CSCI 6969 Graduate Skills, Fall 2024
Overview
This seminar course supports the professional development of graduate students in the CSCI department by exposing them to diverse aspects of research through a series of faculty presentations. The skills and knowledge gained in this course will be useful in careers in both academia and industry.
Course Logistics
Instructor: Alex Gittens (gittea at rpi dot edu)
Seminars: selected Wednesdays 9-10am ET in Sage 3101
Grading: P/NC based on an attendance rate of more than 60%.
To show your attendance at each seminar, take and submit within 24 hours, using Submitty, a face picture of one of your classmates (not yourself) that was also attendance at that seminar. Of course, ensure that you have permission to take and share their photo! To be respectful of the presenter, take the picture before the presentation or after, before you leave the classroom.
Seminar Schedule
| Date | Topic |
|---|---|
| August 28 | Introduction to the course |
| September 4 | |
| September 11 | |
| September 18 | |
| September 25 | Writing Proposals -- George Slota |
| October 2 | Writing Papers -- Lei Yu |
| October 9 | Academic Plagiarism, Ethics, Reproducibility & Related Topics -- Oshani Seneviratne |
| October 16 | The Graduate Student Experience -- Dean Colleen Smith |
| October 23 | Reading Papers -- Alex Gittens |
| October 30 | |
| November 6 | |
| November 13 | Applying for Fellowships -- Elizabeth Madigan |
| November 20 | Graduate student roundtable discussion -- Lilian Ngweta, Bao Pham, Ankit Upadhyay, Danielle Villa |
| November 27 | Thanksgiving break |
| December 4 | Advisor information session -- Mohammad Amiri (research overview), Alex Gittens (research overview) |
Additional Resources
Past course websites
RPI's Center for Global Communication+Design (Comm+D): a free consultation resource for the entire RPI community, from students to staff, to assist you with effective communication.