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| - | ====== GAD Plan for 2012-2013 ====== | + | ====== Graduate Advice Day (GAD) ====== |
| - | ===== April 26, 2013 ===== | + | Graduate Advice Days (GADs) are presentations by faculty, students, and guests that provide current UTCS graduate students with career advice, such as: |
| - | * Topic: ?? | + | * Completing the graduate program |
| - | * Speaker: ?? | + | * Performing research |
| - | * Time/Place: ?? | + | * Finding a job |
| + | * Living life as a UTCS graduate | ||
| - | Might not have GAD in March because of GOTO GDC | + | GADs are usually be held on the last Friday of this month, immediately prior to TGIF. |
| - | No GAD in February because of [[:gradfest|GradFest]] | + | Slides or recordings of GAD presentations are posted on the [[research_career_advice|Research & Career Advice]] page. |
| - | ===== January 25, 2013 ===== | ||
| - | * Topic: ?? | ||
| - | * Speaker: ?? | ||
| - | * Time/Place: ?? | ||
| - | ===== November 30, 2012 ===== | + | ===== Previous Years' GAD Adgendas ===== |
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| + | ==== 2015-2016 Academic Year ==== | ||
| + | |||
| + | === December 2, 2015 === | ||
| + | * Topic: How to find an advisor | ||
| + | * Informal session | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== 2013-2014 Academic Year ==== | ||
| + | |||
| + | === January 29, 2014 === | ||
| + | * Topic: Resume Workshop | ||
| + | * Speaker(s); Melanie Pearce, UT College of Natural Sciences, Career Design Center | ||
| + | |||
| + | === September 27, 2013 === | ||
| + | * Topic: Planning Your Research | ||
| + | * Speaker(s); Prof. Ray Mooney, UTCS | ||
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| + | ==== 2012-2013 Academic Year ==== | ||
| + | |||
| + | === April 26, 2013 === | ||
| + | * Topic: Tips for Teaching | ||
| + | * Speaker(s): Prof. Calvin Lin and Prof. Lorenzo Alvisi, UTCS | ||
| + | |||
| + | === January 25, 2013 === | ||
| + | * Topic: Preparing for Academia | ||
| + | * Speaker(s): Prof. Kristen Grauman, UTCS | ||
| + | |||
| + | === November 30, 2012 === | ||
| * Topic: Paper writing | * Topic: Paper writing | ||
| * Speaker: William Cook | * Speaker: William Cook | ||
| * Time/Place: 3:00-4:00pm PAI 3.14 | * Time/Place: 3:00-4:00pm PAI 3.14 | ||
| - | ===== October 26, 2012 ===== | + | === October 26, 2012 === |
| - | * Topic: Acing your RPE [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtsWvEmDdpY|recording]] | + | * Topic: Acing your RPE |
| * Speaker: Don Fussell | * Speaker: Don Fussell | ||
| * Time/Place: 3:00-4:00pm PAI 3.14 | * Time/Place: 3:00-4:00pm PAI 3.14 | ||
| - | ===== September 28th, 2012 ===== | + | === September 28th, 2012 === |
| * Topic: Fellowships | * Topic: Fellowships | ||
| * Speaker: Panel discussion | * Speaker: Panel discussion | ||
| * Time/Place: 3:00-4:00pm PAI 3.14 | * Time/Place: 3:00-4:00pm PAI 3.14 | ||
| - | ====== GAD Plan for 2011-2012 ====== | + | ==== 2011-2012 Academic Year ==== |
| - | ===== September 30, 2011 ===== | + | === September 30, 2011 === |
| * Topic: Finding and Obtaining Fellowships and Grants | * Topic: Finding and Obtaining Fellowships and Grants | ||
| * Speaker(s): Previous Fellowship Recipients? | * Speaker(s): Previous Fellowship Recipients? | ||
| * Time/Place: 3:00-4:00pm PAI 3.14 | * Time/Place: 3:00-4:00pm PAI 3.14 | ||
| - | ===== October 28, 2011 ===== | + | === October 28, 2011 === |
| - | * Topic: Research in Industrial Labs vs. Academia [[https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~gracs/events/GAD-ResearchinIndustrialvsAcademia.m4v|recording]] | + | * Topic: Research in Industrial Labs vs. Academia |
| * Speaker(s): TACC? IBM Austin Lab, MSR | * Speaker(s): TACC? IBM Austin Lab, MSR | ||
| * Time/Place: 3:00-4:00pm ACES 2.402 | * Time/Place: 3:00-4:00pm ACES 2.402 | ||
| - | ===== November 18, 2011 ===== | + | === November 18, 2011 === |
| * Topic: Inter-Disciplinary Research with Real-World Applications | * Topic: Inter-Disciplinary Research with Real-World Applications | ||
| * Speaker(s): Tandy Warnow? Risto? | * Speaker(s): Tandy Warnow? Risto? | ||
| * Time/Place: 3:00-4:00pm | * Time/Place: 3:00-4:00pm | ||
| - | ===== January 27, 2012 ===== | + | === January 27, 2012 === |
| * Topic: Preparing your Resume/CV OR Interviewing Skills (coding) | * Topic: Preparing your Resume/CV OR Interviewing Skills (coding) | ||
| * Speaker(s): | * Speaker(s): | ||
| * Time/Place: 3:00-4:00pm | * Time/Place: 3:00-4:00pm | ||
| - | No GAD in February because of [[:gradfest|GradFest]] | + | ==== 2010-2011 Academic Year ==== |
| - | ===== March 30, 2012 ===== | + | | 24 Sep 2010 | Fellowships | Prof. van de Geijn, Bryan Marker | |
| - | * Topic: | + | | 22 Oct 2010 | Advisors -- Finding and Managing Them | Panel: Donald Fussell, Peter Djeu, and Don Porter| |
| - | * Speaker(s): | + | | 28 Jan 2011 | Preparing your PhD proposal | Graduate students, including Eric and Jeremy | |
| - | * Time/Place: 3:00-4:00pm | + | | 25 Mar 2011 | Writing Papers | Mike Dahlin | |
| + | | 29 April 2011 | Finding an Academic Position | Kathryn McKinley | | ||
| - | ===== April 27, 2012 ===== | + | ==== 2009-2010 Academic Year ==== |
| - | * Topic: | + | |
| - | * Speaker(s): | + | |
| - | * Time/Place: 3:00-4:00pm | + | |
| - | ====== GAD Topics ====== | + | | 30 Apr 2010 | Research Funding (Prof. W. Hunt) | |
| + | | 26 Mar 2010 | Conference Talks & Networking (Profs. P. Stone and C. Lin) | | ||
| + | | 05 Mar 2010 | Tools for Becoming an Excellent Researcher | | ||
| + | | 29 Jan 2010 | Internships -- Industrial and Research (Prof. R. van de Geijn) | | ||
| + | | 25 Sep 2009 | Fellowships | | ||
| - | Here are topics that have been suggested for Graduate Advising Day. Add your thoughts! Simply [[doku.php?id=graduate_advice_day&do=login|log in]] and [[doku.php?id=graduate_advice_day&do=edit|edit]]. | + | ==== 2008-2009 Academic Year ==== |
| + | === Feb 6 @ ACES 2.402 === | ||
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| + | * 9:00 am - //We want you to succeed!// J Strother Moore | ||
| + | * 9:15 am - //Job and internship interview questions to ask and expect//, Kathryn S McKinley | ||
| + | * 9:45 am - //Practicum: Practice interviewing with your peers.// | ||
| + | * 10:15 am - //Break// | ||
| + | * 10:30 am - //Panel led discussion: What I wish I had done in graduate school and the best thing I did do//, Mike Walfish & Brent Waters | ||
| + | * 11:30 am - //Networking//, Adam Klivans | ||
| + | * 12:00 pm - //Lunch & Practicum: Give an elevator talk.// Come prepared to describe your research to a student outside your research area. | ||
| + | * 1:00 am - //Looking back, peering ahead//, Rama Kotla, Microsoft Research (UT PhD 2008) | ||
| + | * 1:30 pm - //Practicum: Curriculum vitae swap.// Bring your CV. You will exchange with a student outside your research area. | ||
| + | * 2:00 pm - //I speak pretty now//, Kristen Grauman | ||
| + | * 2:30 pm - //Break// | ||
| + | * 3:00 pm - //Interdisciplinary research//, Luay Nakhleh, Assistant Professor, Rice University (UT PhD 2004) | ||
| + | * 3:30 pm - //On writing well//, William Cook | ||
| + | * 4:00 pm - //Practicum: writing swap.// Bring a one to two page writing sample, such as the abstract and introduction of a work in progress, your research statement, or a paper critique. You will exchange with a student outside your research area. | ||
| + | * 4:45 pm - //Evaluation:// Fill out web evaluation form. | ||
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| + | ==== 2007-2008 Academic Year ==== | ||
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| + | ==== 2006-2007 Academic Year ==== | ||
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| + | UTCS Graduate Advice Day, Feb 23, 2007 | ||
| + | * Overview & What we are doing to help you succeed, J Moore, Department Chair | ||
| + | * Communication Skills, Adam Klivans | ||
| + | * Panel: What Will I Do When I Graduate? (Praveen Yalagandula, HP; Dave Moriarty, Apple; Seth Pettie, University of Michigan -- all UT PhD grads) | ||
| + | * Managing Your Advisor, Keshav Pingali | ||
| + | * Panel: Tools and Advice for AI, Systems, & Theory Research (Ned Dimitrov, Mike Bond, Shimon Whiteson -- all UT PhD students) | ||
| + | * Advice on Applying and Interviewing for Jobs, Steve Keckler | ||
| + | * Panel: Work-Life Balance (Adam Brown, PhD student; Emmett Witchell, assistant prof; Kathryn McKinley, prof) | ||
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| + | ==== 2005-2006 Academic Year ==== | ||
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| + | UTCS Graduate Student Advice Day, May 11, 2006 | ||
| + | * Overview & What we are doing to help you succeed, J Moore, Department Chair | ||
| + | * Starting a research career & picking an advisor, Emery Berger, Assistant Prof at UMass (UT graduate) | ||
| + | * What your advisor can do for you & managing your advisor, Doug Burger, Associate Professor | ||
| + | * Communication skills - I speek pretty now, Mike Dahlin, Associate Professor | ||
| + | * Networking, Pete Manolios, Assistant Professor at Georgia Tech (UT graduate) | ||
| + | * What it takes to land academic interviews & how to create it, - Kathryn McKinley, Professor | ||
| + | * Preparing for an academic interview, Karu Sankaralingam, Graduate Student | ||
| + | * What I did right, what I would change, & other general advice, Long Huang, Graduate Student | ||
| + | * What I did right, what I would change, & other general advice, JP Martin, Graduate Student | ||
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| + | ===== GAD Topics ===== | ||
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| + | Here are topics that have been suggested for Graduate Advising Day. Add your thoughts! Simply log in and edit this section. | ||
| * Selecting exciting research projects | * Selecting exciting research projects | ||
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| * Interdisciplinary research | * Interdisciplinary research | ||
| * Strategies for finishing | * Strategies for finishing | ||
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| - | ====== Previous Years' GADs ====== | ||
| - | * 2010-2011 | ||
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| - | | 24 Sep 2010 | Fellowships | Prof. van de Geijn, Bryan Marker | | | ||
| - | | 22 Oct 2010 | Advisors -- Finding and Managing Them | Panel: Donald Fussell, Peter Djeu, and Don Porter| | | ||
| - | | 28 Jan 2011 | Preparing your PhD proposal | Graduate students, including Eric and Jeremy | | | ||
| - | | 25 Mar 2011 | Writing Papers | Mike Dahlin | [[https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~gracs/events/GAD_25Mar.mov|recording]] | | ||
| - | | 29 April 2011 | Finding an Academic Position | Kathryn McKinley | [[https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~gracs/events/GAD_29Apr.mov|recording]] | | ||
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| - | * Older | ||
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| - | | 30 Apr 2010 | Research Funding (Prof. W. Hunt) | | ||
| - | | 26 Mar 2010 | Conference Talks & Networking (Profs. P. Stone and C. Lin) | | ||
| - | | 05 Mar 2010 | Tools for Becoming an Excellent Researcher | | ||
| - | | 29 Jan 2010 | Internships -- Industrial and Research (Prof. R. van de Geijn) | | ||
| - | | 25 Sep 2009 | Fellowships [[https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~leners/gad.pdf|slides]] | | ||
| - | | 2009 Spring | See [[research_career_advice|Grad Advice]] page | | ||
| - | | 2007 Spring | See [[research_career_advice|Grad Advice]] page | | ||
| - | | 2006 Spring | See [[research_career_advice|Grad Advice]] page | | ||
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