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

November 8, 2007


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

Alan Sussman: Overview and intro

Jennifer Story: The application and admissions process, and departmental support for grad students once enrolled

David Jacobs: What doing research is all about, and research in computer vision and graphics

Mike Hicks: Deciding where to go to grad school, and research in programming languages

Amol Deshpande: The importance of doing research as an undergrad, and research in databases

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

Grad student panel: Aaron Schulman, Adam Bender, and Shomir Wilson