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Join us for an insightful overview of the transition from undergraduate to graduate studies in computer science at UGA. Led by Department Head Eileen Kraemer, this session covers essential topics such as planning for graduate school, managing your time effectively, selecting courses of interest, and the importance of choosing the right advisor for your research. Gain insights into the graduate programs, available resources, and best practices to succeed in your academic journey. Let's pave the way for your future in computer science!
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Welcome to Computer Science at UGA! Eileen Kraemer February 11th, 2011
Outline • Introductions • Grad school != undergrad • Planning and time management • Courses of interest • Choosing an advisor and topic
Introductions Eileen Kraemer – Department Head Suchi Bhandarkar – Graduate Coordinator Dan Everett – Undergraduate Coordinator
Office Staff • M. Jean Power • Business Manager, Boyd 413 • payroll, other financial matters • Elizabeth Williams • Administrative Specialist, Boyd 411 • Prox card access to building, keys for labs that require them • Claudia Sewell • Administrative Associate, Boyd 415 • grad program admissions, forms, status
Systems Support • Ken Powell, IT Manager • Piotr Misztal, Sys Admin • Nathan Steward, Sys Admin • Boyd 206 • Account issues, Prox card access to rooms in Boyd • See FAQ, email support@cs.uga.edu, ring bell to 206 (in that order)
Undergraduate Programs • Take classes • Get good grades • Fulfill requirements • Graduate
Graduate programs Coursework Professor Robinson will discuss; see web for details Attending seminars and conferences can help you to identify a problem. Your advisor will help you with this. • Implementation, Experimentation, and Evaluation • Details will depend on the problem you solve, but evaluation is critical – you need to be able to claim that you’ve done something new and better • Reading • First, to identify a problem of interest • Why is this problem important? • Why is it difficult /interesting? • Then, to expand your knowledge of related work in that area • What have other people done, what was good about their approach, what was lacking? Finally, graduate! Writing - publish your results in conference paper, journal paper - thesis / dissertation
Time Management • For each hour in class, expect to spend 3-4 hours out of class, on average. • Lighter early in semester, heavier later in semester. • Make a weekly schedule for yourself. Plan out time to work on each project, subject, obligation.
Advice on the process … • See “How to be a Good Grad Student” : • http://www.cs.indiana.edu/HTMLit/how.2b/how.2b.html
Research Methods for CS • CSCI 6950, 1 credit hour, Kraemer • “Lunch and Learn” format • Mondays at 1:25 • Brown bag, or buy pizza (subsidized) or other takeout • took place in the fall … you can see the web page with presentations and links to resources at: www.cs.uga.edu/~eileen/6950
CSCI 6950, Topics • The UNIX command-line interface • Basics of System Administration • Windows • Linux • Mac • Latex and Bibtex • End Note • Version control with svn
CSCI 6950 Topics, continue • Making the most of UGA library resources • The make utility • Debugging with gdb • How to install & use Eclipse • Setting up your dept. web page • Anatomy of a research paper • Responsible conduct of research, ....
Getting started • Process for assigning new students to assistantship duties is “in progress” – you’ll know something more in a week or so. • In the meantime: • Consider attending seminars and research meetings to learn about research groups
Research Meetings • Professors may advertise • look for email announcements • My advertisement of interest areas: • Psychology of Programming / Software Engineering for Concurrency / Use of Diagrams and Visualization • User Interfaces and Visualizations for Bioinformatics • send email with schedule if interested in joining weekly reading group • eileen@cs.uga.edu
Thanks! .. and a word from the ACM
Hamid Arabnia PhD, Kent at Canterbury, 1987 Ismailcem Budak Arpinar PhD, Middle East Technical University, 1998 Suchi Bhandarkar PhD, Syracuse University, 1989 Liming Cai PhD, Texas A&M, 1994 Julia Couto, PhD, Universidad Politecnico de Madrid, 1992 Faculty
Faculty, continued • Prashant Doshi • PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2005 • Dan Everett • PhD, University of Wisconsin, 1976 • Shelby H. Funk • PhD, University of North Carolina, 2004 • Maria Hybinette • PhD, Georgia Tech, 2000 • Krzysztof Kochut • PhD, Louisiana State University, 1987
Faculty, continued • Eileen Kraemer • PhD, Georgia Tech, 1995 • Kang Li • PhD, Oregon Graduate Institute, 2002 • Tianming Liu • PhD, Shanghai Jiaotong University, 2002 • John Miller • PhD, Georgia Tech, 1986 • Christopher Plaue • PhD, Georgia Tech 2009
Faculty, continued • Don Potter • PhD, South Carolina, 1987 • Lakshmish Ramaswamy • PhD, Georgia Tech, 2005 • Khaled Rasheed • PhD, Rutgers, 1998 • Bob Robinson – just retired • PhD, Cornell, 1966
Faculty, continued • Jeff Smith • PhD, NC State, 1978 • Thiab Taha • PhD, Clarkson University, 1982
