referencing.
Look at the main page here
An article for known Problems with EndNote.
Carbon Nanotubes
24 November 2008Over the next several decades, developments in the area of carbon nanotubes and in the ability of computer programs to accurately model molecular behavior could lead to building materials that perform dramatically better than existing materials.
Read the article here
Rules for Important Science
18 November 2008A Special Centenary Lecture 2007, 18 June 2007
James Dewey Watson gave a talk about the rules for Important Science.
Below are some important facts that I can capture from his talk!
Always sit on the front row! You dont understand, say you dont understand.
Ph.D. thesis is not important.
Be broader than your Ph.D. thesis!
Work on Sundays! What else you can you do on sundays 
You should not work in August, but not in june or July
Student has to exercise, physically get tired!
Alcohol is not good
Get into something that 2-3 labs are working on it!
No one is going to give you 10 years not to succeed!
Work with a teammate, with equal intelligence!!!
Never be the brightest person in the room!
Talk to your competitives
http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/aboutimperial/events/onlinelectures
http://www.nature.com/nature/dna50/watsoncrick.pdf
Thanks to Ufuk Yazgan for his valuable notification!
Kirsehir’in Gulleri
17 November 2008A very famous Turkish folk music!
Biter Kirsehir’in gulleri,
BiterSakiyip dalinda bulbuller oter, aman aman…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6oGIbPtbso
How to use VIM editor!
29 August 2008Here is an excellent quick introduction to VIM editor for Linux users.
Unix Tutorial
29 August 2008Here is an very good (and short) introduction to Unix / Linux OS system for newbies.
I -Siebel
21 April 2008I and Abdullah prepared new software project for Computing Habitat Competition for Siebel Center. You can find the details in the below link.
Top 4000 Universities
24 February 2008Webometrics ranking of world universities:
http://www.webometrics.info/top4000.asp
Graduate School Applications
19 February 2008Admission results and statistics, graduate school forum…
Advise for Ph.D. students
9 February 2008The document in the attached link gives very useful information and for Ph.D. students and post-docs. Many Thanks to Nejan.
http://www.qimr.edu.au/research/labs/georgiat/Guideforphds.doc