Initial stage of Ph.D research in contexts of EU projects

1. Ideas from other researchers/phd's/advisors

2. Ideas from other readings, literature and related research

3. Colloborate more and more, have fun, do parties, after all Ph.D is an intellectual fun

4. drink a lot

4.1. coffee

4.2. wine

4.3. ....

5. Contacting authors of relevant literature (to get their feedback)

6. Self analysis of what you can do best!!! (learned from Leo Sauermann)

7. Reading of Project specification!

7.1. Identifying interesting Work Packages

7.1.1. Identifying Tasks and subtasks within workpackages

7.2. Getting started

7.2.1. designing research/work plan

7.2.2. detailed analysis

7.2.2.1. literature review

7.2.2.2. most latest publications

7.2.2.3. identifying issues/questions/challenges

7.2.2.4. looking for existing methods/research leading to solution

7.2.2.5. thinking aloud possible solution

7.2.3. developments

7.2.3.1. model

7.2.3.2. prototypes

7.2.3.3. deliverables

7.2.3.4. experiments/simulation/evaluation

7.2.4. documentation

7.2.4.1. writing drafts

7.2.4.2. collaborative/peer review of written drafts

7.2.4.3. Publishing to conferences/journals