Step 0

This is a preparatory course for the main part of My first scientific paper. Its goal is to distribute works of scientific research evenly over a year.

Scientific research is a collective activity, and your main goal during this course is to find a scientific advisor who devotes their time to you in exchange for academic results. So, in the end, you have some skills in how to

1. select a research topic,
2. critically analyze the literature,
3. state the problem,
4. and convey your vell-reasoned message to the reader.

But again, your main goal is to find a highly qualified scientific adviser (with their team) who gifts you valuable time.

To accomplish the homework of this course, you may select a topic in applied mathematics or theoretical machine learning. Or better and we recommend it, you can change your topic after each step so you can feel various fields of your future expertise.

Resources

• Step 0 Youtube video
• Step 0 Youtube live version

Homework

1. Fill out the form to attend the course. Keep your email to log in.
2. Set up the tools
   1. Online LaTex is Overleaf
   2. Offline LaTex is MikTex with WinEdt or TexShop with TeXMaker
   3. Offline BibTex is JabRef
   4. Sign up for GitHub to keep your progress
3. If you are not familiar with C.P. Bishop's book, 2006 or 2024, start reading
4. Watch a useful lecture "How to speak" by Patrick Winston, 2018

Fun

Why do we need weekly homework? Look how two neurons connect one another. So we learn as we train.