Masters / Doctoral Seminar

Instructor: Dr. Robert Walker walker@cs.kent.edu MSB 233a, (330) 672-9055 Office hours = most afternoons 2-3pm, or by appt.	Syllabus Syllabus (1/16/08)
Class Schedule 1/16/08 -- Course Introduction 1/18/08 -- no class 1/21/08 -- no class (Martin Luther King Day) 1/23/08 -- no class 1/25/08 -- no class 1/28/08 -- Giving a Research Presentation 1/30/08 -- no class 2/1/08 -- no class 2/4/08 -- no class 2/6/08 -- Colloquium (Derek Corneil, Univ Toronto) 2/8/08 -- Masters/Doctoral Student Presentations:                  Kevin Schaffer, Premkumar Ravikumar, Jyotsna Duvvuri 2/11/08 -- no class 2/13/08 -- no class 2/15/08 -- no class 2/18/08 -- Doctoral Student Presentations:                  Thomas Clouser, Maen Hammad, Mike Yuan 2/20/08 -- Colloquium (Omar Tahboub, KSU) 2/22/08 -- Doctoral Student Presentations:                  Muad Abu-Ata, Amin Assareh, Ning Ruan 2/25/08 -- Masters Student Presentations:                  Robert Harbart, Asif Iqbal, Amitkumar Mali 2/27/08 -- Colloquium (Larent Viennot, Univ Paris) 2/29/08 -- Masters Student Presentations:                  Andrew Knotts, Ryan O'Neill, Kehinde Jolayemi 3/3/08 -- no class 3/5/08 -- no class 3/7/08 -- no class (KSU closed due to snow)	Class Schedule (cont.) 3/10/08 -- no class 3/12/08 -- no class 3/14/08 -- no class 3/17/08 -- no class (Spring Break) 3/19/08 -- no class (Spring Break) 3/21/08 -- no class (Spring Break) 3/24/08 -- Publishing Venues 3/26/08 -- Writing a Research Paper 3/28/08 -- no class 3/31/08 -- no class 4/2/08 -- no class 4/4/08 -- no class 4/7/08 -- no class 4/9/08 -- no class 4/11/08 -- CS Career Fair / Poster Conference / Open House 4/14/08 -- no class 4/16/08 -- Colloquium (Clare Congdon, Univ Souther Maine) 4/18/08 -- no class 4/21/08 -- no class                  first draft of research paper due electronically by 5pm 4/23/08 -- MS Thesis, PhD Dissertation, & The Defense 4/25/08 -- no class 4/28/08 -- no class 4/30/08 -- no class 5/2//08 -- no class 5/5/08 -- final draft of research paper due electronically by 5pm
Resources (Giving Presentations) Sample Presentation 15+5 Minute PDCS'06 Talk (Hong Wang, KSU/UToledo) Oganization Giving a Talk (Frank Kschischang, UToronto) Speaker's Guide (Ian Parberry, UNT) Giving a Research Talk (Charles Elkan, UCSD) How to Give a Bad (Good) Talk (David Messerschmitt, UCB) Giving Good Presentations (Jonathan Maletic, KSU) Mechanics 43rd DAC Slide Preparation Guide Resources (General) Recent Masters / Doctoral Seminar web pages: Spring 2007 Fall 2007 Spring 2006 Dissertation/Thesis Guide & More (Learner Associates) How to Write a Dissertation (Purdue) How to Be a Good Graduate Student (Marie des Jardins, Indiana)	Resources (Writing Papers) Format IEEE Computer Society Conferences Use the IEEE CS 8.5" x 11", Two-Column Format for your 4-6 page class paper ACM Conferences IASTED Conferences ACM Journals & Transactions Organization How to Write a Good Research Paper (Mary Shaw, CMU) Writing Abstracts (Jonathan Maletic, KSU) Writing Technical Articles (Columbia) Abstracts (Writing Center, RPI) Mechanics Some Notes on Citing Web References (Jonathan Maletic, KSU) How to Read and Evaluate Technical Papers Elements of Style (William Strunk, online version) Ethical Concerns On Being A Scientist: Responsible Conduct In Research (National Academies, online version) ACM Policy and Procedures on Plagiarism To see a result of plagiarism, go to the ACM Portal and search "The ACM Digital Library" for "plagiarized" KSU CS Dept's Policy on Academic Dishonesty