TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
In addition to the lectures, the students are also expected to watch the interviews in Research Diaries.
| Date | Topic | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1/13/2020 | Course Introduction | Lecture 1 | |
| 1/15/2020 | PhD Goals; Selecting a Research Topic | Lecture 2 | |
| 1/22/2020 | Selecting a Research Topic | Lecture 3 | |
| 1/27/2020 | Evaluating a Research Topic | Lecture 4 | |
| 1/29/2020 | Anatomy of a Computer Science Research Paper PhD Student Life Discussions with Prof. Panruo Wu | Lecture 5 | |
| 2/3/2020 | Paper Parts and Types | Lecture 6 | |
| 2/5/2020 | Research and Career Tips | Lecture 7 | |
| 2/10/2020 | Paper Types, Citations, Review | Lecture 8 | |
| 2/12/2020 | Paper Review | Lecture 9 | |
| 2/17/2020 | Metrics, Conferences | Lecture 10 | |
| 2/19/2020 | Hypothesis and Metrics | Lecture 11 | |
| 2/24/2020 | Hypothesis, Metrics, Experiments | Lecture 12 | |
| 2/26/2020 | Clear Scientific Writing: Higher Order Writing Concerns Guest: Holly Prevost | Lecture 13 | |
| 3/4/2020 | Experiments and Metrics | Lecture 14 | |
| 3/4/2020 | How to Write Good Papers? Guest: Prof. JF Paris | Lecture 15 | |
| 3/23/2020 | Experiments, Reviews, Research Ideas | Lecture 16 | |
| 3/23/2020 | Paper Expectations and Idea Generation | Lecture 17 | |
| 3/30/2020 | Giving Technical Talks Guest: Prof. Jaspal Subhlok | Lecture 18 | |
| 4/1/2020 | A few things you may need to create an effective visualization Guest: Prof. Guoning Chen | Lecture 19 | |
| 4/6/2020 | Talk Critique, Generating Ideas, Reading Papers, Tracking Papers | Lecture 20 | |
| 4/13/2020 | Tracking Papers, Writing experience, Sampling Bias | Lecture 21 | |
| 4/15/2020 | Clear Scientific Writing: Lower Order Writing Concerns Guest: Holly Prevost | Lecture 22 | |
| 4/20/2020 | Intellectual Property and Human Subject Research | Lecture 23 |