Graduate Student Seminars 2001-2002
Graduate student seminars answer some of the big picture questions about graduate life. The seminars target specific age groups (grad years, not biological) as well as the general population. If you have any suggestions for seminar topics or format, please send mail to the graduate student seminar coordinator, graduate student coordinator, or the faculty graduate student advisor (Anna Karlin).
Contents:
Upcoming Seminars
How to Pass Quals – Tuesday, February 12,
2002, 3:30 pm, Sieg 134
A varied assortment of grad students at different stages of the quals process will discuss how to pick an advisor and topic, how to balance coursework and your research, when to do all these things, and will answer all your questions. Come to learn from their experience with quals or to offer your own quals wisdom.
Schedule
Fall Quarter:
- How
to Find a Job - Monday, October 22, 3:30, in Sieg 134.
Info and resources from this seminar. - Grad
Student Feedback
Winter Quarter:
- What’s
Hot in Computer Science ’02
Slides
from this years event. - How
to Pass Quals
Spring Quarter:
- How
to get a great job
Graduates heading to jobs in academia and industry
Learn all the tricks for how to get a great job in academia and industry. - Grad
Student Elections
We'll munch on pizza and select next year's slate of GSA officers -- the people who contribute so much to making the department a nice place.
Future Topics
This is a list of potential future seminar topics. If you see something that you really want covered, or there is something you'd like to hear about which isn't on this list, please suggest it to the graduate student seminar coordinator! We need your feedback to make this series as useful as possible.
- Conferences and Networking: paper presentation tips, travel trips, schmoozing tips, Networking on the Network
- Everything you need to know about Funding: TAs, RAs, and Fellowships (with the focus on securing Fellowships during your grad school tenure)
- What to do with undergrads participating in your research -- Various grad students who work and research with undergrads talk about how to get undergrads involved in research and how to structure projects so everyone benefits.
Seminars Details
Fall Quarter 2001
How to Find a Job
David
Notkin and Susan
Eggers
Monday, October 22, 2001, 3:30 pm, Sieg 134
Slides from the
seminar
For the very first graduate student seminar of the year, department chair David
Notkin and recent faculty search chair Susan Eggers will offer practical advice
on how to find a great job. If you plan to graduate this year, this is a
must-attend seminar on what you should be doing right now! It is also a
very useful preview for those who want to position themselves for a successful
job search later on. General discussion will follow, and of course refreshments
will be served.
· You can also check out Mike Ernst’s writeup of “Getting an Academic Job” -- Mike is also willing to share more details about his application packet with UW students. Contact him directly at mernst@lcs.mit.edu if you are interested.
Grad Student Feedback – Tuesday,
November 13, 2001 4:00 pm, Sieg 134
The department is soliciting feedback from graduate students regarding what it is doing well and where it needs improvement in all aspects of its operation, from classes, research, and advising to facilities, support, social aspects, and more.
Not every computer science program cares enough about its grad students to listen to their concerns; you should take advantage of this opportunity to make your voice heard and affect the department. Anna Karlin and others take careful notes, and they make real changes based on student input. Tell them both what works and how it can be made even better. The life you improve may be your own.
What’s Hot in Computer Science –
Friday February 1, 2002
Every year a group of grads gets together and makes
presentations about the current hot topics in various CS disciplines.
The idea is to give graduating students, who have been slaving away deep in some obscure corner of CS, the chance to catch up on what's up in other areas. Of course, other students might benefit from this knowledge too -- think of how useful it could be at cocktail parties, bars, bus stops, and so on.
See slides
from this years WHiCS.
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