Course calender, Spring 2005
[Last changed: 1/26/2005 at 4:15pm]

Week 1: Intro, being a grad student
* Tue, Jan 18: Course Intro, what do CS researchers do?
Notes 0-4.
Reading Assignment: 4 websites listed in the notes.
* Thu, Jan 20: How to be a successful research-track graduate student.
Notes 5-14.
Meet in McB 655, open to all grad students.

Week 2: Being a grad student, tools for writing.
* Tue, Jan 25 Being a student (at VT): Faculty, Exams.
Notes 15-21.
Reading Assignment: Chapters 1-2 of Higham. 
* Thu, Jan 27: Defense; Ethics issues; How to get started on writing,
tools of the trade.
Notes 22-26
Reading Assignment: Chapter 13 of Higham.

Week 3: English, writing papers
* Tue, Feb 1: Notes 27-31
* Thur, Feb 3: Notes 32-38
Reading Assignment: Chapter 6 of Higham.

Week 4: Writing papers
* Tue, Feb 8: Notes 39-44
*** Assignment 1 due at beginning of class
* Thur, Feb 10: Notes 45-53

Week 5: Publishing and reviewing
* Tue, Feb 15: Notes 54-60
*** Assignment 2 due at beginning of class
Reading Assignment: Wilson paper on the links page.
* Thur, Feb 17: Notes 61-66
Reading Assignment: Chapter 7 of Higham.
*** Friday, Feb 18: Assignment 3 due via email

Week 6: The Library and online Resources
* Tue, Feb 22: Library Tour
* Thu, Feb 24: Online Resources
*** Thursday, Feb 24: Assignment 4 due at beginning of class

Week 7: Reviewing papers and Writing proposals
* Tue, Mar 1: Reviewing papers. Notes 67-74.
Reading Assignment: Dr. Balci's notes posted at the class website
*** Tuesday, Mar 1: Assignment 5 due at beginning of class
* Thr, Mar 3: Writing a grant proposal. Notes 75-80.
Reading Assignment: Higham Chapter 9.
*** Thursday, Mar 3: Assignment 6 due at beginning of class

SPRING BREAK: March 5-13

Week 8: Writing proposals; Jain: Performance evaluation
*Tue, March 15: Writing a grant proposal. Notes 81-86.
*Thr, March 17: Performance evaluation. Notes 87-96.
Reading Assignment: Jain Chapters 1-4.
*** Thursday, Mar 17: Assignment 7 due at beginning of class.

Week 9: Jain: Statistics
*Tue, March 22: CLASS CANCELED
*Thr, March 24: Performance evaluation. Notes 97-104.
*** Thursday, Mar 24: Assignment 8 due at beginning of class.

Week 10: Jain: Statistics
*Tue, March 29: Statistics. Notes 105-110.
*** Thursday, Mar 31: Assignment 10 due at beginning of class.

Week 11: Statistics
*** Tuesday, April 5: Assignment 11 due at beginning of class.
*** Thursday, April 7: Assignment 9 due at beginning of class.

Week 12: Experimental design
*** Thursday, April 14: Assignment 12 due at beginning of class.

Week 13: Experimental design, graphical presentation
*** Thursday, April 21: Assignment 13 due at beginning of class.
Tuesday:
Thursday: Experimental design case study

Week 14: E-publishing; Websites.
*** Thursday, April 28: Assignment 14 due at beginning of class.
Tuesday: Webpage design
Thursday: Giving a talk

Week 15: Wrapup
*** Monday, May 2 at 11pm: Assignment 15 due via email to shaffer@vt.edu.