Incoming CS grad and PhD students, mark your calendars!
On August 23 the Department of Computer Science will welcome all new graduate, PhD, and BS/MS students to campus at its fall semester orientation session. Incoming students will learn everything they need to know to have an awesome year. Activities include meeting with faculty and current students as well as socializing with new classmates.
As you can see from the tentative schedule below, new graduate and PhD students should prepare for a busy day! See you on the 23rd!
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Event and Location |
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9:00am - 9:30am |
Chair's Welcome Remarks, ESS 001 Prof. Samir Das |
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9:30am - 10:00am |
Computing Facilities and Staff Introduction, ESS 001 Peter Ruland and Kathy Germana |
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10:00am - 10:15am |
Graduate Student Employees Union (GSEU) remarks, ESS 001 Andrew Dobbyn |
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10:15am - 10:30am |
Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) remarks, ESS 001 Dr. Julian Pessier
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10:30am - 10:45am |
Women in CS (WiCS) talk, ESS 001 Prof. Aruna Balasubramanian |
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11:00am - 1:00pm |
MS program orientation, ESS 001 (MS students only)
Prof. Erez Zadok |
PhD student panel, NCS 120 |
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1:00pm - 2:30pm |
Lunch, NCS atrium |
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2:30pm - 5:00pm |
MS student panel, ESS 001 (MS students only) |
PhD program orientation, NCS 120 (PhD students only)
Prof. C.R. Ramakrishnan |
Legend:
NCS - New Computer Science building
ESS - Earth & Space Sciences building
Directions between campus event locations:
Scenes from last year's orientation:
