Graduate Advice Day (GAD)
Graduate Advice Days (GADs) are presentations by faculty, students, and guests that provide current UTCS graduate students with career advice, such as:
GADs are usually be held on the last Friday of this month, immediately prior to TGIF.
Slides or recordings of GAD presentations are posted on the Research & Career Advice page.
Previous Years' GAD Adgendas
2015-2016 Academic Year
December 2, 2015
2013-2014 Academic Year
January 29, 2014
September 27, 2013
2012-2013 Academic Year
April 26, 2013
January 25, 2013
November 30, 2012
October 26, 2012
September 28th, 2012
2011-2012 Academic Year
September 30, 2011
Topic: Finding and Obtaining Fellowships and Grants
Speaker(s): Previous Fellowship Recipients?
Time/Place: 3:00-4:00pm PAI 3.14
October 28, 2011
Topic: Research in Industrial Labs vs. Academia
Speaker(s): TACC? IBM Austin Lab, MSR
Time/Place: 3:00-4:00pm ACES 2.402
November 18, 2011
January 27, 2012
2010-2011 Academic Year
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 |
29 April 2011 | Finding an Academic Position | Kathryn McKinley |
2009-2010 Academic Year
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 |
2008-2009 Academic Year
Feb 6 @ ACES 2.402
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.
2007-2008 Academic Year
2006-2007 Academic Year
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)
2005-2006 Academic Year
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
GAD Topics
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
Choosing an advisor
Senior vs. junior
Prominent or not?
Checking with students
Picking a postdoc position
Giving talks
Introductions
Prettiness
Writing papers
Titles
Abstracts
Prof. Dahlin has been suggested as a good person to give this talk.
Professional Development Seminar on Writing
Picking a path: Academia vs. industry, teaching vs. research, lab vs. commercial
Industry vs. Academia panel talk
How to get an internship / how to be successful at an internship / Internship Panel
Networking
At conferences – faculty / students
Grant writing
How to teach and advise
How to manage your advisor
Switching advisors
C.v. / resume / statement writing & review workshop
Preparing your Ph.D. proposal
Master's career opportunities
Interdisciplinary research
Strategies for finishing