Information for graduate students &
those considering graduate study in
Computer Science, Computer Engineering
and Electrical Engineering
This page contains pointers to information for
graduate students and students contemplating graduate study in
Computer Science, Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering.
Please send comments and suggestions for additional material to Tim Finin, finin@umbc.edu
But first a word from our sponsor ...
General advice
Where should I go?
How do I pay for it?
- The Financial
Aid Information page is the most comprehensive collection of financial
aid information on the net. It is maintained by Mark Kantrowitz, author of
the Prentice Hall Guide to Scholarships and Fellowships for Math and Science
Students.
- The Signet Bank Student Loan
Home Page offers links to a variety of useful tips for those seeking
college financing.
What do I do when I get there?
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Survival in the Academy is a subsection in the Indiana University
Computer Science Graduate Student HandBook which has general
advice on choosing an advisor, survial skills for women and advice for
new asistant professors.
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How to do research and how to communicate effectively.
- How to be a good
graduate student/advisor , Marie desJardins, mariedj@cs.umbc.edu. March 1994. This paper
attempts to raise some issues that are important for graduate students to
be successful and to get as much out of the process as possible, and for advisors
who wish to help their students be successful.
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An Insider's Guide to Choosing a Graduate Adviser , "An
Insider's Guide to Choosing a Graduate Advisor and Research Projects
in Laboratory Sciences", Marshall Lev Dermer, Department of
Psychology, University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee,
dermer@convex.csd.uwm.edu. A slightly revised version of this
manuscript appears in the _Journal of Chemical Education_, 1993, _70_,
303-306.
- Writing
and Presenting Your Thesis or Dissertation is a "practical guide"
created by S.Joseph Levine (levine@msu.edu) to assist in the crafting,
implementing and defending of a graduate school thesis or
dissertation.
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Networking on the Network , Phil Agre, Department of
Communication, UCSD. pagre@ucsd.edu. A discussion of how to use the
Internet to build human professional networks.
- CRA's
Effective Teaching Resources will be helpful if you become a TA.
- The
Ada Project (TAP) is a Yale WWW site for women in computing.
Information includes conferences, projects, discussion groups and
organizations, fellowships and grants, notable women in CS, and a
substantive bibliography.
- Women
and Computer Science , On-line writings about women and computer
science.
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Richard Feynman on intellectual honesty
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Richard Feynman on the importance of teaching
What do I do when I graduate?
What organizations can help?
Where do I get still more information?
Things you were afraid to ask about