PhD Induction Workshop Schedule, 3-4 May 2012
Day 1: Thursday, 3 May 2012| 13:45-14:00 | Registration | |
| 14:00-14:15 | Welcome
[ slides ] Dr. Stephen Gould |
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| 14:15-14:30 | (A) | Managing your PhD Prof. Henry Gardner |
| 14:30-15:15 | (A) | What makes a good research topic Dr. Lexing Xie |
| 15:15-15:45 | Afternoon tea | |
| 15:45-17:00 | (T) | Developing and debugging (machine learning) algorithms
[ slides ] Dr. Stephen Gould |
| 17:00 | Close day 1 |
Day 2: Friday, 4 May 2012
| 8:30-9:00 | Tea and coffee | |
| 9:00-9:45 | (C) | Publishing papers in computer science
[ slides |
paper template |
thesis template] Prof. Steve Blackburn |
| 9:45-10:30 | (T) | Tips and tricks for Latex
[ slides (pptx) |
slides (pdf) |
links ] Dr. James Montgomery |
| 10:30-11:15 | (C) | How to give a good research talk
[ slides ] Dr. Mark Reid |
| 11:15-11:45 | Morning tea | |
| 11:45-12:30 | (T) | Experimental computer science
[ slides ] Prof. Steve Blackburn |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch | |
| 13:30-14:15 | (C) | Preparing and presenting a (conference) poster Dr. Peter Christen |
| 14:15-15:00 | (T) | Theoretical computer science
[ slides | slides (2x2) ] Dr. Ranald Clouston |
| 15:00-15:15 | Afternoon tea | |
| 15:15-16:00 | (A) | Advice from recent graduates
[ slides ] Dr. Yuhang Zhang and Dr. Elly Liang |
| 16:00-17:00 | (A) | Making a difference by research
[ slides ] Prof. Bob Williamson |
| 17:00 | Close day 2 |
