聽到有點嚇人。實驗室過去5年都沒有聚餐過。這是首次。主要慶祝導師升級和他兩個首批學生博士畢業，和過去幾篇文章成功刊登。
在台北101 那一帶的California Pizza kitchen用餐。這一餐花了新台幣7000， 約馬幣700， 供10人用。
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Thursday, March 28, 2013
三月
來台灣開工月三個月。也許過去在西方學習，所以我來這兒一個禮拜後就不喜歡這邊的工作環境。當然，這都是我個人看法，他人未必認同。
就如我過去所說，選擇台灣因為離開家的距離沒那麼遠，同一時間我可以進行高素質研究。無可否認，這兒的儀器設備可以跟西方堪比。我個人十分重視工作環境，和除了科研以外的學習機會，以及是否有work-life balance。我這兩個月的觀察，覺得這兒的工資待遇和環境都有待改進，工作時間長。薪金和假期於其他國家比較不來的好。然後，批文和申請有很多繁文縟節。個別實驗室交流不見得好。從兩個月前到今天，我還是保持同樣的看法--我不喜歡這裡，這兒也不適合我，我不會常居。
在這和遇到一個來自國外的博士生。我們倆以前在蘇格蘭一起讀書認識。他才來6個月，不久問起我對這兒的看法。他和我有同感，他之前在猶豫和掙扎是否退學。因為，他不想5-7年（這兒念博士很長時間）過這樣的呆板和差透的日子。我直接跟他講，如果不適應，直接退學，因為離開這裡，他可以得到更好的環境。（注：他下午跟我講，他已經退學了）。
對一些人，這裡也許不錯。也許有人認為我挑剔。我出身於東方國家，在西方留學然後回到東方工作。我珍惜學貫中西的機會，我有理由去評論他的好壞。當然，我不會因為這樣的環境而對工作出氣，倒頭來不就苦了自己。我會沉的住氣。把所有好壞當著學習經驗。回國那時候，把中西方最好的應用和分享。
我會好好“享受”這邊的日子。因為我不會在這兒待久。哈哈。
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
書籍
在英國，可以學他們到酒吧喝酒的習慣或陶醉於他們熱愛閱讀的風氣。哈哈，要多謝亞馬遜金讀(http://limchoonkiat.blogspot.tw/2010/12/kindle.html)，我選擇了後者。
我覺得隨著際遇和成長所需，所閱讀的書也不同。
剛讀博士時，讀了不少了解博士和研究生生涯的書：
當中也遇到瓶頸等問題，也閱讀不少勵志的書籍：
感情生活，也在學習，了解男女的分別
有事業和置產當即，也開始學會進行事業以外的財務規劃
此外，也少不了不同類別的書籍，有名人傳記，科學知識等讀物。
祝大家閱讀愉快。閱讀能長智慧，等好處，不必在這兒提啦；P
Thursday, March 14, 2013
再見 Google Reader
我真的難以接受，當閱讀到谷歌不再提供RSS閱讀器服務(http://googlereader.blogspot.tw/2013/03/powering-down-google-reader.html).
谷歌reader 幫我對各新聞、部落格的文章保持更新。( http://limchoonkiat-ck.blogspot.tw/2009/07/google-rss-reader.html.)
簡單的網絡搜尋，以下是谷歌reader代替品。
http://marketingland.com/12-google-reader-alternatives-36158
http://searchengineland.com/google-reader-alternative-newsblur-151541
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Saturday, March 9, 2013
博士論文答辯
去年參與論文答辯時，做了不少準備功夫。其中包括準備可能會被問到的問題，如下。祝所有研究生順利畢業，早日過回正常生活。研究生們知道我的意思！ 哈哈
Anticipated viva questions
Can you provide a summary of your work?
What is the most important new finding in your work?
Does your work support/contradict previous work? Justify your answer.
What do you think are the strong & weak part of your thesis overall?
Why did you choose the particular research methods you used?
How could your work be extended by further research?
Very briefly, what does your research tell us?
Overall, what have you found out by undertaking this research project?
Can you summarise the key contribution that your work has made to furthering knowledge and understanding in this area?
What do you think are the strongest and weakest parts of your thesis overall?
Are there possible alternative interpretations?
What are the implications of your work?
What are the possible applications of your work?
What further would you have liked to research if you had more time?
What were your motivations for choosing this subject?
What are the key pieces of research from which your thesis has been developed?
Why is your research important to investigate?
How does your work link to the work of others in the same/related field?
What are the key references within your thesis?
What methods did you choose for this project?
Why did you choose this particular method over other methods?
What are the strength and limitation of your methods compared to others?
What weaknesses in the results might arise from the way in which you preferred your data analysis?
With hindsight, would you now choose a different way of presenting your results?
Where are your main findings/results?
How do your results compare/contrast/refute previous research?
How would you rationalise the differences between your results/conclusions and those of previous investigations?
Did you discover what would you thought you would?
How did you come to research this topic in this manner?
What are the main achievements of your research?
Which of the achievement is most important to you and why?
What has your thesis contributed to our knowledge in this field?
What are the major theoretical strands in this area: what are the crucial ideas and who are the main contributors?
What are the main issues (matter of debate or dispute) in this area?
Where is your thesis “placed” in term of existing theory and debate? How would the major researchers react to your idea?
Who in your opinion will be most interested in this work?
What published research is closest to your work? Who are your main competitors and how is your research distinguished from theirs?
Why did you choose the particular research methodology that you used?
Did you consider using any other research methodology?
What were the crucial research discoveries that you made?
If you were doing this research again, what would you do differently?
What do you see as the next steps in this research?
What was the most interesting findings in your results
Isn’t this all obvious?
Were you surprised by any of your results (if so, why and what was surprising)?
What advice would you give to a new student entering this area?
What is your plan for publication?
What haven’t I asked you that I should have done, and what would your answer have been?
If you were doing this PhD again, do you want to take this project?
Sunday, March 3, 2013
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