Use of tools for research 2016
- 1. USE OF TOOLS FOR RESEARCH Dr Jing Deng j.deng@qub.ac.uk, ext: 4111
- 2. Introduce yourself Who, where, supervisor, what, how, impact
- 3. What do you want to take away from this course?
- 4. Content (9:30am – 11:30) • Introduction • Latex • Reference management • Figure, Diagram, PDF file • Zero Inbox, GTD, mind mapping • Note taking, Wiki, personal website • Cloud computing, storage, backup, online security • Collaboration, communication, group messaging • Matlab, Labview, Circuit and PCB design, programming IDE, board controller • Other useful resources
- 5. Content (11:30am – 13:00) • Latex demo • Figures • Tables • Slides • CV • References management Demo • Mendeley • Zotero • Refworks • Wiki Demo • Labview Demo
- 6. Introduction Standing on the shoulder of Giants
- 7. Introduction
- 8. Latex
- 9. Latex • Designed by academics and easily accommodates academic use. • Professionally crafted predefined layouts make a document really look as if “printed.” • Mathematical symbols and equations are easily integrated. • Even complex structures such as footnotes, references, table of contents, and bibliographies can be generated easily. • Forces author to focus on logical instead of aesthetic structure of a document. • Creates more beautiful documents. • Portable, compatible, flexible, versatile, and cheap (or free)!
- 10. Latex
- 11. Latex • Research paper • Thesis • Letter • Report • Slides • CV
- 12. Latex http://isac.wikidot.com/research-resources More resources “The Not So Short Introduction to LATEX2”
- 13. Latex Installation Library + Tex Editor
- 15. Latex Tex editor Texmaker TeXworks TeXstudio WinEdt Comparison of TeX editorsWikipedia Emacs
- 17. Reference management • Create a searchable database of your references • Manage PDFs • Take searchable notes • format bibliographies and in-text citations in hundreds of citations styles • share references and collaborate on projects with colleagues
- 18. Reference management QUB Refworks Compare 1 Compare 2
- 20. PDF file – view, edit, and create View PDF Edit PDF PDF-XChangeAdobe reader Sumatra PDF Foxit Reader Adobe Acrobat Pro £75.29 PDF-XChange Editor £30 Briss Free pdf Crop Adobe Acrobat Pro 8 free Create PDF
- 21. Zero Inbox
- 22. Zero Inbox QUB Junk mail
- 23. GTD Getting Things Done David Allen“Your mind is for having ideas, not holding them”
- 24. GTD Todoist Wunderlist Any.do Remember the Milk Toodledo Asana
- 25. Mind mapping Mind mapping is a great way to brainstorm, make a plan, or turn ideas into the steps needed to make it real
- 26. Mind mapping
- 27. Note taking What do you use for taking notes?
- 28. Note taking ELN - Electronic Lab Notebook
- 30. Website
- 31. Cloud computing What do you know about cloud computing?
- 32. Cloud computing Platform as a service (PaaS) Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) Software as a service (SaaS)
- 34. Storage
- 35. Storage
- 36. Storage Pogoplug TonidoPlug WD My Cloud Seagate Personal Cloud
- 37. Backup i Drive
- 38. Security
- 39. Security
- 40. Collaboration
- 41. Group messaging / online meeting Cisco WebEx gotomeeting join.me
- 42. Programming
- 43. Programming
- 44. Board controller Arduino Raspberry Pi BeagleBoard mbed Intel® Edison Particle Photon
- 45. EEECS resources (credit to Jonny McCullagh) • QUB Email Blacklisting http://www.qub.ac.uk/mailtools • Wordpress QUB Blogs blogs.qub.ac.uk • Personal Web Hosting within EEECS selfservice.eeecs.qub.ac.uk LAMP or .NET • Personal QUB subdomain • Git gitlab.eeecs.qub.ac.uk • Log in with EEECS username and password • Code version control etc Can be used for collaboration and even latex documentation • Sending Large Files dropbox.qub.ac.uk • ownCloud I have an EEECS ownCloud installation if anyone is interested in a Dropbox/Box private alternative - contact jonny.mccullagh@qub.ac.uk • Short URLs go.qub.ac.uk - create personal QUB-specific short web addresses e.g.go.qub.ac.uk/jonny • DokuWiki • If any research groups want to have DokuWiki for collaboration I can set up an EEECS DokuWiki service. HPDC group currently use DokuWiki. • Surveys I have an installation of Lime Survey if any researchers need to send surveys/questionnaires rather than using external services such as SurveyMonkey • Hackerspace • https://selfservice.eeecs.qub.ac.uk/hackerspace.php