| Legends: | Description | Confirmed |
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| 1 | 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. |
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| Special Event: CoC New Student Picnic (Terrell Mill Park up in SE Cobb (Delk Road exit)) | |||
| 2 | 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. |
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9/30 |
Dean Peter Freeman and Associate Dean Richard LeBlanc on the College of "Computing", and their Reseach/Academic Interests | ||
| 3 | 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) |
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10/7 |
Faculty Research Presentations:
Edward Omiecinski, (Databases) Sham Navathe, (Databases)& Leo Mark (Databases) |
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| 4 | 10/12 |
Faculty Research Presentations:
Mark Guzdail, (HCI, Ed Tech) John Stasko, (HCI, Graphics)& Amy Bruckman (HCI, Ed Tech) |
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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) |
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| 5 | 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. |
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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. |
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| 6 | 10/26 |
Faculty Research Presnetations: GVU/IS
(Modeling People)
Irfan Essa , (GVU, IS, FCE) Chris Atkeson (IS, FCE, GVU) Jessica Hodgins (GVU, IS) |
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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) |
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| 7 | 11/2 |
Faculty Research Presentations:
Janet Kolodner. (Ed Tech & CogSci) Sven Koenig (IS, CogSci) Colin Potts (SE, HCI, FCE) |
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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. |
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| 8 | 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. |
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11/11 |
Faculty Research Presentations:
Systems Area Overview (presenter Karsten Schawn) Richard Fujimoto (Architecture. Systems) Karsten Schwan (Systems) |
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| 11/11-11/24 | Early Registration for Winter 1998
(Oscar Web) |
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| 9 | 11/16 |
Faculty Research Presentations:
Mustaque Ahamad (Systems) Kishore Ramachandran (Systems) |
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11/18 |
Faculty Research Presentations:
Ann Chervenak (Systems) Kenneth Mackenzie (Architecture, Systems) T-shirt competition. |
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| 10 | 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 |
11/25 |
*CHANGES* NO CLASS | ||
| 11/26-27 | Thanksgiving Holiday | ||
| 11 | 11/30 |
*CHANGES* Graduate
Students Panel
T-Shirt Competition |
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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. |
updated by irfan 10/20/98