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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
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
A: advice and big picture; C: communicating your research results; T: technical.

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
A: advice and big picture; C: communicating your research results; T: technical.

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