Ph.D Milestones
This document outlines the Ph.D. milestones of Jin Zhao at WING, NUS, detailing key stages from initial exploration to thesis defense. The timeline covers qualifying exams, graduate research papers, and topic formulation, spanning seven years of dedicated research. Key projects include "Enhancing the Search for Math Materials," "Domain-Specific Information Retrieval using Bayesian Networks," and multiple publications in the fields of mathematics and nursing information retrieval. This provides insight into the iterative process of doctoral research and the importance of user-centric methodologies.
Ph.D Milestones
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Ph.D Milestones Jin Zhao 23 Nov 2012
Timeline Year Milestones Stage 1 Qualifying Exam Initial Exploration Graduate Research Paper (GRP) 2 Topic Formulation Thesis Proposal 3 4 Sub-topic Exploration 5 6 Pre-Submission 7 Wrapping up Pre-Defense, Submission / Defense?? WING, NUS
Year 1: Initial Exploration WING, NUS • Starting Point: Text-to-Expression Linking • User Study in Math • Meta-search • Resource Categorization • Text-to-Expression Linking • Qualifying Exam
Year 2: Initial Exploration WING, NUS • Prototype Implementation in Math • Resource Categorization • Graduate Research Paper • "Enhancing the Search for Math Materials" • Publications • "Math Information Retrieval: User Requirements and Prototype Implementation" (JCDL 2008) • "Towards a User-Centric Math Information Retrieval System" (TCDL 2008 Bulletin)
Year 3: Topic Formulation and Sub-Topic Exploration WING, NUS • Thesis Proposal • Version 1: "A User-Centric and Math-Aware Information Retrieval System • Version 2: "Domain-Specific Information Retrieval using Bayesian Networks: Resource Categorization and Text-to-Construct Linking" • Readability (Math) • eEvidence Project (Nursing) • User study in Nursing
Year 4: Sub-Topic Exploration WING, NUS • Readability (Math and Medical) • Iterative Computation • eEvidence Project (Nursing) • eEvidence System • Key Information Extraction • Publications • "Domain-Specific Iterative Readability Computation" (JCDL 2010) • "eEvidence: Information Seeking Support for Evidence-based Practice: An Implementation Case Study" (AMIA 2010) • "Improving Search for Evidence-based Practice using Information Extraction" (AMIA 2010)
Year 5: Sub-Topic Exploration WING, NUS • Internship • University of Colorado at Boulder • User Interface for DLESE (Digital Library for Earth System Education) • Readability • Probabilistic Iterative Computation • Key Information Extraction • Text-to Construct Linking
Year 6: Sub-Topic Exploration WING, NUS • Key Information Extraction • Joint Inference • Text-to-Construct Linking • Expression Linking + Construct Ranking • Publication • "Exploiting Classification Correlations for the Extraction of Evidence-based Practice Information" (AMIA 2012) • Thesis Pre-Submission • "Graphical Modeling for Resource Categorization and Text-to-Construct Linking in Domain-specific Information Retrieval"
Year 7: Wrapping Up? WING, NUS • Thesis Pre-Defense • The Missing Piece: System Evaluation • User Study (In Progress) • Thesis Submission / Defense ??
Lessons Learnt WING, NUS Find your direction. Keep track of your progress. Persist!
