本文作者G同学，品学兼优，高考成绩优异，在大陆一所985院校读本科，大一大二时综合测评成绩为专业第1名，三年级时后转学进入到美本名校（大学综合排名30位）继续完成本科学业。G同学有更高的梦想，希望本科毕业后能够到美国最好的大学读博士。为此，参与了美国名校科研项目，增加学术背景，开拓视野，获得真知。通过美国名校科研老师的指导，在圣诞节假期申请到了麻省理工学院学院的科研机会。下文是学生在麻省理工学院科研学习结束后所写的感受。供学生家长参考。
 
       注：中文译文是编辑进行的整理，英语能力较好的学生和家长建议直接阅读英文。
 
First Taste in Research
 
       It was one of my luckiest things to meet Prof. F and to have the research experience at MIT in this winter. Doing research is like putting forward a real big puzzle which happens to help build up the world. Then, there are almost no rules for a group of researchers to use any tool, knowledge, innovation, techniques to solve the puzzle, which is the fascinating part of a research. Researchers are challenged in 2 ways: Is the puzzle put forward meaningful for the real world? Can I solve it? I always wanted to get exposed to a real research. Thankfully, I met Prof. F in this winter and learned so many valuable researching techniques and life guide.
 
       在这个冬天，和F教授见面，并在麻省理工学院参与科研是我最幸运的事情之一。做研究就像提出一个真正的大难题，正好帮助建立世界。那么，一组研究人员几乎没有规则可以使用任何工具，知识，创新和技术来解决这个难题，这是研究的一个有趣的部分。研究人员受到两方面的挑战：难题是否对现实世界有意义？我能解决吗？我一直想要接触到一个真正的研究。谢天谢地，我在今年冬天遇到了F老师，学到了很多有价值的研究技巧和生活指导。
 
Research Aspect
 
       On research aspect, I learned a lot of knowledge from Prof. F. But more importantly, I learned the importance of a research subject, general guide to do research, how to communicate with research leader, and what role the research leader is.
 
       在研究方面，我从F教授那里学到了很多知识。 但更重要的是，我学到了研究课题的重要性，研究的总体指导，如何与研究领导者交流，以及研究领导者的作用。
 
       The first thing I learned is that a good research subject for a person is always a subject that the person is interested in and excited on. Only in this way, he would have the enthusiasm to solve the puzzle in a long term.
 
       我所学到的第一件事就是，一个人的一个好的研究课题永远是这个人感兴趣的课题。 只有这样，他才会有热情去解决这个难题。
 
       Secondly, Prof. F taught me the general guide of doing a research, which is found really helpful when I step into the research. The general guide is to break the research problem into small pieces and solve each of them gradually. When solving a sub-problem, the first step is to understand the problem, having my own critical thinking and read papers related to see what people have already done and what techniques can be applied into the sub-problem. Then, consider only the simplest condition of the sub-problem, build a model to solve it. Adding more complex conditions to the problem, solve the problem again. Repeat this procedure until the model for the sub-problem makes very fewer assumptions. The procedure of extracting model is to understand and communicate with the real world. And the procedure of writing the model in the form of code is to communicate with a computer. As prof. F guided, it is always important to have a folder of my own notes on my ideas and techniques I’ve used and kept track of the staged achievement. As time goes on, I won’t remember every detail about what I’ve done, but those notes would help me on it. Another research guide from prof. F is to collect data from the very beginning of the research day by day. The whole research may take half a year or longer, and collecting data at the very beginning would help me to have a decent database to test the model in the end of the research. Besides, prof. F also told me to separate my notes, code, paper reviewed, and staged presentation. A tidy and organized master folder would be really helpful when tons of documents about the research are generated.
 
       其次，F教授给我一个研究的总体指导，这对我进入研究的过程非常有帮助。总体目标是把研究问题分解成小块，逐步解决。在解决子问题的时候，第一步就是要了解问题，有自己的批判性思维，看看相关的论文，看看人们已经做了什么，哪些技术可以应用到子问题中。那么，只考虑子问题的最简单条件，建立一个模型来解决它。给问题添加更复杂的条件，再次解决问题。重复此过程，直到子问题的模型的假设很少。提取模型的过程是理解和与现实世界沟通。而编写代码的模型的过程是与计算机进行通信。作为教授，总能给我宏观、高效的指导，对我使用的想法和技巧非常重要，并且让我能够记录好所有的科研过程。随着时间的推移，我不会记得我所做的每一个细节，但这些笔记会帮助我。另一个方面，教授每天从研究的开始就收集数据。整个研究可能需要半年或更长的时间，在一开始就收集数据将有助于我有一个正确的数据库在研究结束时测试模型。另外，教授还告诉我要针对对待我的笔记，代码，论文审查等。当大量关于研究的文件产生时，整齐有序的主文件夹将非常有用。
 
       The third thing I’ve learned is what should we get from research leader. The difference between me and the group leader is that the group leader has far more experience, intuitive, and horizons on doing research than me. With the experience and intuitive, the group leader would foresight the road in front far more clearly than me. There was one time in which I spent about 30 hours in 2 days, thinking and trying new techniques to solve a given sub-problem. But nothing worked eventually. In the group meeting, I talked with prof. F. She proposed a model combined 2 methods I rarely listened to. The model worked well. From then, I realized that good communication with the leader would save me tons of time and give me much better horizons. The difference between us and the leader is that they have better intuitive, experience, and horizons. We should utilize that.
 
       我学到的第三件事是我们应该从研究领导者那里得到什么。 我和专家的区别在于，专家比我做的研究有更多的经验，直觉和视野。 凭借丰富的经验和直觉，专家将比我更加清晰地展现前方的道路。 有一次，我在两天的时间里花了大约30个小时，思考和尝试新的技术来解决一个给定的子问题。 但最终没有奏效。 在小组会议上，我和教授谈过了。方。 她提出了一个我很少听到的结合两种方法的模型。 模型运作良好。 从那时起，我意识到，与领导者的良好沟通会为我节省大量的时间，给我更好的视野。 我们和领导者的区别在于他们有更好的直觉，经验和视野。 我们应该利用这一点。
 
       The last thing I learned is how to communicate with a group leader in a research team. It’s always important to make a person’s staged achievement easy to understand and visible. Spend some time to prepare a neat presentation to clearly tell the research leader what I’ve done and what I need from him/her could always save both of my time and my leader’s time. Nevertheless, the process of preparing the presentation also help myself to know what I’ve done, which helps me to conclude and adjust my way to do research more efficiently. The presentations help myself remember what I’ve done and how to achieve the result in later time.
 
       我学到的最后一件事是如何与一个研究小组的专家交流。让一个人的阶段性成就易于理解和明白是很重要的。 花一些时间准备一个整洁的介绍，清楚地告诉研究领导者我做了什么，我需要从他/她可以永远省下我的时间和我的领导的时间。 尽管如此，编写演示文稿的过程也有助于我自己知道自己做了什么，这有助于我总结和调整自己的方式来更有效地进行研究。 演讲会帮助我记住我已经做了什么，以及如何在以后的时间里取得成果。
 
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       还有N多学术素材，由于知识产权或家长原因，不便公开，敬请理解。