| Date | Topic | Action Items Due |
| 8/23 | Outline of the CU CS PhD Process. Requirements, prelims, Taulbee survey data. | Read the web site that describes PhD requirements |
| 8/30 | Resources (1) | Submit plan of study; submit a list of good/bad publication forums in your current area of interest (consult with advisor/senior graduate student on this). Include a paragraph that discusses why one of the good forums is classified as "good" and why one of the bad forums is classified as "bad" |
| 9/6 | Tea House | Meet at 3:30 p.m. in front of the coffee cart on the first floor and walk to Dushanbe tea house. Alternately, you can meet us there at 3:45. |
| 9/13 | Learning the literature | Browse citeseer, ACM digital library, google scholars. For each resource, submit a paragraph that points out its strengths. |
| 9/20 | Evaluating/writing
papers
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Read the following
guidelines for writing papers: OOPSLA-1,
OOPSLA-2,
CHI.
Read one conference paper of your choice and fill out this form (from CHI) about the papers. |
| 9/27 | Evaluating advisors and topics | Interview one senior PhD student and one faculty asking them what they think are the most important criteria for a productive advisor-advisee relationship and thesis topic. Submit a one page report summarizing your interviews.. |
| 10/4 | Evaluating/presenting talks | Read this paper. Put together a 10 minute talk on a topic of your choice. |
| 10/11 | Talks continued | |
| 10/18 |
No class (Amer out of town)
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| 10/25 | Talks continued | |
| 11/1 | Talks continued | |
| 11/8 | Evaluating your
research (human subjects) Guest presentation: Michele Jackson |
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| 11/15 | Writing a proposal | Read this sample proposal and its reviews: proposal summary, proposal, reviews, response to reviews |
| 11/29 | Evaluating your
research (software) Guest presentation: Dirk Grunwald |
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| 12/6 | Writing your dissertation | Read Olin Shiver's dissertation advice |