CS7100: Schedule *TENTATIVE*


Official Georgia Tech Calendar for Fall 1998
Class Time: 4:30pm - 6:00pm,
Location: 102 CoC

[C2000 Logo] Classroom 2000 Lectures for CS7100 Spring 1998 [C2000 Logo]

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Week 
Date 
Topic 
 Notes
Wednesday 
9/23
Introductions/Administravia 
Making Progress in an Unstructured Environment: Time Management, Setting Goals, Collaborating, Surviving.... 
Reading: Peters, Chapter 12, Latour, Chapter 2. Baker "Students: How to get a PhD and have a life too" CHI Bulletin 29(3), 1997.
 
 
Saturday 9/26 12n-5pm Special Event: CoC New Student Picnic (Terrell Mill Park up in SE Cobb (Delk Road exit))
2 Monday 
9/28
Panel: What does it mean to "do research"? 
Panelists: Beth Mynatt, Mike McCraken, Janet Kolodner, Colin Potts, Chris Atkeson 
Reading: Latour, Introduction and Chapter 1.
Wednesday 
9/30
Dean Peter Freeman and Associate Dean Richard LeBlanc  on the College of "Computing", and their Reseach/Academic Interests
3 Monday 
10/5
Applying for Fellowships 
Guest Lecturer: Amanda Gable & Jeff Donnell (Graduate Writing Program) 
Deadline: Groups A & B, Choose First Project and update your WWW page to state what your project is. (If this will be a major project, the description needs to be a bit detailed)
Wednesday 
10/7
Faculty Research Presentations: 
Edward Omiecinski, (Databases) 
Sham Navathe, (Databases)& 
Leo Mark (Databases)
Monday 
10/12 
Faculty Research Presentations: 
Mark Guzdail, (HCI, Ed Tech) 
John Stasko,  (HCI, Graphics)& 
Amy Bruckman  (HCI, Ed Tech)
Wednesday 
10/14
Faculty Research Presentations: 
John Limb "Introduction to research in the telecommunications access network" (Networking, BTC) 
Jarek Rossignac "Geometric Compression and Graphic Interaction" (Graphics, GVU) 
Blair MacIntyre,(HCI, GVU)
5 Monday 
10/19
Faculty Research Presentations: Future Computing Environments Group  
Gregory Abowd, Chris Atkeson, Irfan Essa, Beth Mynatt, Blair MacIntyre, Thad Starner 
Overview by ALL and Individual Presentations by Gregory Abowd & Beth Mynatt 
Deadline: Group B, For Students doing 3 projects, 1st Project Report Due.
Wednesday 
10/21
Research Papers, whatt are they all about, what to look for ? 
Guest Lecturer: Spencer Rugaber  
Reading: A Frederick P. Brooks, Jr. "No Silver Bullet - Essence and Accidents in Software Engineering" , IEEE Computer,  April 1987. (will be handed out). Also see WWW page: http://www.cc.gatech.edu/student.services/phd/phd-advice/research_paper. 
Research Presentation: Spencer Rugaber (Software Engineering) 
Deadline: Group B, For Students doing 3 projects, Choose 2nd Project and update WWW page with a report of what it will be.
6 Monday 
10/26
Faculty Research Presnetations: GVU/IS (Modeling People) 
Irfan Essa , (GVU, IS, FCE) 
Chris Atkeson (IS, FCE, GVU) 
Jessica Hodgins (GVU, IS)
Wednesday 
10/28
Graduate Student Milestones: Requirements and Expectations 
Doctoral Program Rules: Academic Year 1997-8 
Guest: John Stasko, Graduate Programs Coordinator & Ron Arkin, PhD Review Coordinator 
Research Prsentation: Ron Arkin (IS)
Monday 
11/2 
Faculty Research Presentations: 
Janet Kolodner.  (Ed Tech & CogSci) 
Sven Koenig (IS, CogSci) 
Colin Potts (SE, HCI, FCE) 
Wednesday 
11/4
Faculty Research Presentations: 
Mostafa Ammar, (Networking, BTC) 
Ellen Zegura  , (Networking, BTC) 
Leonard Schulman (Theory) 
Irfan Away 
Deadline: Group B, For Students doing 3 projects, 2nd Project Report Due 
Deadline: Group A, For students doing 1 OR 2 Projects: 1st Project Due OR Mid Term Progress Report Due.
Monday 
11/9 
Technical Writing; What is a Good Research Paper? & 
Giving Good Technical Presentations 
Guest Lecturer: Amanda Gable & Jeff Donnell (Graduate Writing Program) 
Reading: Dupre,Introduction, Peters, Chapter 20 
Deadline: Group B, For Students doing 3 projects, Choose 3rd Project and update WWW page with a report of what it will be.
Wednesday 
11/11
Faculty Research Presentations:  
Systems Area Overview (presenter Karsten Schawn) 
Richard Fujimoto (Architecture. Systems) 
Karsten Schwan (Systems)
11/11-11/24 Early Registration for Winter 1998 
(Oscar Web)
9 Monday 
11/16
Faculty Research Presentations: 
Mustaque Ahamad (Systems) 
Kishore Ramachandran (Systems) 
Wednesday 
11/18
Faculty Research Presentations:  
Ann Chervenak (Systems) 
Kenneth Mackenzie (Architecture, Systems) 
T-shirt competition.
10 Monday 
11/23
Starting a Research Project/Choosing an Advisor. 
Academia: Participating in the Community, Publishing, Reviewing, Conferences. 
Reading: Peters, Chapter 5, 15, 16, 22 
Rabbit's Thesis
Wednesday 
11/25
*CHANGES* NO CLASS
 11/26-27 Thanksgiving Holiday
11 Monday 
11/30
*CHANGES* Graduate Students Panel 
 T-Shirt Competition
Wednesday 
12/2
*CHANGES* Finding a Summer Job/Internships/Co-ops? 
Reading: Peters, Chapter 24. 
Final Thoughts / Future Plans/ Odds & Ends 
Group Picture 
*CHANGES* Course Evaluations 
Deadline: Groups A & B, Final Project Reports Due.
Irfan's Grad School CV (pdf), (ps)
12/7-11 Final Exams
TBS Georgia Tech Libraries 
Guest: Julie Yang, Georgia Tech Library.

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