A friend showed me these lectures, and, my god, i wish i came across these 10 years ago, they are a series of lectures by one of the early contributors to computing. and by golly does he have a lot of good things to say.
I recommend the starting video, the video on experts, and you and your research in particular.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2FF649D0C4407B30