The Department of Computer Science is getting ready to welcome its new graduate and PhD students to campus on August 24. There will be a variety of activities that will enable students to meet with faculty and current students as well as socialize with new classmates. As you can see from the schedule below, new graduate and PhD students should prepare for a busy day! See you on the 24th!
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Time |
Event |
Location |
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8:00am - 9:00am |
Breakfast |
New Computer Science (NCS) First floor atrium |
|
9:00am - 9:30am |
Chair's Welcome, Professor Samir Das |
Javits 100 |
|
9:30am - 10:00am |
Computing Facilities, Peter Ruland |
Javits 100 |
|
10:00am - 10:15am |
CS Graduate Student Council, Saeed and Shachee |
Javits 100 |
|
10:15am - 10:30am |
Women in CS (WiCS) Assistant Professor Jing Chen |
Javits 100 |
|
11:00am - 1:00pm |
PhD program orientation (PhD students only) Professor C.R. Ramakrishnan |
NCS Room 120 |
|
11:00am - 1:00pm |
MS student panel (MS students only) |
Javits 100 |
|
1:00pm - 2:30pm |
Lunch |
NCS First floor atrium |
|
2:30pm - 4:30pm |
PhD student panel (PhD students only) |
NCS Room 120 |
|
2:30pm - 4:30pm |
MS Program Orientation (MS students only) Professors C.R. Ramakrishnan and Erez Zadok |
Javits 100 |
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5:00pm onwards |
BBQ |
NCS Outdoor Patio |
Special notes:
1) On August 25 from 10a-12n, there will be a special advising session for MS students entering the program with prerequisites. This session is taking place in Room 220 in New CS.
2) There are "Faculty Overview Talks" scheduled for September that you don't want to miss! MS students have the option of attending and PhD students are required to attend for CSE600 credit. These talks will take place in Javits 102 from 2:30p-4:00p on Sept. 1, 8, and 15.
