CS7100: Schedule


Official Georgia Tech Calendar for Fall 1997
Class Time: 2pm - 3pm,
Location: 102 CoC
 
Week 
Date 
Topic 
Lectures Notes
Wednesday 
9/24
Introductions/Administravia C2000 Slides 
Powerpoint Slides.
Friday 
9/26
Dean Peter Freeman and Associate Dean Richard LeBlanc  on the College of "Computing". C2000 Slides
2 Monday 
9/29
Panel: What does it mean to "do research"? 
Panelists: Chris Atkeson, Ken Calvert, Ann Chervenak, Ellen Zegura, etc. 
Reading: Latour, Introduction and Chapter 1.
C2000 Slides
Wednesday 
10/1
Faculty Research Presentations: GVU Overview and VE Group 
Faculty Members: Larry Hodges, & Jarek Rossignac
C2000 Slides
Firday 
10/3 
Making Progress in an Unstructured Environment: Time Management, Setting Goals, Filing System Tips 
Reading: Peters, Chapter 12, Latour, Chapter 2
C2000 Slides
Saturday 
10/4
Special Event: CoC New Student Picnic
3 Monday 
10/6
Applying for Fellowships 
Guest Lecturer: Amanda Gable & Jeff Donnell (Graduate Writing Program) 
Tucker Balch away.
C2000 Slides
Wednesday 
10/8 
Faculty Research Presentations: GVU/Edutech 
Faculty Members: John Stasko, & Amy Bruckman
Friday 
10/10
Faculty Research Presentations: 
Faculty Members: Mark Guzdail, & Colin Potts 
Due: A paper on "What is research?"
Monday 
10/13 
Faculty Research Presentations: Systems, Distributed and Parallel 
Faculty Members: Karsten Schwan, & Mustaque Ahamad 
Irfan Essa away to Wearcon
Wednesday 
10/15
Faculty Research Presentations: Systems Group. Architecture 
Faculty Members: Ann Chervenak, &Kishore Ramachandran 
Irfan Essa away to Wearcon
Friday 
10/17
Faculty Research Presentations: Systems & Theory 
Faculty Members: Raja Das & H Venkateswaran.
5 Monday 
10/20
Graduate Students Day. 
Irfan Essa away to PUI 97
Wednesday 
10/22
Faculty Research Presentations: Networking, BTC, HII 
Faculty Members: Ken Clavert & John Limb
Friday 
10/24 
Doing Research: Reading Papers, Choosing Topics, Participating in the Community 
Reading: Peters, Chapter 13 
C2000 Slides
6 Monday 
10/27
Faculty Research Presentations: GVU/IS, Animation/Vision 
Faculty Members: Jessica Hodgins, & Irfan Essa
Irfan's slides
Wednesday 
10/29 
Faculty Research Presentations: FCE 
Faculty Members: Gregory Abowd, Chris Atkeson & Irfan Essa
C2000 Slides
10/29-11/11 Early Registration for Winter 1998 
(Oscar Web)
Friday 
10/31 
*CHANGED*
  • Attending Conferences, Reviewing Technical Papers, Life in Academia 
  • Videos 
  • Halloween/Ghost Stories 
  • Q&A 
Choose 1st Project 
Due: Proposal of first Project by 6am.
Monday 
11/3 
Faculty Research Presentations: GVU/Graphics 
Faculty Members: Jarek Rossignac, & Greg Turk
Wednesday 
11/5 
Graduate Student Milestones: Requirements and Expectations 
Doctoral Program Rules: Academic Year 1997-8 
Guest: John Stasko, & Ken Calvert
C2000 Slides
Friday 
11/7 
Panel: What does it mean "to teach"? 
Panelists: Ashwin Ram, Greg Turk, Ellen Zegura, Idris Hsi 
Monday 
11/10 
Technical Writing; What is a Good Research Paper? 
Guest Lecturer: Amanda Gable & Jeff Donnell (Graduate Writing Program) 
Choose 2nd Project  
Due: Proposal for 2nd Project by 6am on WWW. 
Reading: Dupre,Introduction
Wednesday 
11/12 
Faculty Research Presentations: IS / Learning 
Faculty Members: Chris Atkeson, & Ashwin Ram
Friday 
11/14
Faculty Research Presentations: Networking 
Faculty Members: Mostafa Ammar & Spencer Rugabar 
Due: 1st Project Report Due on the WWW by 6am
9 Monday 
11/17 
Giving Good Technical Presentations 
Guest Lecturer: Amanda Gable & Jeff Donnell (Graduate Writing Program) 
Choose 3rd Project 
Due: Proposal for 3rd Project by 6am on WWW  
Reading: Peters, Chapter 20
Wednesday 
11/19 
Georgia Tech Libraries 
Guest: Julie Yang, Georgia Tech Library.
Friday 
11/21
Faculty Presentation: GVU/ISR, Design 
Faculty: Chuck Eastman, Ashok Goel, Jarek Rossignac 

Irfan Essa away

10 Monday 
11/24
Panel: Society, Computing and Ethics 
Guests: Peter Freeman, Wendy Newstetter, Mark Guzdial, Al Badre, Amy Bruckman, Phil Enslow, and Colin Potts 
 *CHANGE* 
Due: 2nd Project Report Due on WWW by 6am
Wednesday 
11/26
Faculty Research Presentations: 
Ellen Zegura  

Finding a Summer Job/Internships/Co-ops? 
Reading: Peters, Chapter 24. 
*CHANGE* 
T-shirt competition.

Friday 
11/28
Thanksgiving (No Class)
11 Monday 
12/1
Starting a Research Project/Choosing an Advisor 
Reading: Peters, Chapter 5, 15, & 16 
*CHANGE* 
Course Evaluations
Wednesday 
12/3
Doing a Literature Search (Important Tips) 
Guest: Julie Yang, Georgia Tech Library. 
This meeting is at the Library. Meet in CoC 102 at 2pm and walk over together.
Friday 
12/5
Faculty Presentation: Databases
Sham Navathe.
New Faculty: Sven Keonig (from CMU) & Ken McKenzie (from MIT).
CS7100: Group Photo. 
*CHANGE* 
Due: 3rd Project Report due by 6am on WWW
Wednesday 
12/10
Officially Scheduled Final Exam Period 3:50pm - 5:40pm 
All grades from Mini-project Sponsors have to be submitted by this date.

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