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Fall 2017 Computer Science Graduate Skills Seminar
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.. list-table:: Fall 2017 Schedule: Wednesdays at 10AM at Darrin (DCC) 239
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 * - Date
   - Time
   - Location
   - Topic
   - Speaker
   - Slides
 * - Sep 6
   - 10 AM
   - Eaton 215
   - Graduate school
   - `Sibel Adali <http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~sibel>`_
   - `PDF <_static/fall2016/Graduate_School_Fall2016.pdf>`_
 * - Sep 13
   - 10 AM
   - Eaton 215
   - What is research
   - `M. Zaki <http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~zaki>`_
   - To be posted
 * - Sep 20
   - 10 AM
   - Eaton 215
   - Fellowship applications
   - `Alice Broussard <http://gradoffice.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=300>`_
   - To be posted
 * - Sep 20
   - 10 AM
   - Eaton 215
   - Professional Development and Leadership Opportunities
   - `Colleen Smith <http://gradoffice.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=300>`_
   - To be posted
 * - Sep 27
   - 10 AM
   - Eaton 215
   - Writing papers
   - `Fran Berman <http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~bermaf>`_
   - To be posted
 * - Oct 4
   - 10 AM
   - Eaton 215
   - Giving talks
   - `Elliot Anshelevich <http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~eanshel>`_
   - To be posted
 * - Oct 11
   - 10 AM
   - Eaton 215
   - Reading research papers
   - `Alex Gittens <http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~gittea>`_
   - To be posted
 * - TBA
   - 10 AM
   - Eaton 215
   - Career paths after graduate school
   - `Bolek Szymanski <http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~szymansk>`_
   - To be posted
 * - TBA
   - 10 AM
   - Eaton 215
   - Writing proposals
   - `Jim Hendler <http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~hendler>`_
   - To be posted


  
Resources
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-  Past course websites: `Fall 2016 <fall2016.html>`_

-  CRA-W workshops on Graduate Skills (look for slides under different
   workshops and cohort programs)

   (Presentations on topics like Master's vs. Ph.D, Publishing your
   research, finding advisor, balancing personal and professional
   life, career paths, building self confidence, building professional
   persona, finding a research topic)

   http://cra.org/cra-w/resources/resources-from-past-events/

-  UToronto Graduate Skills seminar

   http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/~hertzman/courses/gradSkills/2010/


-  How to do good research and get it published and cited (Eamonn Keogh)

   http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~eamonn/Keogh_SIGKDD09_tutorial.pdf

-  Critical Questions for Research Proposals (a.k.a. Heilmeier questions)

   http://www.design.caltech.edu/erik/Misc/Heilmeier_Questions.html

-  How to choose a research topic

   http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/GradConf/talks/bruce/ChoosingTopic.pdf