The Weizmann CS Research Day for Prospective Students

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The Weizmann CS Research Day for Prospective
Students

• Moni Naor

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Weizmann Institute of Science May 1st 2009
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Schedule

• 945-1000 Welcome Moni Naor
• 1000-1050 Robi Krauthgamer, Similarity
  searching, or how to find your neighbors
  efficiently
• 1050-1140 Anat Levin, Computational
  Photography
• 1140-1210 Lunch (sandwiches)
• 1210-1300 Oded Goldreich, Probabilistic Proof
  Systems
• 1300-1350 Irit Dinur, Probabilistically
  Checkable Proofs

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Graduate Studies at Weizmann

• Feinberg Graduate School http//www.fgs.org.il/
• All students are supported
• no tuition
• Emphasis on Research
• Classes are in English by default
• MSc and PhD
• Programs in
• Computer Science
• Bioinformatics
• Applied Math
• Mathematics

No rigid boundaries
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MSc

• Deadline for Application to MSc May 31st 2009
• Admittance based on
• Grades in Undergraduate Studies
• Letters of Recommendation
• Interview
• Any other information provided by the applicant
• Even non registered students can take courses

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What to expect at the interview?
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What to expect at the interview?
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What to expect at the interview?

• Proficiency in your previous studies
• Ability to apply them to some problem
• Previous Experience research, seminar or project
• Think of how to present them
• Talk about your research interests

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MSc Studies

• Two year program
• Need 30 credit points
• Each course typically 2 points
• At least 18 within the 1st year
• Finding an advisor
• FUN Seminar
• Projects
• Possibility to transfer to the Direct Ph.D. Track

Faculty Union New students
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PhD Studies

• Need to first find an advisor
• No firm deadline
• Max term four and a half years
• Need 12 points credit points

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Why Weizmann?

• Wonderful campus
• Pleasant atmosphere
• Best Research Environment Possible

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Faculty members in Computer Science

• Ronen Basri
• Irit Dinur
• Uriel Feige
• Tamar Flash
• Oded Goldreich
• Shafi Goldwasser
• David Harel
• Michal Irani
• Robert Krauthgamer
• Anat Levin
• Elchanan Mossel

• Moni Naor
• David Peleg
• Amir Pnueli
• Ran Raz
• Omer Reingold
• Eran Segal
• Adi Shamir
• Ehud Shapiro
• Amos Tanay 
• Shimon Ullman

One of the most active groups in the world!
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Research Areas

• Informal partition
• No rigid boundaries
• Cryptography, Complexity, Algorithms and
  Distributed Systems
• Vision and Robotics
• Logic, Specification and Verification
• Computational Biology
• Probability

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Cryptography, Complexity, Algorithms and
Distributed Systems
Irit Dinur
Uri Feige
Oded Goldreich
Omer Reingold
Shafi Goldwasser
Robi Krauthgamer
Ran Raz
Adi Shamir
Moni Naor
David Peleg
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Vision and Robotics
Shimon Ullman
Ronen Basri
Anat Levin
Michal Irani
Tamar Flash
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Vision and Robotics
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Logic, Specification and Verification
Amir Pnueli
David Harel
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Computational Biology
Amos Tanay
Udi Shapiro
Eran Segal
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Probability
Elchanan Mossel
Gady Kozma
Ofer Zeitouni
Itai Benjamni
Gideon Schechtman
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