Graduate School in Computer Science: Why, How, and What

October 18, 2006


The links are to the slides, in PDF, for the respective talks.

Alan Sussman: Overview and intro

Bill Gasarch: What admissions committees look for, and why doing research is good (undergrad honors program)

Heather Murray: The application and admissions process, and departmental support for grad students once enrolled

Lise Getoor: The importance of networking - for research, for finding out about graduate schools, for internship opportunities, etc.

Atif Memon: The importance of doing research as an undergrad, and how to go about doing it

Aravind Srinivasan: Why to go to grad school

Michelle Hugue: How to pick a grad school and "how to have a life as a grad student"

Grad student panel: Asad Sayeed, Dov Gordon, Jaymie Strecker