Take the tour ×  I am going to start Ph.D (software security
research) very soon. How can I prepare for that. Please
recommend any tools or softwares that I need to familiarize with
before stating the Ph.D. Any advices other than softwares?
share|improve this question add comment  6 Answers  I went back
to obtain a PhD after years of working in industry and based on
that, it would have helped up front for me to familiarize myself
with the following things:    • LaTex, for your eventual thesis
but also for the papers you'll probably need to publish.
Luckily, there is a StackExchange site for Tex.   • The
conferences and journals in your field. It helps to look at the
papers your supervisor has published to see what they are. You
might want to read some of the proceedings as part of your
literature study.   • Literature sites and tools. You'll need to
manage a large bibliography and sites like DBLP and Google
Scholar will be useful, along with tools such as JabRef.   •
Technical writing. It's typically useful