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

November 6, 2003


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

Alan Sussman: Overview and intro

Gwen Kaye: The application and admissions process, and departmental support for grad students once enrolled

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

Marv Zelkowitz: Doing research, with an emphasis on software engineering

Bonnie Dorr: Doing research, with an emphasis on artificial intelligence and computational linguistics

Bill Gasarch: Doing research, with an emphasis on theory, and what it's like to be a grad student

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

Amitabh Varshney: Why to get an advanced degree, and doing research, with an emphasis on graphics and visualization

Grad student panel: Elena Zotenko, Nate Weisbrot, Alex Grushin