Welcome to the department! We know that in your decision process you will probably have many questions about all aspects of life in graduate school. We created a list, broken down by topic, of people who would be happy to share their experiences of the past several years.

Feel free to drop any of us a line! Email addresses are listed after each name, all addresses are @cs.utexas.edu. If you have any questions on issues that are not covered here, or that are too general for this list, please contact Joel Hestness (hestness), Donald Nguyen (ddn).

• Computational Neuroscience Manish Saggar (mishu), Austin Waters (austin)
• Cognitive Science Mario Guajardo (guajardo), Manish Saggar (mishu), Austin Waters (austin)
• Machine Perception Austin Waters (Vision and Hearing) (austin)
• Knowledge Representation Yuliya Lierler (yuliya)
• Logic and Reasoning Yuliya Lierler (yuliya), David Rager (ragerdl)
• Machine Learning Shimon Whiteson (shimon), Nick Jong (nkj), Austin Waters (austin), Rohit Kate (rjkate)
• Natural Language Processing Yuliya Lierler (yuliya), Rohit Kate (rjkate)
• Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms Shimon Whiteson (shimon), Austin Waters (austin)
• Robotics Brad Knox (bradknox)

• Serita Nelesen (serita)

• Peter Djeu (djeu)

• David Rager (ragerdl)

• Architecture David Rager (ragerdl), Joel Hestness (hestness)
• Compilers Adam Brown (abrown), Michael Bond (mikebond), Walter Chang (walter), Jenn Sartor (jbsartor)
• Programming Languages David Kitchin (dkitchin), Ian Wehrman (iwehrman)
• Distributed Computing Allen Clement (aclement)
• Operating Systems Walter Chang (walter), Allen Clement (aclement), Don Porter (porterde)
• Networking Mikie Han (Wireless and wired) (hanmi2), Eric Rozner (erozner)
• Security Walter Chang (walter), Arvind Narayanan (arvindn)

• Complexity Theory Anup Rao (arao)
• Automatic Theorem Proving John Erickson (jderick), Ian Wehrman (iwehrman)
• Formal Methods John Erickson (jderick), Srinivas Nedunuri (nedunuri), Ian Wehrman (iwehrman), Serita Nelesen (serita), David Rager (ragerdl)
• Cryptography Arvind Narayanan (arvindn) ===== General issues ===== * Coming in the PhD program with a Master's degree Richard Chang (rchang) * Coming back to grad school after several years out of school Adam Brown (abrown), Srinivas Nedunuri (nedunuri), Don Porter (porterde), Sudipta Chatterjee (sudipta) * Undergrad degree in a field other than CS Brad Knox (bradknox), David Rager (ragerdl), Todd Hester (todd) * TA issues Shimon Whiteson (shimon), Yuliya Lierler (yuliya), Brad Knox (bradknox), Rohit Kate (rjkate), Jenn Sartor (jbsartor), Don Porter (porterde), David Rager (ragerdl) * Choosing an advisor Shimon Whiteson (shimon), Rohit Kate (rjkate), Jenn Sartor (jbsartor), David Rager (ragerdl) * Getting a Master's in a PhD program Mario Guajardo (guajardo), Yuliya Lierler (yuliya), David Rager (ragerdl) ===== Special interest ===== ==== Women's issues ==== * Yuliya Lierler (yuliya), Serita Nelesen (serita), Jenn Sartor (jbsartor) ==== Religious issues ==== * Christian Mikie Han (finding Internation/American/Korean church or Christian group) (hanmi2), Mario Guajardo (Protestant) (guajardo), Serita Nelesen (serita), Don Porter (porterde), David Rager (ragerdl) * Hindu Manish Saggar (mishu), Sudipta Chatterjee (sudipta) ==== Married life ==== * John Erickson (jderick), Adam Brown (abrown), Don Porter (porterde) ==== Going to grad school with children ==== * Adam Brown (abrown) ==== Cross-Cultural issues ==== * Indian Manish Saggar (mishu), Sudipta Chatterjee (sudipta) * Korean Mikie Han (Where to get authentic Korean food!) (hanmi2) * Latin America Mario Guajardo (guajardo) ====== Non-school related ====== ===== Living without a car ===== * Mario Guajardo (guajardo), Manish Saggar (mishu), Brad Knox (But with a scooter) (bradknox), Walter Chang (walter), David Kitchin (dkitchin) ===== Buying a house or a condo ===== * Adam Brown (abrown), Don Porter (porterde) ===== Vegetarian/vegan ===== * Manish Saggar (mishu), Nick Jong (nkj), Walter Chang (walter), David Kitchin (dkitchin) ===== Fine Dining ===== * Walter Chang (walter) ===== Fine wines ===== * Walter Chang (walter) ===== Cultural life ===== * Art David Rager (ragerdl) * Theater Walter Chang (walter), David Rager (ragerdl) * Cinema Austin Waters (austin), Michael Bond (mikebond), David Rager (ragerdl) * Live music Austin Waters (austin), Srinivas Nedunuri (Austin music, eg Continental, Hole in the Wall , Egos, Opal Divines, etc) (nedunuri), Brad Knox (Rock/indie/alternative) (bradknox), Walter Chang (classical) (walter) ===== Sports and outdoor recreation ===== * Ballroom dancing Yuliya Lierler (yuliya), David Rager (ragerdl) * Biking David Rager (ragerdl) * General fitness and UT facilities Yuliya Lierler (yuliya), Michael Bond (mikebond) * Hiking and camping Brad Knox (bradknox), Jenn Sartor (jbsartor), David Rager (ragerdl) * Intramural sports David Rager (ragerdl) * Kickball Todd Hester (todd) * Martial Arts Walter Chang (kendo/fencing) (walter), Jenn Sartor (jbsartor) * Power lifting and body building David Rager (ragerdl) * Racquetball Mario Guajardo (guajardo) * Rock climbing Brad Knox (bradknox) * Running Nick Jong (nkj), Richard Chang (rchang), Michael Bond (mikebond), Jenn Sartor (jbsartor) * Soccer John Erickson (jderick), Michael Bond (mikebond), David Rager (ragerdl) * Squash Anup Rao (arao), Mario Guajardo (guajardo) * Swimming David Rager (ragerdl) * Table tennis Arvind Narayanan (arvindn) * Tennis Rohit Kate (rjkate), Jenn Sartor (jbsartor) * Ultimate frisbee Brad Knox (bradknox) * Visiting State and National parks David Rager (ragerdl) * Dog parks in Austin** Eric Rozner (erozner)