June 14 to June 18

June 14 2021

Today I finished going through and checking one of the graduate student’s papers before submission. I learned a lot about the formatting of what a research paper should entail. Also, what techniques and how they use LaTex to their advantage.

I meet up with Dr.Short to ask for guidance on writing the introduction section of my paper. I’ve been stuck for a week, not knowing what to write in the introduction section. She told me the main point of the introduction is to summarize the research. The main goal is to explain why your topic of research is crucial to your field.

My other question was, how do you know which paper would help strengthen the thesis. Since there are so many papers, it’s almost impossible to use them all in the research. My mentor advised me to look at research and look at their references. By looking at the reference, I can get more information about the topic.

June 15 2021

I decided to help out with a different graduate student with their research to gain more experience. I was giving my first python coding project, which was to take three parameters from the commandline arguement as an integer. But also to use the main function to implement it. It took me a while to figure out. But the lesson I learned was to take breaks when you are stuck.

June 16 to 18 2021

I read more papers to get a better understanding of my topic of the introduction paragraph. Thankfully, I have over 80% of the introduction section finished. From what I have heard from the other graduate students the introduction and background takes a while to write. Since, it is what most people only read in the article. The introduction section is difficult because it is the summary of the entire research into one section.