CRAW Lucent Technologies Graduate School Recruiting Panel

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CRAW / Lucent Technologies Graduate School
Recruiting Panel

• University of California, Berkeley
• September 2000

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Introductions

• Kathy Yelick, host and moderator
• Associate Professor, U. C. B.
• Ph.D. from MIT (1991)
• Parallel computing, reliable computing,
  programming lang., compilers

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Introductions

• Mary Baker
• Assistant Professor, Stanford
• Ph.D. from UCB (1993)
• Operating Systems, Distributed Systems, Crash
  Recovery, Mobile and Wireless Computing
• Serap Savari
• Bell Labs
• Ph.D. from MIT (1996)
• Data compression, algorithms, communication
  networks, operations research.

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Introductions

• Kris Hildrum
• 3rd year CS graduate student
• B.S. from U. Washington
• Research in CS theory

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Some Questions

• Why did you go to grad school?
• Research is what the graduate school experience
  really all about, so what excites you about the
  research you do?
• Myths and Surprises about grad school.
• Biggest challenge?
• How to prepare? Finding out if you like
  research.
• Advice on applying. Funding.

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Resources

• Graduate School Information brochure
  http//cra.org/Activities/craw/
• Advice for undergraduates considering graduate
  school http//www.acm.org/crossroads/xrds3-4/grad
  school.html
• How to succeed in graduate school
  http//www.acm.org/crossroads/xrds1-2/advice1.html
  http//www.acm.org/crossroads/xrds1-3/advice2.htm
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• Choosing a ph.d. program in computer science
  http//www.acm.org/crossroads/xrds6-1/choosing.htm
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• Bell Labs http//www.bell-labs.com/fellowships/GR
  PW/

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Feedback

• Please fill out Exit Survey before you leave.
• More comments on how to improve this panel after
  you leave are also welcome carla_at_cs.duke.edu