1. Study Spintronics by watching videos, which can be obtained by ask seniors
2. Familiar with lab rules
3.
Apply for door (SIST-3-303B) access
4. Apply for HPC account
5. Learn HPC basics, Learn how to run jobs on
HPC (see COSMAL Resources-HPC section)
6. Learn how to write manuscript (see COSMAL Resources-Publication
section)
7. Familiar with reimbursement document (see COSMAL Finance)
8. If your submission requires review by the
professor (Prof.Zhu) (e.g. semester review, course selection, thesis report, etc.), please email him.
9. If
you receive an email in English, you will also reply in English. The main thing is to train you to think in
English. And don't reply directly to Chinese as soon as you have a long reply, or feel that English is more
complicated. If you don't want Zhifeng to send you English, you can talk to him and he will send you Chinese in
the future.
10. If you have an exam, you can choose not to attend the group meeting two weeks before the
exam. Just talk to Prof.Zhu.
Being in lab is a good way of learning from others, helping others, building camaraderie, having fast and easy access to resources (and people) you need, and being relatively free from distractions at home (e.g., your bed). That said, hours in academia are more flexible than other jobs -- but you should still treat it as a real job and show up to the lab. My primary concern is that you get your work done. If you think there is anything disturbing your research, or you want to make some suggestions for the laboratory, please contact PI. To encourage lab interaction, try to be in most weekdays during ‘peak’ hours (assuming no other obligations) – e.g., between 10am and 5pm. To conduct thorough and effective research, a significant time investment is essential. A minimum of 60 hours per week is typically required, excluding time for meals and breaks. As a guideline, working six days a week with one day off is recommended to maintain productivity and balance.
No games in lab
Like other labs, we will follow the APA guidelines with respect to authorship:
"Authorship credit should reflect the individual's contribution to the study. An author is considered anyone
involved with initial research design, data collection and analysis, manuscript drafting, and final
approval. However, the following do not necessarily qualify for authorship: providing funding or resources,
mentorship, or contributing research but not helping with the publication itself. The primary author assumes
responsibility for the publication, making sure that the data are accurate, that all deserving authors have
been credited, that all authors have given their approval to the final draft; and handles responses to
inquiries after the manuscript is published."
At the start of a new project, the student or post-doc taking on the lead role can expect to be first author
(talk to Zhifeng about it if you aren’t sure). Zhifeng will typically be the last author, unless the project is
primarily under the guidance of another PI and Zhifeng is involved as a secondary PI – then Zhifeng will be
second to last and the main PI will be last. Students and post-docs who help over the course of the project may
be added to the author list depending on their contribution, and their placement will be discussed with all
parties involved in the paper. If a student or post-doc takes on a project but subsequently hands it off to
another student or post-doc, they will most likely lose first-authorship to that student or post-doc, unless
co-first-authorship is appropriate. All of these issues will be discussed openly, and you should feel free to
bring them up if you are not sure of your authorship status or want to challenge it.
Lab members should conduct themselves with honesty and propriety, and perform their duties in a professional and conscientious manner. Examples of dishonest and unacceptable conduct include, but are not limited to, the following: stealing, cheating, lying about work-related matters; plagiarism; falsifying records; unauthorized personal use of Lab property; unauthorized use of Lab confidential information; doing unauthorized private work on University time; and giving or receiving a bribe in any form.
Target on the student cultivation
Throughout your Master or PhD study, it is not important how many papers you
have published. More important is your personal growth. When you can complete the following tasks, in my view,
you have satisfied the requirement of Master degree.
1. Make the decision by yourself
2. Complete writing
the paper on your own
3. Complete the rebuttal on your own
Person in charge: Zhang Xue
If you have any financial problems, please contact Zhang Xue or Zhifeng
Person in charge: Xu Zhengde
1.Please complete the online security exam and download the certificate
(etest.shanghaitech.edu.cn)
2. Sign the security commitment letter with the professor (Prof.Zhu)
3.Please
send these two documents as attachments to SIST RMC committee (rmc.sist@shanghaitech.edu.cn) via email for
authorization (cc lab leader or supervisor).
Tips: The security commitment letter can be downloaded from the
COSMAL account.
Solid State Physics & Magnetism
Solid State Physics, Neil W. Ashcroft, N. David Mermin, Saunders College Publishing, 1976
Introduction to Solid State Physics, Charles Kittel, 8th ed., Wiley, 2004
Magnetism And Magnetic Materials, J. M. D. Coey, Cambridge University Press, 2010
Quantum Mechanics
Introduction to quantum mechanics, David J. Griffiths, 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Solid State Physics
You can refer this video on Bilibili.
Density Functional Theory
Density Functional Theory: A Practical Introduction, DAVID S. SHOLL, JANICE A. STECKEL, Wiley, 2009
Group Theory
Group Theory and Its Applications in Physics, T. Inui Y. Tanabe Y. Onodera, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg,
1990
Neuronal Dynamics
Neuronal Dynamics-From single neurons to networks and models of cognition, Wulfram Gerstner, Werner M. Kistler,
Richard Naud and Liam Paninski
Machine learning
(Online course) Machine Learning-Andrew Ng @ www.coursera.org
http://www.magpar.net/static/magpar/doc/html/demagcalc.html
Extract Parameters
Use this website in the following website to extract parameters from the graphs in the paper. The specific steps are
roughly to set a suitable and sufficient number of reference points, and then click on the point where you want to
extract the parameters.
https://automeris.io/WebPlotDigitizer/
check
Go through arxiv publications everyday.
https://arxiv.org/list/cond-mat/new
Go through publications from Nature, Science, PRL, IEEE EDL, etc.