2019 Computer Science PhD/MS Grad Student Orientation Events - Schedule Now Available

The schedule for the 2019 Mandatory Computer Science (CS) Graduate Student Orientation on August 22nd, Mandatory orientation to all new MS students with pre-requisites (proficiencies) on August 23rd, Special Jobs/Internship Talk on August 30th, TA Orientation on September 6th, and the CSE 600 Grad Orientation Talks on September 13th, October 4th, and October 11th, are as follows. These events are also listed on our online calendar.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 2019

Time Event & Location
9:00 am -
9:30 am
Chair's welcoming remarks
Javits 100
Prof. Samir Das
9:30 am -
10:00 am
Computing Facilities and Staff introduction
Javits 100
Peter Ruland
10:00 am -
10:15 am
Computer Science Graduate Student Organization (CSGSO) remarks
Javits 100
Saeed Boor Boor and Sergey Madaminov
10:15 am -
10:30 am
Women in CS (WiCS) talk
Javits 100
Alisa Yurovsky
10:30 am -
10:45 am
Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) remarks
Javits 100
Dr. Amanda Donlon
11:00 am -
1:00 pm
Mandatory MS program orientation
Javits 100
(MS students only)
Prof. Erez Zadok
PhD program orientation
NCS 120
(PhD students only)
Prof. C.R. Ramakrishnan
1:00 pm -
2:30 pm
Lunch - NCS atrium
2:30 pm -
2:45 pm
MS student panel
Javits 100
(MS students only)
GSEU remarks
NCS 120
(PhD students only)
Anand Aiyer
2:45 pm -
4:00 pm
PhD student panel
NCS 120
(PhD students only)

 

FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 2019 - NEW COMPUTER SCIENCE - Room 120

Time Event & Location
9 AM - 2.00 PM Mandatory orientation to all new MS students with pre-requisites (proficiencies) in NCS-120, Erez Zadok & CR Ramakrishnan

 

CSE 600 Grad Orientation Talks
Faculty overview talks are 20 minutes in length (including Q&A) 

See below for an event location map.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2019 - EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCES - ROOM 001

Time Speaker Topic(s)
4 PM -5:30 PM Erez Zadok Special Jobs/Internships CSE600 Talk

 

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2019 - EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCES - ROOM 001

Time Speaker Topic(s)
4 PM -5:30 PM C.R. Ramakrishnan TA Orientation

 

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2019 - NEW COMPUTER SCIENCE - ROOM 120
Faculty Area Overview Talks

Time Speaker Topic(s)
2:30 pm Zhenhua Liu Systems, Algorithms, Learning, Energy
2:50 pm Paul Fodor Artificial Intelligence
3:10 pm Scott Smolka Verification, Control, Autonomous Systems
3:30 pm Dongyoon Lee Systems

 

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2019 - EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCES - ROOM 001

Time Speaker Topic(s)
4 PM -5:30 PM Michael Bender and C.R. Ramakrishnan Ethics Talk

 

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2019 - NEW COMPUTER SCIENCE - ROOM 120
Faculty Area Overview Talks

Time Speaker Topic(s)
2:30 pm I.V. Ramakrishnan Accessible Computing, Health, IT
2:50 pm Andrew Schwartz TBD
3:10 pm Aruna Balasubramanian Mobile Systems and Networking
3:30 pm Amir Rahmati Security