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Terry,

Here is the tentative list of topics, though the ordering and relative apportionment
of time devoted to each is still in flux.  Suggestions are welcome; notice we
adopted many of your earlier ones.  The first meeting is Thursday, APril 3,
from 2:45 - 5:45; can you make it then?  Would you like to come for the entire
session, or just for part of it (if so, which part)?  Is there any written
document that goes along with your Lecture Lecture?

The second week will be taken up by students delivering short (15min) 
research talks, and getting critiqued.  To do this in a single week, we'll have
to split up into about 4 groups; would you be willing to take one of those?

The third and fourth weeks will be spent analogously, on written communication;
the "real world" material won't come until after that.

Doug




CS301               					 	SPR, 1980
Lenat & Feigenbaum						3 Units
Thu 2:45 - 5:45




	 SEMINAR ON THE PROFESSIONAL CAREER IN COMPUTER SCIENCE




This course is designed to ease the trauma of your delivery into the  real
world.  Upon graduation, you will be  treated as if you knew many  things.
Some of them were tested on the  comprehensive, or the qual, and you  WILL
know them.  But  many were  never covered in  any classroom,  and you  may
suffer for a long time before you induce them from experience. 

The course will cover many topics, in part suggested by student  interest.
A partial list of some of them that we think are interesting follows:



Managing your graduate studenthood successfully
        How to deal with the faculty
	Choosing a thesis topic
	Doing the research
	Writing the thesis
	Developing a talk

Teaching Effectively
	Giving a good lecture
	Giving a good course (who decides what is taught?)
	Types of courses (seminars on your own research, advanced
		grad courses, intro grad courses, undergrad overviews,...)
	Composing homework
	Composing exams
	Utilizing teaching assistants and other aids
	Writing books

Conducting Research
	Rights and responsibilities of being a thesis adviser
	Critiquing thesis topics
	Choosing students to advise and to avoid
	Managing graduate students and research associates
	Handling problem cases
	Research strategies
	Writing articles (how to; where to publish what; what counts)


Choosing a Career
	Options available (academia, research labs, industry, government,...)
	Characterizations of specific institutions
	Funding opportunities -- and "costs" to the researcher
	Committees, Tenure, and Retirement
	Consulting opportunities and etiquette
	Socialization skills (how to appear reasonable)
	Relation between one's work and the rest of his life
	Applications and misapplications of one's work
	

Each student will be required to deliver a tutorial lecture and a research
presentation (albeit very short  ones), write (a part  of) both a  journal
article and a grant proposal, suggest thesis topics, outline a new course,
and formulate exam and homework questions.  Students will also be  trained
to critique articles, proposals, and  talks, and will practice this  skill
both on "each other" and on "real"  works.  This is a full 3 unit  course;
only those willing to work will be permitted to attend the sessions.

CS301               					 	SPR, 1980
Lenat & Feigenbaum						3 Units
Thu 2:45 - 5:45




	 SEMINAR ON THE PROFESSIONAL CAREER IN COMPUTER SCIENCE




This course is designed to ease the trauma of your delivery into the  real
world.  Upon graduation, you will be  treated as if you knew many  things.
Some of them were tested on the  comprehensive, or the qual, and you  WILL
know them.  But  many were  never covered in  any classroom,  and you  may
suffer for a long time before you induce them from experience. 

The course will cover many topics, in part suggested by student  interest.
A  partial  and  tentative  schedule  of  meetings  follows.   We  welcome
suggestions for its revision from the seminar participants.





April 3: Communication Skills 		(Lenat, Winograd, Brown)
Overview of CS301
General heuristics for effective communication
Specializations for written communication (briefly)
Preparing and delivering a good oral presentation
	Course lecture; Research talk; Job interview talk;
	Very short talks for site visits, colleagues, humanists, media
Assignment: prepare a 10 minute site visit talk on your research (for April 10)




April 10: Oral Communication Practicum	(Lenat, Feigenbaum, Brown, ...)
10-minute talks by each student, with 5 minutes of critique.
Assignment: Read and critique Feigenbaum's "The Art of Artificial
	Intelligence" and Floyd's Turing lecture.



April 17: Written Communication   (Lenat, Feigenbaum, Floyd, Knuth, Ullman, Nilsson)
Publishing: options and strategies.
Effective writing skills, and common bugs.
How to review proposals, journal articles, books
Assignment: Write (or submit) a brief article on one of these: (by April 21)
	The αβ search procedure; Bravo [maybe more: discuss dynamically]
	(pretend you had invented it, and were writing for a journal)



April 24:Written Communication Practicum	(¬EAF; else sim.to 4/17)
Open discussion of some student submissions.



May 1: Graduate Studenthood			(Lenat, Feigenbaum, ...)
How to deal with the faculty and staff; how this department runs.
Your thesis: choosing a topic, doing the research, writing the tome, publicising it



May 8: Life in Academe (and research labs)	(Lenat, Feigenbaum)
Conducting Research: advice for doing good science
Funding opportunities -- and "costs" to the researcher
Grantsmanship (the acquiring of the aforementioned dollars)
Committees, Tenure, and Retirement
Teaching: lecturing; choosing courses; homework and exams; 
	utilizing teaching assistants and other aids; writing textbooks
Assignment: write a 15-page proposal to the agency of your choice (hand in May 15)



May 15: Designing and Building a Career		(Lenat, Feigenbaum, ...)
Options: academia, research labs, industry, government
	Including characterizations of specific institutions
Consulting opportunities and etiquette
Socialization skills (how to appear reasonable)
Relation between one's work and the rest of his life
Issues of responsibility to society



May 22: Proposal practicum
Discussion of students' proposals
	Critique of the scientific research programme being proposed
	Critique of the proposal document (re: its estimated effectiveness)



May 29: Panel discussion 		(open to all faculty members)
General discussion of any and all topics, with a panel of CSD faculty.
Suggestions for future CS301's.

CS301               					 	SPR, 1980
Lenat & Feigenbaum						3 Units
Thu 2:45 - 5:45							380 W




	 SEMINAR ON THE PROFESSIONAL CAREER IN COMPUTER SCIENCE




This course is designed to ease the trauma of your delivery into the  real
world.  Upon graduation, you will be  treated as if you knew many  things.
Some of them were tested on the  comprehensive, or the qual, and you  WILL
know them.  But  many were  never covered in  any classroom,  and you  may
suffer for a long time before you induce them from experience. 

The course will cover many topics, in part suggested by student  interest.
A  partial  and  tentative  schedule  of  meetings  follows.   We  welcome
suggestions for its revision from the seminar participants.





April 3: Communication Skills 		(Lenat, Winograd, Brown)
Overview of CS301
General heuristics for effective communication
Specializations for written communication (briefly)
Preparing and delivering a good oral presentation
	Course lecture; Research talk; Job interview talk;
	Very short talks for site visits, colleagues, humanists, media
Assignment: prepare a 10 minute site visit talk on your research (for April 10)




April 10: Oral Communication Practicum	(Lenat, Feigenbaum, Brown, ...)
10-minute talks by each student, with 5 minutes of critique.
Assignment: Read and critique Feigenbaum's "The Art of Artificial
	Intelligence" and Floyd's Turing lecture.



April 17: Written Communication   (Lenat, Feigenbaum, Floyd, ...)
Discussion of Feigenbaum's and Floyd's papers.
Publishing: options and strategies.
Effective writing skills, and common bugs.
How to review proposals, journal articles, books
Assignment: Write (or submit) a brief article on one of these: (by April 21)
	The αβ search procedure; Bravo [maybe more: discuss dynamically]
	(pretend you had invented it, and were writing for a journal)



April 24:Written Communication Practicum	
Open discussion of (some) student submissions.



May 1: Graduate Studenthood			(Lenat, Feigenbaum, ...)
How to deal with the faculty and staff; how this department runs.
Your thesis: choosing a topic, doing the research, writing the tome, publicising it



May 8: Life in Academe (and research labs)	(Lenat, Feigenbaum)
Conducting Research: advice for doing good science
Funding opportunities -- and "costs" to the researcher
Grantsmanship (the acquiring of the aforementioned dollars)
Committees, Tenure, and Retirement
Teaching: lecturing; choosing courses; homework and exams; 
	utilizing teaching assistants and other aids; writing textbooks
Assignment: write a 15-page proposal to the agency of your choice (hand in May 15)



May 15: Designing and Building a Career		(Lenat, Feigenbaum, ...)
Options: academia, research labs, industry, government
	Including characterizations of specific institutions
Consulting opportunities and etiquette
Socialization skills (how to appear reasonable)
Relation between one's work and the rest of his life
Issues of responsibility to society



May 22: Proposal practicum
Discussion of students' proposals
	Critique of the scientific research programme being proposed
	Critique of the proposal document (re: its estimated effectiveness)



May 29: Panel discussion 		(open to all faculty members)
General discussion of any and all topics, with a panel of CSD faculty.
Suggestions for future CS301's.