Collections

General

• The Three Golden Rules for Successful Scientific Research by Edsger W. Dijkstra

• How to Read a Paper by Srinivasan Keshav

• How to Read a Research Paper by Michael Mitzenmacher and Norman Ramsey

• How (And How Not) to Write a Good Systems Paper by Roy Levin and David D. Redell

• Writing Reviews for Systems Conferences by Timothy Roscoe

• Cultivating Your Research Taste by Nick Feamster

• John Ousterhout’s Collection of Favorite Sayings

• Hints on Doing Research by Srinivasan Keshav

• How To Have A Bad Career in Research/Academia by David A. Patterson

Systems & Networking

• Hints for Computer Systems Design by Butler W. Lampson

• The Rise of Worse is Better by Richard P. Gabriel

• End-To-End Arguments in System Design by Jerome H. Saltzer, David P. Reed, David Clark

• Systems Benchmarking Crimes by Gernot Heiser

• Computer System Design Principles by Jerry Saltzer

• Notes on Distributed Systems for Young Bloods by Jeff Hodges

• Empirical Evaluation Guidelines by ACM SIGPLAN

• How are computer systems conference papers reviewed? by Haibo Chen

Writing

• The Science of Scientific Writing by George D. Gopen and Judith A. Swan

• The Element of Style by William Strunk Jr and E. B. White

• Tips and Guidance for Students Writing Papers and Reports by Gernot Heiser

• Latex Usage Notes by Eddie Kohler