| Date | Topic | Reading | Handouts/Links | Assignments Due |
| 1/27 | Overview. Plagiarism. LaTeX. | Survey
Grading policies LaTeX sample input file and output file LaTeX tutorial input file and output file Plagiarism exercise Paraphrasing guidelines Paper summary guidelines ICML-03 reviewing form Sample topics Newman paper Summary of Newman paper |
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| 1/29 | Library field trip (Simmona Simmons-Hodo). The reviewing process. Discussion of Parberry Classification/Analysis. |
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Library
exercise
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| 2/3 | In-depth paper analysis and critique. |
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Discussion questions
Topic guidelines |
Paper summaries |
| 2/5 | Writing I: Organization, bibliographies. BibTeX. |
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Annotated bibliography guidelines,
LaTeX source, and BibTeX
file
Oren Patashnik, "BibTeXing" Plain (sorted) and unsorted annotated bibliography BibTeX style files Justin Zobel's writing page Levin and Rendell, How to Write a Good Systems Paper Chinneck, How to Organize Your Thesis |
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| 2/10 | In-depth survey analysis and critique. |
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Literature survey tips
Editing symbols |
Topic paragraph |
| 2/12 | Writing II: Style, common errors. |
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Slides
Outside reader agreement Kajiya, How to Get Your SIGGARPH Paper Rejected |
Library exercise |
| 2/17 | How to give a good presentation. |
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Paper presentation feedback form
Student presentation schedule Slides Mark Hill, Oral Presentation Advice Peyton-Jones et al., How to Give a Good Research Talk Winston, Some Lecturing Heuristics Patterson, How to Have a Bad Career in Research/Academia" |
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| 2/19 | Research I: Finding a topic and advisor. |
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Slides
Transcript of Hamming, You and Your Research CRA-W Career Mentoring Workshops Booklet (includes Berman's "Building a Research Career") |
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| 2/24 | Research II: Research topics cont. |
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Outside reader form
Annotated bibliography |
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| 2/26 | Student paper presentations. |
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(Paper summaries) | |
| 3/2 | Writing III: Tools. |
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Literature survey review form | Literature survey outline |
| 3/4 | Student paper presentations. | (Paper summaries) | ||
| 3/9 | Research III: Empirical methodology. |
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Slides on
experiment design
Rob Holte's slides on experimental methodologies |
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| 3/11 | Student paper presentations.
Prof. Oates research overview. |
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Research statement guidelines | Literature survey draft
(Paper summaries) |
| 3/16 | Publicity: CV, networking, website.
Jim Weekley, HTML/web design tools. |
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Slides
Jim's slides Marie's CV: PDF and LaTex source CV samples and guidelines Website samples and guidelines Susan Eggers, Networking and Professional Social Interaction |
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| 3/18 | Student paper presentations. | Literature survey review | ||
| SPRING BREAK | ||||
| 3/30 | Time management; success strategies.
Prof. Cost research overview. |
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Slides
Research paper guidelines H. T. Kung, Useful Things to Know About Ph.D. Thesis Research Janice Cuny, Time Management and Family Issues |
Final literature survey |
| 4/1 | Student paper presentations. | Research problem statement | ||
| 4/6 | Research IV: Proposals, grant writing / Statistical methods.
Matt Gaston, Matlab/Gnuplot/R |
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Slides
Research portfolio guidelines |
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| 4/8 | Research V: Statistical methods.
Eric Eaton, vocal techniques. |
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Slide/presentation guidelines
Presentation feedback form |
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| 4/13 | Terry Yoo (NIH/NLM), tentative topic: proposals and interviews.
Jack Prostko, small-group feedback session. |
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| 4/15 | Research VI: Statistical methods cont.
Prof. Rheingans, user studies. |
Data analysis exercise | Research problem statement revision | |
| 4/20 | Student project presentations. | Research portfolio | ||
| 4/22 | Student project presentations. | |||
| 4/27 | Student project presentations. | Paper draft
Website |
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| 4/29 | Career options.
Panelists: John Park, Nexus Genomics [SLIDES]; Christine Piatko, JHU/APL; Krishna Sivalingam, UMBC; Terry Yoo, NIH/NLM [SLIDES]. |
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Data analysis exercise | |
| 5/4 | Student project presentations. | Paper review | ||
| 5/6 | Student project presentations. | |||
| 5/18, 10:30-12:30 | Student project presentations. | Final paper | ||