Academic Careers for CS Graduates

This document has links to resources for graduating doctoral Computer Science students that are looking for placement in academia.

• Jonathan Katz and Lise Getoor presented their views on academic careers on October 28, 2002. This presentation is archived here.
   
• Jeff Foster and Hanan Samet presented their perspective on academic job hunting on November 25, 2002. The presentation by Jeff Foster is archived here.
   
• Lise Getoor has assembled several useful links for doctoral students including links for job applications and interviewing.
   
• Dianne O'Leary has written a nice overview of the graduate study that touches on a number of topics, including careers in academia: http://www.cs.umd.edu/~oleary/gradstudy/gradstudy.html

Tomorrow's Professor is a good book about academic careers. A copy of this book is available in the CS departmental library.

Here are some more links:

• Talk by Margo Seltzer
• CRA Job Announcements, Taulbee Salary Survey, NRC Rankings
• CRA Academic Careers Workshop 2002
• Advice on Academic Jobs
• Job Search Links
• NRC report on Academic Careers for Experimental Computer Scientists and Engineers