This is the Schedule and Syllabus Page.Schedule for: Doctoral Independent Study — Fall 2006subject to changeGerhard FischerWednesday, 10 – 10:50am, Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory (ITLL 1B50) 8/30 Introduction to Course 9/6 Topics of Interest (from Questionnaire) 9/13 Topics of Interest — Continued 9/20 Bill Joy: “Why the future doesn't need us” http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.04/joy_pr.html Assignment 1 9/27 Don Norman: "In Defense of Cheating” http://www.jnd.org/dn.mss/InDefenseOfCheating.html Assignment 2 10/4 Advanced Graduate Student Panel – Assignment 3 10/11 Discussion of Interviews of Course Participants with Faculty Members – Assignment 4 10/18 Demonstrations: Envisionment and Discovery Collaboratory and CLever (in L3D Lab, DLC 170) – Assignment 5 10/25 Globalization and Offshoring of Software — A Report of the ACM Job Migration Task Force http://www.acm.org/globalizationreport/ – Assignment 6 11/1 Derry / Fischer: “Transdisciplinary Graduate Education” – Assignment 7 11/8 Guest Lecture : Bobby Schnabel “ATLAS” – Assignment 8a 11/8 (Wed) Mini-Symposium 1: 7:00pm - 9:30pm – location: L3D Lab (DLC) Summarize / Assess / Evaluate / Criticize an Existing PhD Thesis in Computer Science (or “Computer Science and X”) Assignment 10 (pizza will be available at 6:45pm) 11/15 Guest Lecture: Marie Banich “ICS” – Assignment 8b 11/22 Fall Break / ThanksGiving 11/27 (Mo) Mini-Symposium 2: 7:00pm - 9:30pm – location: L3D Lab (DLC) Write and Post an Abstract for your “Envisioned” PhD Thesis and Present in Class; Assignment 11 11/29 Resources for PhD (online resources, guidelines for writing papers, giving research talks, writingdissertations) – Assignment 9 12/6 Guest Lecture: Debra Goldberg “Bioinformatics” 12/13 Looking Back (and saying / discussing what has not been said / discussed) 12/15 last day of classes Mini-Symposium SessionsSession 1: Wed, Nov 8, 7:00pm - 9:30pm – location: L3D Lab (DLC)Summarize / Assess / Evaluate / Criticize an Existing PhD Thesis in Computer Science (or “Computer Science and X”)
Session 2: Mo, Nov 27, 7:00pm - 9:30pm – location: L3D Lab (DLC)Write and Post an Abstract for your “Envisioned” PhD Thesis and Present in Class
Attendance and assessment of one CS colloquium talkCourse participants are required to attend during the fall semester a minimum of one CS colloquia talks
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