CS 69191: Masters Seminar
CS 89191: Doctoral Seminar

Instructor: Dr. Robert Walker walker@cs.kent.edu MSB 241D, (330) 672-9055 Office hours = most afternoons 2-3pm, or by appt.	Syllabus Syllabus (1/16/08)
Class Schedule 1/19/09 -- no class (Martin Luther King Day) 1/21/09 -- no class 1/23/09 -- no class 1/26/09 -- Course Introduction 1/28/09 -- no class 1/30/09 -- no class 2/2/09 -- no class 2/4/09 -- Giving a Research Presentation 2/6/09 -- no class 2/9/09 -- no class 2/11/09 -- Colloquium (Dr. Alexander Zelikovsky, Georgia State) 2/13/09 -- no class 2/16/09 -- no class 2/18/09 -- no class 2/20/09 -- Colloquium (Dr. Vitaly I. Voloshin, Troy University) 2/23/09 -- Publishing Venues 2/25/09 -- no class 2/27/09 -- no class 3/2/09 -- no class 3/4/09 -- no class 3/6/09 -- Colloquium (Dr. Joe Song, NMSU) 3/9/09 -- Doctoral Student Presentations:                  Victor Lee & Jamal Alsakran 3/11/09 -- Colloquium (Dr. Jing Li, Case Western) 3/13/09 -- Doctoral Student Presentations:                  Mohammed Al-Refai & Zakia Tamimi	Class Schedule (cont.) 3/16/09 -- Masters Student Presentations:                  Ryan Holeman & Sandhya Jognipalli 3/18/09 -- Masters Student Presentations:                  Soumyajit Manna, Venkata Marella & James Van Heyde 3/20/09 -- no class 3/23/09 -- no class (Spring Break) 3/25/09 -- no class (Spring Break) 3/27/09 -- no class (Spring Break) 3/30/09 -- no class 4/1/09 -- Colloquium (Dr. Jeannette Wing, NSF) 4/3/09 -- Writing a Research Paper 4/6/09 -- no class 4/8/09 -- Colloquium (Steve Smith, Lake Quincy Media)                  Hosted by ACM Student Chapter; attendance is optional 4/10/09 -- no class 4/13/09 -- no class 4/15/09 -- Colloquium (Dr. R. Sritharan, Univ Dayton) 4/17/09 -- no class                  Feel free to go to the circus across the street instead! 4/20/09 -- no class 4/22/09 -- no class 4/24/09 -- Colloquium (Prof. Margaret Dunham, SMU) 4/27/09 -- no class                  first draft of research paper due electronically by 5pm 4/29/09 -- no class 5/1/09 -- Colloquium (Dr. Jimeng Sun, IBM TJ Watson) 5/4/09 -- no class 5/6/09 -- no class 5/8/09 -- no class 5/11/09 -- final draft of research paper due electronically by 5pm
Resources (Giving Presentations) Oganization Giving a Talk (Frank Kschischang, UToronto) 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 2008 Spring 2007 Fall 2007 Spring 2006 ...	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 Note also the definition of "self 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