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

October 19, 2004


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

Alan Sussman: Overview and intro

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

Jon Katz: Why to get an advanced degree, and doing research with an emphasis on crypto/security/theory

Atif Memon: The importance of doing research as an undergrad, and how to go about doing it, and a little on doing research in software engineering

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

Chau-Wen Tseng: Why to get an advanced degree, and doing research, with an emphasis on programming languages and bioinformatics

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

Grad student panel: Fusun Yaman, Nan Wang, Azarakhsh Malekian, Morgan Kleene