CPS 300
Introduction to Graduate Study

Instructor
Jeff Chase (chase@cs.duke.edu)
Meetings
TTH 3:50 (D106 LSRC)
Typically meets only once per week: see the calendar
Office Hours
chase: MF 2:00-3:00 (D306 LSRC)
 

Welcome back from fall break. There is no class on 10/17, to complete our midterm recovery. Richard Lucic will conduct two sessions on graduate student effectiveness on 10/22 and 10/24.
 
CPS 300 is an introduction for incoming graduate students in computer science. Topics for discussion include: computer science as a research discipline, views of what consitutes a research contribution, approaches to research in different subfields, tools and methodologies, publishing and presenting research results, the role of computer science as an "amplifier" in other sciences, ethical and policy issues, the information technology industry, grants and funding, and guidelines for success as a graduate student and as a scientist.

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