This schedule may change throughout the semester. Check back regularly for updates, including assignment deadlines and other important dates. CMU login is required to download the slides.
| type | date | topic | slides | assignments due |
| Recitation | Monday, August 28, 2023 | Course Overview | [pdf],[pdf] | |
| Recitation | Wednesday, August 30, 2023 | Course Overview | [pdf],[pdf] | |
| Lecture | Friday, September 1, 2023 | Overview of Research CS Areas | [pdf] | |
| Recitation | Monday, September 4, 2023 | No Classes - Labor Day | ||
| Recitation | Wednesday, September 6, 2023 | No Classes | ||
| Lecture | Friday, September 8, 2023 | Overview of Research CS Areas | [pdf] | |
| Recitation | Monday, September 11, 2023 | Research Survey | [pdf] | |
| Recitation | Wednesday, September 13, 2023 | Research Survey | [pdf] | |
| Lecture | Friday, September 15, 2023 | Giving Oral Presentations | [pdf] | |
| Recitation | Monday, September 18, 2023 | Draft Presentations & Writing Tips | [pdf] | |
| Recitation | Wednesday, September 20, 2023 | Draft Presentations & Writing Tips | [pdf] | HW1 Video Draft Presentation |
| Lecture | Friday, September 22, 2023 | Draft Presentations Review | [pdf] | |
| Recitation | Monday, September 25, 2023 | Final Presentations | HW1 Final Presentations | |
| Recitation | Wednesday, September 27, 2023 | Final Presentations | HW1 Final Presentations | |
| Lecture | Friday, September 29, 2023 | Final Presentations | HW1 Final Presentations & Written Summary | |
| Recitation | Monday, October 2, 2023 | Reading and Critiquing Research Papers | [pdf] | |
| Recitation | Wednesday, October 4, 2023 | Reading and Critiquing Research Papers | [pdf] | |
| Lecture | Friday, October 6, 2023 | Publishing Papers in CS | [pdf] | HW2 Paper Registration |
| Recitation | Monday, October 9, 2023 | Critiquing the Critique | [pdf] | |
| Recitation | Wednesday, October 11, 2023 | Critiquing the Critique | [pdf] | |
| Lecture | Friday, October 13, 2023 | Career Paths | [pdf] | HW2 Referee Reports |
| Recitation | Monday, October 16, 2023 | No Classes - Fall Break | ||
| Recitation | Wednesday, October 18, 2023 | No Classes - Fall Break | ||
| Lecture | Friday, October 20, 2023 | No Classes - Fall Break | ||
| Recitation | Monday, October 23, 2023 | Making a Poster | [pdf] | |
| Recitation | Wednesday, October 25, 2023 | Making a Poster | [pdf] | HW2 Draft of Critique |
| Lecture | Friday, October 27, 2023 | Research Projects | [pdf],[pdf] | |
| Recitation | Monday, October 30, 2023 | Elevator Pitch | [pdf] | |
| Recitation | Wednesday, November 1, 2023 | Elevator Pitch | [pdf] | HW2 Final Critique |
| Lecture | Friday, November 3, 2023 | Research Methods | [pdf] | |
| Recitation | Monday, November 6, 2023 | Draft Elevator Pitch | ||
| Recitation | Wednesday, November 8, 2023 | Draft Elevator Pitch | HW3 Video Elevator Pitch | |
| Lecture | Friday, November 10, 2023 | Graduate School Panel | [pdf] | |
| Recitation | Monday, November 13, 2023 | Final Elevator Pitch | HW3 Final Elevator Pitch | |
| Recitation | Wednesday, November 15, 2023 | Final Elevator Pitch | HW3 Final Elevator Pitch | |
| Lecture | Friday, November 17, 2023 | Final Elevator Pitch | HW3 Final Elevator Pitch | |
| Recitation | Monday, November 20, 2023 | No Classes - Thanksgiving | ||
| Recitation | Wednesday, November 22, 2023 | No Classes - Thanksgiving | ||
| Lecture | Friday, November 24, 2023 | No Classes - Thanksgiving | ||
| Recitation | Monday, November 27, 2023 | Advising and Mentoring | [pdf] | |
| Recitation | Wednesday, November 29, 2023 | Advising and Mentoring | [pdf] | |
| Lecture | Friday, December 1, 2023 | Entrepreneurship: Project Olympus | [pdf] | |
| Recitation | Monday, December 4, 2023 | Oral Proposal | HW4 Oral Proposal | |
| Recitation | Wednesday, December 6, 2023 | Oral Proposal | HW4 Oral Proposal | |
| Lecture | Friday, December 8, 2023 | Oral Proposal | HW4 Oral Proposal & HW5 Written Proposal |