1. 早点开始写作。在完成项目/研究之前不要延迟写作。当你完成每一项工作时，写出完整而简洁的“技术报告”。这样，你会记得你所做的每件事，并准确地记录下来，而这项工作在你的脑海中仍然新鲜。如果你的工作涉及编程，尤其如此。

 

　　1. Start writing early. Do not delay writing until you have finished your project/research. Write complete and concise “Technical Reports” as and when you finish each nugget of work. This way, you will remember everything you did and document it accurately, when the work is still fresh in your mind. This is especially so if your work  involves programming.

 

　　2. 及早发现错误。一份写得好的“技术报告”会迫使你在做其他事情之前先思考一下自己做了什么。如果有什么不对劲，你会立即发现并很容易纠正，而不是在你可能因为时间紧迫而与之失去联系时，不得不在以后重新查看工作。

 

　　2. Spot errors early. A well-written “Technical Report” will force you to think about what you have done, before you move on to something else. If anything is amiss, you will detect it at once and can easily correct it, rather than have to re-visit the work later, when you may be pressured for time and have lost touch with it.

 

　　3. 从内到外写论文。从你自己实验工作的章节开始。因为你比任何人都更了解自己的作品，所以你会在写作中培养自信。一旦你克服了最初的惰性，就转到其他章节。

 

　　3. Write your thesis from the inside out. Begin with the chapters on your own experimental work. You will develop confidence in writing them because you know your own work better than anyone else. Once you have overcome the initial inertia, move on to the other chapters.

 

　　4.以砰的一声结束，而不是抽泣。先做第一件事，把最好的留到最后。第一印象和最后印象更持久。安排好你的章节，让第一和最后实验章节完美和坚实。

 

　　4. End with a bang, not a whimper. First things first, and save the best for last. First and last impressions persist. Arrange your chapters so that your first and last experimental chapters are sound and solid.

 

　　5. 完成结论后写引言。考官将首先阅读引言，然后阅读结论，看看前者所作的承诺是否真的在后者中得到了履行。确保你的引言和结论100%匹配。

 

　　5. Write the Introduction after writing the Conclusions. The examiner will read the Introduction first, and then the Conclusions, to see if the promises made in the former are indeed fulfilled in the latter. Ensure that your Introduction and Conclusions match 100%.

 

　　6. “没有人是孤岛”。对文献的批判性评论将你的作品置于语境中。通常，博士论文的三分之一是关于他人的工作；三分之二是你自己做的事。经过全面和批判性的文献回顾后，博士候选人必须能够确定该领域的主要研究人员，并为博士研究提出合理的建议。

 

　　6. “No man is an Island”. The critical review of the literature places your work in context. Usually, one third of the PhD thesis is about others’ work; two thirds, what you have done yourself. After a thorough and critical literature review, the PhD candidate must be able to identify the major researchers in the field and make a sound proposal for doctoral research.

 

　　7.估计写学位论文的时间，然后将其乘以三，便得到正确的估计值。一次性写作要求很高，而且很容易低估写作所需的时间；将你的第一个估计值放大三倍更为现实。

 

　　7. Estimate the time to write your thesis and then multiply it by three to get the correct estimate. Writing at one stretch is very demanding and it is all too easy to underestimate the time required for it; inflating your first estimate by a factor of three is more realistic.

 

　　Y. Attikiouzel, “Writing the PhD Thesis.” Private verbal communication, as the author’s PhD supervisor, Centre for Intelligent Information Processing Systems, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA 6907, Australia, 1993–1996.

 

　　R (Chandra) Chandrasekhar. How to Write a Thesis: A Working Guide，M018, CIIPS， School of EECE，The University of Western Australia. January 24, 2008.