23#20 there is still much progress to be made

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Here is the progress of last week.

  • Habits:

  • Morning:

  • Wake up at 6:30 am every day

  • Daily English Words

  • Daily Abstract: learn how top researchers write the abstract

  • Daily Coursera: on the one hand, review DL basics; on the other hand, complete an important task every day.

  • Daily Paper reading (read at least 1 paper every day carefully and record it in Notes)

  • Noon:

  • Daily Oral: Practice oral skills every day, especially technical terms. Address this weakness promptly!
    Evening:

  • Daily exercise (swim at least twice, get up early and jog, and keep fit)

  • Life:

  • Learning:

  • Review English grammar (Book: 101 essays, 英语语法新思维)

  • Review Python (Book: Python 王者归来 好羞耻的名字)

  • Review fundamental machine learning and deep learning algorithm (In English and Pay Attention to the terms!!)

  • Research:

  • Spend enough time

  • Think about how to do Poisoning Attack

  • Application:

  • Red Bird Challenge Camp

  • Research Proposal

I enjoy my current state when I concentrate on my work this week. I spent more than 10 hours on average conducting research and preparing documents for the MPhil program.

However, there is still much progress to be made. First, I still did not research everyday goals, including exercise and paper reading. Besides, I had no time to study new knowledge like math and Coursera in order to prepare documents.

Next week, I am going to continue to focus on the research project and reach the daily goals as well. Besides, to satisfy my timetable and maximize efficiency, I will read literature, write codes, discuss and learn English words in the morning and afternoon (i.e., from 7 am to 12 pm and from 2 pm to 6 pm). I am going to study something new and concentrate on the improvement of myself in the evening (i.e., from 7 pm to 10:30 pm).

Here are the objectives for next week.

  • Habits:

  • Morning:

  • Wake up at 6:30 am every day

  • Daily English Words

  • Daily Abstract: learn how top researchers write the abstract

  • Daily Paper reading (read at least 1 paper every day carefully and record it in Notes)

  • Noon:

  • Daily Oral: Practice oral skills every day, especially technical terms. Address this weakness promptly!
    Evening:

  • Daily Leetcode practice and weekly contest

  • Daily exercise (swim at least twice, get up early and jog, and keep fit)

  • Daily Coursera: on the one hand, review DL basics; on the other hand, complete an important task every day.

  • Daily New Knowledge: whatever kinds of new knowledge, it can be math, computer, economics, history, and music. Keep eager, Keep curious.

  • Life:

  • Make sure I get sufficient sleep (sleep before 11 pm and have a noon break)

  • Learning:

  • Review English grammar (Book: 101 essays, 英语语法新思维)

  • Review Python (Book: Python 王者归来 好羞耻的名字)

  • Review fundamental machine learning and deep learning algorithm (In English and Pay Attention to the terms!!)

  • Research:

  • Update wolai personal page and use English to record everything

  • Spend enough time

  • Conduct experiments on base models

  • Read more literature and think about how to do backdoor attack

  • Application:

  • Update personal website

  • Prepare the oral presentation

在整理申请材料的时候，又回顾了一遍往事，推送上的点滴唤醒了回忆。我惊讶地发现，对于那些曾经我觉得有意思，到后面又功利地觉得没有意义的事情，现在看似乎也不是完全没有意义。

无论如何，不管他人如何看，只有你知道你想要做的，只有你能做你想要的。Bill, 坚持做你认为正确的事情。当时不杂，既过不念。日拱一卒，功不唐捐。

既然申请已经提交，接下来就不应该把时间和心情花在担心上。保持积极的同时，考虑成功和失败后需要做的事情。从来不会有 100% 把握的事情，不要过于悲观，也不要过于乐观，做好准备。