identi.ca Miniblog- isharacomix: 23 degrees before we even get in to March. Goodness gracious, I am not looking forward to this summer. February 23, 2012
- isharacomix: #snowing February 20, 2012
- isharacomix: I love how the first result on Twitter for "Free Software Foundation" is "Microsoft News". You know. In a weird, ironic way. February 7, 2012
Tag Archives: advice
Undergraduate Research
So today, there was supposed to be a Graduate Research Symposium for our Computer Engineering departments, but I went when they said to be there and didn’t see anyone else there at all. I was about to head home, but … Continue reading
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Tagged academia, advice, grad school, phd, research, undergrad, workshops
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The Thesis Defense
When I started the Ph.D. program two months ago, I had already been to half a dozen qualifying exams, oral preliminaries, and thesis defenses. Because these are such major milestones in a Grad Student’s career, I’ve decided to start going … Continue reading
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Tagged academia, advice, grad school, phd, presentations, socializing, university
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Oh, the pressure…
So between all the fun of and classes, the research responsibilities have been piling on. I’ve been an official Research Assistant for about two weeks now, and already I’ve been charged with all sorts of software development and management. Roughly … Continue reading
