Peter Jacko peter.jacko [a] gmail.com

Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Management Science Department of Management Science, Lancaster University Management School, LA1 4YX, UK Senior Decision Scientist, Berry Consultants, Abingdon, UK At Lancaster University, I am also member of: Foundations theme, Data Science Institute research groups: Health Systems, Simulation and Stochastic Modelling and Optimisation STOR-i: Statistics and Operational Research Centre for Doctoral Training in Partnership with Industry

:: Know-How

< Academic Fundamentals

• Intellectual Honesty by Mike Gene
• The Importance of Stupidity in Scientific Research by Martin A. Schwartz, Journal of Cell Science 121, 1771
• Ten Lessons I Wish I Had Been Taught by Gian-Carlo Rota
• The Sustainable Scientist by Jeffrey J. McDonnell

< Academic Writing and Speaking

• How to write a great research paper by Simon Peyton Jones
• How to deliver a speech by Matt Might
• Some advice for papers and presentations by MIT
• Writing Tips for Ph.D. Students by John Cochrane
• Comments on Preparing a Paper by Raymond J. Carroll
• Ten Simple Rules for Mathematical Writing by Dimitri Bertsekas
• How to write a proof by Leslie Lamport

< Job Search

• How to get a great letter of recommendation by Matt Might
• Ten Simple Rules for Selecting a Postdoctoral Position by Philip E. Bourne, Iddo Friedberg, PLoS Computational Biology, November 2006, Vol. 2 (11)
• Academic job search advice by Matt Might

< English

• The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr.
• Writing Mathematical Papers in English: A Practical Guide by Jerzy Trzeciak

Last modified: 11/2018