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      How to do PhD, Step by Step Advice from Start to End (This is the article I wrote for http://blog.soton.ac.uk/studentblogs/author/mag208r/ in 2010. Hopefully, It will help new PhD students in UK system) Permanent Head Damage (PHD) is shining at full boom I have become short sighted, lost my memory, lost some hair with white blob at root (so I have to change my hair style), grown fatter my inchoate SIX packs have been replaced by one big integrated pack, I have less time for my friends and family (I apologise, but one day you will be proud of me..;p) Well this is the abstract of what I am doing nowadays. This is my final year, and now I am worried a bit about the work and the final viva. I asked my supervisor about the work and he said it is fine, you will not have any problem; however, the anxiety is natural. I have made a couple of contributions (though none of them qualify for the Nobel Prize), published a couple of conference papers, and hav...

Originally posted on 1 January 2009 at http://blog.soton.ac.uk/studentblogs/author/mag208r/ " Graduation ceremony, Christmas and New Years Eve "We hope you will not forget us....pause.....and If you become rich or very rich...Pause.... we will not forget you." This was the sentence said by the Chancellor of the University of Southampton at the graduation ceremony on 17th Dec 2008, which provoked laughter in the audience. The graduation ceremony went well (though unexpectedly...:)), due to a number of factors which made it an awesome event of my life. First of all the weather was very sunny (Thank GOD no more freezing cold). Second, the arrangements were well organized: How to get robe, from where to collect tickets, decorated halls, wonderful lunch (full of different delicious stuff), and most importantly inspiring media coverage (Thanks to Joyce Lewis and other guys). Last but not the least; we got a chance to meet our old friends, who travelled fro...

This is what I wrote here ( http://blog.soton.ac.uk/studentblogs/author/mag208r/ ) for my MSc experience in ECS, University of Southampton UK. I did my MSc is Software Engg in 2007/08 session. " MSc experiences at ECS "You must answer this question": You will probably be wondering what this sentence has to do with my introduction. Well it is the sentence I say to everyone who complains about the difficulty of my name: "Mustansar" ‘Must-Ansar’ (Pronounced Must Answer). More frankly you can call me 'Musi', my nickname, and my friends call me by this name. I have been here in ECS for the last year. It has been an awesome experience with everything concerned: Campus, Labs, Lectures, Teachers, Friends, and our most hated 'Exams' and 'Course Works'...:). It is good to share the feelings I got since I started my course in MSc Software Engineering (Oct 2007). When I first came to the University of Southampton, the first month was s...

Hi Everyone, My name is Mustansar (remember it from Must-Answer) Ali Ghazanfar and my nick is Musi (remember it from Musi-c) Ali. I am a PhD student at University of Southampton UK. Areas of Expertise: My areas of research are recommender systems and predictions/forecasting. Blogs Focus: In these blogs, you will find information about data mining, machine learning, recommender systems, and predictions/forecasting. (You will often find some blogs touching politics and current affairs). Pls subscribe. Comments/suggestions are most welcome! Links: Find me on LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/pub/mustansar-ali-ghazanfar/4/a00/501 I wrote some of these blogs, during my PhD with University of Southmpton, UK : http://blog.soton.ac.uk/studentblogs/author/mag208r/ My Professional work: Have a nice day! Cheers                                   ...