## Rules of Thumb * What are some rules of thumb for how to make progress in research? - We do these things all the time, and some are well known but we rarely write them down - Sometimes having a checklist is useful when you get stuck, or when you're tired * Today we'll be developing a list of such rules of thumb - Two levels: on solutions and on problems - Each rule of thumb should be at most 1 sentence long ## How to solve solutions * What are concrete things to try when you get stuck solving a problem in your area? ## How to pose problems * What are things to think about or questions to ask when you get stuck posing/framing a problem?